I Imiopetalum.l xxir. sterculiace.^. ' 2G3 



flowers. Bractcoles linear, nearly as long as the calyx. Calyx-scgincnts \try 

 spreading' or almost rcllcxed, under 2 lines lonj^ in the wild si)eciuiens> lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, tomcntosc outside, glabrous within. Filaments rather 

 long ; anthers oblong, their terminal pores light-coloured and very conspi- 

 cuous. Ovary tomentose, style glabrous. 



W. S. IVales. Paramatta and Syduey, R. Broivn ; Southward of flic colony,^. C/ra- 

 nwpham. I havu not seen Graham's specimens, but the figure quoted vvuM represents this 

 plant, except that the tlowers are huger than in the specimens 1 have secu, 



9. It. Baueriy Steetz^ in PL Preiss, ii. 339.^ A shinib of several feet, 

 the branches hoary or rusty with a close toinentum. Leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, linear or oblong-linear, obtuse, mostly 1 to 3 in. long, the margins re- 

 volute, coriaceous, glabrous or niinntely tomentose above, wliite or rnsty- 

 tomcutosc nnderueath. Flowers few, in short peduncuhite rcflexed racemes, 

 rarely branching into cymes. Eracteolcs small, oblong or linear. Calyx- 

 segments 24 to 3 lines long, acute, tomentose outside and slightly so inside. 

 Filaments very short; anthers contracted at the top. Ovar}^ tomentose. 

 Style glabrous or occasiouallv bearino- a few stellate hairs. — F. Mnell. PI. 

 Vict. i. 142. ^ 



Iff. S, Wales. TMxit IslQUTiiam^, Miss Atkinson ; Darling and MurrunibiJgee rivers, 

 F. Mueller, 



Victoria. Murray scrub and Sandy Desert near Brighton, but rare, V, Mueller. 

 ■ S. Australia. Memory Cove, U, Brown; sand ridges from the Murray river to St. 

 Vuiccat's Gulf, Kangaroo Island, and Spcnecr's Gulf, F. Mueller, 



This is a very variable ])lani, difTicuIt to define from dried speeimcus. Some of the numer- 

 ous furms, especially in Mr. iirowu's collection, seem to connect it on the one hand with the 

 liifge-fbvvered varieties of X. parvljlonihi, aud on the other haud, in some measure, with sonic 

 tonus 0^ L.femi^hieum. 



10. Ij, rufum, E, Bi\ Ilerh. A slender laucli-branchcd shrub of 1^ 

 to 2 ft., the young branches minutely tomentose. Leaves, as in i. parti- 



Jlorum, linear, obtuse, 1 to 1^ in. long, coriaceous, the margins revohite, gla- 

 l^i'ous above, white-tomcntose underneath. Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 to- 

 gether iu very loose simple racemes, tlic pedicels 2 to 4 lines long. Bracts 

 hnear-subulatc, not close to the calyx. Calyx broad, slightly tomentose both 

 within aud without, the segments broader and less acute than iu most Lasio- 

 petala, but faintly several-veined, not 1-nerved as iu T/iomasia, Petals scale- 

 like, filaments short and anthers contracted at the top as iu i. Baneriy to 

 which the species is in many respects nearly allied. 



W. S. Wales. St, George's River, R. Brown illcrh, R. Br.). 



11. L. ferrugineum, Sm. in Amir. Bot. Pep. t 208. A tall shrub, 

 the youn^^ branches hoary or rusty with a short tomcntum. Leaves on very 

 short petioles, the lunger ones narrow-lanceolate or oblong-linear, 3 or 

 * in. long, the margins slightly recurved, entire sinuate or hastate with 

 short basal lobes, coriaceous, glabrous above, tomentose underneath, the 

 tower ones often sliorter and broader and sometimes cordate-ovate. Cymes 

 dense, nearly sessile and reflexed. Calyx very angular, the segments ovate, 

 <ictite, 3 or rarely 4 lines long, rather thick and tomentose inside as well as 

 out. Anthers about as long as the filaments. Ovary tomentose ; style gla- 

 lii-ous, except at the base.— DC. Prod. i. 489 ; Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 59 ; Bot. 



