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stylidium tenu1folwjm. flne-leaved> 

 Stylidium* 



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C/ass antf Order. 

 Gynandria Diandria. 



Generic Character. 



Col. bilabiatus. Cor. irregularis, 5-fida: lacinia quinta 

 (Labello) dissimili. Columna reclinata, duplici flextira. 

 Jnt/terce biloba?: lobis divaricatissimis. Caps, bilocularis. 

 Brown in Hort. Keic. 5. p. 222. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Stylidium tenuifolium ; suffrutico.su B, foliis angusto-lineari- 

 bus sessilibus pilosiusculis, fauce inula, labello appen- 

 dicular Brown Prodr.ji. Nov. Holl.p. 570. Encycl. 

 hot SuppL 5. p. 413. 



Stylidium laricifolium ; caule elongato confertiui folioso, 

 foliis subsetaceo-linearibus, panicula pvramidato-ra- 

 mulosa, Richard in. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 210. Jussieu in 

 Ann. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 18. p. 19. t. S. 



Ift ounaecount of another species of this curious genus, of 

 ^fchich Mr. Brown in. his Prodromus has recorded and cha- 

 racterized no fewerthan forty-five ; we have given an account 

 °f the irritability of the column of fructification, which is 

 equally remarkable in; our present subject {vide supra No. 



The Stymdhim- tenuifolium forms a very small upright 

 shrub, while all the rest oft the known species, except one 



Il LIDUJM fruticosum) are herbaceous. 



Mr. Labhsiiardusre ire the 6th, volume of the Annates du 

 Museum d'Histoire Naturelle gave the true account of the 

 structure of the flower of this genus, which, being ignorant 

 •tat it was before established by. Professor Swartz under its 



present 



