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Asterolasia\ . xxviii. kutace.'K. 351 



3. A. buxifolia, Benth, A rigid shrub of several feet, the young branches 

 densely toraentose. Leaves petiolate, from obovate to obJong-cnneate, very 

 obtuse, mostly about \ in. long; the margins slightly recurved, naiTowed 

 at the base, coriaceons, glabrous and shining above, wliitc underneath with a 

 short dense tomentum. Flowers terminal or axillary, sessile within 3 or 4 



. ovate concave leafy bracts, assuming the appearance of sepals. Calyx entirely 

 obsolete. Petals 2| to nearly 3 lines long, tomentose outside. Stamens 

 often 2 or 3 more than 10. Ovary glabrous, with 5 $hort erect lobes. Stigma 

 large, reflexed-peltate, slightly lobed at the edge. Cocci glabroujr, with shortly 

 divaricate obtusely triangular beaks. — Phebalmm huxifoUuniy k, Cunn. Herb. 



N. S. TVales. Blue MouutaiuSj J. and R. Cunningham, 



4. A, mollis, Benth. An erect spreading shrub, softly tomentose, with 

 stellate spreading hairs. Leaves petiolate, from obovate to oblong or lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, I to 1-^ in. long, fiat, tomentose on both sides. Tlowers shortly 

 pedicellate, few together in terminal or rarely axillary clusters. Sepals small, 

 lanceolate, closely appressed, so as to be almost concealed under the dense 

 tomentum of the petals. Petals about 3 lines long. Ovaiy densely stellate- 

 tomentose, rounded at the top, and slightly depressed in the centre, where 

 the styles are inserted. Stigma large, reflexed, 5 -lobed. Fruit not seen. 

 Phebalium Jiexapetalum, A. Juss. in Mem. Soc. Ilist. Nat. "Par. ii. 131, t. 11. 



N. S. Wales, Gaudichaud, Arbuthiiot's Range in the N.W. interior, Fraser. The 

 flowers on Galidichaud's specimen are very few, and cue is certainly 5-mcrous; it is tbcrc- 

 lorc probably by accident only that those examined by Jussieu were 6-merou3. 



5. A. pleurandroides, F. MuelL A low rigid shimb, densely tomen- 

 tose or almost woolly. Leaves crowded, obcordate, spathulate or oblong- 

 cuneate, very obtuse or truncate, rarely exceeding 4 lines, thick, flat or con- 

 cave,^ stellate-hairj^ on both sides. Plowcrs yellow, closely sessile, solitary, 

 terminal, although from the sliortness of the branches they often appear 

 axillary. Calyx none, unless it be represented by 3 or 4 upper smaller leaves, 

 which appear to alternate with the petals. Petals iiidnplicate-valvate, about 

 4 lines long, tomentose outside. Stamens 10. Ovaiy densely stellate-hir- 

 sute, truncate, scarcely depressed in tlie centre where the styles are attached. 

 Stigma deeply divided into thick, linear, recurved, densely papillose lobes. 

 Cocci tomentose, not beaked.— .i. phebalioides, F. Muell in Trans. Phil. Soc. 

 Jict, i. 10; Eriostemon pteurandroides, P. Muell. Pragm. i. 106, and PL 

 Vict. i. 133. 



Victoria. Arid and stony slopes of the Srrra and Victoria ranges, F, Mueller, T 

 aave adopted F. Mueller's chauge of the specific name kom pheLalioides to pleurandroides^ 

 as the latter is inueh more appropriate, and the former would clash with Urocarjius ^heha- 

 (toides, Drumra., now transferred to Aderolasia. 



6. A. trymalioides, F, MucdL in Trans. BhiL Soc. Vict. i. 10. A 

 Jow rigid shrub, the branches densely toraentose. Leaves ovate obovate or 

 oblonj^, very obtuse, mostly 2 to 4 lines long, the margins much rcvolute, 

 coriaceous, glabrous and shining above when full-grown, tomentose under- 

 neath, riowers yellow, sessile, termiual, solitarj^ or 2 or 3 together, with 2 

 sinall bracts at their base. Calyx very small, with thin almost transparent 

 ovate lobes. Petals induplicate-valvatc in the bud, sprcadiug, and attammg 

 f^bout 3 lines. Stamens 10. Ovaiy toraentose, truncate, slightly depressed 



