356 xxviu. uUTACEiE, [Correa. 



5. C. decumbens, F. MuelL in Tram. Phil Sac. Vict. i. 30, and PI 

 Vict, i 137. A decumbent shrub with ascending branches, densely stellate- 

 tomentose. Leaves oblong, from almost ovate to linear, obtuse, mostly 1 to 

 1^ in. long, coriaceous, nearly glabrous above, densely tomentose underneath, 

 riowers terminal, solitary, shortly pedicellate, usually pendulous. Calyx to- 

 mentose, with 4 lobes opposite the^ petals, triangular or lanceolate, rather 

 longer than the tube, and 4 lobes alternating with them, subulate and nearly 

 twice as long. Petals tomentose outside, miited the greater part of their length 

 into a nearly cylindrical corolla of | to 1 in. Stamens exserted, the filaments 

 all slightly dilated below the middle, 



S. Australia. Lofty Rauge and Onkaparinga river, F, Mueller; Kaiigaroo Island, 

 Waterkoiise. • 



13. NEMATOLEPIS, Turcz. 



(Symphyopetalunij Drumm.) 



Calyx small, 5-cleft, Petals 5, valvate, united the greater part of their 

 length in a cylindrical tube, spreading at the top. Disk small, crenate. Sta- 

 mens 10 ; filaments slightly dilated at the base into an aduate scale fringed 

 with long hairs ; anthers not apicidate. Ovary of 5 distinct carpels, the styles 

 inserted below the middle, and immediately united into one filiform style with 

 a minute stigma ; ovules 2 in each caq)el, superposed. Cocci truncate, 3- 

 valved, the endocarp cartilaginous and separating elastically.— A shinxb, clothed 

 -with peltate scurfy scales. Leaves simple, alternate. Flowers axillary. 



The genus consists of a single species^ limited to W. Australia, allied to Correa in the 

 united petals, to Chorilana in the stamens, and to Phehalium in habit and indumentum. 



^ 1. N. phebalioides, Turcz, in Bull, Mosc, 1852, ii. 158, An erect, 

 rigid, bushy shrub, the young branches, under side of the leaves, and pedicels 

 covered with silvery scurfy scales. Leaves ovate or oblong, very obtuse, 

 mostly under I in., but occasionally f in. long, coriaceous, glabrous above, 

 with more or less prominent tubercular glands. Pedicels short, axillary, re- 

 curved, 1 -flowered. Sepals short, orbicular, almost cordate, smooth or 

 sprinkled with a few scales. Corolla glabrous, ^ to | in. long. The scale of 

 the filaments forms a slight prominence inside, terminating the dilated base, 

 and fringed with long hairs. — Symphjopetalum correoides, Drumm, in Hook. 

 Kew Journ. vii. 54. 



^Wr. Australia. Near Middle :\rouut Barren, Brmnmond; Point Henry, Oldjeld. 



14. CHORILiEWA, Endl. 



Flowers collected in dense pendulous cymes or heads, surrounded by a fe^ 

 subulate bracts. Sepals 5. Petals 5, very nairow, valvate or nearly so. 

 Disk small, shortly lobed. Stamens 10, much exscrted ; filaments dilated at 

 the base into an adnate scale, fringed with long bail's ; anthers not apiculate. 

 Ovary of 5 distinct carpels; styles inserted below the middle, and immedi- 

 ately united into 1 filiform style, with a small obscurely 5-lobed stigma; 

 ovules in each carpel 2, superposed. Cocci truncate i endocarp cartilaginous, 

 separating elastically.— Shrubs, with the habit of some Thomasias, hispid ov 



