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STYLIDIUM pibsum. 

 Hairy Stylewort. 



GYNANDRIA TETRANDRIA. 

 Nat. ord. Stylidiace^. 

 STYLIDIUM. Botanical Registei-y vol. l./ol. 20. 



S. pilosum ; scapo glanduloso-pubescente subramoso, foliis planis elongatis 

 lanceolato-ensiformibus, petalis 4 undulatis repandis denticulatis quinto 

 oblongo medio calloso basi biappendiculato nano deflexo, faucis squamis 

 2 semi-lanceolatis ciliatis liinc denticulatis. 



S. pilosum. Lahill. Nov. Roll. 2. 63. t. 213. DeCand. Prodr. 7. 332. 



S, longifolium. Richard in Pers. Synops. 2. 210. 



The plants of this Stylewort now in cultivation have, I 

 believe, been all raised from Swan River seeds ; the species 

 being not uncommon in that colony. It has the largest 

 flowers of any yet introduced, and when in good health forms 

 rather a handsome appearance. It is sometimes met with 

 under the name of Stylidium Dicksoni. 



The natural situation of such plants is said to be sandy 

 plains, dry on the surface, but wet and springy underneath, 

 by which, notwithstanding the hot sun which shines upon 

 them, they are able to maintain a healthy state. Art will, 

 however, render them much handsomer than they are when 

 wild, if we are to judge from what has recently been done 

 with St. fasciculatum ; and we do not despair of seeing the 

 very species now before us with a large panicle of flowers. 



From the bad state in which the species of Stylidium are 

 found in herbaria, where they are chiefly known, their dis- 

 tinctive characters are far from being well ascertained. It 

 seems probable that the mere presence or absence of glandular 

 hairs upon their surface is of little moment, and that the 

 structure of the corolla and its coronet will prove much 

 more constant. In this case the latter consists of two 



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