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I have not seen Preiss's specimen referred to, n. 21 71, but sliould thiuk it very probable 

 tliat CaudoUea terettfoUa may have beeu mistaken for it. 



§ 5. BracteaLce, — Carpels glabrous. Ovules 1 or 3, erect or ascending. 

 Stamens usually under 20 in the first five species, more numerous in the fol- 

 lowiug ones, without any staminodia. Leaves flat, or when naiTOW, convex 

 underneath, the margins not prominently rcvolute. Flowers closely sessile 

 within broad brown shining bracts (except in //. i^ostellatd). 



43. H, virgata, K Br. in BC, Syst. Veg, i. 428. Diffuse or erect, 



glabrous, with numerous thin but stiff and often wiry branches. Leaves iiar- ( 



row-linear, obtuse or scarcely acute, mostly about \ in. long, but sometimes ^ 



much longer, stiff and rather thick, the margins not re volute, and sometunes j 



cuneate, obtuse truncate or retuse, usually \io\ iti. long, flat or with the 

 edges slightly recurved, and the midrib prominent underneath, the floral ones 



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almost terete. Flowers sessile, surrounded by 2 or 3 very broad scanous 

 pale brown bracts, fully half as long as the calyx. Sepals about 4 lines long^ 

 obtuse or more frequently acute, or with a short sharp point, glabrous and more 

 scarious than in any other species. Petals broadly obovate, scarcely emargi- 

 nate. Stamens 10 to 15, without staminodia. Carpels 3, glabrous, 2-ovulate. 

 lIooTv. f. PL Tasm.*i. 14 ; //. angnstifoUa^ var., F. Muell. PI. Vict. i. 19- 



T?. S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Broicn. 



Victoria. IMnrray river, and near Mouut ^Yilliam and Port Phillip, F. Mueller; Moiuit 

 Lockhart, More f Oft. 



Tasmania. Saudy soil oa the road from George Towa to Curric's Eiver, Gunn, 



44. H. inclusa^ Bentli. Allied to i7. virgata, but much more rigi^l 

 the leaves and young branches more or less hoary, and always hirsute, with 

 short white hairs about the floral leaves. Leaves narrow-linear or slightly 

 cuneate, obtuse, i to -^ in. long, rather thick, convex imdei-neath, the floral 

 ones clustered. Flowers closely sessile within them, suiTomuled by short 

 broad brown scarious bracts. Sepals glabrous, about 3 lines long. Petals 

 obovate, entire. Stamens 12 to 15, without staminodia. Carpels 2 or 3^ 

 glabrous, 1 -ovulate. 



W. Australia. Swan Elver, Brumrnond, n, 13. 



45? H, rostellata, Turcz. in Bull Mosc. 1849, ii. 8. Branches rigi^l 

 and glabrous. Leaves rigid, thick, narrow-linear, 3 to 4 lines long, hooked 

 at the extremity, with a short recurved sharp point, convex underneath ox 

 nearly terete, but marked laterally with a sliglit furrow indicating the recurved 

 margins which however are not prominent. Flowers nearly sessile. Bracts 

 Uiueh smaller and narrower than iti any of this group. Sepals glabrous, ob- 

 tuse, rather above 2 lines long. Stamens 15 to 20, without staminodia. Car- 

 pels 5, glabrous, 2.ovulate. 



W. Australia. Lnimmond, Uh ColL n. 121. The position of this species is some- 

 what doiil)tiul ; tlie foliage is nearly that of i7. recurvifoHa or of Candollea uncinata, fro»i 

 both of wliich it widely diffurs in the stamens. It has not the broad brown bracts of tli^ 

 Bracieat(B, but \\\ other respects comes nearer to them than to any other group. 



46. H. glomerata, Benth. Rather rigid, much branched and often f 

 tortuous, quite glabrous and often rather glaucous, or rarely with a very miiuite 

 pubescence on the young parts. Leaves from linear-cuncate to oblong o^ 



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