494 
A'es steriles foliosos emitteutem) converse! Squamae hujus speciminis bracteas 
sistunt foliaceas, lineares obtusiusculas patulas plus minus nervoso-striatas, 
basi paruiii dilatatas. 
6. Petropliila acicnlari^ R.Br, foliis elongatis, tereti- 
bus , supra obsolete unisulcis ramisque glabris ; strobilis 
terniinalibus lateralibusque, sessilibus, subglobosis; squa- 
mis fuscis^ giabris, interioribus ovatis pungenti-acuiuinatis, 
nervoso-striatis, exterioribus longioribiis subulatis subfo- 
liaceis basi dilatatis; calyce aJpresse sericeo-villoso, squa- 
mas vix superante; stigmatis articiilo siiperiore barbato in- 
feriore duplo longiore, — R.Br, prodr. pag. 364. 
In solo turfoso-arcnoso ad Stirling's-terrace, Sinns Regis Georgii III., d* 21. Sept. 
1840. Herb. Preiss- No. 626. (A. Cunningham! in Herb. DC.) 
„Frutex S-pedalis, strictus". Caulis nunc simplicissimus, penna corvina 
VIX crassior, apice monocephalus, foliis tenuibus brevioiibus ("i-S-pollirn- 
ribus) nunc penna anserina crassior, s'uperne ramosus (saepe dlchotomus) 
foliis paullo crassioribus (fere jP.yMwciyb/itte) longioribusque (seraipedalibns). 
Rami sulcato-rugosi, sanguineo-fusci, supeme leviter cinerascentes , subm- 
tidi, StroMH praecedentibus paululnm majores et compactiores; squamae 
interiores 2-3 lin. longae, apice exserto triangulari 2-2y2 Hn. lato, sensim 
injicumen pungens abeunte, nervis acute prominulis 7-9 striato; exteriores 
duplo- quadruple longiores , subnlatae, basi tantum panllo dilatatae, infintae 
pollicares et ultra, foliiforraes viridesque. Flores argenteo-sericei. 
7. Petrophila linearis R^Br. foliis planis, verticalibus, 
crassis, spathulato-linearibus, falcatis rectisve, inferne te- 
retibiis ^ aveniis ramisque glabris ; strobilis terniinabbus 
axillaribusque 5 demum ovatis; squamis late ovatis, brevj- 
ter acuminatis, enerviis, exterioribus longioribus lineari- 
subulatis; calyce villosissimo; stigmatis articulo siiperiore 
barbato inferiore deorsum attenuato vix longiore. — J^**^^' 
suppl. pag. 6. 
In arenosis sylvae circa oppidiim Pertli, d. 13. Jan. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 6. 
(Drummond n. 558 et Col!. I.) . 
^rntex 1 -2Vj -pedalis", ramosus. Rami plus minus rugosi fusci, epi- 
dermide cinerea tenui demum rimosa et secedeute. Folia ^J-4-poUicaru, 
* pressa, obso- 
acuto V. ""'' 
cronulo sacpe obliquo v. recurvo apiculato rarius obtusissimo. Strobiti i^» 
mmales et in suramis axillis sessiles, saepe approximati et capitulum ma?""' 
f ompositum constituentes ; squamae interiores fuscae, latae, breviter sert af u ^ 
acummatae, apice estus nonnunquam puberulae; interiores pailescentes ^^^ 
hn. longae, e basi parum dilatata sensim subulate -attenuatae. Cafyx 
Iin. on-us, piibe molli patula vix sericea pallida fulva v. livide n^^'^*^ p^, 
albida densissime villosus, tubo lineam crasso, limbo ante explicationem F, 
niracrassiore, obtusiusculo. Stigmatis articuli singuli sesquilineam " o^ 
jnJenore m stylum sensim attenuate, superiors apice nude barbam »» .|j 
sime superante. Nuctilarum coma longiuscula, livide cinerea, inter sr 
(ovati subpollicaris) squamas longiuscule exserta. 
8- Petropliila ericifolia R^r. foliis brevibus, '^^"^^^fZ 
adpressis, teretibus, subexsulcis, laevibus, glabris "J'^V-i^ 
apice obfnso subtns glandnla punctiformi iiotato; stro 
