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CoNOsPERMUM ERICIFOLIUM. HEATH-LEAVED 
- ConospERMUM. — 
Class and Order. 
TerranDRiA -Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord. —Proreacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
- Perianthium tubulosum, ringens: lacinia suprema basi 
fornicata. Anthere tres, incluse : laterales dimidiate : su- 
perior biloba; primo coherentes, lobis proximis vicinarum 
loculum constituentibus. Stigma liberum. Nusx obconica, 
‘papposa. Br. as 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Conosrermuo * ericifolium; foliis erectis numerosis subim- 
bricatis subulato-filiformibus, spicis simplicibus axilla- 
ribus pedunculo brevioribus. 
Conosrermum ericifolium. Smith in Rees Cycl. Knight 
et Salish. Prot. p.95. Br. in Linn. Trans. v. 10. p. 
"154, Spreng. Syst. Veget.v.1. p.¥i4. 
Descr. Shrub erect. Stem rounded, brown; Branches 
erect, green when young and pubescent. Leaves subulato- 
filiform, slightly twisted, mucronate, veinless, when seen 
under a microscope a little scabrous, veinless, somewhat 
imbricated, persisting, very numerous. Peduncles axillary, 
crowded at the extremity of the branches, erect, elongated, 
obscurely scabrous, and having a few scattered ovato- 
acuminate, blueish bractez, but no flowers (unless an abor- 
tive one) except at the top, where they form a rather dense, 
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* From xwvos, @ cone, and cripua, seed, on account of the shape of the 
seed, 
