250 LXVil. EPAcrilDEiE. \Jndersonk. 



Var. brevifolia. Leaves rigid, with shorter points; inflorescenre uot so dense.— Point 

 Possession, Collie ; Point Irwiu, Oldfield ; Phillips river, MaxicelL 



' Var. ? stricta* Leaves with loug, erect, almost apprcssed points. — King George's SoQud, 

 Herh, Hook. 



14. A, subulata^ Bentli, An erect, slightly-branchetl slinib of 6 in. 

 to 1 ft., with the habit and foliage nearly of A. cmruha^ but smaller and 

 more slender. Leaves from a lanceolate base, subulate-acuminate, usually 

 twisted, under \ in. long. Flowers solitary on leafy peduncles, sometimes 

 forming a compound, spike-like, leafy panicle, nearly as compact as in A. c(Z' 

 rulecii sometimes more approaching the loose inflorescence of A, deprem, 

 Involucrating bracts or lloral leaves often squarrose. Sepals about 3 linei 

 long, linear, coloured, the veins scarcely conspicuous. Corolla rather snorter 

 thnn the calyx, the lobes much shorter than the cylindrical tube, bearded in- 

 side. Anthers oblong, not linear, attached about the middle. 



■W. Australia. Swan Kiver, Bnmmond, \st Coll, ??. 109, 2nd ColL n. 255. The 

 inflorescence is hctweeu those of A, dep^essa and A. suhulaiay the corolla and authers dif- 

 ferent from both. 



15. A. heterophylla^ Sotid. in PL Freiss. i. 333. An erect shrub of 



i to above 1 ft., with rather slender branches. Leaves 2 to 3 lines long, witli 

 a rather long, incurved, keeled or triquetrous point, the upper ones with a 

 broader base and shorter point, closely imbricate, and forming an inyomcie 

 round the solitary terminal flowers, and much shorter than the calyx. -^F^ 

 linear or linear-lanceolate, nearly 4 lines long. Corolla rather shorter tlm 

 the calyx, the lobes longer than the tube, bearded to above the middle. r\- 

 laments fdiform, nearly as long as the corolla-tube, but shoiter than 

 narrow-linear anthers. Hypogynous scales broad and short. — ^* nmcro^- 

 tlttra^ F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 124; Sprengdla hrachynema^ F. Muell. rrag 

 vi. fil, 



"W. Australia. Swan Eiver, Drv.mmond^ n. 4 ; Darling Range, Treiss,^ n 



460; 



dcsrrip- 



sand flats, Eyre's Relief, Maxwell. I have not seen Preiss's specimen, but ^*^"*^^^ ^f^^^^^ 

 tion agrees well with Drummond's plant, and this is the only species iu which the 



are not longer than the anthers. 



A. brachyanthera, F, MiielL Fragm. vi. 61. A shrub, v^^i|t 



numerous erect branches, our specimens (with the root attached) not a 

 1 ft. high. Leaves imbricate, acuminate, with erect, keeled or triqut 

 points, about 2 lines long, the floral ones rather more lanceolate, *'^^ ^ i ^^^ 

 most linear-lanceolate and acute, forming an involucre more than halt a ^^o 

 as the calyx. Flowers solitary and termiual, but becoming lateral )^^ 

 elongation of the branch. Sepals lincar-lanccolate, 3 to 4 wes c 

 Corolla shorter than the calyx, the lobes rather longer than the tube, ae^=^^ 

 bearded inside. Fdaments* scarcely flattened, more or less 1^^*^' ^^^ ^ 

 ovate, attached near the middle. Hypogynous scales short and bio 

 Sprengella bracJiycnilJiera, F. Muell. Fragm.' vi. 61. ^^g 



W. Australia, Drummond. This species is more robust than the three w o 

 ones, and remarkable for the short anthers like those of A, Jiomalostoma* 



17. A. brevifolia, Bond, in Fl Freiss. i. 332. An erect, denser 

 branched shrub of 1 to 3 ft. Leaves scarcely above 1 line ^*^"^'/"\Qj|ffer, 

 and closely appressed, ovate, acute, pubescent, the floral ones rather 



