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ducse. 



lulantes, magnit. cerasi majoris, 

 ticordice irmgnis. Bracteolse ca- 



From CJi, ciliatwn and virgatum this is easily distinguished by 

 the ciliated leaves and petals ; from the former, moreover, by the 

 subcapitate and larger flowers, the bearded stigma, &c. ; from the 

 latter by tlie ciliated lobes of the calyx, smaller leaves, &c. 



13. CuAM.ELArciTJM AiTiNE, uoh,^ glabciTiiuum, foliis oppositis subfilifor- 

 mibus seiniteretibus recuiTO niucronulatis dorso convexis marginibus 

 obtusis, corjmbis paucifloris laxiusculis, pedunculis folio parum brevi- 

 oribus, calyce obovato leviter lO-costato, inter costas inferne minute foveo- 

 lato, lobis brevissimis seiiiilunaribus niargine subseariosis petalisque latfe 

 obovatis integevrimis, filamentia subulatis basi dilatatis sterilia couformia 

 breve superantibus stylum sequantibus, stigmate eapitatobasibarbiila cincto. 

 I>n{mm, coll. 6. n. 40 ! 



Folia semipatcutia, stricta, parum rigidula, 8-12 liii. louga, ^-^ lin. crassa, 

 floralia eonfonuia sod breviora. Pedicelli 2-3 liii. longi, crassiusculi, de- 

 florati apice truucato-subbilobi. 



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This seems to be the plant mentioned by Drummond in Hooker's 

 Journ. 1853, p. 118. in these words:— ''By far tlie largest shrub 

 of the order known to me is found on sandy ground on all the 

 rivers, from the Moore to the Irwin; it grows from 15 to 20 feet 

 high, bearing numerous corymbs of large lilac flowers ; the sepals 

 are broad and very short, without cilia," &c. It differs from 

 all tlie other species in its thin and longer leaves, and from 

 C, imcinatum, Schauer, which seems to be its nearest relation, by 

 the larger petals, the rounded (not trvmcate) lobes of the calyx, 

 and the antherae being not apiculate. 



. 14. PiLEANTirus PiLiFOLius, noh., glabcr, foliis oppositis tcrcti-v. seiuitereti- 

 filifomiibus subpollicaribus obtusis luuticis, pedunculis in eunimis axillis 

 eolitariis 1-floris folia sequantibus, involucro calyptra?forini bicornuto proj^e 

 basin circuuiscisso, basi persistcnte brevi turbinata leviter 5-crenatii, calyee 

 obovato-oblongo ccostato flavido-sericeo basi attenuato, limbi lobis 10 

 biseriatis obovato-subrotundis minute serrulatis, pctalis obovato-oblongis 

 ungiiibus latis midis, lamina subrotunda brev^ ciliatn, anthorarum loculis 

 connectivo lato subdivaricatis, stylo stigmateque simplici glabris. 

 Hah. cum pra)cedentc. Briimm. coll. 6. n. 42 ! 



Kami graciles, laxiuscide foHosi. Folia 6-11 lin. longa, ^ lin. crassa. \scih 

 viridia, ])arc?; glandidoso-punctata. Alabastra obovata, fere 4 lin. longa, 

 involucri a basi dcmum fissi bracteis 2 suprik coherent ibus, marginibus 

 taraen distinct^ conspicuis, Petala lilacina v. rosea, 4 hn. longa. 



Very distinct from P. limaeis and pedunculata^ es^^ecmUy in the 

 leaves and involucre. 



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