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23. S. perpusillumj Hook. /. in Hook, Loud, Journ. vi. 2CG, and FL 

 Tasm., i. 235. A slender annual of 1 to 2 in., sprinkltnl with glandnlar 

 Iiairs, closely resembling the smaller furnis of S. calcaratum, but williout 

 any spur or protuberance to the tube of the corolla. Leaves rosulate, 

 linear-spathulate or obovate, rarely above 1 line long. Flowers small, few, 

 in a loose coiymb or solitary. Calyx and capsule of S. calcaratum and 

 corolla also the same, except the absence of the spur, Stigm'a bearded and 

 stipitate. — S, perminntum^ F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 78. 



Victoria. Sevra Ranges aud Mount M'lvor, T. Mueiier ; ucar Povtlwud, AliUi, 

 Tasmania. AVet, sandy soil, Georgetown, Giuin. 



■^V. Australia. Salt lake, ^litlJle Island, Maxivell ; sanJy swamps autl wet rocl<s 

 hctwceu King George's Sound and Mount Perongernp, F, Mueller* 



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Sebies 5. Spathulat.I::. Tufted or proliferous perennials or annuals. 

 Leaves all radical or in terminal tufts, from linear-spathulate to obovate. 

 Stigma concealed between the anthers. Capsule ovoid or oblong. 



24?. S. eriorhisTitn, R Br, Frod, 569. Stock tufted, the base of the 

 leaves when old enveloped in a short, dense wool. Leaves all radical; from 

 obovate to uaiTOw-spathulate, from 1 to 2 or rarely near 3 in. long^, rounded 

 f^t the endj but with a fine, sometimes hair-like point, edged with a short, 

 woolly pubescence, otherwise glabrous or sprinkled with a few short glandu- 

 lar hairs. Scapes glandular-pubescent, 4 to 8 in. high, the greater part 

 occupied by a loose but narrow panicle. CalyK-lobes cohering at the base 

 into 2 lips. Corolla small, ** pink or nearly white;" the hibellum convex 

 with very short appendages, the throat without any. Capsule narrow-ovoid. 



DC. Prod. vii. 33i; F. Muell, Fragm. i. 147. 



Queensland. Shoahvater Bay, i?. Brown; Suttor river, F, Mueller; riocldiigliam 

 Bay, Dallachij ; Broad Sound, Connor and Isaacs riverSj Bowman ; Dogwood Qxt^^Leich- 

 hardt. 



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25, S. debile, T, MuelL Trogm. i. 149. Glabrous or with a veiy slight 

 glandular pubescence on the inflorescence, and apparently annual or perhaps 

 with a very slender rootstock. Stems slender, often 4 or 5 in. long, bearing 

 a few leaves below the terminal tuft or rosette. Leaves obovate oblanceolate 

 or spathulate, mucronate-acute, | to 1 in. long, including the petiole, usually 

 thin. Scape filiform, from a few in. to \\ ft. long, the greater part occupied 

 by a slender raceme, quite simple, or the lower peduncles rarely 2-flowercd, 

 the pedicels all short, with 1 or 2 bracts. Calyx-lobes short and veiy obtuse, 

 the 2 lower ones often united. Corolla-lobes unequal, undividedj without 

 appendages to the throat but with small ones to the labellum. Capsule 

 narrow-oblong, about 4 lines long. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Morcton Bay, F, Mueller ; Port Cui-tis, M'GUlivray. 

 W. S. "^Vales. Hastings xxstt^ Beckhr ; Richmond ris^x, Fawccti ; New England, 

 C. Stuart. 



The species has very much the aspect of a Lohella, 



£6. S. floribundum, R. Br. Prod, 569. Apparently annual. Leaves 

 radical, rosiilate, petiolate, oblong oblanceolate or spathulate, acute or obtuse, 

 I to 1^ in. long, thin and glabrous. Scape filiform, | to 1 ft. long, clothed 

 with long spreading glandless hairs, nearly simple or paniculately branched ; 



