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broadly linear or oblanceolate. The forms with broad 
leaves approach very closely indeed to G. punicea, and 
when the plant is not in flower the only obvious differ- 
ence lies in the greater length of the leaves in G. oleoides. 
In flower the two species are more readily separated, 
_ the inflorescence of G. oleoides being nearly sessile. 
__ Descrrption.—Shrub, erect ; twigs clothed with appressed silky hairs, leafy 
towards the top. Leaves linear, gradually narrowed. to the base, apex 
sharply apiculate, 2}-3) in. long, 1-} in. wide, green above, finely punctate, 
_ silvery silky-tomentose beneath ; uppermost leaves solitary, those lower down 
the twig in groups of 2-3. Racemes congested at the tips of short lateral 
_ twigs, almost sessile, about 12-flowered ; pedicels } in. long, silky-pubescent. 
_Perianth bright carmine, thinly silky outside, densely bearded towards the top _ 
_ within, tube 4 in. long, revolute below the oblique limb. Anthers short, sub-— pe: 
Sessile, Gland semi-annular, thick, fleshy. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style 
far exserted, 1} in. long, gradually thickened towards the apex, crowned by > 
the oblique flat orbicular stigma, ; 
NG. Tas. ne 1, flower ; pcg ched nai 8, section of lower paves. of 
‘he perianth, showing ovary and gland; 4, limb of perianth and anther; — 
"5, anther seen from behind :—all enlarged. © 
