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Mlcroc^le^l ' xxtiii. kutacej:. 347 



almost shining, with 6 to 8 large prominent glandular tubercles. Flower- 

 neads ratlicr larger than in M, pamlfiora. Sepals lincar-spathulate. Petals 

 nearly 2 lines long. Filaments glabrous. Cocci rounded as in i/. paucijlora, 

 hut reticulate, and often retaining the scales of the ovary. Seeds reticulate. 



W. Australia, Bnmmond, Uh Colh «. 211, 



3. M. albiflora, Tarcz, in Bull Mosc. 1852, ii. 167. Smaller than the . 

 other two species ; the young branches scaly. Leaves ovate, obtuse, seldom 

 above 1 line long, reflexed, convex, coriaceous, marked with a few large 

 prominent transparent glands, the upper ones shorter tlian the flowers. 

 Flower-heads mostly of only 3 or 4 small flowcfs. Sepals lanceolate, trans- 

 parent, united to the middle, according to Turczaninow, but free or nearly 

 so m our specimens. Petals scarcely 1 line long, slightly scaly outside. 

 Ovary less scaly tlian in the other species. Truit not seen. 



W". Australia, Brummond, Wi ColL n. 210. 



8. GELEZKOWIA, Turcz. 



(Sandfordia, Drumm.) 



Sepals 5, large, petal-like, imbricate, exceeding the petals. Petals 5, ob- 

 long, imbricate in the bud. Disk inconspicuous. Stamens 10, shorter than 

 tHe petals; filaments subulate, glabrous; anthers not apiculate. Carpels 5, 

 distinct or nearly so ; styles inserted near the summit, immediately united 

 into one filiform style, with a peltate obscurely lobed stigma. Ovules 3, 

 superposed. Cocci 2-va!vcd, not beaked.— Ptigid, usually glancous shrubs. 

 J-'eaves alternate, small, rigid, crowded or almost imbricate. Plowers 1 to 3 

 together, sessile at the ends of the branches, remarkable for the large, leafy 

 ^i' petal-like bracts and sejjals, exceeding the leaves. 



^ fhe genus is limited to Australia, and in common with several otherd united by F.Mut'Ilcr 

 With Briostemon, but the peculiar habit, large calyx, and iusertion of the styies appear to me 

 autiicient to rctaiu it as a genus. 



Sepals oblong, not much exceeding the petals. 



Carpels of the fruit rounded at the top, «ot longer than broad . . 1. (7. verrucosa. 



Carpels of the fruit narrowed at the top, fully twice as long as broad 2. G, macrocarpa. 

 Sepals broadly ovale or orbicular, the petals luuch shorter. Carpels 



of G. verrucosa , . . • . 3. (7. cali/cina, 



1- G. verrucosa, Turcz, in Bull Mosc. 1S49, ii. 13. A bushy, rigid, 

 glabrous, often gbmeous slirnb. Leaves crowded, obovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 rarely exceeding 2 lines, thick, flat or concave above, convex underneatli, and 

 tuberculate with large proiiiinent glands, a few of the ui)per leaves passing 

 ^^ito sepal-like bracts. Sepals not 4 lines long, narrower than in G. calychin, 

 ^c petals nearly as long, and both more or less glandidar-wartcd outride. 

 Ovary covered with minutely ciliate wart-like scales. Style elongated. Cocci 

 (not yet quite ripe) not half so long as the petals, as broad as long, rounded 



at the io^.—Enodemon Geleznoidi, F, Muell. Fragm. i. 107. 



W, Australia, Lrummond, n. 8. Some specimens from Sharks Bay, Denhm, 

 ana Dirk Hartog's Jsluud, 3nine, appear to belong to the same species, hut ihcy arc not in 

 newer, 



2. G. macrocarpa, Benth. From the fragmentary specimens we pos- 

 sess, this appeai-s to be nearly iiUicd to G. verrucosa, with similar small leaves. 



