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STYLIDllrtif adriajum. 
Dwarf Stylidmm. 
"'^"^ " % pYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Stylidea;, R. Br. 
STYLipiUM, Sttpra vol. I. p. 90. 
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Div. II, D. — Racemi caulem foliogitth terminaMes. Capsula comprettat 
lanceolatav. linearis, collo coarctato. 
S. adnatum ; caule multiplici : partialibus indivisis, foliis linearibus, spici 
subsessili divisa : partialibus paucifloris, capsuiis basi adnatis linearibus : 
dS&o calyce brevk>re ; loculo superiors' vacuo angustissimo. Br. prodr. 
1.572. 
Caules simpliccs, humiles, 4-6 uucutles, i,tdvuti, (jUdin. foliosi. Foliii 
linearia, spatulata, patentia, glabra, sub lente iniiintn&mi papdloui, in 
caule sparsa, ad summitatem verticillata, cungcstn, lontjiora. Spica 
termijialis, midtijlora, congesta, fioribus brdttcufi.'i, iiunc scssilibus, nunc 
2-4-natim pedunculatis. Cal. cor. et ulice Jhns partes non vis(p. Capsulft> 
hasi cum proximis, si no7i solitarice, adiuitce, divaricatce, U/irnri-hniteo- 
latcB, collo coarctato triquetrce, biloculares, loculo dorsuli minima vacuo, 
ventrali ventricoso pplyspermo. Semina minuta, oblonga, castanea, glabra, 
iruBqtialiter supetttef j! ijita tenui. Embryo . . 
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For the opportunity of figuring this species of Stylidium 
we are obliged to Mr John Mackay, to whom seeds of it 
had been sent from King George's Sound, New Holland, 
by Mr. William :^xter, in 1824. 
It is scarcelytt more than an annual, but one of the 
most beautiful little plants we ever saw. The fine green 
of the neatly-arranged foliage contrasts well with the 
rich fiesh-colonrof th^ flo^dis. , 
We have referred it to the S. adnatum o{ Mr. Brown, 
although there appears to be some differences between 
the plants raised in this country and the wild specimens 
examined by Mr. Brown. We find the leaves linejy- 
spatulate rather than perfectly linear, and the capsule 
