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In solo limoso inter fruflccs densos syhae :m1 ripuju flu\ii Preston, Wt^Uington, 

 1. Inn. 1840, Herb. Preiss. No. 1557. a ' 



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2. Xerotes ai§»parag^oide8 EndL foliis anguste lineari- 



bus planis laevibus caiile subrainoso brevioribus, vaginis 

 arctis aplce abrupto rotundato, racemis simplicibus raris, 

 pedicellis oppositis^ bractea acuta longioribus. 



In subliraoso-Iapidosis umbro.sis inter frutices ad latiis meridionali-occidentale 

 mentis Clarence, Pertb , 7. Dec. 18:t0. Herb. Preiss. No. 1556. 



3. Xerotes micrantlia EndL foliis filiformibus eloiiga- 



tis antice caualiculatis subtus sulcato-striatisj racemis ma- 

 seulis parum divisis, ramis alteriiis, pcdicellis subsolitariis 

 flore brevioribus. 



In arenosis urabrosis inter frutices s)lvae prope t)lanitieui supra urbeculam Perth, 

 23. Maji 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1531. 



. „Flores polygamo-dioici, atropurjuirei". 



4. Xerotes teimifolia S.Br. foWis filiformibus <Jongati.s 



autice caualiculatis subtus striatis, racemis masculis parum 

 divisis, ramis alternis^ pedicellis fasciculatis flore lougiori- 

 bus. R. Brown prodr. 261. 



In arenosis circa urbeculam Perth, 15. Miiji 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1530, 



„Flores polygamo-dioici odorati. Perigoniuni album. Antherae flavae**. 



5. XeroteiS pnrpnrea EndL foliis liuearibus rigidis pla- 



uis striatis laevibus 



bus) 



? 



(bipedal 

 panicula ma- 



scula glomerata^ pedicellis perigouio longioribus nutawti- 

 bus, spica femiuea interrupta. glomerulis verticillatis, ver- 

 ticillis inferne remotis apice approximatis. 



In solo sublimoso ad radices jugi montium Darling's-range, prope Skelmscott^ 

 Pertli, Sept. 1841, Herb. Preiss. No. 1534. 



„riores purpiirei, dioici, ? rari". 



6, Xerote^ Serra EndL foliis late linearibus obtusis mai 



gine membranaceo retrorsum serrato limbatis, scapo com- 

 presso abbreviato moiioceplialo- capituli bracteis membra- 

 naceis;, plurifariam imbricatis unifloris, floribus pedicella- 



tis, pedicellis bracteas et perigoiiium multoties superan- 

 tibus, 



la solo sublljuoso-glareoso districta^ York et Hay, 25. Apr. et 8, Nov. 1840. 

 Herb. Preiss. No. 1539, 



Folia 5-6 pollices longa, sesquilinea paullo latiora, ri^ida, antice plana, 

 dorse convexiuscula, utrinque striata apice obtusissimo spnacelata, margine 

 membranaceo, albo-nitente, fere dimidiam lineam lato, juxta apicem tandem 

 evanescente, inciso-serrato, dentlbus retrorsis. Scapus pollicaris, compres- 

 sus, medio iinisqtiamatns. Capituhim Phi raajoris mole, subglobosum, c 

 bracteis late ovatis, scariosis, margine membranaceo incisis, dense imbrica- 

 tis, persistentibns (tandem induratis?), infimis vacuis. Pedicelli filiformes, 

 dimidio pollice longiores, apice nutantes, longe e bracteis exserti. 



Sub No. 1541. adsunt folia pedalia semiteretia, limbo simili cincta, in 

 asperis distrirtus Minto 7. Martii ISJO lecta, procul dubio ad ineditam Xe- 



rotis speciem pertinentia. 



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