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STYLIDIUM HIRSUTUM. Hairy Sryuipium. 
Class and Order. 
GyYNANDRIA T'ETRANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Sryuipiez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx bilabiatus. Cor. irregularis, 5-fida, lacinia quinta 
(labello) dissimili, minore, deflexe: (raro porrecta,) reliquis 
patentibus (raro geminatim coherentibus). Columna re- 
clinata, duplici flexura; Antheris bilobis, lobis divarica- 
tissimis ; Stigmate obtuso, indiviso. Capsula bilocularis, 
dissepimento superne quandoque incompleto. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Styuipium hirsutum ; scapo hirsuto villis acutis, racemo 
subsimplici, calycis labio (3)-partito, capsula ventricosa 
ovata, foliis linearibus basi attenuatis margine parum 
recurvis, squamis scariosis distinguentibus interiori- 
busque acuminatis. Br. 
Sxbitune hirsutum. Br. Prodr. Flor. Nov. Holl. 568, 
Sp. Plant. 3.747. Graham in Ed. New Phil. Journ, 
1832. ’ ; 
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Descr. Root of strong, hard, branching fibres. Leaves 
(six inches long) all radical, linear, glabrous, firm in their 
texture, edges revolute, attenuated at the base, interspersed 
with scariose glabrous scales, which become larger towards 
the innermost ones, these being terminated with a point re- 
sembling the leaves, but shorter. Scape (nine inches high) 
erect, simple, rather longer than the leaves, covered, espe- 
Cially at the base, with long, spreading, colourless, acute 
(not glandular) hairs, smoother upwards. aceme (an inch 
and half long,) spicate, the uppermost flowers expanding 
first, each rising from the axil of a lanceolate, green bractea, 
which 
