354 ON THE IDENTITY OP POLYPODIUM SPINULOSUM. 



PROTEACE^E. 



8 y n a p h e a R. Brown. 

 Synaphea spinulosa (Bnrm.f.). 



Poli/podium spinulosum, Burm. f., El. Ind., 1768, p. 233, t. 67, 

 f. 1. Synaphea polymorphs, R.Br., in Trans. Linn. Soc, 10, 1810, 

 156; Prodr., 1810, p. 370; Benth. Fl. Austral., 5, 1870, p. 360. 

 Synaphea brachystachya, Lindl., in Swan Riv., App., 1840, p. 32; 

 Meissn. in DC. Prodr., 14, 1857, p. 316. 



The species is apparently one of wide distribution in "West Aus- 

 tralia, my specimens from Swan River and from Perth, collected 

 by Maiden and by Morrison, agreeing in all respects witb Bur- 

 man's sbort description, and with bis excellent figni'e. 



