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Corymbi capitulum hemisplisericum simulantes, magnic. cerasi majoris, 

 floribus albis demum roseis, magnit. Verticordice insignis. Bracteolse ca- 

 ducse. 



From Ch. ciliatum and virgatum this is easily distinguished by 

 the ciliated leaves and petals ; from the former, moreover, by the 

 subcapitate and larger flowers, the bearded stigma, &c. ; from the 

 latter by the ciliated lobes of the calyx, smaller leaves, &c. 



13. ChaMjELATjcium apfine, nob., glaberrimum, foliis oppositis subfilifor- 

 mibus semiteretibus recurvo -mucronulatis dorso convexis marginibus 

 obtusis, corymbis paucifloris laxiusculis, pedunculis folio pariun brevi- 

 oribus, calyce obovato leviter 10-costato, inter costas inferne minute foveo- 

 lato, lobis brevissimis semilunaribus margine subscanosis petalisque late 

 obovatis integerrimis, filamentis subulatis basi dilatatis steriba conformia 

 breve superantibus stylum sequantibus, stigmate capitato basi barbula cincto. 

 Drwmm. coll. 6. n. 40 ! 



Folia semipatentia, stricta, parum rigidula, 8-12 Un. longa, %-% lin. crassa, 

 floralia conformia sed breviora. PediceUi 2-3 Un. longi, crassiuscub, de- 

 florati apice truncato-subbilobi. 



This seems to be the plant mentioned by Drummond in Hooker's 

 Journ. 1853, p. 118. in these words : — " By far the largest shrub 

 of the order known to me is found on sandy ground on all the 

 rivers, from the Moore to the Irwin ; it grows from 15 to 20 feet 

 high, bearing numerous corymbs of large lilac flowers ; the sepals 

 are broad and very short, without cilia," &c. It differs from 

 all the other species in its thin and longer leaves, and from 

 C. uncinatum, Schauer, which seems to be its nearest relation, by 

 the larger petals, the rounded (not truncate) lobes of the calyx, 

 and the antherse being not apiculate. 



14. PileanThus MLiFOLius, nob., glaber, foliis oppositis tereti-v. semitereti- 

 filiformibus subpoUicaribus obtusis muticis, pedunculis in summis axillis 

 solitariis 1-fioris folia sequantibus, involucro calyptrseformi bicornuto prope 

 basin circumscisso, basi persistente brevi turbinata leviter 5-crenata, calyce 

 obovato-oblongo ecostato flavido-sericeo basi attenuato, limbi lobis 10 

 biseriatis obovato-subrotundis minute serrulatis, petalis obovato-oblongis 

 unguibus latis nudis, lamina subrotunda breve ciliata, antherarum loculis 

 connectivo lato subdivaricatis, stylo stigmateque simpbci glabris. 



Sab. cum preecedente. Drumm. coll. 6. n. 42 ! 



Rami graciles, laxiuscule fobosi. FoHa 6-11 lin. longa, £ lin. crassa, lsete 

 viridia, parce glanduloso-punctata. Alabastra obovata, fere 4 lin. longa, 

 involucri a basi demum fissi bracteis 2 supra cohaerentibus, marginibus 

 tamen distincte conspicuis. Petala blacina v. rosea, 4 lin. longa. 



Very distinct from P. limacis and pedunculata, especially in the 

 leaves and involucre. 



