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crimson. The indusium is deep, two-lipped and dark red. The 

 stigma was not outgrown in any 'flowers I had, and pollen was 

 present in every instance. 



9. Dampiera juncea, Benth. 



I have seen only a dried specimen, which was hairy all over, 

 although in Flora Australiensis it is described as " glabrous 

 except the flowers or the young shoots, white tomentose." In 

 the one flower which I have had an opportunity of seeing the 

 corolla was missing, but it is described by Bentham as rather 

 large. The indusium was remarkable for its small size, being 

 little greater in diameter than the style; the stigma was outgrown 

 in a crescent. Neither indusium nor style was coloured. From 

 the outgrowth of the stigma, it is evidently adapted for fertilisa- 

 tion by insects. But it is scarcely safe to infer that the stigma 

 is always outgrown, as, in even D. Brotimii, it sometimes does so, 

 and in this instance it might be an exceptional case which 

 presented itself. 



10. Dampiera adprbssa, A. Cunn. 



Covered with long silvery hairs in all parts; these, however, 

 disappear from the leaves as they grow older. The auricles are 

 well developed. The indusium is deep, and two-lipped. The lips 

 flatten over the stigma when the cup is filled with pollen. Ko 

 outgrowth was seen in any flowers examined. This appears to 

 fall within the group in which self-fertilisation occurs mc^re 

 usually than cross-fertilisation. 



11. Dampiera lan'ceolata, A. Cunn. 



The plant is hairy, the hairs on the calyx and exterior of the 

 corolla being branched. The corolla is purple, the tube being 

 yellow, and this colour extends to the wider part of the petals so 

 that there is a very decided eye. The margins of the petals in 

 the tube are ridged to form guiding lines. The auricles are well 

 developed, resembling those of D. stricta, and, as in that species, 

 there are trichomes on the posterior margins, which are not, 



