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MR. SPENCER MOOllE : A CONTRIBUTION 



PHOTBACEiE. 



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Grevillea (^ Eu-Gvevillea) eyreana, sp. nov. AYhov^Tamulis sat gracili- 

 biis subterctibus minute pubescentibus dcin glabrescentibus; folils terotibus 

 pinnatisQctis segmentis paiiois plus minus divarlcatis rigidis plerunuiue 

 semel vel bis 2-3-cbotomis ultimis pungenii-aciiminatis microseopicc pube- 

 rulis glaucis ; floribus pedicollatis in racemos jdurifloros fulvo-pubcscentes 

 foliis circiter OBquilongis digestis ; periantltio cxtus £ulvo-tomontoso b:!si 

 dilatato segmentis mox solutis snperno lineari-oblongis apico anguste ovatis 

 obtusissimis; toro oblique quam ovarium longiore crasso; glandida prominonte 

 somiannulari tori latere longiori affixa; ovario glabro; stylo crasso valdo 



) ; Cavt. 



curvato minute puberulo; stigmate latcrali Icviter conico, 



Soutb Australia, on sandhills in Lake Eyre dislrict (lat. 27^ 30 



Stnrt. 



Folia in toto 5-G cm, long, j borum basis indivisa 2-2*r) cm, long.; 

 seirmenta in toto circa 3 cm- lono-.. ultima + 1*5 cm<, omnia 1 mm. dianu 

 liacemus circiter 5 cm, long. Pedicolli 5 mm, long. Periantbii basis 

 indivisa 3x2*75 mm.; segmenta (inclusa parte apicali 2*5 mm.) 8 mm, 

 long. Glandula fero 2 mm. lat. Tori latus alterum 3 nnn.^ altcrum 1'5 

 mm. long. Ovarium ovoideum 2 mm. long. Stylus 9 mm, long. Stigma 



r5x 1'25 mm. 



The affinity of this appears to be with G, Thelemanniana^ Endb, but with 

 too many differential points to require notice. Though without fruit, there 

 can, it would seem, be no doubt as to the genuSj since all attempts to fintl an 

 affinity for it in Ilahea have met with failure. 



G, (J^ Eu'Grevillea) rubicitndAj sp. nov. Fruticosa ? ; ramis sat tenuibus 

 quadrangularibus distanter foliosis subtiliter sericeis deinde glabris ; foJns 

 subsessilibus decurrcntibus alte pinnatisectis segmentis 7-14 linearibus apice 

 nigro-mucronatis margine arete revolutis coriaceis pag. inf. uti rhachis teres 

 sat gracilis subtiliter sericeis pag. sup. glabris ; racemis siiuplicibus panicu- 

 latisve pluri- ac densifloris tomento donso rubiginoso obductis ; foriJats 

 sessilibus ; periantliii rubiginose villoso-toiuentosi tubo brevi ovoideo seg- 

 mentis cito solutis supernc oblongis apice ovoideis ; toro r^cio inconspicuo; 

 glandula parva alte lobata; ovario sessili villoso ; slylo valde curvato ipso 

 sub stigmate dilatato villoso ; stigmate subcirculari levissime convexo. 



N* Australia, ^'Westward of the Gulf [Carpentaria], table-land of the 



South Alligator ; Leichardt. 



Foliorum rhachis plerumque 2-3*5 cm. long., l-l'S mm. diam., supra late 

 canaliculata ; segmenta 5-7 cm, long., 1*5 mm. lat., supra in sicco grisea. 

 Racemi evoluti longit. circa 10 cm. attingenles. Perianthium 7 mm. lono-. 

 Glandula) lobi linguiformes, "5 mm. long. Ovarium 1 mm.y stylus 7'5 mm, 

 lontr. Stiijma 1*75 x 1 mm. 



