^^'^'^<'^"-] LXIV. GOODEKOVIEJ^. 97 



S. Australia. 



Merkmia crassiA 



W A^.f* V ^»li'. ^- ^"^^Z'-'- ; Port Lincoln. WMelmi ; Streaky Bay, Warburton 

 0/C//S! ' '^' ^^^•^'^■^^^ '■ S"'^" lii^er, i^.«.«-; estuary of Jlurchfsoa river, 



■<nl\lp^l' ^f ^r?stachya, Benth. A shrub or undershrub, glabrous or 

 :F 1 ""'r ''^l'^ "Sl^ hairs, the branches vir^ate. Leaves linear or lance„Lahfi. 



rnrplu n^,^■,r„ i • ° V -',. "'"''«-"cs vngaie. i^eaves linear or lanceolate, 



or hrnnt . r- ^""°' "''^**' ''''^^1 "gi'l ^'-^ii'^' P'-'^s"'? i"to the floral leaves 



-=essi P ^ T ' ■'"■'; """'^^-^ "'''*'^>' ^ ^'"- ^^"&' '™d «^1 r'g'<>'y filiate. Flowers 

 tie bit ^°"^'/«^\er dense, leafy spikes; bracteoles linear, smaller than 



Ovarv 9 111 y''^'?-^""^ obsolete. Corolla nearly \ in. Ion-, hairv outside, 

 lon^ ami r ,• /"'^'^^V".^ scarcely ciliate. Fruit oblong, rugose! l\ Hnes 

 Gooden 51 ' containing perfect ^tti}i.%.—Merhma macrostachi/a, De Vr. 



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rsborntrHtrtn,f; »'"'°''^ ^*^^"'^' Cambridge Gulf, and Regent's River, A. Cunningham ; 



tuftPfi ^' i°"S^f<^lia, De Vr. in PL Prehs. i. 410. A perennial, with a 



the infl °^' '^ ^'"'-^ ^^^°''*' "'°°^^^' ^^^°^' sligbtly hairy or glabrous, except 



les^ J °'^^^"'^e' "n-^iich is always very hirsute. Flow-'ering stems more or 



Iaiiceo?nf' 7k *i °^' "^*^^"^'"&' attaining" usually about 1 ft. Leaves linear or 

 iianowp 1 I 1 V^^ revolute margins, the lower ones often 4 to 6 in. long, 

 the unr. v middle, and sbortly dilated and sheathing at the base, 



Flovverr" T^^ "»ear-lauceolate, passing into the small, lanceolate bracts. 



dirty white," rather small, sessile in a terminal spike, affirst 



flpnQA f* S "^^ ramer small, sessile 



late' p \'''^?i'?^ 1«"S and interrupted. V>n 

 Cornll ^^V'' ""^^^ '^^^3^ ®^^^*t and broad, air 



yorolia about i Tn i^»™ r„' ..-i/ r 



acteoles linear or linear-Ianceo- 



jeg^j . ..* ^^P^> °- 1502, which I have uot seen, may he the same as S. longifolia. 

 isg with ^ g^ven answers except as to the calyx-lobes, said to be linear, which is not 

 ioufn ,^^y ^P^^^'es of the group ; but, perhaps without examination, De Vriese may 



v^oroih 1 + 1 • " ' "*'"' -^v...^, almost united in a ciliate ring. 



hirsute / ""^'^^ ^^ ^^"?> '^^^^ry outside. Ovary 2-celled. Style slightly 



W;/>)/; n^Tr^' mdusium glabrous, ciliate. Fruit not ^t^\\,—Merhmia 

 Jj^ua, Ue Vr. Gooden. 69. 



U72 "uqo^^^^**- ^^^^« Ri^^Gi*. Brummond, 1st Coll, «. 411 j Vasse river, -P/-^i>*, «. 

 *«'/ ^^''^ey river, O/^t'Z^. 



^V. AusSr%^^- ^^' ^^ ?^' ^^^'*®" ^' ^^^ ' ^V^>'X'«j/« depressa, De Vr. Gooden. 70, from 

 Tlie desen Ji^-^^r, ^^■^^* °' ^^^^) which I have uot seen, may he the same as S. longifolia. 

 the case 



femes' if' ^^^^^<^lata, Benth^ in Eneg. Emm, 69. A perennial, some- 

 ^ore or^^ ''^"1 .*^'*^^* sometimes erect, branched, and 1 ft. or : 

 '^^ceolat ^^^ pi^s^te, especially tlie iiiflorescence. Leaves linear 

 ^ometiiue^-! ^^^^*'^ ^^ }'^^^ ^'^^*'% ^^*'^ ^ ^^^ remote teeth, the radici 

 ^Wiuo-'^^f''^ 1 ^^ ^ ^"' »' ^'^^ ^^^™ *^"^^ much shorter, dilated and stem- 

 West flo/ ^^.^^' "^°^^ ^^ ^^^"^ nearly glabrous and rather thick, the 

 ^^ced to^^^ ^^^^^ linear, with rather broad, lanceolate bases, but mostly re- 

 flowers ^r^ ^^ l^roadly lanceolate, acuminate bracts, nearly as long as the 

 Vol I ^^^^*^ nearly ses^ile^ forming a terminal spike, either dense or at 



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or more high, 



or llnear- 



adical ones 



