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Hiec species florum fignra ct dispositione ad X. micrantliam 

 vercrit, fimbriis autem foliorum ad X. Serrara. 



Cliaractcr a foliis aut planis aut terctibus dcpromptus tam caute 

 in hoc genere quam in eo Phlebocarya^ adblbeudus est. 



William, Wimmera, 



1 



Xerotes mlcrantha. 



Endl. in Lehm, Plant, Preiss. ii. 49. 



'^\<f\<Ss}i, follis omnibus radicalibus panlcuLmi raccmumve supe- 

 rantibus semiteretihus vcl terctiusculis suhtus iiisignitcr sulcatis, 

 inflorcscentice ramis scabris pedicellisque sparsis, sepalis obtusis 

 patentibus basi tenus liberis aiquialtis, florum masculorum omnibus 

 pellucentibus, filamentis anthera fere rotunda longioribus, capsulis 

 depresso-fflohosis racemoso-dispositis vel semipaniculatis Ijcvibus 



stylo brevissimo terminatis. 



In Autotralia occideutali saltem a Klug George's Sound usquo 

 ad Greenougb-Riverj ad Speucer*s et St. Vinceut's Gulf, Mount 



Drumm. 809. 



Folia -|— 3' longa, latitudine 3-I3''' variantia, profundius quam ea 

 pbuiuni congenerum sulcata. Paiiicula; saltem masculae rami satis 

 elongati, plus minusve numerosl^ saipe simpliciuscali, passim 

 oppositi, racbes raceraorum fonnantes. Sepaia mascula lineam 

 parum excedentia, fortasse dccoloria, Capsula nitens, fere latlor 

 qaam longior, 1^2^'" alta, baud admodum dura, Semina aut 

 ovata et l-^''' longa, aut piene globosa ct lineam metientia. 



In bac specie forsitan veram X. tenuifoliam (E. Br. Pr. 261) 

 invenies ,• sed litera M speciei Brownianas adposita in prodromo 

 tum plantis orientalibus (exempli causa : a portu Pliillipi et sinu 

 Spenceri) tum occidentalibus adveuit. 



In tractu subalpino dumoso et petrnso clrcum montem Wellingtoni 

 provinciai Gippsland plantam probabiliter conspccificam detexi ; 

 ha)c folia planiora lenissime tantum concurvata 2-3'" lata et pani- 

 culam valde et passim conferte ramosam fere pedalem ostendit. 

 Hujus autem stirpis fructus adlmc cognitioni remanserunt. 



Xerotes graminea (Endl. in Lehm, PI. Preiss. ii. 48 ; X. aspa- 

 ragoldes, Endl. 1. c. p. 49) nascltur ad King George's Sound 

 (F. M,), Mount Elphinstone (Oldfield), Prcston^s River (Prelss), 

 Donolly's et Warren'g River (Carey), BIackAvood's Eiver 

 (Forrest), Vasse's River (Walcott) tam locis arenosis quam rupes- 

 tribus. Coll. Drumm. 363. Ab altitudine paucipollicari ad 

 bipedalem caulescens, aplce tenus foliosa, ramosa, laxa. Folia 

 angustissima, plana v. marglne involuta, nullo modo rigida, raro 

 adlatitudinem linese espansa. Pedicelli baud verticillati. Flores 

 flavescentes, nutantes ; femini masculls exlmic lougiores. Scpala 

 esteriora membranea^ intcrioribus paulo carnulentis breviora ; 

 marium In globubim conniventla, exteriora ovata et semilineam 

 loDga^ interiora rotunda et fere lineam metientia ; feminorum 



