

Comesperma .1 xiv. polygalk.13. 149 



coinose,^ without any terminal membrane.— C. ramoslssimnm, Steutl. m PI. 



Preiss. i. 209; C, megapUryga, Steud. I.e. 207 (according to Stcetz, in PL 

 Preiss. ii. 314). 



oo*)^' ■'^^^*''*^^*- King George's Sounil, J2. Brown, A. Cunningham, Fraser, Preiss, n. 

 '^'369, 2370, and others; Mount Barker, Oidjield; 



Glabrous, with 



;uiu 



a woody rootstock and erect, stiff, simple or somewhat branching stems, 1 to 

 Is or rarely 2 ft. hig-]i. Leaves distant of rather croAvded, linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, obtuse or scarcely pointed, rarely exceeding i in. in length, with 

 the midrib or keel prominent underneath. FJowers bhie, rather numerous, iu 

 a raceme of 1 to 3 in., ofteu lengtheuing out after flowering to nearly 6 in., 

 the pedicels from 1 to 2 lines. Eracts with a fine point, often comose in the 

 young raceme, but falling off during flowering. Outer sepals about 1 liue 

 long, the 2 upper ones united to near the top ; inner sepals nearly 3 

 Imes long. Keel -petal very broad, with a horn-like appendage on the back 

 near the top, sometimes above ^ line long, sometimes reduced to a small tu- 

 bercle. Style winged towards the top. Capsule about 3 lines long, truncate 

 or 3-toothed, and about 1 line broad at the top, narrowed into a stipes as loiig 

 as the broad })art. Seeds ovate, comose with a small membranous appendage 

 at the chalazal end.— DC, Prod. i. 334; Steetz, in PL Preiss. ii. 311; C. simplex, 

 Endl. iu Hueg. Enum. 7 ; C. cornicitlattm, Steud. in PL Prciss. i. 206; C, 

 ^ongehraclmtum and C roseum, Steud. I.e. 207; C. confraclum and C,<^mu- 

 \uin, Steud. L c. 208 ; C. laxiuscidum, Steud. 1. c. 210; C. selagbioides, Turcz. 

 inBulLMosc. 1854,ii. 352. 



/ ^' ■'^"^*^^^^*- Apparently common, from the south coast to Swan River, Lalil- 

 lardiere. A, Ommmgham, Lyummond, n, 215, 489, 492 (mixed in some cases with C. acero- 

 sum\ Frei^s, n, 23G0, 23(>], 2363, 2371, ti<^\ Champion Bay, Bower, 

 ., a comic ulatnm, Steud., aud C.amulum, Sttud., are both \t\^i up by Steetz, in PI. Preiss. 

 'I- 310, but the differences indicated do not appear to me to be quite borne out by the in- 

 spection of Preiss's specimens. 



21. C. polygaloides, J^. Muell. in Trans. PJiil. Sac. VicL I 7, and PL 

 l^ict. i. 187, L 8. Very near C. tmjatmn, but a smaller plant, with a less 

 jyoody rootstock, and more simple stems, rarely 1 ft. high. Leaves from 

 Imear to oblong, flat, without the prominent keelof C. vinjaimn, rarely above 

 2 ni. long. Outer sepals slight!} longer and less obtuse than in C. virgatum, 

 the two upper ones connate as in that species. Keel-petal without any dorsal 

 appendage. Capsule about 4 lines long, narrowed into a stipes nearly twice 

 as long as the broad p^u-t. Seeds very comose, without any terminal mem- 

 brane. 



Victoria. Scattered over the low ridges and barren plains of the southern and western 

 parts of tlie colony, F. Mueller. v ir ?, 



S. Australia. Near Adelaide, WMUaJter; Rivoli Bay and Encounter Bay, t. Mueller; 

 K-atigaroo Island, Waterkouse ; Spencer's Gulf, Warburlon. 



Order XV. PRANKENIACE>a3. 



Flowers rcgdar, hermaplirodite. C;ilyx tubular, persistent, with 4, 5, or 

 rarely 6 lobes, valvate in the bud, and as many prominent angles and furrows. 



