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ifolia 
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J. Hook. Fl. Tasm. i, 2G6, t. 84. 
Palmacea, arhorea^ foliis longissimis serratis ensiformibu 
sensiin prjBlonge angnstatis, paniciilis pyramidatis axillaribus 
aphyllis e racemis divergontibus, corolla parva semiovata sepalis 
duplo longiore, antheris integris, stylo brevi, placentis unguiculatis, 
squamis 5 hypogyuis. 
In monte Laperouse frcqucns, altitudlne 1000-4000', C. St. In 
montibus ad Macquarie Ilarbor. 
Attinet altitudinera 30'. Truncus circiter 4" crapsus, Folia 
sjepe 4' longa, basin versus 2-3" lata. Bracteol^ V long^. Sepala 
fere orbicularia, %'" longa. Corolla I-l|'" metiens. Filamenta 1" 
longa. Anthera^ ellipsoideo-cylindracese, centro dorsi fixte. Pla- 
centas recurvo-pendul^. 
Nullte EichejE species extra Tasmaniam detegebantur, R. Gunnii 
excepta, qua^ unica in Australiam contiuentalem translata. Grenus 
se liabet ad Dracophyllum, quam Couostephium ad Stypheliam. 
RicJiea dracophylla. 
R. Br. Pr. 555 (exclus. var.). 
Elata, foliis ensiformihus e1o7igatis serrulatis^ paniculis fasci" 
culosis et racemosis contractis aphylliSj sepalis corolla aliquoties 
brevioribus fere orbicularibus, corolla conico-cylindrica^ antheris 
integris, squamis quinque hypogynis. 
Ad flumen D'Entrecasteaux River et ad Recherche Bay. C- St. 
rolia pauci- v. pluripoUicaria. Panicula saepe semipedalis. 
Sepala fere §" longa. Corolla 3-4"' longitudine metiens. An- 
theroe g" long?e, inapertce oblongo-cylindrica?, basi paulo attenuata^, 
centro dorsi fixa^, apertse apice emarginatce. Filamcnta circiter 
2'" longa. Stylus V" metiens. 
RicJiea Gunnii, 
3. Hook. in Lond. Jour. vi. 273 ; Fl. Tasm. i, 266. 
Fruticosa, foliis anguste semilanceolatisj panicula racemoso- 
spicata aphyUa longe pedunctdata^ bracteolis membraneis fere 
lanceolatis, sepalis petaloideis orbiculari-ovatis, corolla parva 
calycem semisuperante ovato-coulca, antheris integris, squamis 5 
hypogynis, stylo brevi, stigmate dilatato. 
In sphagnetis alpium Australioe copiosissima, altitudine 5000- 
7000'. lu Tasmania jam altitudine 3000' reperienda. 
Frutex 10' v. humilior. Folia saepe patentissima. Panicula 
semipedalis v. brevior. Bractese inter paniculse fasciculos solitaria?, 
magnas, ovato-orbiculata?, acuminatre. Bracteolae hypocalycinoe, 
1-1 1'" longee. Sepala fere I|"' longa. Corolla, ut in ahis spe- 
ciebus glabra, a basi disciformi circumscisse separuns, 2|"' louga, 
