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remotis linearibus dorso convexis, omnibus cono sphacelato termi- 
natis, panicule laxæ ramis adscendentibus racemoso-corymbosis, 
ultimis subsericeis imbricato-bracteatis, bracteis deciduis, capitulis 
paucifloris, rhachi villosa, floribus glabriusculis (cæruleis) bracteas 
coloratas cordatas acuminatas duplo superantibus.— Gilbert, n. 164. 
Allied to C. polycephalum, but of weaker growth, with shorter leaves 
(radieal ones three inches, upper ones about one inch long), and almost 
naked bracteæ. I have not seen it. 
15. Conospermum acerosum, Lindl.—Meisn. in Pl. Preiss. i. p. 522.— 
Drummond, coll. vi. n. 174. 
16. Conospermum xervosum, Nob. ; ramis puberulis dense foliosis, foliis 
brevissime petiolatis rigidis glabris oblongis ovalibusve obtusiusculis 
v. subretusis (cum mucronulo deciduo) prominulo-trinerviis subreticu- 
lato-venosis, nervis lateralibus margini approximatis, corymbi parvi 
capitulis dense multifloris, pedunculis folia subeequantibus, bracteis 
adpressis ovatis acuminatis, calycis tubo angusto glabro dimidium 
. limbum equante, limbo puberulo ultra medium bilabiato, lobis ob- 
tusiusculis, stigmate incurvo truncato-cucullato, ovario sericeo apice 
flavo-comoso.— Drummond, coll. vi. n. 175. 
There are two forms under this number which, though at first sight 
appearing to differ, are perfectly alike in the flowers and the nerves of 
the leaves, and evidently pass into one another in the shape of the 
leaves. Allied to C. ellipticum and marginatum. 
a. ovalifolium ; caule simplici, foliis infimis oblongo-lanceolatis basi lon- 
giuseule attenuatis (23 poll. longis, 7—8 lin. latis) reliquis ovalibus 
v. ovato- v. oblongo-ovalibus obtusis utrinque vix attenuatis (1 poll. 
longis, 2-3 lin. latis). 
B. subspathulatum ; caule subcorymboso-ramoso, foliis spathulato-lan- 
ceolatis linearibusve (cire. pollicaribus 2-3 lin. latis) passim ovali- 
oblongis. 
17. Persoonia (Sacculigera) comata, Nob. ; foliis spathulatis planis ri- 
gidis mucronulatis utrinque dense sulcatis glabris, racemis terminalibus _ 
et e summis axillis simplicibus folio longioribus coma foliorum ter- _ 
minatis ceeterum aphyllis undique cano-tomentellis, bracteis linearibus - 
ciliatis pedicello dimidio brevioribus, calyce supra basin valde saccato = 
apice subincurvo acuto, antheris sepala demum libera subeequantibus : 
obtuse apiculatis, pistillo glabro, stylo brevi crasso recurvo, nu : 
papilloso-hispidulo.—Drummond, coll. vi. n. 178. —— = 
