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Class and Order. 
Dipynamra .GyMNOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. 
_ Strobilus tetragonus, spicatus, calyces colligens. Corolle 
lbium superius erectum planum ; inferius tripartitum, la- 
cinis zqualibus. 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. ke t3 
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Oricanum Maru; spicis hirsutis, foliis ovatis tomentosis 
sessilibus. Sp. Pl. 825. Excluso synonymo Tourne- 
fortii. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 137. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 
129. nm. 14. Smith in Rees. Cyclop. in loco. Lam, 
Encycl. Bot. 4. p. 608. n. 11. ., eed 
Masorana cretica, rotundifolia, Lavandule odore, capitulis 
minoribus incanis, flore purpurascente. Tournef. Cor. 
13. ex auctoritate Ill. Smith. 1. ¢. 8 
Marv creticum. Alpin. Exot. 289. ¢. 288. en # 
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M. Porrét, in the supplement to the Encyclopédie, ex- 
presses a doubt, whether this species is not the same as the 
egyptiacum, which doubt has probably arisen from the ex- 
-4mmation of the synonyms, in which, according to Dr. 
Sonanper, Linnavs has confounded at least three different 
Species. ; | is: 
From the specimen of egsptiaes Hacum in the Banksian Her- 
barium, idk kerces with that in our own, Ortcanum Maru 
_ differs extremely, the capitula in that being crowded to- 
pether on very short peduncles, and the es between the 
eaves, which are petioled, being much shorter. 
There is a rigidity and nakedness in our plant, which 
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