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Comesperma:] xiv. Polygale.e. 147 



W- S, l^ales. Abundant about Port Jackson, i?. Brown, Sieher, n. 364, 534, and 

 FLMia-t. 550, and others; and in the interior, A. Cunnin(/ham ; nornTward to Clai-eiice aud 

 Hastings rivers, Beckler ; and southward to Twofold Bay,' T. Mueller. 



Victoria. Heathy tracts, as well of the lowlands as of the mountains, not rare iu the 

 southern and eastern parts of the colony, Z Mueller, 



Tasmania. North coast, near the sea^ and islands of Bass's Straits, in sandy soil, 

 J. B. Hooker. 



^ ar, pateniifolium. Leaves very spreading, often pungent, very broad at the bnse. 

 Burnett ranges in the interior of N. S. Wales, I\ Miceller, C. patenfi/olium, F. Muell. 

 Frngm. i. 48. (See F. Muell. PI. Vict. i. ]90.) 



Var. ohlongatiim^ R. Br. Leaves oblong-linear, obtuse and mucronate, longer and with 

 I less revolute margins than usual.— East coast, 72. Broiau 



14. C. confertum, LabilL PL Nov. EolL ii. 23, t, 161. Glabrous, 

 erect, rigid, and usually branching above the middle, 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves 

 rather crowded, narrow-linear, thick, with the margins recuiTed so as to be 

 almost terete, acute, often above ] in. long, riowers ratlier small, in slender 

 bnt rather dense racemes of 2 to 3 in. or even more, on pedicels of 1 to 2 

 lines. Outer sepals free, broad and very obtuse, scarcely more tlian 1 liiie 

 long; inner sepals about 2 lines. Keel-petal rather shorter, not horned. 

 Capsule 3 lines long or rather more, rounded and sometimes emarginate, but 

 scarcely truncate at the top, narrowed into a stipes longer tlian the broad part. 

 Seeds comose, the raphe projecting and njembranous, but not expanded into 

 a terminal membrane.— DC. Prod. i. 331 ; C. lougifolium, Stcud. in PI. Preiss. 

 i. 206 ; a Mrfnhim, Steud. 1. c. 209. 



_^^- Australia. King George's Sound, Labillardiere, R Brown, A. Canmngliam^ 

 Brummoud, FreUs, «. 2359, and others; E. Mount Barren, Maxwell. 



15. C. flavum. Da Prod, i. 334. Glabrous and erect, with rather 

 crowded linear, almost terete leaves like C. covjerlnm, bnt usually more 

 branched and the leaves more spreading. Flowers yellow, larger than in 

 O, confertuw, in sliort, very dense, almost corymbose or shortly conical ra- 

 cemes, rarely above 1 in. long, the pedicels nearly 2 lines when in flower, and 

 3 when in fruit. Outer sepals all free, very short and obtuse; inner sepals 

 H lines long. Keel-petal not horned. Capsule fully 4 lines long and not 

 above 1 line broad, narrowed into a stipes much longer than the broad part. 

 Seeds oblong, comose, without any prominent raplie. — Deless. Ic. Sel. iii. t. 

 20; C. xanthocarpum, Steud. PL Preiss. i. 209. 



'^^- Australia. King George's Sound, R, Brown, Fraser, A, Cunningham, Harvey; 

 Swan River, Brummond, Coll. 1S43, n. 490; Princess Royal Harbour, Gordon river, aQiI 

 C^iiampion Bay, Oldfield, 



1G. C. calymega, LalilL PL Nov. IIolL li. 23, 1 162. Glabrous or nearly 

 so, with a perennial, sometimes woody rootstock, ami simple or slightly 

 branched, erect stems, from 6 in. to ratlier more than 1 ft. high. Leaves not 

 numerous, the lower ones elliptical or oblong, the upper linear, rarely above 

 i m. long, rather thick, flat or with slightly recurved margins, without any 

 prominent keel Flowers small, blue, in rather slendiT racemes of 1 to 3 m. 

 Outer sepals all free, oblong or lanceolate, about 1^ lines long; inner sepals 

 rather longer, more deeply coloured, obovate, unguiculate. Keel-petal not 

 norned, longer than the'lateral ones. Style distinctly 2-lobeJ. Capsule 3 to 

 nearly 4 lines long, truncate or 3-toothed at the top, narrowed into a stipes at 



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