191 
tis, basi sensim hi petloliiin circiter semipollicarem atteiiua- 
tis, apice iterum seiisini in nuicronulum linealem falcato- 
rccurvum atteiiuatis, plaiiis, iitrinque concoloribiis, teiiiie 
coriaceis, nervo mcdiaiio teiiui pereursis, lateralibii.s obso- 
letiSj margiiie integerrimis j junioribus pilis brevibiis'molli- 
biis pubesceiiti-iino tomcutoso-incaiiis: pcdunculis axilla- 
ribus tei'iiiinalibusyuej solitariis. simplicibus, petiolos acqtian- 
tibus, junioribiis tonientoso-incanis; lloribus canipanuiatis, 
trilineaiibiis, badiis; capsulis ovoideo-vel obovato-conipres- 
siusculis, blvalvibus, pleiospermis^ sordlde luteis. — All. 
Ciiiiiiii»ii;hain Mss. in scbed. 182^2, et in Annals of Nat. 
Hist. iV. 110. Putterlick Synops. Pittosp. I(i. Wnlpers 
Repeit. I. 230. 
P, longifolium Putterlick Syn. Pittosp. 15. Walp. Re- 
pert. I. L>jO, 
P. Roeamun I^ttcrlick Syn. Pittosp. 16, Walp. Rcpcrt. 
I. 250. 
Habitat in littoribus aridis insiilac Uotcnest, advtTsiis ostium nninis Cygnorum 
Austraiiae orac occidentalis, 1822. (All. Cniininghnm); ibit!om in intcrioiibiis coloniae 
Swan llivcr Dec. 183ti (J. S. Roe) et 18:U (J. Drnmmond); in arenosis sjlvac orae 
occiaentalis insulae Ilotenest 18. Aug. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1297. 
ArJfuscula 20-30 pedalis, ramis divaiicatis, gracilibus , flcMiosis; ra- 
^uifis flfxuoso-patentibns, propensis, foliatis: adiiltis glabns, coitice e riifo- 
Hirpnrasconte vestitis, llgno flonso, diiro, albido; jiiniorihus jmrpiirasrentl- 
•*"», tomento inraiio tectis. Folia solitaiia, altornatim dissita, versus ra- 
»iul(uum apirem confertiora, ani^nste lanceolata, "2-4 uiicialiu, I'A-- lin. 
'iita, basin versus sensim attenuata in petioliim scmipoUicarein infra convt'xnui, 
supra canaliculattun, apice iternm in mncromdiim Unealem falcato-recnrvnm 
("iisplUiito-altouuata, plana, e hiteo laete vlridescentia , iitrinipie concolora. 
sempervirentia, tonne coriacea, nervo lueiliano teniii vix iul'ni ]irouiIacnte 
Pfnliicta, lateralibns obsolotis, margine obtusiusculo integerrirna ; jnniora 
gine ciliolatis 
ftdult 
sub 
paMidiora et brevijssinie ciliolata. CoroUac petala 5, byiiogyna, calycis 
"iliolis alterua, aequalia, aestivatione inibricata, subspatlinlata, ad (res li- 
nm lon-a * - ' " * *' -— -■' -— ■ 
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G uooso-tnpflr;u Ovarium ovouleo-vel ol{ii»soiilt'o-roinin'essinsrnliiin , li- 
jj^ '*'**, semilineam latum, pilis canis villosiim, bnsi gfandnlis 5 cmn stamini- 
'^s ulternantibns stipatiim, superne in rstyJum teretPin, filifornieiii, ovario 
