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Isopocon SPATHULATUs; var. linearis. SpaTHuLaTE- 
LEAVED Isopocon; linear-leaved var. 
ERREREREREE EEE EER EEE RES 
Class and Order. 
Terranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Proreacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium quadrifidum, tubo gracili diutids persistente. 
Squame nulle hypogyne. Stylus totus deciduus. Stigma 
fusiforme y. cylindraceum. Nusx sessilis, ventricosa, undi- 
que comosa.—Frutices rigide. Folia glabra, plana v. Sfili- 
Jormia, divisa v. integerrima. Capitula terminalia, raro 
axillaria. Flores modo densissimé imbricati, strobilo glo- 
boso ; modo fastigiati, receptaculo communi planiusculo 
subinvolucrato, paleis deciduis, congestis. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Isopocon spathulatus ; foliis cuneato-obovatis lineari-spa- 
thulatisve, apiculo acuto, caule prolifero, capitulis 
solitariis obvallatis. Br. 
Isopogon spathulatus. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. Suppl. 
Prim. p. 8. 
(a.) obovatus ; folia obovata plana. Br. loc. cit. 
(8.) linearis ; folia lineari-spathulata. Br. loc. cit. Tab. 
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A native of King George’s Sound, where, it appears, the - 
two varieties enumerated by Mr. Brown were discovered 
by Mr. Baxrer in 1829, and by whom the present one was 
introduced to the gardens near London in the following 
year. It is a plant of strong growth, flowering with 
freedom in the spring of the year, and, although not so con- 
Spicuous among other plants of the greenhouse, as its 
congener I. Loudonit of Mr. Brown, of which we latel 
published a figure in this work, (tab. 3421,) it nevertheless 
will 
