256 xxii. SXERCULIACE/E. [T/wmasia. 



often nearly as lona:, giving the plant a heath-like aspect. Racemes long and 

 slender. Bracteoles narrow-linear or shghtly spathulate. Calyx 5 or 6 lines 

 diameter, deeply lobed, the lobes almost acute. Petals small and broad ; 

 staminodia also occasionally present. Ovary tomcntose; style glabrons. . 



"W, Australia, Lrummoad, ^th ColL n. 256. 



22. T. glutinosa^ LindL Swan Jilv. Jpp. 18. Branches tomentose or 

 slightly hispid, viscid towards thB top. Leaves petiolate, the lower ones or 

 sometimes nearly all ovate-cordate, the upper ones or nearly all lanceolate or 

 hastately 3-lobed, the middle lobe often 1 to 2 in. long, the lateral ones very 

 sliort, all obtuse, glabrous or sprinkled \vith stellate hairs above, loosely to- 

 mentose underneath. Stipules none. Racemes on long peduncles, hirsute 

 and very glutinous. Bracteoles filiform, inserted on the pedicel at some dis- 

 tance from the calyx. Calyx spreading to 6 to 8 lines diameter, slightly 

 pubescent or sometimes hirsute at the base, divided to about the middle mto 

 broad acute lobes, petal-like, as in most species, and the central vein of each 

 sepal deeply coloured, but scarcely thickened. Petals none. Filaments verj^ 

 short ; anthers produced into a rather long light-coloured point. Ovary vil- 

 lous, 3 -celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Style glabrous or slightly tomen- 

 tose at the base. — EJij/vchodemon glutinositm, Stcetz, iu PL Preiss. ii. 334. 



W. Australia. Swan River, Brummond, \st ColL, Freiss, n. 1G32 aud'l668, anJ 

 others. 



• Var. lafifoUa. Leaves mostly ovatc-corduto, entire or obscurely S-lobcd. Tndumentinn 

 of the Lrauches aud uuder side of the leaves toincutosc only aud scarcely hispid. Flowers 

 sometimes, but not always, smaller. — T. canescens, Liudl. Swan Riv. App, 18 ; T. amula 

 and T lasiopptaloides, Stcnd. in PL Prcisa. i. 238 ; Rhynclwstewon canescona, Steetz, in Fl. 

 Preiss. iL 335. Swau River, Brummoudy Isl Col/., Preiss, «. 1C3G and IGil, 



23. T, laxiflora^ Bad/i, Young brauclies densely clothed witb a close 

 tomentum. Leaves, like those of the broad-leaved variety of T. (jhdlnoso, 

 from ovate-cordate to broadly lanceolate, acuminate, entire or obscurely 

 b-lobed, 1| to 2| in. long, almost coriaceous and glabrous above when fidl- 

 grown, densely and softly tomentose underneath. Stipides none. Eacemes 

 elongated, pedunculate, apparently viscid and subulate ; bracteoles distant 

 from the calyx, as iir T. gliUhma. Calyx very angular, divided to below 

 the middle into ovate, cordate, acuminate segments, glabrous inside^ at 

 the base with prominent midiibs, the broad thin margins tomentose inside. 

 Petals small, broad. Anthers acuminate, but much less so than in T. gh^' 

 tinom. Ovary villous, 3-celled with 2 ovides in each cell. Style glabrous. 



IV, Australia- Swan River, Bnmmond, ColL 1843, n. 25. 



24. T. stelligera, Bmth. A low shrub, with slender wiry branches, 

 covered, as well as the under side of the leaves, with a whitish, abnost silvery, 

 scaly tomeiitum. Leaves shortly petiolate, the upper ones s^omctimes oppo- 

 site, from oblong to laneeolate or almost linear, very obtubc, ^ to 1 iu. long, 

 glabrous and smootli on the upper side. Stip\des none. Flowers rather 

 large, pink, 2 or 3 in the raceme. Bracteoles small, close to the calyx. 

 Calyx sprinkled outside with a few scale-like stellate hairs, slightly tomentose 

 inside, divided to about the middle, ang\dar and almost 5-saccate at the base, 

 the lobes broad and acute, the midribs richly coloured, but scarcely promi- 

 nent. Petals small. Anthers shoitly acuminate. Ovary densely covered 



