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river, 0/dJield; SAY. interior, 3IaxiveiL ' ^ • ^ 



Var. (?) letiuior. Leaves thin, almost lanceolate, serrate.— TV. Australia, Gildert, n, 3 and 

 18. Wealv drawa-ap specimens of this and of i?. viminea have much general resemblance, 

 altliougli the species generally are widely distinct. 



54. B. denticulata, Sm. in Trans. Limi. Soc. viii. 2S-i. Shrubby, erect, 

 glabrous and somewhat glaucous. Leaves nearly sessile, siuiple, linear or 

 liinceolate, rarely oblong- cuneate, flat but rather thick, | to If in. long, often 

 bordered by a lew small glandular teeth or more distinctly denticulate m lieu 

 broad. Tlowers rather large, in loose terminal shortly pedunculate cymes 

 or corymbs, the pedicels thickened upwards. Sepals very acute, usually short 

 but variable. Petals attaining about 3 lines or rather more, imbricate, gla- 

 brous. Filaments eiliate and flattened towards the base, terete and glantlular 

 upwards, obtuse at the top ; anthers short, not apiculate.— DC. Prod. i. 721 ; 

 Bot. Heg. t. 1000 ; B, cldronilfolia, Eartl. in PI. Preiss. i. 167. 



vv. Australia- King George's Sound, R. Brown and others ; and other parts of the 

 southern districts, Brummond, n. 22, Freiss.v.2027, 0/dfe/d, and others j eastward to 

 IhiUips river and E. Mount Barren, Maj:wcIL 



55. B, spathulata, LindL Swan Jtiv, App. 17. A glabrous glaucous 

 undershrub, forming a thick stock, with erect simple or branched stems, \ to 

 la ft. high, or when very luxuriant attaining 3 ft. Leaves not numerous, 

 from obovate or oblong-spathulate to linear-cuncate or lanceolate, obtuse or 

 I'arely acute, |- to 1 in. o* rarely longer, thick, nerveless, quite entire. Plowers 

 few, rather large, in irregular terminal pedunculate cymes. Pedicels glabrous 

 or glandular. Sepals usually very acute. Petals attaining 4 lines or more, 

 iinbricate, glabrous. Filaments eiliate; anthers often minutely apiculate. 



1. c. 167. 



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Australia. Apparently common from King George's Sound, R. Brown and others, 

 to Swan River, Brtimmoud and others; Canning river, Preiss, «. 2024, 2025; Darling 

 faage, Prehs, n. 2G2G ; Prestou river, Oldfeld. 



var. ramosa. More branched, flowers more numerous, in long pedunculate cymes.— Swan 

 ^^"'^v, Lrummond ; King George's Sound, i?^r.r/<?r, Collie; eastward to E. Mount Barren, 



^ Var, elatior. Tall, with elongated branches, the upper leaves linear and distant, occa- 

 sionally slightly dilated at the base. Flowers in very loose diehotomous cymes.— ^. dicho- 

 ^oma, Liiidi. Bot. Reg. 1841, under n. 47.— Vasse river, Mrs. M alloy ; Swan River, Brunx- 

 ^ond. Coll. 1843, n. 38. 



^ 56. B. juncea, Bartl. in PL Preiss. i. 166. An undershrub, with erect 

 ^'ii'gnte or rush-like stems, glabrous and little branched or diehotomous up- 

 }vai'ds. Leaves few, linear-terete, rather thick, the lower ones sometimes 1 

 m. long, the upper ones few, small and distant, and some specimens almost 

 Jenfless. Flowers small, terminal, solitary or few together, on short glabrous 

 01* woolly pedicels. Sepals lanceolate-subulate, nearly as long as the petals. 

 1 t^^tals about 2 or rarely 3 lines long, mucronate, imbricate, often sligldly pu- 

 tjesceut outside along the centre. Filaments glabrous, slightly eiliate, glan- 

 d'tlar and obtuse; anthers not apiculate. Cocci small, truncate. Seeds 

 smooth and shining,—^, laai/lora, BartL in PI. Preiss. i. 105 (specimens 

 ^uh woolly calyces). 



