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pressed summit of the general axis, and clothed with numerous series 
of scarious squamæ ; but none of the flowers are developed so that their 
structure can be made out. 
CHRYSOCORYNE, Endl. Gen. Suppl. vol. iii. p. 70. 
Char. Emend. Capitula biflora (inferiora nunc uniflora), homogama, sin- 
gula sub palea scariosa dilatata orbiculata concava recondita, in spicam 
amentaceam secus receptaculum filiforme dense aggregata. nvolu- 
crum generale e paleis infimis vacuis parvis constans. Zavolucrum 
partiale e squamis 2-6 hyalinis, exterioribus dilatatis conduplicato- 
navicularibus. Flores hermaphroditi. Corolla gracilis, apice in- 
fundibulari-ampliata, 5-dentata vel 3-dentata. duthere basi bimu- 
cronulatz. Styli rami capitellato-truncati. Achenium glabrum, 
sæpe atomis resinosis conspersum, calvum.—Herbæ pusille annue, 
furfuraceo-pubentes ; foliis alternis sessilibus sublinearibus; spicis 
terminalibus solitariis subternisve, cylindricis vel clavatis, glabris, 
aureo-fuscis. Capitulum imæ basi crassiori paleæ fulcrantis pl. m. 
adnatum. 
In Plante Hugeliame, Mr. Bentham briefly characterized a plant 
under the name of Crossolepis? pusilla, supposing it might possibly be- 
long to Lessing's obscure genus Crossolepis. Afterwards Sir William 
Hooker figured under this name, in the Zcones Plantarum, a different 
species; and from this figure (and not from the Hugelian plant) End- 
licher recently established the genus C#rysocoryne. I have not seen 
any original specimen of Hugel’s, indeed; but Steetz, who has, de- 
scribes the proper involucre of the capitulum as consisting of six hyaline 
scales. There are only two in the species figured by Hooker, and also 
in a third, lately gathered by Mr. Drummond, which is. 
by its very long spike and 5-toothed corolla. The three species n 
be disposed i in two sections, as follows :— 
$ 1. Involucri squame 6, inferne parce lanato-ciliatze, ins mi- 
noribus planiusculis. Paleæ receptaculi basi laxe lanatæ, 
1. C. Hugelü: caule gracili superne corymbosi- ramoso; foliis inferi- - 
oribus linearibus, summis parvis ovatis; spicis clavatis paniculatis. 
— Crossolepis ? pusilla, Benth. Pl. Hugel. p. 61, non Hook. Chry- 
socoryne pusilla, Steetz, Pl. Preiss. vol. i. p. 441, non Endl. 
Swan River, Hugel, Preiss, Drummond. The larger specimens, from 
Drummond, are five inches high, and copiously branched above, the 
de. 
