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Ly-nosepaliim^ xxii. stercultace^e. 2G7 



opposite the petals, without intervetiing staininodia. Anthers opening at the top 

 in pores or short slits, sometimes extending at length down the sides. Ovary 

 3-cellcd, with several ovules in each cell j style simple, glabrous. Capsule 

 shorter than the calyx, opening locvdicidally in 3 valves, tomentose. Seeds 

 (act seen ripe) like those of Thomcma.—^lxmh^, with nearly the habit of 

 TItomasia angtistifoUa and its allies. Stipules very small and cordate or none. 



The genus is Ihiiited to Australia, and remai-kable for tlie calyx-hke bracts aud petal-like 

 sepals. 



Leaves almost or quite sessile. Bracteoles ovate .'...... 1. X, Barri/anunu 



Leaves Jistmctly petiolate. Bracteoles oblong or lanceolate . . . . 2. Z, rugosum. 



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^ , T. MnelL Fmgm. i. 143. A small shrub, densely 



clothed with a sliort soft velvety tomentum. Leaves sessile or nearly so, ob- 

 long-linear, obtuse, mostly ^ to f in, long, the margins nuich revolute, 

 ^makled and tomentose. Stipules very small and cordate or none. Eacemes 

 loose, few-flowered, much longer than the leaves. Bracteoles ovate, 2 to 3 

 nnes long, thick and densely tomentose, completely enclosing the bud, like a 

 valvatc 3-sepaled outer calyx. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 3 or 4 lines long, 

 coloured and petal-like. Anthers acuminate, nearly sessile. Ovary covereil 

 ^ith closely-packed oblong scales, with 8 to 10 ovules in each cell. — Thomasia 

 involiicrata, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, ii. 143, 



W- Australia. S^ran Kivcr, Dru?^mond, Mh ColL n. 255 i in the interior, Itoe: 

 xlats of Phillips River, Maxwell. In these si)ccimeus the flowers arc smaller tbau in 

 iJrummond's. 



2. L. rugosum, BoiUi. A small slirub, closely allied to Z. Barnjaman, 

 and nmch resembling in habit, foliage, and indumentum, Thomasia angtisti- 

 foUa, Brandies hoary-tomcntose. Leaves shoi-tly, but distinctly petiolate, 

 narrow -lanceolate, obtuse, ^ to 1 in. long, much wrinkled, the margins revo- 

 lute, sliglitly hoary above, more densely tomentose underneath. StipiJesvery 

 small. Eacemes slender, several-flowered. Involucre at first ovoid, but 

 lengthening much before the flower expands, tRe bracteoles at length lancco- 

 |ptc, 4 lines long, thick and tomentose as in Z. Barnjaivnn, Sepals petal, 

 like, about as long as the bracteoles, broadly oblong. Filaments very short ; 

 anthers shortly acuminate. Ovary covered with a close scaly tomentum, 

 with several ovules in each cell. 



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Swan River, Drummond. 



Order XXIII. TILIACE^. 



Flowers regular, hermaphrodite or rarely unisexual Sepals 5, rarely 3 or 

 4, free or more or less cohcriug, usually valvatc. Petals asinany or fewer or 

 ^one, alt(^mate with the sepals, inserted round the base of the tonus, 

 stamens indefinite, rarely reduced to very few, inserted on the torus, which is 

 often raised or disk-like. Filaments b^Q ox slightly united at the base. 

 Anthers 2.celled, with parallel or rarely divaricate cells, opeuing in longitu- 

 dinal slits or in terminal pores. Ovary free, sessile, 2- or more celled. Style 



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^^ there are coils. Ovules 1, 2, or more ia each cell, erect, pentliJous, or 



