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38 BB. MEISNEB ON CHAM^LAUCIEJE. 



thinner and ciliolate leaves, from the latter in having the bracts 

 not ciliated, and from both in the tube of the calyx being without 

 any trace of ribs or furrows. 



3. Q-. (Bracteatce) sangttinea, noi,^ humilis decumbens glabcrrima, foliis 



oppositis patulis lanceolatis acutiusculis margine subreciirvo minute cilio- 



lato-serrulatis subtus subcarinato-uniuerv^iis, capitulo terminali brcTissim^ 



pedunculate hemisphserico eernuo composito, partialibus 3-5 oborato-glo- 



bosis dens& congesiis 2— i-floris subsessilibus, bracteis nienibraiiaceis san- 



guineis adpressis, priinariis lanceolatis subcarinatis, gccundariis brevioribus 



latioribusque subrotundis brevfe acuminatis florem amplectentibus et sub- 



seqtiantibus, ealyce obconico infeme 5-costato inter costas papiUoso, lobis 



5 erectis ovatis acuminatis dimidium tubum petalaque sequantibus, sta- 



minodiia subxilatis stamina sequantibus, stylo exserto compresso glabro 



apice obtuso barbellato, 



Sah. cum prsecedente. Drtimmond^ coll. 6. n. 36 ! 



Caules spithama?i t. vix pedales, apice adseendentes, secunde ramulosi, cica- 

 tricibus parvulis tuberculosi. Folia 2-4 Un. longa, ^-fer^ 1 lin.lata, subtus 

 glandulis fuscis punctata, juniora subimbricala. Pedunculus communis 

 2—3 lin. longus. Capitulum raagnit. corasi niajoris, bracteis primariis 3 lin. 

 longis basi 1 lin. latis, secundariis petaloideis roscis diaphanis. Calyx 

 ferfe 3 lin. longus, obsolete 10-nervius, fauce leviter constrict a, lobis peta- 

 lisque ovatis integerrimis stylo dimidio superatis. 



Approaching O. {Polyzoncd) purpurea^ Endl., which however dif- 

 fers in the leaves and inflorescence, and especially in the annulate 

 calyx. 



4. G. {Bracteatce) virescexs, noh.^ humilis glaberrimaj foliis patulis tri- 

 quetro-linearibus obtusiusculis la-'vibiis, capitulo terminali subsessili spliffi- 

 roideo cemuo simplici multifloro, bracteis subherbaceis ovato-lanceolatis 

 enerviis demum patulis, bracteolis flore dimidio brevioribus, ealyce subcam- 

 panulato ecostato, lobis 5 brevissimis erectis petalisque ovato-oblongis 

 obtusis, staminodiis subulatis stamina aequantibus, stylo longe exserto cras- 

 siusculo compresso apice tenia barbellato. 



Hah, cum preecedente. DrummoncI, coll. 6. n. 37! 



Although very similar to G, sanguineay this is easily distin- 

 guished from it hy the smooth and triquetrous leaves and the 

 inflorescence. The receptacle is convex, about G lines in dia- 

 meter and somewhut crenate on the margin, thus shoAving a 

 tendency to divide into several short peduncles, and to form a 

 compound capitule, as in tlie preceding species. The hractea? are 

 of a greenish colour, 5-6 lines long and 2-3 lines broad at the 

 base. The style is half an inch long. 



5. Verticordia stelluligeba, »oJ., glabra, foliis triquetro-linearibus obtu- 

 sissimis, corymbis terminalibus divaricato-trifidis, floribus subcapitato- 



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