170 THE CAMEL FODDER-PLANTS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 



70. L. linearifulius Hook. Foimd iu places up country growing 

 on species of Acacia. 



71. L. miniatus, sp. nov. Glaber, foliis parvis plerisque oppo- 

 sitis ramulos brevissimos per paria (raro uuice) coronautibus anguste 

 linearibus teretibus vel subteretibus, floribus parvis solitariis pedi- 

 cellis brevibus brevissime alatis absque pedunculo communi suffultis, 

 bractea conspicua late ovata acuta, calycis limbo promiuulo ob- 

 scurissime denticulato, alabastris linearibus parum clavatis, petalis 

 5 vel 6 lineari-lanceolatis paullo supra medium liberis, filamentis 

 deorsum petalis adnatis, antheris aduatis parvis linearibus, stigmata 

 capitate. 



Hab, Viget super Acaciie speciem (forsan A. decoram Ldl. vel 

 affinem) prope puteos "Goose's soak" et "Kilkenny soak" dictas, 

 ubi flores et fructus simul prfebet mens. Jun. 



Eami sat robusti, cinerei, rimosi et crebro lenticelliferi. Folia 

 2-0-3'0 cm. long., usque 0-1 cm. lat., pleraque vero tenuiora, 

 sessilia, obtusa, ima basi dilatata ; ramuli foliigeri nee ultra 0-1 cm. 

 long. Pedicelli circa 1-0 cm. long., ascendentes, basi dilatati, 

 sursum gradatim amplificati, ibique brevissime alati. Bracteae vix 

 02 cm. long., carinatae, obscure denticulatae. Calyx 0-2 cm. long. 

 Corolla 1-3-1-5 cm. long., pallide virens sursum lutescens vel 

 auraiitiaca ; tubus snperne parum ampliatus, facie superiore ultra 

 medium fissus ; limbi lobi circa 0-5 cm. long. Antherae acutas, 

 0-2 cm. long. Stylus robustus, corollae subaequilongus, Bacca 

 fusco-rubra, circa 0-5 cm. diam. 



Undoubtedly near L. linearifulins Hook., of wliicb I at first 

 tbougbt it migbt be a small-flowered variety. The reduced leaf- 

 bearing-branches, small leaves, very small solitary flowers, and 

 short anthers, are characteristic points. It is also very close to 

 L. Munayi Tate, a South Australian plant known to me by 

 description only; but it differs from that in having opposite 

 leaves crowning suppressed branches, entire and not two-lobed 

 bracts, smaller Howers, narrow anthers, &c. 



72. L. Nestor, sp. n. Kamis ramulisque arete tomentosis 

 demum fere glabris et cinereis, novellis rufo-tomentosis, foliis 

 oppositis brevipetiolatis planis oblongo-ovatis obtusis vel obtusis- 

 simis arete furfuraceo-tomentosis, ternationibus geminis pedicellatis, 

 pedicellis pedunculis axillaribus compressis petiolos exeedentibus 

 suffultis, florum lateralium bractea late ovata fere omnino adnata, 

 floris centralis oblonga vel lanceolata sursum libera lateralibus 

 longiore, calyce dense lanato-tomentoso, petalis 5 modicis liberis 

 dense lanato-villosis, filamentis ultra medium petalis aduatis, an- 

 tberis adnatis oblongo-linearibus quam filamentis paullo latioribus 

 bilocularibus. 



Hab. Juxta puteum dictum " Bricke's soak" inter Goongarrie 

 et Mt. Margaret repperi super Acaciam quandam vigentem et mens. 

 Jun. florentem. 



Ramuli subteretcs, circa 0-3 cm. diam. Folia 3-0-5'0 cm. long., 

 l'5-2"0 cm. lat., basi rotundata vel acuta, crassiuscula, penni- 

 nervia, nervis faciei superioris impressis, obscuris ; petioli usque 



