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others. The name, as observed by Loddiges, is not well chosen, for the flowers are almost 

 always solitary, and I have never seen them as figured by Andrews, probably from an over- 

 luxuriant garden specimen. Tlie species is very closely allied both to S. Ma and S. viridis, 

 differing from the former in the glabrous branches and clustered inflorescence, from the 

 latter in the colour of the flowers as well as in the leaves rather concave than convex. 



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5. S. viridis, Jndr. Bot. Rep, t. 312. An erect slirub, Avith spreading 

 brandies, quite glabrous or with a minute scarcely perceptible down. Leaves 

 oblong lanceolate or obovate-oblong, abruptly narrowed into a short rigid 

 point, flat or slightly convex, under 1 in. long. Flowers green, solitary in 

 the axils, nearly sessile, Bracteoles broad and obtuse, under 2 lines long. 

 Sepals almost acute, about \ in. Corolla-tube nearly f in. long in the 

 normal form, with 5 dense tufts of hairs inside above the base. Hvpogynous 

 scales broad, obtuse, free or slightly cohering.— DC. Prod. vii. 735 ; S. virU 

 dlfora, R. Br. Prod. 53? ; Sweet, Fl. Austral, t. 50. 



Queensland. Moreton island, F. Mueller. 



W. S._ "Wales. Port Jackson, R, Brown, Sieher, n, 78, and others ; Hunter's River, 

 A, Cunmngliam; l^lvdXl Bm^h, Leichhardf ; Darling Downs, F, Law, 



^!^\J <5;.fr;j76»m. Leaves narrower. Sepals more obtuse, about 4 lines lonp:- Corolla- 

 tube about i in. long. To this belong the specimens from Queensland and from the northeru 

 parts of N. S. Wales. 



6. S. Hainesii, F. MuelL Fnigm, iv. 96. t 28. A glabrous busliy 

 shrub of about 2 ft. Leaves obovate-ohlong, obtuse or rarely with a minute 

 ponit, flat or slightly convex, 3 to 5 lines long. FloT\-ers solitary in the axils, 

 nearly sessile. Bracteoles very obtuse and broad, about | Hne long. Sepals 

 obtuse, about 2 lines. Corolla-tube about f in. long ivith 5 dense tufts of 

 hairs mside above the base. Hypogynous scales united in a short truncate cup. 



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,, ^^- Australia- Limestone cliffs and sand-drift hummocks, Eyre's Kclief, and along 

 tne coast to Cape Paisley, MaxweU. Although the foliage and habit are different from 

 tnose ot the Mstern species, it quite agrees with them in the hairy tufts of the corolla-tube, 

 as nen as m the geueral shape and structure of the flowers. 



7. S. tubiflora, Sm. Bot. Nov. Roll. 45. ^. 14. Au erect glabrous 

 Diucli-branched shrub. Leaves oblong-linear, sometimes slightly cuueate, 

 abruptly mucronate, with revolute margins, mostly about \ in. long- 

 flowers red, sohtary in the axils, nearly sessile or very shortly pedicellate, 

 iiracteoles scarcely \\ lines long, very broad, mucronate-acute. Sepals 

 nearly 4 lines long, mucronate-acute. Corolla-tube nearly 1 in. long, the re- 

 \olute lobes long and narrow. Hypogynous disk cup-shaped, truncate, 

 scarcely lobed.~E. Br. Prod. 537 ; DC. Prod. vii. 735 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 

 t. 1938 ; Paxt. Mag. xii. 29, with a fig. ; Maund. Botanist, t. 143. 



Wale 



Port Jackson, B,. Brown, Sieber, n. 76, and many otters. 



Sect. II. Soleniscia.— Corolla-tube very slender, quite glabrous inside- 



A ^" f: ^^^'^^^^^^C'^^'^i^'-^^^^^tenuifolia), Lindl. Swan Jilv. Jjip. 25- 

 An erect bushy rigid glabrous shrub of 2 to 3 ft. Leaves nearly sessile, from 

 broadly ovate to lanceolate, mucronate-acuminate, flat or concave, mostly 

 .al)out ^ in. long. Flowers solitary in the axils, sessile. Bracteoles scarcely 

 1 line long very broad and obtuse, the outer bracts all minute or the upper- 

 most scarcely enlarged. Sepals obtuse, smooth, about 2^ lines long. Co- 



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