( 4035 ) 



Dryandra arctotidis. Arctotis-like 

 Dryandra. 



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Class and Order. 

 Tetbandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Proteace^. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthiwn quadripartitum v. quadrifidum. Stamina 

 apicibus concavis laciniarum immersa. Squamulce hypo- 

 gynae 4. Ovarium triloculare,, loculis monospermis. Fol- 

 liculus ligneus : dissepimento libero bifido. Receptacu- 

 lum commune planum, floribus indeterminatim confertis ; 

 paleis angustis,, raro nullis. Involucrum commune imbrica- 

 tum. — Frutices plerumque humiles. Rami dum adsint sparsi 

 vel umbellati. Folia sparsa, pinnatifida v. incisa, plantce 

 juvenilis conformia. Involucra solitaria, terminalia, raro 

 lateralia, sessilia, foliis confertis, interioribus quandoque 

 nanis obvallata, hemisphcerica, bracteis appressis, in quibus- 

 dam apice appendiculatis. Stylus scepe perianthio vix lon- 

 gior. Br. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Dryandra arctotidis; foliis linearibus pinnatifidis subter 

 niveo-tomentosis caulem glabrum subaequalibus, lobis 

 lineari-lanceolatis decurrentibus aveniis marginibus in- 

 crassato-recurvis, involucri squamis lineari-lanceolatis 

 glabriusculis, perianthii unguibus laminisque villosis, 

 tubo imberbi. Br. 



Dryandra arctotidis. Br. Prodr. Suppl. p. 39. 



This is one of several handsome species which Mr. Bax- 

 ter added to the number previously published in the 

 Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae ; and which Mr. Brown 



introduced 



