TO THE FLORA OF AUSTRALIA. 



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LEUCoroGON (§ PleurantTius) pubescens, sp. no v. Frutex ramosus ; 

 ramuUs ultimis uti folioruin pag. inf., bractere necnon l)racteola3 griseo- 



pubc'scentibus ; 



par vis sessilibus ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis apice 



debiliter pungentilais pbinis patentibus coriaceis snpra mox glabresceiitibus 

 nitidisr^ne maxinie inconspicue costatis subtus costis pludbus parallelis 



pc 



1 



fl' 



el binis i)edunculo foliis 



inulto breviore insidentibus ; bracteis ovatis acutis quam bracteols^ sub- 

 oid)iculares subito mucronate plane brevioribns ; sepalis brncteolas duplo 

 excodentibus oblongo-lanceolatis breviter ocurninatis oxtus pilosis ; corollm 

 oxtus glabra) tubo calyce breviori faucibus villoso lobis revolutis lanceolatis 

 acnminatis tubuni yequantibus ; antheris supra medium fihunento conjunctis 

 oblongis emarginatis loculis omniiuodo ferLilibus ; disci glandubs ovato- 

 blono-is obtusis ovarium serlceum 5-loculare a^qiiantibus vel paullulum 



o 



superantibus ; stylo e'xserto 

 Ongorup; Stoward, 850. 



Folia 4-5xl'5-2 nnn.^ in sicco griseo-viridia. Pedunculi 



1 crtissij cnxa 



1 mm, long. 



Bractero '75 mm., bracteola^ fere 2 mm. long. Cal}^ 



X 



Antl 



3-5 



leroG 



mm. long. Corollsc tubus 2 mm, long. ; lobi recurvi totidem. 



1"5 nmi. long. Disci glandulre 'G-'75 nmi., ovarium 'G mm., stylus 3-75 



among the crucial features of this 



mm. long, 



Tlie foliage and indumentum are 

 species, wliich appears to come nearest L. cordifoUus^ LindL In appearance 



it is nmcli like L, 

 dissimilar. 



^valif( 



L. planifolius^ Sond. Katanning ; Stoward, 169. 



One cannot but regret to see modern authors following Mueller's lead 



and sinking Leacopo(joii 



d several other genera in Styphelia, 



The 



contention, denied by no one, as 



separation into genera, originally ]n-oposed by Robert I3ro\vn, Avas approved 

 among others by such competent authorities as De Candolle, Endlicher, 

 Meisner, Lindley, and even Baillon, Moreover^ after Mueller's rebellious 

 action Bentham re-exiimined the question, who, while admitting Mueller's 



to the existence of intermediate species, 

 objects to Mncller^s cojupari^on of Stijpltelia so enlarged with .1 ram and 

 oLhor genera of many species which remain entire by general agreement, 

 yavy properly observing that w^hereas Acacia and Eugenia for instance show 

 the greatest uniformity in flornl structure, that cannot be maintained of 

 Sfyphelia in the Mueller sense. Authors who attach such importance to 

 connectinii links foroet that generic demarcation is no more Nature's object 



than is specific ; they also fail to realise how many amalgamations would 



i 



have to be made upon the Muellerian principle if consistently carried out^ 

 too-ether with the confusion in nomenclature resulting therefrom. 



