43 II. DILLENIACE/E. [Cahdolhcu 



stem half herbaceous. Leaves very hirsute, the floral 



ones not cxcecaiiig the flowers &. C. helianthemoides. 



Carpels 5. Stem half hf.'rbaccoua 7- C.fasckulata, 



Leaves raostly 1 to 2 in. long and scarcely clustered. 



Glabrous. Leaves rigid, mostly acute. Stamiiial bundles of 



about 5 8. C. Huegelii. 



Silky-hairy. Leaves less rigidj more obtuse. Staminal 



bundles of 2 or 3 each . . • 9, C. j^achjrrhha. 



Flowers pedunculate. 



Peduuclcs shorter than the enlarged sheaths of the floral leaves. 

 Leaves flat, obtuse, or truncate. 

 Blade of the floralleaves longer than their sheaths .... 10. 0. fjlabertima. 



Sheaths of the floral leaves \ in., with the blade reduced to a 



short point 11. C. vaginata. 



Peduncles longer than the sheaths of the floral leaves. Leaves 

 flat or the margins scarcely recurved, obtuse or truncate. 



Plant very glaucous. Leaves thick, broadly linear, mostly 

 above 1 in. Peduncles tonientose, scarcely longer than the 

 flowers 12. C Preissiaua. 



Plant slightly glaucous. Leaves narrow, 3 to 1 in. Peduncles 



long, slender, glabrous 13. C. jiedanculaia. 



Peduncles short. Leaves narrow-linear, rigid, thick, without 



sheaths. 



Leaves with a straight pungent point 14. C. exasperala> 



Leaves recurved at the top 15. C. imcinata. 



1. C. cuneiformis, ift^'i/Z. PZ. A^oy. //o/Z. ii. 34, ^. 176. An erect shrub, 

 attaining? soinetlincs above a man's height, but often muchlower, with iiiiuicrous 

 short, crowded branches, the young ones slightly hairy. Leaves from oblong- 

 ciuieate to obovate, obtuse, truncate^ or with a few teeth at the top, seldom 

 above I in. long, flat, narrowed into a short stem-clasping petiole, leaving a 

 prominent ring on the branch. Flowers sessile among the crowded floral 

 leaves. Sepals ovate-oblong, the 2 outer ones thick, about \ in. long, the 

 inner shorter, thinner, and broader. Petals rather longer, broad, and deeply 

 notched. Stamens in 5 bunches of 3 to r> ench. 



, with one free one within 

 each bunch. Carpels 5, glabrons, 2-ovnlate. Arillus more than half as long 

 as the seed.— Bot. Mag. t. 2711 ; Ilibbertia ohcuneaia, Salisb. Parad. Lond. 

 under n. 73. 



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King George's Souud, R. Brow?i and others ; Point Possession, CoUie; 

 Champion Bay, Bower; Geographer Bay and Bald Island, OUJield. 



y 2- C. tetrandra, LhidL Bot. Reg. 1842, Misc. 39, and 1843, L 50. 



Branches elongated, angular, shortly pubescent. Leaves from narrow-oblong 

 to^oblong-obovate, obtuse, or shortly acuminate, but not truncate, 1 to 2i in- 



^'^ ' " ' ' or coarsely toothed, narrowed at the base, and 



nnis. Flowers as iu that species, but larger, 



Ion 



stem-clasping, as in C. cinieift 



of C. cunclformis. Carpels 5, glabrons, with 2 or rarely 3 ovirics in each. 

 Ilipe cai-pels black, and somewhat fleshv. Seeds more or less enveloped in 

 I an orange-coloui-ed lobed ariUus.— C. lalifoUa, Stend. in PL Preiss. i. 273. 



'W. Australia, Swan River, Brummond, Coll. 1813, ?z. 6 • sliadv places. Port Lcsche- 

 nault, Prdss, n, 2162. > ^ s v 



a calyctna, SteQ. iu PL Preiss. i. 274, from Fort Lcschcnanlt and Sussex district, 

 Freias, n. 2131, appears to be the same species, althouglj the petals arc Siud to be smaller. 



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