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Dcscriptio spccim. Drummondii. 



Hcrbae humiles, caespitosae, foliosae, procumbentes, ramosae ; rami perbreves, 

 densissime foliis obtecti, singuli tantum adscendentes, erecli ; 210 cntm. longi ; 

 folia anguste obovato-spalhulata aut lineari-lanceolata, acuta aut acutninata, basin 

 versus longe attenuata, 12-7 mllm. longa, 2-1 mllm. lala, crecta, palentia aut 

 flaccida, glaberrima, integerrima (succulenta (?), siccando rugulnsa); minora subfascicu- 

 latim in axillis foliorum congesta inter lanain densam candidam, pulvinum formantem, 

 e pilis simplicibus tenuissimis, densissimis, intertextiscompositam. sat copiosam nidu- 

 lantia; flores in ramulis hisce valde abbreviates minute foliatis, inter lanam recon- 

 dilis terminales, erecti, 8 mllm. longi, pilis minulissimis extus sericei ; calyx pro 

 ratione floris minutus, 1 mllm. longus, teres, totus germini adnatus ; limbus liber, 

 nullus; corolla erecta, toto dorso longitudinaliter fissa, intus densissime albescenti- 

 cinereo-lanato-tomenlosa ; limbus unilateralis, 5-fidus ; laciniae lineares, 5 mllm . 

 longae, ala tenerrima glaberrima, margine crispato-undulata cinctae, apice mucro- 

 nulatae ; stamina 5 Jenerrima, erecla, libera, e fissura corollac cum stylo exserla, 

 3 mllm. longa, stricta ; antherae erectae, terminales lineari-oblongae, 1 mllm. longae, 

 apicc truncatae, marginatae, stigma attingentes; stylus 4 mllm. longus, ad limbi 

 corollae incisuram tangcns, crecto-adscendens, apice incurvus, pilis patentibus temii- 

 bus hirsutus, sat firmus; stigma nutans, crassum ; indusium latum, hemisphae- 

 ricuin. margine minute ciliolatum ; fructus desiderantur. 



29. M. MYETIFOLIA. 



Fruticosa, erecta, ramosa ; ramis teretibus, flavescenti-viridibus ; foliis 

 elliptico-lanceolatis, oblongis, brevi-petiolatis, utrinque acutis, integerri- 

 mis, glaberrimis, erecto-patentibus ; pedunculis axillaribus, foliis multo 

 brevioribus, sub flore bibractealis, bracteis flori acute aclpressis ; calyce 

 cylindrico , tubo germini adnato; corolla externe glaberrima, in- 

 terne ad faucem pilis densis farcta ; stylo exserto, stigmate pendulo ; 

 fructu crustaceo, cylindrico-oblongo, costato, badio, apice limbo pcrsis- 

 tente coronato, 4-Ioculari, monospermo. 



S. W. Australia. Drummond" 263. (Herb. Hook.} 



