204 CXLI. CENTROLEPIDEA. [ Centrolepis. 
braets which are close together, narrow, erect, rigid, glabrous, rs 2 
lines long, the outer one with a rigid awn at leas as long and s 
ti 
D 
. Fl. Tasm. ii. 78; Nees in Pl. Preiss. ii. 71. 
W. Australia. g George's ind and Sins districts, R. Brown, F. 
Mueller, Drummond, n. 926, Preiss, n. ij Ola agers a 
Alep, purum pumilio, R. Br. P rod. 2 , from K ing George's Sound, R. Brown, a 
om Murray River, F. Mueller, Sea to be only a small state of C. polygyna, the 
whole plant Qm cadet under 4 in . high. 
3. C. alepyroides, Hieron. Centrol. 90. Perit! allied to 
sl 1 but much more slender. Leaves } to } in. long. Se apes 
ary, 1 to 3 in. long. Floral bracts glabrous, erect, under 2 lines 
N. S. Wales. Specimens in herb. F. Mueller from Hastings River, D 
HS. to belong to this species, rather than to C. plan but possibly there ™ 
be some mistake. i 
w. Ahatli, Swan River, Preiss, n. 1739; Vasse and Murchison Rivers, Old 
The dwarf arf plant from Tasmania which I have after F. vies die as à 
variety to C, Esc closely connects that species with C. alepyro 
C. mutica, Hieron. Centrol. 97.—Very eg allied to € 
slates: bo the filiform leaves are searcely abov r 4 lines inr 
whilst the slender scape is above 1 in. high, pi e floral pee i 
ab it 
W. Australia. al "m E ETE R. Brown, 
C. glabra, Hieron. Centrol. 95.—A small glabrous plant ee 
the habit of c. ge osten but more sle nder. _ Leaves cd RV 
half as long, the inner one narrower, without any point. Flowers - 
of which 2 usually without any stamen, and no hyaline scales in 389 
