( 3063 ) 



Dryandra nervosa. Nerved-leaved 

 Dryandra. 



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Class and Order. 

 Tetrandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Proteace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium quadripartitum vel quadrifidum. Stamina 

 apicibus concavis laciniarum immersa. Squamulce hypo- 

 gynae 4. Ovarium biloculare, loculis monospermis. Folli- 

 culus ligneus: dissepimento libero, bifido. Receptaculum 

 commune planum, floribus indeterminatim confertis ; paleis 

 angustis, raro nullis. Involucrum commune imbricatum. 

 Br. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Dryandra* nervosa; foliis profunde pinnatifidis subtus 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis, lobis linearibus subfalcatis mu- 

 cronatis nervosis basi dilatatis, involucri bracteis ob- 

 longo-ovatis ferrugineo-tomentosis, perianthii Iaciniis 

 linearibus fulvo-hirsutis apice barbatis. 



Dryandra nervosa. " Mackay, MSS. Catal." Sweet Ft. 

 Australasica, t. 22. 



Descr. A small shrub, about two feet high, with downy, 

 stout, tortuose branches. Leaves nearly a foot long, in- 

 cluding the petiole, deeply pinnatifid, coriaceous, dark 

 green above, clothed with rusty down beneath, the seg- 

 ments one to two inches long, broadly linear, dilated at the 

 base, acute at the point, marked with three to four parallel 



nerves : 



Named in compliment to the eminent and learned Swedish Botanist, 

 wwfoa to Sir Jos£pn Banks, Jonas Dryander. 



