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name of Cyanothamnus may be given ;^^ one of the species is 

 a branching shrub, the other a simple stemmed, apparently 

 annual, plant. 



Lasiopetale^. 

 The abundance of these plants must be taken as one of 

 the most characteristic features of the Swan River Flora, not 

 fewer than four genera and fourteen species of this very small 

 group being already known as its inhabitants. Of these the 

 greater part belong to the genus Thomasia^''^ and are of little 



(78) Cyanothamnus. Sepala 4. Petala 4. Stamina 8, filamentls membrana- 



ceis subulatis ; antlierse appendice ipsis aequali auctte. Ovarium simplex. 



Capsula 4-partita : loculis 2-valvibus monospermis. Folia simplicia et 



pinnata. Flores coerulei. 

 Cyanothamnus ramosus ; caule fruticoso ramoso, foliis filiformibus biternatis, 



floribus axillaribus solitariis, petalis demum involutis recurvis persistentibus, 



lilamentis ciliatis apice pubescentibus, antherse appendice erecta plana. 

 Cyanothamnus tenuis ; annua ?, foliis simplicibus filiformibus internodiis saepe 



brevioribus, floribus solitaiiis axillaribus, petalis demum erectis imbricatis, 



filamentis ciliatis apice glanduloso-punctatis, antherss appendice ventricosa 



oblonga reflexa. 



(79) Thomasia stipnJacea ; glabra sed pilis ferrugineis stellatis bispida, foliis cor- 



datis subhastatis angulatis obtusis sinuatis margine recurvis, stipulis magnis 

 foliaceis petiolatis cordatis subtrilobis latioribus quam longis, racemis secundis 

 foliis longioribus, calyce basi hispido, staminibus 5 sterilibus subulatis, 

 petalis 0. 



(80) Thomasia 'panicidata ; foliis cordatis lanceolatis subhastatis pilosis subtus 



stellato-bispidis, stipulis foliaceis semicordatis rotundatis, racemis flexuosis 

 multifloris foliis longioribus hispidissimis, staminibus 5, petalis 0, stylo 

 glabro. 

 (^'^ Thomasia pmicijlora ; foliis cordatis lanceolatis subbastatis pilosis subtus 

 stellato-bispidis nunc glabrescentibus, stipulis oblongis foliaceis semicordatis 

 obtusis, pedunculis hispidis apice subtrifloris foliorum longitudine, stami- 

 nibus 5, petalis 0, stylo basi tomentoso. Priori affinis, sed habitu om- 



nino diversa, et stylo racemis floribusque duplo minoribus faclUime distin- 

 guenda. 



82) Thomasia glutinosa ; foliis cordatis hastato-trilobis supra pilosis subti\s stel- 



lato-tomentosis, stipulis nullis ?, racemis subterminalibus erectis multifloris 

 glutinosis pilorum fasciculis sparse stellatis, antheris 5 rostratis, petalis 0, 



stylo tenul filiformi glabro basi piloso. Flowers bright pink, large and 



showy. 



83) Thomasia canescens ; foliis cordatis ovatis obtusis trilobis hastatisve supra 



glabratis subtus ramulisque incano-tomentosis, stipulis nullis ?, racemis sub- 

 terminalibus erectis multifloris incanis, calycibus basi villosis, antheris 5 



rostratis, petalis 0, stylo tenui filiformi glabro. An preecedentis var. sed 



fiores duplo minores. 

 (84) Thomasia grandijlora ; foliis cordatis ovatis obtusis integris demilm glabris, 

 bracteis ovatis ovalibusque obtusis integris trilobisque petiolatis, pedunculis 



