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cliaractcrs Litlierto given some liave failed, others Iiave been brought forward in their sup- 

 port. F. Mueller, indeed, does not propose to remodel Brown's groups, but only to reduce 

 their value in the systematic scale, of ^ich_the principal result is an altered nomenclature. 

 It appears to me, therefore, to be a quesfTon more of convenience than of observation of fact, 

 whether we should describe Stypheliere as one tribe with several genera, or as one genus 

 with several subgenera or sections. Had the genus remained hitherto undivided I might, 

 perhaps, with F. Mueller, have adopted the latter view; but Brown's genera have now beeo 

 so long and so generally recognized by botanists and horticulturists, that it appears to me 

 that the proposed change, without really advancing the cause of science, would rather lead to 

 practical confusion, as it has already added more than half a hundred superfluous names to 

 the overloaded synonymy of the tribe. 



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Sect. I. Eustyplielia- — CorolU'tuhe with 5 dense tufts of hairs below the middkj 

 soynetimes confluent in a ring. ' ■ 



Diffuse or prostrate. Hypogynous scales quite distinct, lanceolate . 1. S. adsce?idens. 

 Erect shrubs. Hypogynous scales more or less cohering in a ring 

 or cup, at least at the base. 

 Branches pubescent-hirsute. Leaves concave. 



Leaves long- lanceolate, tapering into a fine point, 1 to 2 in. 



long, very concave. Corolla-tube about 1 in 2. ^. longfolla. 



Leaves ovate to lanceolate, slightly concave, rarely exceeding 1 



in. Corolla-tube about ^ in. S. S. lata. 



Braucbes glabrous or with a minute scarcely vieible down. 



Leaves obovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, shortly taperiug 

 into a rigid point. 



Leaves concave or nearly flat. Sepals obtuse ^, B. iriflora. 



Leaves flat or slightly convex. Sepals acute. Corolla green 5. 5. mridls. 



Leaves short, obovate or oblong, obtuse, flat or slightly convex. 



Western species 6. fi'. Hainesil 



Leaves oblong-linear, abruptly mucronate, with recurved or re- 

 volute margins ,. 7. S.tubiflora. 



Sect. IL Soleniscla. 



in the throut, 



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Leaves ovate to lanceolate, flat or concave, about i in. long. Corolla 



Disk annular 



CoroUa-tuhe slender, quite gJ ah rous inside except a few halts 



tube 1 in. long. 



8. S. teniilfora, 



9. S. melaleiicoidei 

 10. S, pusillifora. 



Leaves ovate or broadly cordate, flat or concave, 3 to 5 lines long 



Sepals acuminate. CoroIIa-tube 3 lines long. Disk annular 

 Leaves ovate, flat or concave, about 3 lines long. Sepals obtuse 



Corolla-tube 1 1 lines long. Disk annular 



Leaves broad, concave, recurved at the end, not 2 lines long.' CoroUa- 



tube about 2 lines. Hypogynous scales free, kuceolate, acuminate 11. A leucopogoiu 



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SE.CT. I. EusTYPHELiA. Corolla-tube with 5 dense tufts of hairs below 

 the middle between the stamens, sometimes confluent in a ring. 



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.; J.i ^' ^^s<=endens, R. Br, Prod, 537. A much-branclied diffuse and 



' matted patches, the branches prostrate or shortly 



Leaves rather crowded, lanceolate, 6 to 9 Im^^ 



a fine pungent point, the mar^ns minutely scabrous-ciliate. 



Is, almost SftRffilfi siiTrnnTirlpfl hv aboilt 4 ""'^ "" 



ascending, often pubescent, 

 long, with 



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which are about 2 lines long, obtuse. Sepals eblong, obtuse, about 4 hnes 

 Jong, slightly coloured at the tips. Corolla yellowish, more or less green at 

 the. tip, the tube about 6 lines long, with 5 dense tufts of hairs almost con- 

 fluent mside below the middle and densely haiiy from thence to the throat ; 



