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solum foliosis ;• f( 



applaiiatis) cnissiusculis sat pcrspicuo 



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subsessilibus 



2- vel o-nis (anne semper?) nd apicem ruinnloruiii sitis ; Iracteis parvulis 

 calvci nmlto brevioribus ovatis obtiisis^;iniis vel obtusis scuriosis ; cal^cis 

 tubo caiiipanulato 5-costato qnam lobi suborblculares longiore ; petalis sub- 

 orbicularibus late broviterqne inigulculatis ; staminihus biserialibus ; ovario 

 5-localari ovulis quove in loculo 8 ; stylo exserto. 



Arid plains, Gardner and Fitzgerald Rivers; Maxwell, 211. 



Folia 4-6 mm. long., '5-\S mm. lat. ; petioli summum vix 1 mm. long. 

 Bractege 1-2 mm. long., pcdicelli '5 mm. Caljcis pars adnata I'S mm., pars 

 libera 1 mm., lobi 1 mm. long. Petala rosea, 2-5-3 mm. diam. Filamenta 



circa 3 mm. long. Stylus crassiuscnlus I'S mm. long. 



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Scluuicr, of which it has the foliage and general appearance. Dirisection 

 shows, however, the following peculiarities: bracts much shorter than tliose 



oi panel flora and a shorter cam 



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lobes. 



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flowers a little smaller. It may be added tliat although Bentliam says the 

 flowers of the older species are sessile, those examined liad pedicels of more 

 than 1 mm. in length, and a pedicel is obviously necessary to support the 



bracts, 



KuNZEA (§ Eukunzea) SPICATA, sp. nov. Innovatiomhus microscopice 



sericeis cito glabris ; rainuns 



Us ultimis folia primo conferta deinde sparsa 

 fulcientibus ; foUU parvis late obovatis obtusissimis crassiusculo-coriaceis 

 cito olubris petiolo brevi hitoquo insidentibus ; fior'dnis sessilil)us in spicas 

 brovcs ad vel juxta ramuloriun partem intermedium sitas ordinatis ; calt/cis 

 tubo subhemi^pluerieo crassiusculo levi vol fere levi quam lobi oblongo-ovati 

 obtusi vel obtusissimi pnulluhim longiore; petalis suborbicularibns late 

 breviterque unguiculatis ; (^vario 5-loculari loculis circa 5-ovulatis. 

 West Mt. Barren and Fitzgerald Itiver ; MaxwelL 



Folia usque ad 3 x ^'5 mm., plernnupie vero paullo minora, pag. utravis 

 perspicue glaiululifera, in sicco ssepe longitrorsum rngulosa; petiol 



12x9 mm. Calycis tubus 2*5 mm, long. 



us '5 mm. 



long. Spica) florentes summum 



lobi 1"5 mm. lonir. Petal 



(pars inf. 1 mm. pars libc^ra 1'5 mm.); looi i";> mm. long, retaia rosea, 

 2 mm. diam. Filamenfa verisimiliter biserialia, 2*5-3 mm. long. Stylus 



fere T) nun. long- 



l^^vidently very near IC jucimda^ Diels, of wd)ich there is no specimen in 

 this country. IC jaeiwda is described as having inflorescences of 2, 3, or 4 

 flowers at tlie top of the branchlets instead of the Melaleuca like interpolated 

 inflorescences of tlio plant uudfM- notice; moreover, its leaves nre obovatc- 

 elliptic or suborbicular, the cumpanulate calyx Is lO-ncrved, and the cells of 

 the ovary {number not stated) have G-8 ovules. 



