253 Lxvil. EPACRIDE^. \_AHdemtua. 



sliorter tlian tliem, forming a terminal leafy head. Bracteoles acutely keeled, 

 complicate, acute, shorter than the calyx. Sepals complicate, very acute, 

 about 4 lines long. Corolla whitish, the tube thickened inside and con- 

 stricted above the ovary and slightly pubescent above the constriction; lobes 

 very acute, longer than the tube, glabrous. Filaments slightly flattened; 

 anthers long, linear, adnate almost to the base. Hypogynous disk toothed 

 or shortly lobed. Ovules not numerous. — SpJiiiicterostoma ecliinocepliahdh 

 Stschegl.'in Bull. Mosc. J 859, i. 23 ; Sprengelia patricia, Y. MuelL Fragm. 

 vi. 79. 



W. Australia. Drummond, Uh Coll, n. 155; rocks on the ridges of the Stirling 

 Eange, F. Mueller. 



3. A, grandiflora, Sl^cheffl in Bull Mosc. 1859. i. 21. A densely- 

 branched, glabrous shrub, our specimens not exceeding 6 in. Leaves 

 crowded, broadly lanceolate, tapcrhig into a long, spreading point, more or 

 less undulate or twisted, ^ in. long or rather more. Flowers few, in a dense, 

 terminal, leafy head, each one sessile within a leaf-lilve bract as long as the 

 flower. Bracteoles keeled and acutely acuminate, about half as long as 

 the calyx. Sepals scarlet, linear-lanceolate, acute, \ in. long or rather 

 iDore. Corolha deep red, nearly as long as the calyx ; lobes longer thfin the 

 tube, erect with shortly revolute tips, slightly hairy inside." Figments haujy, 

 flattened, especially towards the base ; anthers linear, adnate nearly to the 

 bnse. Hypogynous disk lobed. . Ovules numerous. — Sprengelia spirop]i^ll(^ 

 or Andenonia spirophjlla^ Y. MuelL Fragra. vi. 62. 



W. Australia, Drununond, Uh Coll. n. 330. 



4.^ A. setifolia, BentJi. Small and diffuse, the specimens seen not ex- 

 ceeding 4 in. Leaves crowded and very spreading, linear-subuhite, wita 

 the broad base veiy small, 2 to 3 lines long ; the floral ones rather longer; 

 subulate-acuminate from a broad lanceolate base. Flowers in a dense 

 terminal head, each one solitary within the floral leaf and much shorter than 

 it. Bracteoles shorter than the calyx, keeled, acuminate. Sepals lanceolate, 

 acute, ciliate, about \\ lines long. Corolla not exceeding the calyx, the 

 lobes longer than the tube and only sli-htly bearded inside at the base. 

 Filaments not dilated; ' ' ^ '■ " '■ - ■• "^— ^ ^^« 



middle. Hypogynous s 

 Ovules few. ' 



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anthers shortly oblong-linear, attached about tiie 

 cales very small or none. Ovary slightly hairy. 



King George's SomiJ, Collie; also in HerL R Brown, wittuncx- 

 panded flowers. 



B. A. involncrata, Sond, in PL Freiss, I 331. Low, diffuse, an^ 

 very much branched, or rarely more erect and attaining nearly 1 ft- Leave 

 very squarrose, acuminate and often twisted, mostly 2 to 4 lines long, tn 

 floral ones broadly ovate, shortly acuminate, about as long as the floj-er^- 

 Flowers small, in a terminal globular head, each one sessile Avithin a tiora 

 leaf or bract. Bracteoles very prominently keeled, acumiiuate, as long as tn 



bracts and calvx. 

 about 2 lines lonar 



Sepals lanceolate, the ends usually spreading a"" ?^h1v 



o- Corolla nearly as long as the calvx, the tube si ig . 



ventricose ; lobes shorter than the tube, sparingly bearded or nearly glaDrou=. 



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