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Cnjptandra!] xxxvi. kiiamne.1:. 441 



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"8. C. tomentosa^ LindL in Mitch. Three Exjied. ii. 178. Very much 

 branclied, but seldom tliorny, tlie young brnnclies tomentose. Leaves linear 

 or oblong, obtuse or acute, 1 to 2 lines long or rarely more, the margins 

 reciu'ved and frequently hoary underneath. Flowers usually 5 to 8 together, 

 clustered at the ends of the branches, in short spikes or almost heads. Calyx 

 varying in size from about 1 to ly lines, rather urceolate tlian carapanulate, the 

 lobes usually at least as long as the tube, very spreading \\hen fully out, but 

 often connivent again after Howering, slightly tomentose outside, except at the 

 base. Ovary and capsule nearly as in C, amara, from which this species may 

 be generally distinguished by its smaller leaves, by the whole plant often 

 mmntely hoary pubescent, by the flowers more crowded in shorter heads, 

 and by the deepcr-lobcd calyx, glabrous outside at the base, and only slightly 

 silky-tonientose on the lobes. — C p^'opinqua, Schlecht. Linnti^a, xx. 638, not 

 A. Cunn. ; C. erubescens, F, MuelL, Eeissek, in Linn?ea, xxix. 293; C. 

 Behriana, Eeissek, 1. c. ; C. campannlata, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 67, partly. 



N. S. TVales- In the interior, Traser. 



Victoria- la the Grampians, Milchell^ F. Mueller; on the ^lurray and gcncralh' hi 

 the N.W. interior, Herb, F. Mtceller, 



S. Australia- From the Murray to Spencer's Gulf, F, Mueller, 



S. d'mtricata, Reissek, in PL Preiss. ii. 2%%, froui Mitchell's early expeditions, must pro- 

 hably also be referred to C tomeutosa, I have seen no authcntically-naTned specimen, but 

 the only one of Mitchell's collections answering to the character given scarcely differs from 

 the common forms of C. tomentosa. 



9._ C. nutans, Slend, in PL Preiss, i. 186. In habit nnd foliage tWs 

 species much resembles C. tomentosa, but tlie flowers are difFcreut. Leaves 

 rarely above 2 lines long, pubescent or glabrous, Plowers small, crowded in 

 sliort terminal spikes, or sometimes few and not so close. Brown bracts not one- 

 tliird the leugth of tlic calyx, and often shortly acuminate. Calyx very broadly 

 ^ampanulate, about 1 line long or rather less, hoary or almost silky outside, 

 the lobes deep and very spreading. Free part of the ovary broader and flatter 

 tlum in C, tomentosa^ Disk inconspicuous. — C tomentosa, Eeissek, in PI. 

 Preiss. 11.286, not of Lindb 



"W. Australia- Swau River, J)rummo?id, Isi ColL and 2nd ColU n. 246, Roe, etc. ; 

 sanely woods near the sea, Preiss, n, 2424; Champion Bay, Oldjleld. 



Var. (P) micrantha. Tlowers about f line long, or even less.— Swan River, Brzmmond^ 

 ^oe, Harvei/ ; William river, Oldfield, 



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10. C. glabriflora, Beulh. 35ranehes numerous, rather rigid, divari- 

 cate, often spincscent, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves linear or oblong, obtuse, 

 1 or rarely 2 lines long, the margins rcvolute, glabrous. Flowers sessile and 

 clustered along the brandies, usually quite" glabrous. Brown bracts broad, 

 imbricate, covering the vciy sliort tube. Calyx very broadly campanTdate, 1 

 to l^ lines long, the lobes very spreading, reaching abnost to the ovary. 

 Ovary more than half inferior, thickened into a broad disk at the top. 



W. Australia. Murchison river, Oldfield. The hahit of this species is entirely that 

 of ^ryptandra, whilst the extreme shortness of the calvx-tube above the ovary or disk brings 

 It almost into Spj/ridium. 



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11. C. alpina. Hook. f. FL Tasm. {. Vo, t. U. A small prostrale 

 species, witli numerous slender wiiy brandies, rarely extending above 6 in., 



^vith little heath-like glabrous leaves, seldom n]ore than 1 line long. Flowers 



