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exteiidcnda. Plauta ad altitudinem sesquipedis cauleseit, habitu 

 Acautliocarpo Preissii simiiis, Folia ^-2" longa, ^l'" lata, ad 

 infloresceutiam usque extendeutia. Margo petiolorum stipulari- 

 Incerus. Glomeruli masculi in spicam tripollicarera vel varie 

 Lreviorem iuferue passim paniculatam collecti. Bractea^ florales 

 obtusse, perbreves, tenerrimie, fere aureo-nitentes- Sepala caljcis 

 masculi fere jequialta, vix lineam cxcedentia. Capitula femina 

 BolItarLa, globosa, semipollicem metientia. Sepala bornm sesqui- 

 lincam longa. Capsula mihi ignota. X. mucronata (R. Br. Pr. 

 260) fule diagnosis nimis brevis huc pertinet. 



Xerotcs glauca (R. Br. Pr. 260 ; Kuuth. Enum. iii. 372 ; 

 Schnitzlein Iconograpli. Famil. Regn. Veg. i. 51 ; J. Hook. FI. 



Tasm. ii. 63 ; X. collina, E. Br. I. c.) nunc ex amplo tractu Aus- 

 tralioe oricntalis extratropicte nota est, ut loci sequentes confir- 

 mant : Cape Paisley et Espcrance-Bay (Max^svell), Venus-Baj ad 

 fines orientales sinus Great Biglit (Warburton), Gawler's Ranges 

 (Siillivan), Port Lincoln (J* S. Erovvn), Gawler's River (Behr), 

 Ilivoli-Bay, Mount Gamhier, Port Phillip (F. M.), Wimmera 

 (Dallachy), Murray-Rivcr (F. M.), Mouut Murchisou (Dallachy), 

 South Esk Tasmani» (Huunaford), Twofold-Bay (F. M.), Port 

 Jackson (Scott), Parramatta (WoolLs), New England (C. St.), 

 Moreton-Island ct Brisbane-River (F. M.). 



Planta fere acaulis, interdum autem ad longitudinem spithamseam 

 foliato-caulescens. Folia 2"-l|' longa, ^-V" lata^ fere plana vel 

 subtus evidenter convexa, nonnunquam apice peracuta, passim 

 tortili-flcxilia. Spiea mascnla nunquam valde elongata, sa^pe in- 

 terrupta, iuterduna ad glomGrulum unicum capituliformem reducta, 

 passim ramigera, rarissime paniculato-ramosa. Rachis peduncu- 

 lique la3ves. Bracteas florales breves, fuscesccntes, nitidas, plus 

 mlnnsve connatas. Capitulum feminum hand proliferura. Pedun- 

 culus generalis semper satis brevis, compressus. Sepala utriusquo 

 sexus sursum lutea, gequialta, obtusa^ floris masculi lineam vix 

 excedcntia, floris femini circiter sesquiliuearia, exteriora ssepe 

 dorso magis minusve purpurascentia, omnia opaca et propria lati- 

 tudine conspicue iongiora, quoad consistentiam satis ccqualia, in- 

 ferne longiuscule connata. Filameuta pcrbrevia. Antheraj fcrc 

 ovales. Fructus mihi adhuc ignotus. 



Nativi inflorescentiam hujus aliarumque specierum ob saporem 

 glycyrrhiziuiun pro cibo colligunt. 



Species X. flexifolia3 aretissime allinis ; utriusque capsuhe com- 

 parationc egent. 



Xerotes Thunhergi (X. filiformis, R. Br. Pr. 261 ; X. gracilis, 

 E. Br. 261 ; Dracaena filiformis, Thunberg Diss. de Dracfena^ n, 1) 

 Australiam orientalem latissime inhabitat, quod annotationes jam 

 sequentes docent : St. Vincenf s Gulf, Mount William (4-5000'), 

 Mount Sturgeon,]V[ount Abrupt, Port Phillip, Gippslaiid, Murray- 

 Pviver (F. M.), Creswick (Whan), Portland ( AUitt), Mount Mclvor 



