Adroloma.] Lxvii. epacribe^. 153 



W. Australia, Brummond, \sl CoIL n, 471, ^rd ColL n. 192 or 194; Mouut Bake- 

 well, Freiss, n. 466 ; Middle Mount Barren, MaxwelL 



^ 8. A. microdonta, Z Miiell. Herb. An erect shrub of 2 to 3 ft., with 

 yirgate branches, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaves lanceoLxte, taper- 

 ing into a pungent point, denticulate-ciliate, flat, mostly about \ in. long or 

 rather more. Flowers red, nearly sessile. Bracts small ; bracteoles scarcely 

 above 1 line long. Sepals about 3 lines long, deeply coloured, obtuse, 

 striate. Corolla-tube scarcely exceeding the calyx, with 5 dense tufts of 

 hairs inside below the middle, the throat slightly hairy ; lobes as long as the 

 tube, densely bearded inside, less acuminate than in other species. Tilaments 

 short, flat; anthers attached above the middle. Hypogynous disk truncate. 

 Stigma globular. 



W". Australia. Mm^chisoa river, Oldjleld, Brummond, Wi CoIL «. 121. Near J. 

 pallidum, but more erect, the leaves larger and flatter, the corolla-tube shorter, and the 

 lobes less mucronate. 



. 9- A. pallidum, R. Br. Prod. 538. Diffuse or prostrate when grow- 

 ing in sand, forming a tufted slirub of 1 ft. when in chinks of rocks, the 

 numerous branchlets shortly pubescent. Leaves crowded, sessile or_ nearly 

 so, lanceolate or oblanccolate, tapering into a pungent point, denticulate- 

 ciliate, concave, rarely above \ in. long. Flowers nearly sessile, usually 

 white or flesh-coloured (sometimes dark red?). Bracteoles 1 to ]i lines 

 long. Sepals 3 to 4 lines long, obtuse or with a minute point. Corolla- 

 tube nearly twice as long as the calyx, with 5 dense tufts of hairs inside near 

 tbebase, and the throat^airy ; lobes lanceolate, about 3 lines long, bearded 

 mside, with acute, glabrous points. Filaments sbort, flat ; antliers attached 

 near the top. Hvpogynous disk truncate. Stigma large. Fruit ovoid or 

 almost globular, about 3 lines diameter, often ripening only a single seed.— 

 JJC. Prod. vii. 739; Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 300; Leucapogon blepharodes, 

 «C. Prod. YU. 753; Siyphelia pallida, Spreng. Syst. i. 658; F. Muell. 

 ^ragm. vi. 37. . 



W Australia. King George's Sounc!. R. Brown ; Swan and Canning ri«rs^ P«m, 

 "■ \~^ ; S«-an and Blackwood rivers, Cape Naturalistc, and King George s Sound, Oldfield ; 

 l^ucky Bay, Maxwell; Stirling Range, F. Mueller. 



10. A. compactum, R. Br. Prod. 538. Diffuse or prostrate, and 

 much branched, glabrous or the branches slightly pubescent. Leaves oblan- 

 wolate cuneate or almost obovate, mucronate-acute, denticulate- ciliate, 

 tapering into a more or less distinct petiole, flat or slightly concave or 

 'ecurved and convex at the end, sometimes undulate, 3 to 5 lines long. 

 J'iowers red, axillary or from leafless nodes at the base of tlie shoots. Pedi- 

 «eis from very sliort to nearly 2 lines long. Bracteoles 1 line long or rather 

 J»ore. Sepals about 3 lines'long, minutely mucronate. Corolla-tube longer 

 .f- the calyx and sometimes nearly twice as long, with 5 tufts of hairs m- 

 swe, forming a ring about or a little below the middle; lobes densely 

 jearded at the base, with glabrous, mucronate-acute tips. Filaments short, 

 «at ; anthers attached near the top. Hvpogynous disk short, truncate. 

 *'»igma large.-DC. Prod. vii. 739; Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 300; Stypheha 

 ''^■'"pacla, Spreng. Syst. i. 657; F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 38; Jstroloma cunei- 



