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STYLIDIUM* fasciculatum. 

 Fascicled Stylidium. 



GYNANDRIA TETRANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Styi.idii..^ R. Br. {Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany,]!. 189.) 



STYLIDIUM. — Supu), vol. 1 . fol. 90. 



S.fasciculatian; caule subramoso glabro, foliis linearibus, spicis pcduncu- 

 latis subracemosis : rachi glabra, capsula lauccolata : utrofjue loeulo 

 seminifero : supcriore (postico) demuin apcrto. — R. Br. prodr. .072. 

 Herba annua, spilhamaa, glabriuscula, caulihus 2-A-uncialibus, ccespi- 

 tosis, subrarnosis. Folia linearia, acuta, sub Icnte viinutissimi aspcrulu, 

 inferiora sparsa, superiora in verticillum mullipliccm aygrcyata. Spica 

 caulc longior, crecta, brcvitcr peduncrdata. Ovarium linear i-lanceulatum, 

 collo ylanduloso constricto, subfalcatum, bractcd lincari-subulatd duplo 

 longius, biloculare, loculo alfero angustisshno vacuo : altera ventricoso semi- 

 nifero. Calyx ct petala extus glandulosa. 



Originally found by Mr. Brown on the south coast of 

 New Holland ; and recently raised, from seeds collected in 

 that country, by Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, Chelsea, 

 by favour of whom we have had an opportunity of pub- 

 lishing it. It formed part of a most valuable parcel of 

 seeds from the same country, which Mr. Knight obtained 

 by purchase from Mr. William Baxter. 



It belongs to the same section of the genus as the 

 S. adnatum, figured at folio 1)14 of this work, from which 

 its glandular calyx and corolla at once distinguish it. 

 We refer it to the S. fasciculatum of Brown, although it 

 does not agree with the brief character assigned to thai 

 species, in having both its cells seminiferous. We can find 



* Named by Sir James Smilii from 'rrvxi^icv, (he little column, " which 

 supports botli anthers and stigma." 



