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be still undescribed. Of these I have prepared the following cha- 

 racters, at the request of Dr. Meisuer, he not having been able 

 to obtain access to specimens of the plants. They both belong 

 to the gronp with enlarged and coloured bracts, of which two 

 very ornamental species have been recently introduced to our 

 gardens, and figured in the number of the * Botanical Magazine' 

 for July last. 



1. G-EXETTLLI3 {luvolucratce) fimbriata, erecta, ramosa, glabra ; foliis con- 

 fertis, plerumque oppositis, decussatis, ellipticis, obtusis, supr^ convexis, 

 subtus pallidis, margine ciliatis ; capitulis termiualibus ceniuis, 8-10- 

 floris ; involucro campanulato poUicari ; bracteis ecariiiatis, elliptico- v. 

 ovato-oblongis, margine fimbriatis ; iiiterioribus inenibranaeois, roseis, apice 

 hiantibus ; exterioribus ovatis, hcrbaceis, quadrifariam iiiibricatis ; brae- 

 teolis lanceolatis, aciuninatis, carinatis, florcs sessilos suba^quantibus ; caljce 

 ovato-cylindrico, basi loevissiiuOj crustaccx), miiiute punctato, fauce con- 

 traeta, corrugata, lobis minutissiiuis ; petalis ovatis, acutis, mcrabranaceis ; 

 stamiiiodiis filiformibus, filamcnta subulata a?quantibus; stylo filiformi, 

 longe exscrfo, apico hispido. 



Hab. in Australia austi'o-occidcntali. Drummondy coll. 5, no. 99! 



This appears to be the plant Avith tliyme-like ciliated leaves and 

 large rose-coloured bracts, mentioned by Mr. Drummond (in a 

 letter, dated Cape Eiche, Oct. 29, 1818, and published in the 

 ' Journal of Botany ' for 1819) as having been gathered by him 

 on Cougineerup, in company witli another large-bract.ed OenefylUs 

 with heath-like leaves, and bracts without cilia, which I believe to 

 be tlie following species. 



GenetijlUs fimhriata may be readily distinguished from all its 

 congeners of tlio ' Invohicratce' section by its leaves and bracts 

 both being beautifully ciliated ; G. cederioides, Turcz., of which the 

 bracts are even more strongly fringed, having entire triquetroun 

 leaves, while tliosc oi fimhriata are elliptical, revolute, and somc^ 

 what like those of G, citrioJora, but smaller. 



2. GEXKTTiLrs {InvohicratcE) M^isxeri, erecta, fruticulosa, 2-3.cho(olIl^ 

 ramosa, glabcrrima ; foliis sparsis, patulis, lineari-lanceolatis, aeutis, mar- 

 gine revolutis intogerrimis, dorso subcarinatis ; capitulis termiiialibus 

 nutantibusmulti- (8-10-) floris ; inrolucri campanulati braetois int'.rioribui 

 (6-8) eUiptico-oblongis, membranaceis, roseis, integris v. apico serrulatis, 

 brove mucronatis ; exterioribus dupl^ minoribus, sublierbacei.^, ovatis, 

 Iongt> acuminatiss bractoolis lineari-Ianceolatis acutis, floribu3 sossilibus 

 purpurois vernicosis paull6 longioribus; calyce cvato-cylindrico la:vi, lobia 

 exigitis petalis ovatis miilt6brevioribus; filameutis etaminodia superanti- 

 ; stylo subulato long^ exserto, apice barbato. 



-ffafi. cum prjEcedente. Drummond^ coll. 5. no. 100! (& 101 !). 



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