Boronia.'] xxviii. RUTACE.E. 323 



^V. Australia, Bnmmond, The sfnmens are nearly those of some of the bhie- 

 ilovvered species, but tlic flowers are much more sessile than in any blue species and appa- 

 remlyred. ^ i 11 



Series A^L Termtnales.- — Anlbers uniform. Leaves simple or rarely 

 3-5-foliolate. Flowers terminal^ usuaUv solitary. 



40. B. qapitata, BtmlJi, Apparently a rigid divaricate shrub. Branelies 

 pubescent or hirsute. Leaves simple, linear, obtuse, under \ in. lon^ in our 

 specimen, pubescent, thick, terete or almost flat above and convex underneath. 

 Flowers several, almost sessile, in tenninal heads. Sepals rather broad, pu- 

 hesceiit. Petals twice as long as the sepals, rather exceeding 3 lines, imbri. 

 f^^te, glabrous. Filaments densely ciliate at the edges, slightly thickened and 

 glandular at the top ; anthers tipped with a small recurved appendage. Style 

 pubescent, with a small stijrma. 



o 



_w,* Australia. In the eastern regions of the colony, Bnimmond, It is possible that 

 this may prove to be an extreme variety of B. nemaiophylla^ differing chiefly in inflorescence 

 ^nd indumentum. 



41. B. nematophylla, ¥, MuelL Tragnu ii. 100. An erect, virgate, 

 or diiFuse, glabrous shrub. Leaves all simple, linear-terete, obtuse acute or 

 iiiucronulate, mostly \ to 1 in. long. Flowers axillary or terminal, nearly 

 sessde or shortly pedunculate, solitary or the terminal ones in clusters of 3 to 

 5. Sepals short and broad, ciliate. Petals 3 or 4 times as long as the sepals, 

 attamhig 3 or 4 lines, imbricate, glalirons. Filaments more or less woolly on 

 the edges, clavate and glandular at the top; anthers minutely apiculate or 

 sometimes quite obtuse. Style slender, occasionally exceeding the stamens, 

 >Tith a small capitate stigma. 



, y^' Australia. King; George's Sound, Oldfield ; N. side of Stirling range and Gordon 

 "^^^^^^^ Maxwell, & 6 ^ J ' & b 



42. B. crenxJata, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 284. A glabrous 

 bushy shmb. Leaves obovate or cuneate, rounded and usually (but not 

 al^vays) crenulate at the upper end, rarely exceeding ^ in., narrowed into a 

 Very short petiole, coriaceous and nerveless. Flowers terminal and solitary 

 or few together, on very short pedicels or almost sessile, and also frequently 

 solitaiy in the upper axils. Sepals ovate, scarious at the edges and minutely 

 ciliate. Petals about twice as long, attaining 3 lines, broad, imbricate, and 

 glabrous. Filaments densely woolly at the sides, obtuse at the top; anthers 

 apiculate. Style short, often slightly pubescent. Seeds smooth and shining. 

 r-DC. Prod. i. 721; Eot. Mag. t. 3915; 15ot. Eeg. 1838, t. 12; Bartl, in 

 ^h Preiss. i, 169. 



^ .^- Australia. King George's Sonnd, R. Broicn, Menzies, Bnmmond, and others; 



^tirlinir range^ PrW w. 2010: Kalgan and Gordon rivers, Oldfield; and eastward to 



Stokes Inlet. Maxwell. ^ 



y^"^' P^f^^'scens, Branches puLescent. Leaves more sessile and less narrowed at the base, 

 "'ate on the edge. Sepals narrower.—^V. Australia, Drnnmovd ; Vasse river, Oldfield, 



43. B. serrulata, Sm, Tracts, 292, t, 5. A glabrous shrub. Leaves 

 ci'ouded, simple, almost sessile, broadly obovate or rhomboidal, acute, rarely 

 ^xceediug \ in., seri-ulate, narrowed at the base, coriaceous and nerveless, 

 ^lowers rather large, terminal, nearly sessile or very shortly pedicellate, se- 

 ^ei'al together in a leafy compact cyme or head or rarely solitaiy. Sepals 



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