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Ckorilcena .] 



xxvin, 11UTACE.K. 357 



tomeatose with stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, sinuate-lol)ed. Flower-cymes 

 pedunculate, axillary. 



• -^ Sc^^s hniited to "W. Australia, approaching D^y^^/^Wrti in ixAoxQ^c^Mce, Nematolepis 



in he bearded appendage of the filaments, and connected with Phebalium through P. 

 ii-aisfoni. ° 



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Leaves at length glabrous above, densely and softly tomcntose under- 



neath. Sepals lanceolate 1. C. quercl folia, 



J^eaves loosely stellate-hirsute. Sepals liliforra 2. Q. Mrs at a, 



]. C. quercifolia, EndLinllueg.EnuviAl. A tall shmb, the branches 

 densely clothed with a soft close or velvety tonientun}, often assuming a 

 j golden colour. Leaves petiolate, ovate, very obtuse, mostly 1^ to 3 in. long, 



sinuately lobed or broadly pinnatifid, somewhat coriaceous, the upper surface 

 spnnkled when young with a slight stellate pubescence, glabrous when full 

 gi'own, the under side densely and softly velvety-tonientose. Pedimcles re- 

 curved, scarcely exceeding I m. Cymes often at least 1 in. diameter, of 7 to 

 -ll flowers, the outer ones at the ends of the branches appearing pedicellate, 

 the inner ones sessile. Bracts filiform, shoii.er than the calyx. Sepals lan- 

 ceolate, tomentose outside. Petals rather longer, attaining 3 lines, tomcntose 



o^itside. Stamens fully twice as long.— Bartl in PL Preiss. L 172. 



W. Australia. King Gcorire's Sound, IlaegeL Frcuer ; Bald Head and Island, Freus, 

 «• 2043, Oldficld, Maxwell 



2. C, hirsuta, Benth. A tall erect shrub, the branches densely hirsute 

 ^yith stellate hairs. Leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, mostly 2 to 3 in. long, 

 sinuately lobed or broadly and obtusely pinnatifid, thinner than in C. qrierci' 

 Jo^^a, the upper surface rough with scattered stellate hairs, the under side pale, 

 iiiorc copiously hirsute. Peduncles solitary or 3 or 3 together, recurved, 

 m-dy above J- in. long. Cymes nearly as in C, quercifoUa. Bracts linear- 

 JiLiorm or slightly cuneate, very hirsute, the outer ones often 5 lines long, 

 ^uch more numerous than in C. quercifolia, and passing gradually into the 

 sepals, of w^hich the innermost are often under 3 lines. Petals very narrow, 

 ™'5ute outwards along the centre. Stamens fully twice as long. Cocci 

 short, glabrous or sprinkled with a few stellate hairs. Seeds smooth and 



p^^- AustraUa. Swan Eiver, Drnmmond; Flinders Bay, Collie; "Wilson's Inlet, 



I'lo^ 



DIPLOLJENA 



. ppwers sessile, in dense heads, surrounded by an involucre of broad bracts, 

 imbricate in 3 or 4 series, the inner ones larger and petal-like. Calyx none. 

 J'etals 5, small, narrow. Disk small. Stamens 10, much exserted; filaments 

 ^iio™, bearded witli long hairs above the base ; anthers not apiculafe. Ovary 

 ^-iobed; styles united into a single elongated style, with a shortly 5 -lobed 

 ^"gi|^a; ovules 2 in each cell, supei-posed. Cocci 2-valved, the enuocarp 

 ^rtdaginous and scpm-atitig elastically.— Shrubs, clothed with stellate tomcn- 

 nm. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire, riower-heads terminab shortly pe- 

 ^lAnculate or nearly sessile. 



J J^^ ^<^^^s is limited to W. Australia, and, like CJiorilana, is chiefly distinguished by the 

 inorescence. In other respects it only differs from Phebalium in the abortion of the calyx 



