428 XXXVI. RHAMXE.i:, [Sjyyriditan. 



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Victoria- Entrance of the Genoa river, F, Mueller. 



Tasmania. Trap hills on the baults of the Tauiar, and abundant on the Asbestos hills, 



Giinn, J. I). Hooker, 



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4. S, parvifolium, F. MuelL Tragm. iii. 79, Much-branched and 

 rather slender, ^Yith a dense close tomentum or with a loose and more spread- 

 iu^^ pubescence, varying from hoary to a more or less rusty tint. Leaves 

 obovate or orbicular, very obtuse or emarginate, seldom in the ordinary form 

 above \ in. and often not above 3 lines long, the margins usually recurved, 

 soft and often hoary on the upper side, with the primary veins much im- 

 pressed, softly hoary underneath, with the veins prominent. Flowers closely 

 sessile in little heads, forming small dense terminal leafy cymes, and closely 

 surrounded by the short brown imbricate bracts. Calyx very hirsute, about 

 1 line long. Disk very prominent over the ovary, almost concealing it. 

 Capsule wholly inferior. Cocci crustaceous, slightly rugose on the inner face, 

 indehiscent or opening tardily in 3 valves. — Pomaderris parvifoliay Hook, 

 Jouni. Bot. i. 257 ; Schlecht. Linnsea, xx. 636 ; Cryptandra parvifolia^ Hook. 

 f. Fl. Tasra. i. 73; Trymalinm parmfolinm and T. hermannioides ^ lleissek, in 

 Linnasa, xxix. 275, 



N. S. Wales. Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. 



Victoria. Frequent in rocky, stony, and scrubby places, F. Mueller. In Mitcliell's 

 collections under the name of T, majorarit^foiium, Lindl., but not Fenzl's species of that 

 name. ' 



Tasmania. N, coast, banks of the Tamar, and idauds of Bass's Straits, Gunn and others. 



S. Australia. Mouth of the Glenelg, Allitt ; extending to Barossa ranges and St. 

 Vineent'? Gulf, F. Mueller. 



Var. wo//^.— Softly hairy all Qstx.— Cryptandra mollh, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 73. Flinders 

 Island and Cape Jlarren Island, Gunn, 



Yar. hirsuiisshnmn, very hispid all over. — In the Grampians, Wilkelmi. 



Yar. ffrande, F. MuelL Luxuriant, the leaves often above 1 in. long, and cymes loose 

 and many-headed, thus assuming the aspect of S. spadiceum, but with the prominent disk 

 of S. parvifolium. — Trymalium eupatorioideSj Reissek, in Linurea, xxix. 270 ; Dandcuong lU 

 Victoria, F, Mueller. 



5. S. spadiceum^ Benth. Branches clothed with a soft but close often 

 rusty tomentum, with more or less of soft spreading hairs. Leaves in the 

 original form from narrow-oblong to nearly oval, obtuse, 1 to 1| in. long, or 

 \ in. on the lateral branches, softly and minutely pubescent above, white un- 

 derneath or the veins rusty. Flower-heads cro\vded in compact broad cymes, 

 usually shorter than the leaves. Brown bracts broad and numerous. Calyx 

 scarcely 1 line long, the tvibe very hairy. Petal-claws slender. Style short. 

 Disk of distinct glands, alternating with the stamens and very slightly raised 

 above the ovary. Capsule nearly \\ lines long, crowned by the calyx-lobes. 

 Cocci rather coriaceous, opening inside in 2 valves. — Trpmlum spadiceum, 

 Fenzl, in Ilucg. Enum. 26; Eeissek, in PL Prciss. ii. 280 ^ Pomaderris Jiir- 

 snta, Steud. in PL Preiss. i, 184 ; Trymalium thomasioides, Turcz. in BulL 

 Mosc. 1858,1. 459. 



HT. Australia. King George's Sound, Hueyel ; southern districts, Brummond, n, 

 23 L; rocky places at the back of Mount Clarence, Frelss, n. 1673 a, Oldjield. 



Var. maj or an(P folium. A smaller plant. Leaves usually under \ in. long, rather more 

 coriaceous than in the ordinary form, hoary on both sides with a close soft tomentum. 

 riower-heads small, in small compact cymes. Disk separating iuto 5 glands close to the 



