AcrotiicJie.] lxvti, epacrtdej;:. 227 



vious year's slioots. Israels very small ; bracteoles scarcely half so long as 

 the calyx. Sepals almost orbicular, f line long. Corolla-tube twice as lon^ 



ter 



as the cnljx, the lobes about 1 line, the throat closed witli dense tufts of 

 liairs. Ovary 7- to 10- celled, not ribbed. Pruit depressed-globular, at least 

 2 hues diameter when perfect.— DC. Prod. vii. 757; Sfi/j}helia aggregata, 

 Spreng. Syst. i. 657 ; F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 44. 



Oueensland. Port Bowen, iJ. Brown; Wide Bay (with larger flowers than usual), 



W « '^'''^^™^ ^'^''='' ^"^ Moreton Island, F. Mueller; towards Durval, Leichhardt. 

 N. S. Wales. Tweed river and Cape Byron, C. Moore; New England, C. Stuart. 



3. A. serrulata, 7^. Br. Prod. 547. A low, prostrate or diffuse slirub, 

 ^nh shortly ascending branches, more or less hirsute or rarely glabrous, 

 l-eaves very spreading, linear-lanceolate, tapering into a pungent point, 

 ^suallv ciliate with short, rigid hairs, but sometimes without them, nearly 

 ] *' the midrib and often 2 lateral ribs prominent underneath, mostly 3 to 4 

 "u^s long, Plowers green, in short, dense, axillary spikes or globular clus- 



3, sessile or very shortly pedunculate on the previous year's wood. Bracts 

 ^Pry small; bracteoles less than half as long as the calyx, broad and obtuse. 

 J-epjlg obtuse, nearly 1 line long. Corolla-tube twice as long as the tube, 

 I le lobes scarcely 1 fine, the throat closed with more or less hairy scales in- 

 tead of the tufts of hairs of the two preceding species. Ovary 5- or 6- 

 ^ned, With as many prominent ribs. Drupe globular, nearly 2 lines dianie- 



\y\\ 2' ^'^^' ^^^" '^^7 5 Hook. f. n. Tasin. i. 253 ; StypJielia serrulata, 



abill. PL j^ov. HoU. i. 45. t. 62 (but not the separate figure of the flower) ; 



J- MueU. Fragm. vi. 44; A. patula. Hook. f. Fl. Tastn. i. 253, not of 



G] ; ®' Wales. Brushy hills, Argyle countv, and N. of Bathurst, J. Cunningliam ; 



«on, Leichhardt; Twofold Bay, F. Mueller) Gubo Island, MinJesfoue, 

 Cane Of ^'^' ^*^^'*^ Phillip, i2. Brown; Wendu vnle, Robertson; Wilsons Promontory, 

 ^^Wh^' ^^^atite and Macalister rivers, Dandenoug ranges, F. Mueller; Creswick dig- 



hilk t^,"'*?'*- ^"""^^ Dalrj-mple and Storm Bay Passage, K Brown; coiumoa ou dry 



S A."^.'",* "-^^ ^°'°"y' J- ^- looker. 

 ■ -^nstraha. Lofty iJange, near Adelaide, R Mueller. 



A „3'"'*' ^^- ^'^^- vii. 757, is probal.Iv the same plant. F. Mueller refers to it also 



of I't'^V P^*^^aj ^- Sr. Prod. 547. A very rigid, stout, divaricate shrub, 

 ovi I ^^•' ^'^^ ^'-'TOches slightly pubescent. Leaves from ahuost ovate to 

 ^ '«fc-laiiceolate, very ri^id, tnpcrin- into a rigid point, more or less concave 

 lou<r*°"4f ""^^^ almost cordate at the base, the veins very obscure, nnder i m. 

 til,*; • ''^'■^ ^^ ^^O' short spikes or clusters, almost sessdc in the axils ou 

 WiPf 1 '°^^ year's wood or sometimes below the leaves. Bracts small; 

 Coroll r, ^^'^"^ ^^1^ '^3 loi'S as the calyx. Sepals scarcely 1 line oug. 

 ^ 01 a-tube nearly twice as long as tlie calyx ; lobes short, the throat clo.ed 

 Uulir^ hairs. Ovary scarcely ribbed, 5-celled.— DC. Prod. vu. 7;^7 ; 

 HP'^^i-'^a patida, Spreng. Syst. i. 657 ; F. :Muell. Fragm. vi. 44. 



Guff S.?/^'"^^*- P«^trel Ray. R. Brown ; Holdfast Bay, F. Mueller ; towards Spencer's 

 ' ^'"■'''«'- Kangaroo Island, f.ilf«^//m 



