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DryANDRA TENUIFOLIA. SLENDER-LEAVED 
DRYANDRA. 
Class and Order. 
TrerranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Proteacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium quadripartitum v. quadrifidum. Stamina 
apicibus concavis laciniarum immersa. Squamule hypo-— 
yne 4. Ovarium uniloculare, biovulatum. Ovula post 
foecundationem coherentia. Folliculus ligneus: Disepi- 
mentum ligneum semibifidum fructis maturi omnind simile. 
Receptaculum commune planum, floribus indeterminatim: 
confertis ; paleis angustis, rard nullis. Involucrum com- 
mune imbricatum.—F rutices plerumque humiles. Rami dum 
adsint sparsi vel umbellatt. Folia sparsa, pinnatifida v. in- — 
cisa, plante juvenilis conformia. Involucra solitaria, termi- 
nalia, raro lateralia, sessilia, foliis confertis, interioribus 
quandoque nanis obvallata, hemispherica, bracteis adpressis 
in quibusdam apice appendiculatis. Stylus sepé perianthio 
vix longior. R. Br. 3 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Dryanpra tenuifolia ; foliis elongato-linearibus pinnatifidis 
- subtruncatis subtis niveis basi attenuata integerrima — 
petioliformi: lobis triangularibus decurrentibus divari- 
catis margine recurvis, involucro longitudine florum : 
bracteis tomentosis : exterioribus ovato-lanceolatis, pe- 
rianthio stylum subequante: unguibus basi lanatis 
supra cauleque glabris ; laminis subsericeis. Br. in 
Linn. Trans. 10. p. 215. ejusd. Prodr. 1. p. 398. Rom. 
et Schult. Syst. Veg. 3. p. 447. 
A native of barren heaths on the shores of King George’s 
Sound, where it forms rather a dense bush, flowering in the 
