IM. 
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Spyridium eriocephalum. 
Benth. in Litt.; Fenzl in Enum. Pl. Hueg. p. 24; S. prostratum, Reiss. in 
Linnza, xxix, 284; S. vexilliferum, Reiss. l. c. 285; S. phylicoides, Reiss, 
Lc. 286 ; S. uncinatum, Reiss. l c. 289; S. diffusum, Reiss. l. c. 288 ; 
Cryptandra vexillifera, Hook. Journ. of Bot, i. 257 ; J. Hook. Fl. Tasm. 
i. 71 ; C. eriocephala, J. Hook. l. c. 72. 
Fruticulosum, prostratum v. diffusum v. erectum, ramulis cano- 
v. ferrugineo-velutinis, foliis coriaceis linearibus v. oblongis v. 
rarius ovalibus margine revolutis refractisve muticis v. apice 
recurvo mucronulatis supra glabris v. scabris v. raro hirtellis 
subtus sericeo- v. velutino-tomentellis, floralibus 1-2 piuribusve 
linearibus v. lanceolatis v. ovatis v. orbieularibus supra glabris v. 
cano- v. candicanti-velutinis, stipulis persistentibus intrapetiola- 
ribus inferne concretis, glomerulis parvis terminalibus et axillaribus 
pedunculatis involucro bracteolarum obtusarum cinetis, calycibus 
parvis extus velutino-tomentosis, petalis minutis galeatis brevissime 
unguieulatis antheras subeordatas includentibus, stylo perbrevi 
simpliee glabro, stigmate indiviso, annulo perigyno 5-crenato 
calyei accreto, capsulis inferis, coccis tenerrime membraneis inde- 
hiscentibus. 
Per eremos secus flumina Darling, Murrumbidgee et Murray 
River; abhine extendens ad sinus St. Vincent's Gulf et Spencer's 
Gulf, nee non super plagas arenosas ab ostio fluminis Murray ad 
sinum Portland Bay et promontorium Point Nepean ; obvia quoque 
in montibus quibusdam apricis aridis e. g. in tractu Grampians et 
montibus Mount Lofty Ranges ; extendens etiam in Tasmaniam, 
ubi pluribus locis nota. 
Frutieulus nune humillimus, nune paucipedalis, mirum in mo- 
dum variabilis, Folia 2"—1" longa, breviter petiolata, supra ni- 
tentia et haud vel liniter rugulata, nune margine ad costam usque 
revoluta et sie teretiuseula, nune in formis latioribus margine 
lenius imove lenissime se revolventia, tunc paginam inferam ample 
ostendentia.  Stipule ovato-lanceolate ut in omnibus affinibus 
intrapetiolares, longe acutatz, 2-2" longs, haud raro viscidulz, 
e ferrugineo sensim badiz, sspe ciliatz; et parce dorso barbatz, 
inferne mox partim diffractzte, margine interiore sese tegentes et 
Sspius eohsrentes v. omnino concrete. Capitula 2-6" diametro, 
depresso-globosa, pedunculo gracili velutinello semunciali v. varie 
breviore przdita.  Bractesx et bracteole late ovatze v. orbiculares, 
sieut stipulz foliorum floralium capitulo arete appresse, nonnun- 
quam visco agglutinatz, ad costam barbatz, 3-13" longe, spadicez, 
ciliolate. Calyx florifer circiter 1" longus v. brevior. Petala 
brevissime unguieulata. Filamenta brevia, apice incurva. An- 
ther» minutz, globoso-cordatz. Stylus cylindricus. Stigma tripa- 
pillosum, trisulcatum. Fructus lanuginoso-tomentellus v. glabratus, 
circiter 1" longus. . Cocci circiter 3" longi, albidi, secus suturam 
facile aperiendi, sed vix sponte aperti, Semina leviter compressa, 
