T 



320 xxvui. KUTACE^- [Boronia. 



glandular upwards, attenuate at the top. Appendage of the anthers much 

 shorter than the cells and not so broad as in the other blue species. 



IWr. Australia^ Drummond^ «. 78. 



31. B, cserulescens, T, Mnelh in Traris. FUl. Soc. FicLl 11, and 

 PL FicL 1. 117. An undershrub of a pale green, glabrous or minutely pu- 

 bescent. Leaves simple, sessile, linear or linear-cuneate, obtuse, rarely attam- 

 ing I in., and often only 2 or 3 liiics long, rather thick, often tubercuhite 

 underneath. Pedicels l-flowered, mostly axiUaiy, 1 to 2 or Splines long. 

 Sepals ovate. Petals twice or thrice as long as the*feepals, attaining 3 to 4 

 lines, imbricate, glabrous, or pubescent outside along the centre. Pilaments 

 ciliate, not clavate ; anthers with a short broad obtuse recurved appendage. 

 Stigma capitate. Seeds reticulate. 



Victoria. Desert of the Miu^ray and its lower tributaries, and sterile plains at the foot 



of the Grampians, F. Mueller, 



S. Australia. Sandy coast of Guichcn Bay and Cape Jaffa, St. Vineent's aud Spen- 

 cer's Gulf, F. Mueller and others. 



"W. Australia. Salt river, S. Hutt river, and Chapman river to E. Mount Barren, 

 Herb. Mueller, 



32. B, tenuis^ BenlTi. Apparently annual, quite glabrous, with slender 

 ascending or erect branches \ to \\ ft, high. Leaves simple, slender, linear- 

 terete, acute or obtuse, mostly |^ to 1 in. long, riowers blue, on axillary 

 pedicels of 1 to 4 or 5 linos. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, with white membra- 

 nous mnrijins. Petals about twice as long as the sepals, attaining 3 lines or 

 rarely more, imbricate, glabrous. Filaments flat, ciliate, narrowed at the 

 top ; anthers with broad recui-ved appendages, nearly as long as the cells. 

 Cocci glabrous. Seeds reticulate, striate. — CyanotJiamnus tennis, Lindl. Swan 

 Riv, App. IS. 



Vr. Australia. Swan Hiver, Brvmmond^ \st ColL ; Ballganip ranges W. of Kojo- 

 nerup, Herh. Mueller, 



33. B. ramosa, Tientlu An erect or diffuse heath-like glabrous shrub. 

 Leaves once or twice temately compound ; leaflets linear-terete, usually not 

 thicker than the common petiole, \\^\ in. long. Peduncles axillary, 2 to 4 

 or 5 lines bug, bearing a single blue flower. Sepals broad and shoYt. 

 Petals varying from about 2 to above 3 lines long, imbricate, glabrous. Fila- 

 ments broad, flat and ciliate at the base, terete, obtuse, and glandular at the 

 top. Appendage of the anthers very broad and obtuse, usually longer than 

 the cells. Stigma in some specimens capitate, in others small and 4-lobed. 

 — Ch/anothamnus ramosm, Lindl. Swan lliv. App. 18- 



^ VT. Australia. Swan River, Brumnwnd, Isi Coll., also «. 84 and 180; Mnrchison 

 nver, Oldp'eld. 



Var. ayiclhlfolla. Leaves mostly 3-foliolate. Flowers smaller than in the original form, 

 not so blue, at least in the dried state, with much stiiallcr appeudaa:es to the anthers. Ci/- 

 anothamniis anetlnfohus, Bartl. in PI. Preis?. i. YlS^.— Boroma snbccendea, F. Mnell. 

 Fragm. n. 100. Swan River, Drvmmond i Canaing river. Vrcus, n, 2035; iMurchisou 

 river, Ohffidd ; Champion Bay, Walcott, 



Series V. Vakiabtles.— Anthers nniform. Leaves simple or temately 

 compound. Flowers axillai-y, not hlue. 



31. B. polygalifolia, Sm. Track, 297, t. 7. Ustially a low glabrous 



