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44 ,11. BiLLE^iACE.^. , [^Candollea^ 



erect or procumbent, ratlier slender, and apparently half lierbaceous, about 

 1 foot long, the branches clustered or dichotomous, the young ones as well as 

 the leaves softly hairy. Leaves usually clustered, linear or linear-lanceolate^ 

 obtuse, 4 to 8 lines long, the margins rather thick and revolute. Flowers 

 sessile within the clusters of leaves, the bracts at their base small, or none. 

 Sepals oblong, obtuse, about 2| lines long, membranous and coloured. Petals 

 broadly 2-lobed, narrowed into a claw. Stamens in 5 bundles, of which 

 usually 3 have 3 or 4 each, and 2 have only 2 each. -Carpels 3, glabrous, 

 1-ovulate. 



, "W, Australia. Dnimmond, 4t/i Coil. n. 118. 



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7. C. fasciculata, R. Br. in BO. Syst. Veg, i. 424. Stems procum- 

 berit, half herbaceous, loosely clothed as well as the leaves with silky or j 

 almost wooUy hairs, which wear off with age. Leaves clustered below the [ 

 branches and about the flowers, distant on the branches, linear, obtuse, ^ to 1 

 in. long, or much shorter on the smaller branches, all with the margins revo- 

 lute. Flowers sessile in the clusters of leaves, which are all longer than them, 

 except a few of the innenuost. Sepals membranous, about 3 lines long, 

 slightly hairy, the outer ones acute, the inner ones less so. Stamei\s ia o 

 bimdles, usually of 3 each, without free inner ones. Carpels 5, glabrous, 

 1-ovulate. — Hibherlia depressuy Steud. in PL Preiss. i, 268; C, kocJiiokh-h 

 Turcz. in Bull, ]\[osc. 1849, ii. 7 (from the description given). 



■W- Australia. Khig George's ^onndi, R, Brown and others; in woody places, Jiy''«^i* 



saudy lulls uear Albany, Preiss^ n. 2153. 



8. C. Huegelu, EndL in Hneg, Enum. 2, Branches stiff, but often 

 elongated, glabrous and shining, or shortly villous about the floral leaves. 

 Leaves narrow-linear, with the margins so closely revolute as to appear almost 

 terete, acute, but frec[uently broken off at the ends so as to appear truncate, 

 1 to 2 in. long, or even more on vigorous shoots, the floral ones dilated and 

 stem-clasping at the base. Flowers nearly sessile in clusters of floral leaves, 



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w^ith small lanceolate acuminate bracts at their base. Sepals fully ^ in. long 

 ovate-acuminate, usually pubescent outside. Petals naiTow-obovatc, entire, 

 or nearly so. Stamens in 5 bundles of about 5 each, with one free one inside 

 each bundle. Carpels 5, or very rarely 4, glabrous, 1-ovulate. — C, striaia, 

 Steud. in PL Preiss. i. 275. 



"W. Australia, Swan Hlver, Brummond and others; in sandy places near PerlJij 

 Freiss,^H, 2148; between Perth and King George's Sound, Harvef/.—l liave not seen 

 Iluegers original .specimen, but have no doubt of the identity of the species. 



9. C. pachyrrhiza, Benth, Nearly allied to C, Iluegelii, and possibly , 

 1 variety only^ the stems are "more ereet, apparently arising from a tlii<^k | 

 rliizome, and more or less silky-hairy, as well as the leaves. Leaves usually 

 shorter and more ohtuse, yet still exceeding 1 in. and nearly terete. Flowers 

 similar to those of C. Hnegelii, but smaller, and with fewer stamens, there 

 being usually only 2 or 3 to each l)undle, and the inner free one^often fl^- f 

 fidi^wi.—irMertia pacJ^yrrJuza, Steud. in PI. Preiss. i. 269 ; //. hasUrlch(h 

 Steud. Lc. 268, 



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*W. Australia. Swau River, Bnimmond ; bet\vecn Perth and King George's Souii<i» 

 Harvcf/; sandy and stony places, Darling Range, Preiss, u, 2U'J and 21 63. 



