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Isopocon Lovupont. Mr. Lovpon’s 
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Generic Character. > 
Perianthium quadrifidum, tubo gracili diutids persistente. 
Squame nulle hypogyne. Stylus totus deciduus. Stigma 
fusiforme vel cylindraceum.  Nux sessilis, ventricosa, un- 
dique comosa.—Frutices rigidi. Folia glabra, plana v. 
Jiltformia, divisa v. integerrima. Capitula terminalia, rard 
axillaria. Flores modo densissimé imbricati, strobilo glo- 
boso ; modo fastigiati, receptaculo communi planiusculo sub- 
envolucrato, paleis deciduis, congestis. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
lsopocon* Loudoni ; foliis lanceolatis lingulatisve integer- 
rimis apiculo sphacelato, ramis perianthiisque glabris : 
apicibus laminarum sericeis, stigmate fusiformi barba- 
to, strobilis hemisphericis.. Br. 
lsopogon Loudoni. D. Baxter. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 
Suppl. prim. p. 8. 
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The Genus Isopocon, of which the learned author of the 
Prodromus Fl. Nove Hollandie originally described twelve 
Species, has, by the researches of botanic travellers, of late 
years, and especially by those of Mr. Baxrer on the south- 
West coast of New Holland, received an important accession 
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* From sos, equal, and rwywr, a beard, in allusion to the nuts of the fruit 
ing equally, or on all sides, bearded, by which character the Genus is 
readily distinguished from PETROPHILA. 
