Dr. Smith's Sketch of the Genus Concilium. 123 



* * Foliis planis. 



8. Conchium dacty hides*, foliis obovato-oblongis mucronulatis 



triplinervibus venosis, capsulis ovatis acutis. 

 Conchium nervosum. Bonn. Cant. 21. 

 Hakea dactyloides. Cavan. Ic. v. 6. 25. t. 535. 

 Banksia dactyloides. Gartn. v. 1. 221. t. 47. /. 2. 

 B. oleaefolia. Salisb. Prod. 54. 



Near Port Jackson. Dr. White. 



The leaves are flat, thick and rigid, smooth, entire, obovate, 

 but varying in breadth and length, tapering at the base, and 

 tipped with a short obtuse spine. They are marked with three 

 principal nerves united above the base, the spaces between which 

 are occupied either by transverse interbranching veins, or by 

 other parallel nerves. Flowers small, white, very numerous, 

 from axillary buds, in dense hairy tufts. Corolla smooth. Cap- 

 sule ovate, acute, rugged, scarcely gibbous. 



I should still gladly have called this C. nervosum, did I not to- 

 tally disapprove of changing names given by good authors, un- 

 less when positively false or bad. Gaertner having seen only the 

 capsules, could scarcely have contrived a better name than he 

 did, and Cavanilles has given it additional authority. I have 

 ascertained Gaertner's original name from Sir Joseph Banks's 

 herbarium since I suggested to Mr. Donn that of nervosum. 



9. Conchium ellipticum, foliis ellipticis retusis muticis quin- 



quenervibus reticulato-venosis, capsulis ovatis obtusis. 

 Brought by Mr. Menzies from King George's Sound. 

 Leaves 24- inches long and 1 broad, exactly elliptical, obtuse, 



* Conchittm dactyloides. Ventenat Jard, de la Malmaison, t, 110. 



R 9 without 



