264 XXII. STEKCULIACE.^, [Lasiopetahwi, 



Mnir, 1. 1 766 ; J. Gay, in Mcra, Mus. Par. vii. 446, t. 18 ; Steetz, in PI. Preiss. 

 ii. 337; F. Mucll. PI. Vice, i. 141. 



W. S. Wales, Port Jackson, R, Brown, Sieher, n, 572, and others; Blue Mountains, 

 jf, Cunningham, 



Victoria- Granite ridges of the E. extremity near Moniit Imlaj, F, Mueller. 



Var. cordaium. Leaves sl\orler, from cordate-ovate 1o cordate-lanceolate. Cymes looser. 

 — Z. Sieheri, Slettz, in PI. Preiss. ii. 3:^8 ; Z. ruhlyhwsam, A. Canti. in Field. N. S. Wjiles, 

 354; Steetz, I.e. To this variety beloug the Blue Mountain and Victorian specimens; the 

 srnall-flowercd ones deseribcd by Steetz do not otherwise ditlPer from the largcr-liowered ones 

 gathered by Cuuuinghain in tlie same locality. 



12. L. acutiflorum, Tarcz. in Ball. Mosc. 1853, ii. 145. Brandies 

 •densely rusty -toiuontose. Leaves petiolate, cordate-lauceolate, obtuse, 1-| to 

 25- in. long, tomentose above wlien yoniig, at lengtli glabrous, densely tonien- 

 tose underneath, coriaceous, with impressed veins^ the margins recurved. 

 Cymes pedunculate, little branched or reduced to sin^ple racemes. Bracteoles 

 linear-filiform, softly villous. Calyx-segments about 3 lines long, but slightly 

 united at the base/lanceolatc, thick, softly tomentose-villous outside, tomen- 

 tose inside. Petals thicker tlian in most "species, truncate and almost gland- 

 like. Filaments very short; anthers shortly acuminate and opening in short 

 ol)liqne slits a^ in *most Thomams, Ovary villous, 5-celled according to 

 Turczaninow^ 3-celled in our specimens; style glabrous. 



F 



V. Australia, DmnuiJOJid, ^ih Coll. n. 25^. 



Yar. Oldfieldi. Leaves shorter and broader, sometimes ovate-cordate. Petals villons, 

 whilst ia Dnimmond's specimens they are only slightly so or glabrous. — L. OldjU'Idi, 1\ 

 Mnell. Fragm. ii. 6.— Murchison river, 0/dfield. 



Var. quinquenervium. Leaves ovate-cordate, 1 to 2 in. long. Cymes looser. Dowers 

 larger, the calyx scgTncnts fully 4 lines long. Petals more or less villons. Filaments as 

 long as the petals.— Z. rpdnquenervlum, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1S52, ii. 146.— Soutli coast ? 

 Brummond, hth CoIL n, 260 ; Point Henry and Doubtful Island Bay, Oldfield ; W. JMount 

 Barren, MaxwelL 



B. Co-RKTHRDSTYLis, Endl.— Style,so-called scop}form,i\\i\i is, covered from 

 below the middle to the summit or near the sunnnit with a dense 

 mass of prominent horizontal or reflexed stellate hairs, the lower ones 

 often longer and covering the tips of the closely appressed anthers. 



This group, proposed, as a genus by Endllchcr, appears to me qnite artifieial. Some 

 specks have also a looser inflorescence and single bracteoles, but m the first two, the ha- 

 bit, intlorcsccuce, and 3 bracteoles, are quite those of the true Lasiopeiala. 



13. L.DrTunmondii, S(?;^//^ Branches densely rusty-tomentose. Leaves 

 petiola^e, ol^long-lanceolate, obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, coriaceous, with recurved 

 margins, glabrous above when full-grown, densely and softly tomentose under- 

 ncjitli. Cymes contracted into dense heads, on short recurved peduncles, 

 softly plumose-viUous and white as in L, dhcohr, Bracteoles 3, linear-fiU- 

 form, softly villous, as long as the calyx. Calyx-segments hinceolatc-linenr, 

 about 4 lines long, softly villojis outside, glabrous inside. Filaments very 

 short. Ovary villous ; style sco])iform, the tip often glabrous. 



"W- Australia, Dntmmnnd, a single specimen. 



14. Is. rosmarinifolium, Be>dh. A much-branched shrub, the young 

 shoots huar\ or rusty, with a close tomentura. Leaves shortly petiolate, 

 linear, obtuse, I to 2 in. long, coriaceous, with rovolute margins, glahrous 



