XXviii APPENDIX. 



Stylidiaceje. 



The abundance of this singular order at Swan River is 

 most remarkable. Judging from the specimens hitherto 

 received they must be among the most common plants ; 

 indeed this Colony seems to produce a greater propor- 

 tion of species than any other country yet examined. In 

 Brown's prodromus forty-six species only are named for all 

 New Holland, if ten are added for those of other countries, 

 we shall have only fifty-six ; but I possess from Swan River 

 alone at least forty well marked species, and there are some 

 of Baron Hugel's with which 1 am unacquainted. By far 

 the larger part of these are plants that it would be desirable 

 to introduce into cultivation ; for, independently of the sin- 

 gular irritability of their column, they have in most cases 

 beautiful gaily coloured flowers, the abundance of which 

 com})ensates for their smallness ; and from what we know of 

 the very few yet in gardens, no difficulty has to be anticipated 

 in their cultivation. Their tints are by no means confined 

 to pink, as it would seem from those already seen in a living 



(121) Stvlidium (I. A.) leptostachjum ; sctipo simplici glaberrimo discolore, 

 follis obovatis acutis longe peiiolatis, racemo simplici elongato, rachi ovariis 



pedicellisqiie glandulosis. -Flowers small, apparently white. Stem \\ 



to 2 feet high, very slender, deep purple. 



'•22) Stylidium (I. A.) scahridwn ; scapo glanduloso-piloso decumbente foliis 

 linearibus reduplicatis pubescenti-scabris sequali, racemo laxo subcorym- 

 boso glanduloso-hirsuto. 



^•23) Stylidium (I. A.) caricifolium ; scapo stricto glanduloso-piloso foliis lineari- 

 ensiformibus reduplicatis pubescenti-scabris longiore, racemo sub-ramoso, ra- 

 chi ovariis pedunculisque glandulosis. — Near the last, but the flowers are much 

 larger, and the rachis, &c. destitute of the shagginess of that species, 



(•2'*) Stylidium (I. C.) saxifragoides ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis apice piliferis 

 margine scabriusculis, scapo glabro, racemo subramoso, rachi ovario corol- 

 laque glanduloso-pilosis. 



('25) Stylidium (I. C.) striatum ; foliis obovato-lanceolatis acutissimis flabellatim 

 venosis glabris, scapo glaberrimo glauco foliis quibusdam linearibus prope 

 medium approximatis et quasi verticillatis, racemo simplici, floribus eglan- 

 dulosis. Perhaps this plant should be rather stationed in Brown's sec- 

 tion I. D., for the small leaves of the scape are almost verticillate ; the 

 leaves however are remarkably different from those of any other species. 

 The scape is 1 h foot high ; the flowers seem to be white. 



(126) Stylidium (I. C.) hicolor ; foliis linearibus mucronatis margine scabris, 

 scapo glaberrimo aphyllo, racemo laxo subramoso, ovario rachi corollaque 



glandulosis. Flowers apparently white, with a deep purple spot in the 



middle of the lobes of the corolla, 



C-^') Stylidium (I. C) ciliatum ; foliis linearibus ciliatis apice piliferis, scapo 

 floribusque pilis luteis glandulosis vestitis, rachi villosissima, panicula pyra- 

 mstlata. Flowers apparently white. 



