158 LXVii. epacridkj:. [Jsfrohma. 



long. Flowers nearly sessile. Bracteoles iiearlj' 2 lines long, and the larger 

 bracts sometimes 1 line. Sepals coloured, 3 to 4 lines long, acute, scarc'ely 

 striate. Corolla-tube i in. long, with 5 ciliate or fringed, reflexed scales in- 

 side below the middle alternating with the stamens, otherwise glabrous; 

 lobes linear, erect, glabrous, 3 lines long. Filaments short, dilated upwards, 

 and almost as broad as the anthers; anthers attached above the middle, 

 acuminate. Hypogynous disk short, truncate. Fruit globular, shorter than 

 the calyx. — StenantJiem squamuUgera, F. Muell. Fragra. iv. 97 ; SfypJieUa 

 Baxteri, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 35. 



m 



TV. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoining districts, Fraser, Baxter, Brum- 

 md, OUyield, F. Mueller; along the coast to Cane le Grand and Cane Arid. Maxwell; 



A 



conostephioides, F. Ifuell. Herb. An erect shnih, with 

 spreading, pubescent branches. Leaves sessile, erect or spreading, linear or 

 Imear^anceolate, rigid, tapering into a pungent point, with revolute margins, 

 i- to f m. long or nearly 1 in. when very luxuriant. Flowers sessile. Bracts 

 several, rather large, coloured like the calyx and passing into the bracteoles, 

 which are not much shorter than the sepals, all acute and smooth. Sepals 6 

 to 8 lines long. Corolla-tube scarcely exceeding the calyx, with 5 ciliate or 

 frmged scales inside above the base as in J. Baxteri, and not bearded at the 

 throat. Filaments short, very flat; anthers broad, very obtuse, attached 

 near the io^.StenantJiera comstqjJiioides, Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 296; Pen- 

 tataphrus BeJirii, Schlecht. Linnaea, xx. 618; Siyphelia Sonderi, F. Muell. 

 Fratim. vi. 36. . ^ 



Victoria. Grampians, F. Mueller; Murray river, Dallachy ; Skipton, Whan; Port- 

 laud and Glenelg rivers, Rohertsov, Allitt. si. 



T ?■ ''^;?f.*''*l^a- Sandy and stony places near Adelaide, Behr, Blandowshj ; JI"'™* 

 Lofty, WhiUaker ; Encounter Bay and Kangaroo Island, F. Mueller. 



Sect. III. Stenaxthera.— Corolla-tube without tufts of hairs or fringed 

 scales inside. Filaments much flattened. Leaves linear, with revolute 



margins. 



A. longiflorum 



Stems prostrate or 



diffuse, with numerous shortly ascending branches or rarely more erect and 

 bushy, the branches usually pubescent. Leaves spreading, linear, tapevmg 

 into a short point, serrulate- ciliate, convex, with recurved margins, some- 

 times much crowded very narrow and under 3 lines long, sometimes more 

 distant a m. long and broader in proportion. Flowers almost sessile. 

 tracts very small, the upper ones passing into the bracteoles, which are un- 

 equal the innermost about 1 line long, very broad and obtuse. Sepals 

 about 3 lines long or rather more, obtuse, less rigid than in most species. 

 Coro la-tube nearly or quite f in. long, glabrous inside; lobes lanceolate, 

 bearded at the base only. Filaments short? very flat : anthers attached above 

 the middle, verj^ obtuse. Disk short. Fruit about as long as the calyx--" 



Mesotriche longifi 



Mesotnclie discolor^ Stsched. 1. c. 



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