Andersonia.] Lxvii. epacfjde.T]. 255 



^^. Australia. Kinc^ Georiijc's vSournl and atljoininQr tlistrict3,S. Brown^ Baxter^ Drum- 

 ond:ZrdCoILv.\m, Wi ColLn.^'^'i ■ heaths. Upper Kalgan and Stirling Range, F. Muel- 

 ler; ouward to Middle Mount Barren, Poiut Malcolm, and towards Ejre's Relief, MaxwelL 



Sect. 2. Monanthesis. — Flowers solitary and terminal, surroimclcd by 

 iiuraeroiis floral leaves or bracts without distinct bractcolcs. 



12. A. depressa, E. Br, Prod. 554. A low, prostrate or diffuse, 

 much-branched shrub, under 6 in. or rarely more, erect and weak, but not 

 exceeding 1 ft. Leaves with a short, broad base, subulate-acuminate, very 

 spreading, often twisted, j to | in. long, glabrous or rarely ciliatc and the 

 upper ones pubescent. Flowers solitary at the ends of the branches or 

 branchlets, surrounded by floral leaves or bracts as in A. c^cndea, but the 

 general inflorescence loose or rarely almost paniculate, and never so crowded 

 as in J. carulea, and the flowers themselves usually larger than in that spe- 

 cies. Sepals greenish-white, 4 to 5 lines long or sometimes nearly 6 Hues, 

 glabrous or hairy. Corolla blue, shorter than the calyx, the lobes at least as 

 long as the tube. Filaments glabrous or hairy ; anthers linear, attached below 

 the middle. Hypogynous scales broad, obtuse. Style more or less hairy or 

 rarely quite glabrous.— DC. Prod. vii. 767; Sprenqelia depressa, F. Muell. 

 Jragm. vi. 63; Andersonia sqnarrosa, U. Br. Trod. 554; DC. Prod. vii. 

 'i^l ] J. prosfrala, Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 333. 



W. Australia, Kins; George's Sound and adjoining districts, B. Broioi, Baxter, 

 Drummond, Wi Coll n. 331, PreUs, n. 458, Harvey, Oldjield, 3!axwelL 



-A. lanuginosa^ A. 



^^ ^avui - vj .'0 3 wv^«,.^ ". To this variety ap- 



PWs to belong iXx^ £ehlhrurtqu7r^^^^^^ Sonr^in PI. Pretss. i. 304, described froni 

 rreiss'* Gnoo,-rv,„v.„ - .m , . , -* i j_ _„j. „„4. :„ a^^^^ or fruit. The spiral 



monstroas state. 



IS. A. caerulea, K Br, Prod. 554. An erect shrub of 1 to 2 ft. 

 l^eaves from a broad base tapering into a long point, usually undulate or 

 ^^y^sted, pubescent when young and sometimes retaining their pul)escence 

 ^th marginal cilia when old, above \ in. long on the main stems, smaller on 

 jiie branches. Flowers singly terminating short leafy peduncles or branch- 

 ets, but usually numerous and crowded into a more or less compound, spike- 

 iike leafy panicle. Leaves on the branchlets or peduncles numerous, Ian- 

 [^eolate-subulate, the lower ones scattered, the upper ones forming an 

 involucre round the calyx, sometimes nearly as long as the sepals, but 

 usually short. Sepals pink, linear-lanceolate, obtuse or mucronate, marked 

 ;;^^th tine parallel veins, usually 3 to 4 lines long. Corolla blue, shorter than 

 the calyx, the lobes rather longer than the tube, bearded inside below he 

 JidJIe. Filaments filiform; anthers linear, attached below the middle, 

 hypogynous scales broad, obtuse. Ovary glabrous or shortly pubescent ; 

 ovules not numerous; style usually hairy.-DC. Prod. vii. 767; Sond. m 

 ^^- Preiss. i. 333 ; Sprengella cmridea, E. Muell. Fragm. vi. 64. 



imCf • f ^stralia. Drv heaths, King^s Geor-c's Sound, B. Brown ; abundant in the ad- 

 J^iTUn^ districts and extending far into the interior, and perhaps to Swan River, Fraser 



yot N. S Wales, as given by Sonder, from an error in the labels attached to some of 

 Eraser's plants). ^ ' 



^"*mmuna, ;}ifi [jou^ n. '661, Preiss, n. 458, iiarvey, UUlJieia, jiaxtv^ 



Var. ciliata. Leaves ciliate, the upper ones and the calyx hirsute. 

 "-unn.; DC. Prod. vii. 76?.— King George's Sound, A. Cunningham. 

 PWs^to belong the Melichriis sqiiarrosus, Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. L.^, »^- 

 ^reiss s specimens, n. 418, which are young plants, not yet in flower or fruit. 

 STVle of A.^rostrata, Sond., appears to me to be a slightly diseased or rnonstro 



