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lertl, etiam post florcscenlmm pnllice vix longiores; braeteae ovatae, aciilac, 
siibconcavae, florps vix aequantes; fntftus ' 
6. ComeNperma aemula Steud, caule basi simplici te- 
reti stiperne ramoso anguloso glabro; foliis sparsis lincari- 
bus acutiusculis ; raceniis laxis bracteis sctaceis flores su- 
perantibus cito decidxiis; alls corolla (flavesceiite) longiori- 
bus, lobo medio integro lateralibus subbreviore. 
In arenosis districtas Sussex, 19. Dec. 1839. Herb, Prciss. No. 23T1. 
C ericinae Dec. proxima sed folia non revoluta plana. "> 
Radtv tenuis, simjilex; caitlia vix friitescens, basi simplicissimiis, teres 
lYa-^ perlalis, superne ramosus, nti rami angulatus; rami siibiniibellato- 
coni^esti, apice raro simplices sed in ramulos racemiferos itenim tlivisi; folU 
vix in petiolnm attennata, nervo medio prominente phis minus utrlmpie sulcata, 
3-5 lineas lonj;a, vix unam lata; racemi hixi, vix pollice longiores, tructi- 
feri elongali laxlores; bi^acteae flores inapertos snperantes, evoUitos vit 
aequantes; flores parvi, alae calycinae intense purpureo- violaceae; cm'oUa 
apice flavcscens; fructus apice marginlbiis elongatis et commissura meui''^ 
producta 3-dentatus; semina non marginata. 
7- Coiue.^I)erina contracta Steud. caule fmticoso gla- 
berrimo striate tereti basi iiudo siiperne foliate ramoso; 
ramis angulatis; foliis sparsis siiblortis anguste linearibus 
niargine subrevolutis apice acutiiisculis; raceinis terminali- 
bus abbreviatis ante florescentiani bracteato-coniosis, bracteis 
lillformibus ; alis coroUam superantibus, corollae lobo medio 
postice bi'eviter corniculato antice coiitracto. ti 
In turfosis inter arundines ad marginem lacus prope villam Dr. Helms, districf«s 
Perth, 21. May 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 2373. 
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CauUs teres, basi simplex, cicatriclbus foliorum notatus, sursum ramosus 
utt rami snbangnlatus et foliatus; folia caulina lineari-Ianceolata, plana, 4-*> 
tineas longa, ultra lineam lata, obtusiuscnia, ramea angustiora, acutiora, shO' 
torta; r«re7Hi' abbreviati (I-2-polIicares) laxiuscull, ante florescentinm bracteis 
lanceolato-setaceis flores vix duplo snperantibus muniti; cahjcis alae sui>- 
patentes, pallide roseae, corolla apice lutescente longiores; lobus medius postu"^ 
in corniculum brevissimum productus, antice contractus, lateribus brevior *t 
angustior; fructus 
8. Comesi^enna tenniis Steud. caule simplici vel ^;; 
viso tenui glabro remote foliato: foliis auguste lanceolatt* 
plauis; raceuio ante llorescentiam bracteolis scariosis flo* j 
res vix snperantibus instructo demum laxo; floribus (a*"^ ' 
et coeruleo-yariegatis) parvis, lobo medio acuto. 'A- 
In subumbrosis ad Aron Dale, districtus York, 4. Febr. 1839. Herb. Pfe'**'- 
No. 2367, 
Caulis teniiissimus, striatns, teres, simplex vel parum ramosus; P'**!"*^^, ^.j, 
iatus; folia, saepius plus quam duplam longitudinem remota, angnste [^"•^'l^^ 
anceolata, sessilia; rami termlnales, simplices, laxinsculi; flores \*^^^] ^^_ 
albo-coerulescentes, patentes, coroUam concolorem aequantes; fructus ^^^ 
luri vix in stipitem elongati, utrinqiie obtusi, medio mucronulati. 
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