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Frutex paucipedalls, Bractece solitarice, concavo-lanceolat^e, 4'" 
longa3 v.longiores. Bracteolae carinato-lanceolatce, 2"' circiterlongae. 
Sepala lanceolaria, 3'" longa, glabra. Corolla hypocraterea ; tubus 
tenuis, in faucem paene clausam sensim attenuatus, 2'" longus, lobis 
longitudlne aequalisj basi super germeu inflatus ; lobi late cuneato- 
orbiculares, albi, glabri, axi faucem versus valde prominente supra 
solide plicati, expansione horizontales, marginibus sese tegentes. 
Antherai medium tubi coroUae occupantes, cylindrico-liueares, 
long.a?, ccntro dorsi fix^. Filamenta glabra, tenerrime capillaria, 
corolte tnbo basi tenus adbserentia, nec, jam docente Sonderio, 
adnata, nec stricte hypogyna, sed una cum corolla cadentia. Stylus 
1^"' longus, glaber, Squamce hypogynas acutiusculje. Placentse 
ex coluraellte apice recurvataij quasi pendentes. Semina Isevissima, 
ovata, fulva, 5-^'" longa, compressa, Folia In planta Drunimondi 
161 huc forsan pertinenti sa^pe biuncialia, dense ciliata, 
Planta haud omnino dissuadit definitioni nimis brevi Dracophylli 
capitati (Br. Pr. 556), dum planta hujus nominis in Bot. Mag. ct 
Swectii opere depicta forsan ad Sphenotoma gracile trahi potest, 
Sphenotoma gracile (Br. Pr, 556) inhabitat locos humidos in 
vicinia sinus regis Geoi^ii. Planta 1-4' alta. Flores fragrantes. 
Folia etiam superiora passim squairoso-patentia, inferiora interdum 
patentim pubescentia. CoroUa extus in apice tubi pilosula. Pla- 
centffi in columell^ apice unguiculatiB, fere ovataa, inferne longius 
liber^, Semina ellipsoidea, fulva. Plantee Drummondi 102 et 261 
forsan sistunt varietates hujus speciei etsi stamina quasi hypogyna. 
Filamenta brevi spatio a coroUa detrahibilia. Anther£e supra me- 
dium fixic, in apicem attenuatfle. Huic speciei nimis cognatum S. 
capitatumj si figura operis Bot. Reg. veram plantam exhibet. Re- 
perio autem in hac stirpe filamenta sponte usque ad basim corollse 
secedentia. Sed desolutio staminum in omnibus minus magisve 
perfecta apparet. In varietate parviflora ad fluraen Thomas-River 
et Capite Le Grand detecta lobi coroUte lineam vix excedunt ; rarauli 
interdum flore singulo terminantur. 
Sphenotoma squarrosum invenitur in locis udis a sinu regls 
Georgii usque ad Wilson^s Inlet. Attinet altitudiuem 10'. Rami 
paucij inferne longo tractu nudi, apice fasciculoso-foliosi. Corolloe 
tubus extus fere tota longitudine v. saltem supra medium breviter 
pubescens, intus parce pilosulus, lobis late obovato-cuneatis fere 
duplo longior, faucem veraus paululum incrassatus (nec ut in S. 
dracophylloide attenuatus). Antherae saturate rubrae, prope apicem 
fixse. Filamenta brevi spatio detrahibilia. Placentoe e centro dorsi 
fiubito tenuiterque stipitatae, undique seminigera?. Semina ovato- 
ellipsoide», undique turgidula, clathruto-foveolata. Est planta 
Drummondi 242. 
