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Thehaliim^ xxviii. kutace.^, 345 



p. anceps, T)C. Prod. i. 719; A. Juss. in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. ii. 

 133, t. 12 ; Bartl. in PI. Preiss. i. 171; Eriostemon anceps, Snrcii^. Syst. ii. 

 322; P. Mudl. Frngm. i. 103. 



^V. Australia. King George's Sound, Mt^nzieSy R. Brown, and others; Port LescLe- 

 nrtiilt and Princess Royal Harbour, Preiss, n. 2011 ; and various localities near the S, coast, 

 Dricmmondy Oldjield, and otiiers. 



24. P, ovatifolium, ¥. Muell. in Trans. Phil Soc, ricL i. 99, A 

 compact, mucli branched, bushy shrub, with much the aspect of the European 

 -Box, the young branches rusty or hoaiy with scurfy scales. Leaves shortly 

 petiolate, broadly ovate, very obtuse, rarely exceeding \ in. and often smaller, 

 flat or with sliprhtly recurved thickened marmns, coriaceous, smooth and 

 slunmg above, hoary or wiaite underneath with scurfy scales. Peduncles 

 axillary, 1 -flowered, shorter than the leaves, bearing 3 or 3 small leafy bracts. 

 Calyx-lobes triangular, wath few scurfy scales. Petals nearly 3 lines long, 

 without scales (oidy seen fully expanded). Stamens shorter than the petals, 

 the filaments slightly dilated. Ovary densely covered with silveiy scales. 

 Cocci very miuutely beatcd. — Ermiemou ovatlfolins, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 

 103; PI Yict. 1.131. 



^victoria- Alpine regions of the "Munyang mountuius and among rocks between Mount 

 Wellington and Hardinge range towards the sources of Mncalister river, F. Mueller. 



25. P. rude, BarlL in PL Pr<Fias. i. 172. A much-branched bushy 

 shrub, the young branches white with scurfy scales. Leaves crow(Jed, broadly 

 cuneate, obcordatc or obovate, very obtuse, truncate or shortly 2-lobed, ^ in. 

 long, or less on the llowcring branches, twice as long on luxuriant barren shoots, 

 entire, narrowed at the base, flat, green on both sides or whitish with scurfy 

 scales. Peduncles axillary, 1- or very rarely 2-flowered, shoiter than the 

 leaves, covered as well as *the calyx and petals with silvery scales. Calyx 

 stuall, truncate, 'with very small "^teeth. Petals 2 lines long or rather more, 

 valvate. Stamens shorter than the petals ; iilaments glabrous, dilated at the 

 base. Ovary scaly. Cocci Mith a conical beak.— i^. Ulobum, Bartl. in PL 

 Preiss. i. 172, not^Lindley ; Eriostemon bilohus, F. Muell, Frngm, i. 102. 



^'W. Australia, King George's Sound and islands on the S. coast, R. Brown, A. Cun- 

 nivgJiam, and others; Bald Head and Konkongerup hills, Frehs, n. 2038 and 2039, and 

 other parts of the S. districts, Brummond, Uh Coll. arid hih Coll. n. 207, and others. 



26. P. amblycarpum, Beuth. Shrubby, the young branches white 

 ^vith scurfy scales. Leaves linear-cuneate, very obtuse, not exceeding \ in., 

 Tiotched or sometimes 2-lobed at the top, but otherwise entire, narrowed at 

 tlie base, thick, scurfy-scaly when young, green when full grown. Peduncles 

 axillary, 1-tlowered, shorter than the leaves, more or less covered as well as 

 the calyx and petals with scurfy scales. Calyx-teeth very short and broad. 

 Petals not 2 lines long, valvate or very slightly ind)ricate, with inflexed val- 

 late tips. Stamens shorter than the petals; filaments glabrous. Ovaiy 

 /duiost without scales. Cocci angular at the top, but scarcely beaked.— ^no- 

 slemon amblycarpm, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 102. 



% 



V*'. Australia. Fitzgerald river, Marwell. 



27. P. Baxteri, Benth. A rigid shrub, the young brandies white with 

 scmfy scales. Leaves crowded and clustered in the axils, liuear-cuncate, \ to 



