Kermtdrenia.'] ' xxii. sterculiack.i:. 247 



globular, very tomoitose. Seeds 1 or 2 in each, globose, renifonn.— &/%/« 

 nepJirosperma, F. Muell. in Hook. Kew Jouni. ix, 15. 



N. Australia. Desert at the sources of Victoria riser, Sturt's and Hooker's Creeks, 

 A Mueller ; Porster's Kauge, M'Bouall Stuart. 



5. K. hermanniaefolia, 7. C/?^, m J/m. Mas. Far. vii. 462, /. 23. 



A small rigid shrub, the brauclics tomeiitose or hirsute with white or nist- 

 coloured stellate hairs. Leaves petiolatc, ovate or obloiif^, very obtuse, rarely 

 above 1 in. long, and often much smaller, mostly sinuate-crenate or undulate 

 and crisped on the margin, glabrous or spi-iiikled with short, rigid, stellate 

 iuurs above, wdiite-tonieutose underneath. Cymes loosely sevcral-ilowered, 

 almost sessile. Bracts ovate and very thin, but very deciduous. Calyx 

 toiuentose, the lobes broad, rather acute, attaining from 3 to near 6 lines, 

 tlnn and coloured. Filaments dilated at the base, almost hee, with 1 or 2, 

 or without any intervening staminodia. Anthers linear-oblong. Ovaiy 3- 

 to 5"celled, with 3 or 4 ovules in each cell. Capsule often reduced to 1 or 

 2 carpels, with 1 or 2 reniform-globose seeds.^DC. Prod. i. 490; Steetz, in 

 ^b Preiss. ii. 346; K. inicrojj/i^lla, Steetz, he. 347; Seringia microphyUa, 

 ■t. Muell. Fragm. ii, 5. 



. ^^' Australia- Sharks Bay, GaudicJiaud ; Swan River, and northward to Jlurchison 

 nver and Charnpioa Bay, Drummond, Collie, Oldjield, etc. 



6. K. iutegrifolia, Sleud. in PL Preiss. i. 236, and Stedz, L c. ii. 347. 



A small much-branched shrub, tlie yoiuig shoots white or rusty wath a close 



tomentum. Leaves petiolate, oblong, very obtuse, 4 to 8 lines long, entire, 



glabrous or nearly so above, white-tomentose underneath. Cymes rather 



^oose, several-flowered. Bracts ovate, thin and very deciduous. Calyx to- 



inentose; lobes broad, rather acute, attaining 3 or 4 lines under the fruit, or 



sometimes more. Filaments dilated and shortly connate at tlic base, recurved 



at the top, without any or rarely with 1 or 2 intervening staminodia. Ovary 



5-lobed, witii about 4 ovules in*cach. Capsule globular, softly villous ; carpels 



1- or 2-seeded, not veiy readily separating. — Seringia iHtegrifoUa, F. Muell. 

 *nigm. ii. 5. 



W. Australia. Swan River, Dnimmond, Prem, n, 1G51 ; S.W. coast, MaxwelL 

 var. vehiiiaa. Leaves rathev larger, uiinutely velvety-toiuetitose above, densely tomen- 



tose midenieatli. Flowers larger, tilaiiieiits lonirer.— ^. velutlna, Steetz, in PL Preiss. ii. 



^48; Beringm vehdina, P. Maell. Pragm. ii. 5 ^ S, ffrandijfora, P. Muell. Pragui. i. 142. 



io this belong Druti-iTuond's specimens, n. 109, and Maxwell's, from East ^Mouut Barren. 



^he specimen described by Steetz, which I have not seen, was gathered by Roc, between 



ftwan River and King Geor-e's Sound. 

 Acttnosdgma lanceolatmn, Turcz. in Bulh Mosc. 1839, i. 259, from 'New Holland, Erog- 



"co» i3 described as closely resembling K. lanceolata in habit, foliage, and most of the cha- 



^^^jtcrs, but with axillary, not leaf-opposed iulloresccnce, 10 stamens all perfect and free, 



?, '"ovulate carpels, the styles connate, with 5 radiating stigmas. I am quite unable to 



ifieutify any Lasiopctalous plant with this description. ^It may belong to some very diire- 



fent Natural Order, possibly Rtdacece. 



15. HANNAFORDIA, F. Muell. 



Calyx 5-lobed, somen'hat enhnrgcd after flon'ering, with prominent raised 

 1^*03, 3 to eaeh sepal, besides those connecting the sepals. Petals 5, lancco- 

 >^te, slightly concave, sliorter than the calyx. Stamens 5, opposite the petals j 

 stajumodia 3 or fewer between each 3 stamens, linear-subulate, all slightly 



