430 XXXVI. RHAMNEiE, \8pyridliim. 



leaves. Flowers larger, tlie calyx usually \\ lines long, tomentose outside 

 and the disk scarcely prominent. Cocci coriaceous. — Cryptandra Gunuii^ 

 Hook. f. Fl. Tasm, i.'73. 



Tasmania. Banks of the Franklin river, near Macquarie Harbour, Gilmi, Referred 

 by r. Mueller to S. parvifoHum, from "^'Mchj bowevcrj it appears to me to differ consider- 

 ably iu flowers as well as in foliage. 



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9. S. spathulatum, F, MmdL Herb, Veiy niuch-branclicd, the stellate 

 tomentum close and often assuming a yellowish-golden tint. Leaves cuneatc- 

 obovatcj 3 to 5 lines long, the margins thickened but scarcely recurved, coria- 

 ceous^ nearly glabrous above, the under surface hoary or yellowish with a more 

 or less silky and shining pubescence consisting of appressed hairs. Flowers 

 very minute, iu little dense heads with a leafy bract at their basc^ forming 

 short terminal cymes sometimes passing into racemes. Brown bracts miimte. 

 Calyx scarcely \ line long. Disk prominent, undulate, close above the ovary. 

 Capsule near 2 lines long, the persistent bracts much enlarged. Cocci mem- 

 branous or chartaceous, apparently indchisceut. — Trymallam spatJuilatumy 

 F. Muell. in Trans, Vict. Inst. 1855^ 123 j T.daphnoides, Eeissek, in Linna^a, 

 xxix. 278. 



S. Australia. South coast, "R. Brown; Lofty Ranges, T. Mueller i foot of the Marble 

 range, Wilhehni ; Kangaroo Island, Waterhouse, 



"VV. Australia? Herb. Hooker^ specimens believed to be from Drnmniond. 



Var. microphyUam, Leaves 2 to 3 lines Jong, usually silvery-white^ branches slender, 

 corymbose. — Kangaroo Island, Waterhouse^ 



10. S. Lavtrrencii, Benth, Low, much-branched, and prostrate or sub- 

 erect, the tomentum hoary or rusty on the young branches. Leaves nearly 

 orbicular, cordate, ovate or obcordate, very obtuse or emarginate, rarely 

 above 2 lines long and often not more than 1 line, thickly coriaceous, the 

 margins much recurved, glabrous or nearly so above, densely tomentose or 

 woolly underneath. Cymes more or less leafy, very dense and hairy^ the 

 brown bracts pubescent outside. Calyx scarcely 1 line long, very hairy. 

 Petals nearly sessile. Disk slightly prominent, immediately above the ovary. 

 Cocci crustaceous. — Cryptandra Laicrencli, Hook. f. FL Tasm. I. 73 ; Try- 

 mallnm microphyllum^ Eeissek, in Linnsea, xxix. 273. 



mania. E. coast. Great Swan Port, Backhouse ; St. Paul's river, Gunn, C. Stuart. 



11. S, cordatum^ Benth. Apparently low and procumbent, much re- 

 sembling S. Law7'encii, Leaves on rather long petioles, broadly cordate, very 

 obtuse or emarginatc, 2 to 3 lines long, coriaceous, tomentose above when 

 young, at length glabrous, smooth and shining, the margins much recurved, 

 white orrusty-tomentose underneath. Flower-heads in very compact compound 

 hui.ds, 3 to 4 lines broad, with 2 to 4 floral leaves. Calyx scarcely | line 

 long, the tube loosely villous, the lobes nearly glabrous. Disk little promi- 

 nent, and almost concealed by the hairs of the top of the ovary, although in 

 fact inserted at a small distance above it. — Cryptandra cordata, Turcz. in 

 Bull. Mosc. 1858, i. 459. 



W. Australia. I)rmnmo7id, ^th Coll., n, 230. 



13. S, phlebophyllum^ F. Muell. Herb, Low, tortuous, and much- 

 branched, with a dense, close, somewhat rusty tomentum. Leaves ovate or 



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