Aiidersouia,'] Lxvii. ErACRiDE^. 251 



lobes exceeding the calyx, narrow and densely Learded nearly 



to the end 10. X aristata. 



Leaves mostly under 1 line long. Corolla-lobes short, spar- 

 ingly bearded 11. J, parvi/olia. 



Sect. IT. IVEouantliesis. — Flowers solitary and terminal, surrounded by numerous 



bracts. 



Leaves very spreading, acuminate, usually undulate or twisted (very 



rarely erect with a long point). Anthers shorter than the 



filament. 



Leaves lanceolatej acuminate. Corolla-lobes longer than the 



tube. 



Low diffuse or flexuose shrub. Flowering branchlets rather 



long and distant 12. J, depressa. 



Erect shrub. Flowering branchlets very short, usually crowded 



into a dense spike-like panicle . 13,-4. ccerulea. 



Leaves subulate, acuminate. Corolla-lobes shorter than the 

 tube 14. J. Siibulata, 



leaves spreading, with an incurved erect point. Anthers longer 



than the filaiueut \h, A. heterophi/Ua, 



Leaves small, erect or closely appressed. Low densely corymbose 



Leaves about 2 lines. Sepals 3 to 4 lines long. Anthers shortly 

 ovate 16. ^. hrachj anther a. 



Leaves scarcely above 1 line long, closely appresseJ, with short 



points. Sepals 2 to 2\ lines. Filaments glabrous. Anthers 



linear VI. A. brevifolia. 



Leaves mostly 1 to IJ lines long, with narrow points. Anthers 

 shortly linear. 

 Sepals nearly 3 lines long. Filaments usually hairy . . , IS. ^. variegata. 

 Sepals scarcely \\ Hues long. Filaments usually glabrous . 19. A. micrantha. 



t smaller. 



Sect. 1. Cephalanthesis. Flowers in terminal heads, each one solitary 

 and sessile in the axil of the floral leaf or subtending bract, between 2 keeled 

 and complicated bracteoles. 



1. A. colossea, F. Muell. Frarjm. vi. 63. A robust probably tall 

 -lirub. Leaves crowded, almost imbricate, not recurved, broadly lanceolate, 



stly li in. long, the upper floral ones nearly similar bu 

 blowers sessile, solitary within the almost boat-shaped floral leaves and 

 Shorter than them, forming a short terminal leafy spike. Bracteoles hnear- 

 lanceolate, keeled, shorter than the calyx. Sepals linear-lanceolate, acute, 5 



? ^ ^"les long. Corolla shorter than the calyx, the tube slightly constricted 

 awve the ovary, pubescent inside above the middle ; lobes acute, rather 



onger than the tube, glabrous. Filaments flattened, rigid; anthers very 

 'ong, adnate nearly to the base. Hvno"-vnous disk lobed. Ovules not nu- 



concave, mos 

 Flow 



^lerous 



'-/""•"tote/ voftoz/Aa axuiifiortim, oisci 



^preugeha colossea, F. Muell. Pragm. vi. 63. 



^ Australia, Brummond. ^th ColL n. 301. 



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2. A. Patricia, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 79. A robust shrub attaining 10 

 • Leaves broadly lanceolate, acuminate with a long point, spreadmg, f to 

 , ^ ] 11. long, the floral ones shorter with a very broad base and more 

 ^"P^'y acuminate. Flowers sessile and solitary within the floral leaves and 



