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CIV. PROTEACEÆ.

[Dryandra.

species. Style exceeding the perianth, with a very narrow furrowed stigmatic end of about 1½ lines. Capsule "ripening both seeds imbedded normally in the interseminal plate."—Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 590, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 468; Bot. Mag. t. 3236; D. favosa, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 33.

W. Australia. King George's Sound or neighbouring districts, R. Brown, Baxter, Drummond, n. 1, and 5th coll. n. 421; Swan river, Preiss, n. 519; Blackwood river and Toodyay, Oldfield; Mount Melville and sources of the Kalgan river, F. Mueller; summit of Cape Arid, Maxwell. I have not seen ripe capsules of this species.

6. D. longifolia, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 215, Prod. 398. A tall shrub, with tomentose branches. Leaves narrow, 6 in. to 1 ft. long, pinnatifid with lanceolate or triangular rigid acute lobes, contiguous or distant, 2 to 3 lines long or longer when narrow, the undivided rhachis 1 to 2 lines broad, the margins revolute, the under surface hoary or white. Flower-heads large, terminating short branches, surrounded by long flower leaves. Involucre broad, 1½ in. long, the outer bracts with a short broad base and subulate recurved points, the inner ones linear-lanceolate and shortly acuminate but variable in breadth. Perianth silky-pubescent, 1½ in. long, the limb hirsute with a few longer hairs, narrow, 2½ lines long. Style shortly exceeding the perianth, the stigmatic end scarcely distinct, slightly angular.—Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 477; Bot. Mag. t. 1582; Sweet, Fl. Austral. t. 3; Paxt. Mag. iii. 171, with a fig.

W. Australia. Lucky Bay(?), R. Brown, Baxter; summit of Cape Arid, Maxwell.

7. D. Fraseri, R. Br. Prot. Nov. 39. An erect shrub of 2 or 3 ft., the young branches tomentose. Leaves narrow, 2 to 4 in. long, divided to the midrib into rather distant linear segments rigid and pungent-pointed, divaricate or recurved, 3 to 4 longs long, the margins revolute and narrowly decurrent to near the next segments. Flower-heads rather large and terminal or a few smaller ones on short axillary branches, all closely surrounded by flower leaves longer than the flowers. Involucre ¾ to 1 in. long, tomentose, the outer bracts broad at the base, tapering into long slender hairy points, the innermost linear. Perianth slightly silky except the glabrous base, 1¼ in. long, the limb narrow, about 2 lines long. Style exceeding the perianth, curved, the stigmatic end not thickened and only distinguishable by a somewhat darkened colour.—Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 596, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 476.

W. Australia. Swan river, Fraser, Drummond, n. 129, and 1st coll. n. 642; York district, Preiss, n. 517; Dundaragan and Port Gregory, Oldfield.

Series 2. Floribundæ.—Flower-heads small, mostly terminal, the floral leaves either shorter than the flowers or few and spreading, leaving the flowers more exposed than in any other series. Involucres broad. Perianths under 1 in. long. Stigmatic end of the style small, but thickened and distinct. Leaves with prickly or rigid teeth or lobes.

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