1^4 CXLIV. PROTEACE^. [Conosper7ne(B , 



affixa, filamentis brevibus ; anthera antica distincte S-locularis, laterales dimidiatim 1- 

 lociilaresj lociilo cum contiguo antherse anticae in loculum unicum confluente, per anthesin 

 tamen soluto ; anthera postica abortiva v. in membranam filamentum cum stigmate 

 connectentem mutata. Squamse hypogynse 0. Ovarium stipitatum v. subsessOe, fasciculo 

 pilorum coronatum ; stylus filiformi.s, apice in discum obliciuum stigmatiferum perianthii 

 laminam posticam spectantem dilatatus, margine aiitico s^epe 2-lobo v. 2-cornuto; 

 ovulum 1, lateraliter affixum, amphitropum. Nux parva, indeliiscens.— Frutices suflru- 

 ticesve. FoUa sparsa, omnia v. saltern inferiora longe petiolata, petiolo basi dilatata 

 squamiformi, lamina coriacea integra v. divisa, minute reticulata. Flores parvi, sub 

 quaque bractea solitarii, sessiles, spicati, spicis primum densis demum elongatis, pedunculo 

 communi simplici v. ramoso, ad axillam squaniie vaginantis oriundo. 



Species 8. Auetralise occidentalis cxtratropiose incolse. £cnth. Fl. Aiisiral. v. 359. Endl homgr, 



16. Conospermum, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 213 ; Exot Bot, t. 82.— Flores lierma- 

 phroditi, plus minus irregulares. Perianthii tubus rectus v. leviter incurvua, indivisus, 

 lunbo nunc angusto, lobis 4 sub^qualibus patentibus, nunc ovoideo v. oblongo bila- 

 biate, labio postico lato concavo, antico anguate 3-lobo. Stamina ad apicem gibbosum 

 tubi V. ad basin laminae concavse affixa, filamentis brevibus crassis ; anthera postica 

 2docularis, laterales loculo 1 perfecto 1 eft'oeto, antica loculis 2 effcetis, loculi fertiles 

 lateralium cum loculo contiguo posticte ante anthesin in unum coh^rentes, per anthesin 

 soluti. Squamre hypogyn^e 0. Ovarium sessile, obconicimi, apice pilis longis coronatum ; 

 stylus basi filiformis, juxta basin antherarum incrassatus et incurvus, rostro oblongo v' 

 angusto terminatus, stigmate ad apicem laterali per anthesin clastice in labiimi anticum 

 periantliu recurvo ; ovulum 1, ab apice pendulum, orthotropum. Nux parva, obconica v. 

 turbmata,vertice piano v. concavo coma pilorum coronato.— Frutices suffruticesve. Folia 

 sparsa, integerrima. Flores spicati, ad axUlas bractearum vaginantium solitarii, sessiles 

 spicis brevibus densis in capitula sessilia congeatis v. in axillis solitariis sessiUbus, v. vaxie 

 paniculatis, rhachi post anthesin interdum elongata. Bractete latse, persistentes. 



Species 34, omnes Australianaj extratropic^, pler^que occidentales. Smth. Fl~ Au$tral v. 363. 

 F. Muell. Fragm. x. 20. In sectiones 2 distribuuntur ;— 



1. Uomm-M, E. Br. Perianthii lobi tubo tequilongi v. loDgiores, suliequales, patentes. Anther* 

 mtra gibbum ad apicem tubi coll oca tse.—^^fc//. Icomgr, t, 40. 



2. Eucmospermum, Endh Perianthii limbus 2-labiatus, tubo ^quilongus v. brevior, labio postico 

 latissimo concavo anthoras fovcnto, antico anguste Z-\o\^o, —Budge m Trans. Umi, Soc s t 17 

 EMi, Iconogr. t 31. F. MicdL PL Fid. t. 70. Bot, Mug, t. 2724, 2850. 



TrIBUS III. FilANKLAJ^DIE^. 



17. rranklandia, i2. Br. in Trans, Linn. Soc. x. 157; App. Flind. Voy. t. C— Flores 

 hermaphroditi, regulares. Perianthii tubus longus, indivisus, angustus, rectus, limbo 

 vix latiore, lobis fequalibus per anthesin patentibus. Antlierai lineares, inclusse, tubo 

 adnatos. Squamae perigynte 4, lineares, infra medium tubi affix^, in annulum circa 

 stylum colutrentes, demum solutse erectjB. Ovarium sessile, annulo pilorum longorum v. 

 setis 3 plumosis coronatum ; stylus filiformis, stigmate termiuali ddatato ; ovulum 1, 

 ab apice pendulum, orthotropum. Kux angusta, coma pappiformi v. setis 3 plumosis 

 coronata. Embryonis cotyledones radicula multo breviores. —Frutices. Folia sparsa, 

 dichotome divisa, segmentis teretibus. Flores longi, flavi, racemosi, sub quaque bractea 

 sohtarii, racemis terminalibus v. in axillis suporioribus. Bractea parvte. 

 Species 2, Austrah^e occidentalis extratropiae incola>. Bc?ith, Fl. Austral, v. 37G. Endl. Iconogr, i. 52. 



TrIBUS IV. PERSOONIEiE. 



18. Symphyonema, R Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. IST—Flores hermaphroditi, regu- 

 lares. Penanthmm cylindraccum, rectum, limbo vix latiore, segmentis per anthesin 



