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ail cnvel()|K' (K't'Ui)>'iiig- the greater jxirt oi' tli(^ llowei-, i)arlially 

 ciielosing the lew reiiiaiiiiiig' ilorets, a tliirtl primitive llower tilling 

 the \ac*aii('y on the opposite( side. In some of the llowers, the 

 iinohicral bracts are broadened at the expense oi* tlieir length, and 

 a number of tlie ilorets liave developed an inflated corolla, togetlier 

 with suppression of the pappus.— (2 j /jL>om<m versicolor Maiasn., 

 [Jliiia lobala Cerv.) ; cultivated; showing prolitication, fasciation, 

 and torsion. The normally attenuated base of the corolla is elong- 

 ated, and an abortive llower, with its apex produced into long 

 points, proceeds from between the corolla-lobes, which are severetl 

 to thrice their usual depth. The calyx, which in the perfect llower 

 has a sliort tube and lobes with a basal dilation, has separated 

 into distinct sepals, wdiich have elongated and lost their dilation, 

 and, in some cases, represent the whole flower. The rhachis of tlie 

 proliferous ui)per portion of the raceme is fasciated; ilowers are 

 observed with twisted, infertile stamens ; and stem-]ea\es and 

 llowers are contorted. — (3 )/V^?(>.r( perennial ; Hort. var.), showing 

 virescence developing into frondescence. In the early stages of the 

 trouble, the somewhat imp(nerished, but sexually perfect, flowers 

 were unable to colour their petals, and, as it became more acute, the 

 whole series of organs constituting the flower gradually lost their 

 floral character. Anally degenerating into tufts of leaves. — (4) 

 Conospervtum spp. The difference between C. <n'icifolinm iSm., 

 and C. laxifoliufH Sm., is, according to the Flora Austr., a foliate 

 one, based chiefly on the length and })readth of tiie leaves. Jn the 

 specimens exhibited, the leaves are graded, from the ty])ical, sliort, 

 and narrow^ form in ('. erici folium, to the broader and longer 

 leaves of ('. la.rifoliuiii ; so that the two species are merged into one 

 coidinuous series, in which a dirticulty arises as to where the di\i(l- 

 ing line should be drawn, —^(.j)i)o(io7irfv/ pi)inata 8ni. ])escriptioii 

 of fruit-capsules, not i)reviously described, as far as known: four- 

 or fre(|uently Kve-angled, with a few long hairs on the top, mem- 

 branous, the wings undulate-wrinkled, viscid, dotted with resinous 

 glands. Peduncles J in. long. Sepals ciliate, lanceolate, ai)out 2 

 lines long. — {^) Telopea species issima R.Br., showing leaf-varia- 

 tion. Margins entire, serrate, or lobed: leaves from 2-9 inches 



