42 DE. MEISNER ON CHAM^LATJCIEiE. 



Frutex (fide Drttmm. I. c.) 5-6-pedalis, gracillimus, ramis numerosis, floribus 

 copiosis lilacinis in centro sanguineis, colore scil. loborum calycis per petala 

 transparente. Folia 3-4 lin. longa lataque, sessilia, glandulis nigris punc- 

 tata. Pedicelli, bracteolee, alabastra praecedentis. Calycis expansi diam. 

 9-10 lin., lobis 2dse et 3tiee seriei argenteo-nitidis, dentium pennulis 3 lin. 

 longis. Antherse muticse. 



Closely allied to the following, but with smaller leaves and 

 flowers, and differing besides in the lobes and colour of the calyx, 

 and in the fringed petals. 



11. Yeeticoedia grandis, Drummond in HooJc. Journ. 1853, p. 119, 

 glaberrima, ramis virgatis gracilibus, foliis imbricatis glaucis orbicularibus 

 planis basi emarginatis tenuiter 5-7-nerviis margine anguste scarioso dia" 

 phanis, racemo folioso apice sterili, pedunculis folium sequantibus, braoteo- 

 lis membranaceis cucullatis infra apicem mucronatis, calycis tubo obconico 

 lflevi glabro inferne obsolete 5-costato, limbo 3-seriali, seriei exterioris lobis 

 5 deflexis coriaceis ovato-oblongis integerrimis tubum sequantibus eique 

 dorso semiadnatis basi contiguis, seriei secundae lobis 5 petaloideis sub- 

 spathulatis tubum subeequantibus fimbriato-ciliatis (roseis), seriei tertise 

 lobis 5 patentibus purpureis latis truncatis inciso-multidentatis, dentibus 

 palmatim multipartitis roseis nitidis, lacinulis setaceis dense plumoso- 

 ciHatis, petalis obovatis minute serrulatis, filamentis subulatis, sterilibus 

 antheras muticas subsuperantibus, stylo pollicari compresso infra apicem 

 obtusiusculum pilosiusculo. 



Hob. secus Hill River. Drumm. I. c. coll. 6. n. 44 ! 



A most splendid species, much resembling V. oculata in habit 

 and characters, but of a stouter growth and with larger leaves 

 and flowers, the former being 6-8, the latter 10-12 lines in dia- 

 meter. The branches are often densely covered for a foot or more 

 in length with scarlet flowers, which however appear never to 

 reach to their top, which continues to grow on, and is thickly 

 covered with leaves only. The beautiful and delicate feather-like 

 divisions of the inner lobes of the calyx are 4-5 lines long, and 

 quite straight. The peduncles are compressed, and show at their 

 top two very short and rounded opposite lobes, which are probably 

 rudimentary exterior bracteolse. The flower-buds in their bimu- 

 cronate involucre are globose, rose-coloured, and the latter, cut off 

 as it were at the base, is thrown off later than in other species, 

 either in form of a half-split calyptra, or separated into two cucul- 

 late bracteoles. 



Obs. Prom the above descriptions it will be seen that the calyx 

 of Verticordia shows a variety of structure sufficiently notable 

 even to suggest the idea of dividing the genus into three or four 

 distinct ones, instead of which however, — and in our opinion quite 



