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457 



I peduncle, tlie pedicels at length nearly i in. long. Calyx divided to the base 

 into narrow obtuse thick and woolly segments, 2 to 3 hnes long when in 

 flower and but slightly enlarged when in fruit. Corolla above ^ in. diameter, 

 deeply lobe d. Be'i-ry red, ovoid (Z. ilfweW.). 



Queensland. Ironbark forest between the Mackenzie and Dawson rivers, F. 3M/er ; 

 Burnett river, IL,l» ; Flinders river, Sutherland. The uaripe berries of some specimens 



appear dohn!? 



damcntuin 



An erect shrub of 1 to 



28. S. Oldfieldii, F. Muell. Fragm.. ii. 16 1. An ereci san.Li ui . <-^ 

 3 ft., the branches inflorescence and under side of the leaves covered with a 

 soft dense more or less rustv stellate tomentum, sometimes almost floccobe, 

 sometimes closer and more hoary, usually shorter and more scabrous on t le 

 «Pper side of the leaves. Prickles small and slender, not numerous on the 

 ranches, none on the leaves or inflorescence and sometimes the w hole plant 

 unarmed. Leaves petiolate, ovate or oval-oblong, very obtuse, entire sinuate 

 "r undulate, thick and soft, mostly 1 to 2 in. long, ilon-ers ^^^^^ }^^: 

 « in pedunculate racemes vei-y rarely once forked Calyx J-^^^ty-^r^T;: 

 broadly campanulate. about 3 lines long, with broad obtuse ob s o ttr 

 l>an the tube at the time of dowering, enlarged and more deeply clmde^dm 

 \^^. Corolla apparently about 1 in. diameter, ^/^h short bo dobc 

 Anthers rather short and 'scarcely tapering upwards, the ^l^men . b gei th^i 

 '1 the other species of the group. Ovary 2-celled. Berry globnhu, yellou, 

 atleastiin. dinrnptpi- 



W 



^^lampiou Bay, Oldjield. 



Muell 



An erect shrub, the 

 y or white stellate 



J'^cntum sometimes tloccose. Prickles slender, straight, ''^^.'^l^l^Z 

 ^\ branches and on the peduncles, very rare on tlie leaves "" f "^"^^^ ^^^^^ 

 fn^^. Leaves petiolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate and ^-^^^^^J^ { f /^ J,'" 

 ">alUhe larger ones broad and pinnatifid with triangular or la c.oLUel^e^^^ 

 pen but softly tomcntose on the upper side, very 7l''te-toin u^o.e u utc 

 ■^'th, 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers numerous in loose pedanu ate latal simp 



— 'i, .0 10 4 in. long, l^'lowers numerous lu ^^^.^y^- j 



;e«>es or more freVently branched cymes, usually '?^ j'^^^f, ^J^^^^^ j^^.t,, 

 ffJieels slender, ^ to \ in long at the time of flowering ^^^£.te on^e 



^"t 2 lines long, the lobes almost obtuse to ^'^l^^^^^^^^"^ ^^ ^" f '^e ,) ° e. 

 ^,b^^ the tube, enhu-ged after flowering and sometimes ?^Pf ^"|j°^'; ^ " r- 

 f^'-""^ i to f in. diameter, divided to below the middle. Anthers taper 

 '"S upwards. Berry globular when young, not seen ripe. 



Q-enslaud. I„ the interior. MUckell ; Connor's .^j'J' /.^trtke loSueSoa 

 ^J% scarcely lobed, althongh a few are larger and more lobed, showin, 



^tne typical specimens. _. , , ■-„, p If ^ore (small but evi- 



IJ.S Wales. Clareiiee river, i?..^-/.r ; Richmond "^f "^-f ; if Soresceace) ; Dar- 

 r% luxuriant specimens, with lar^c deeply lobcd leaves and ample mno 



6lJQmi8,X«2o (like the Queenslaud specimens). :„vl« bein'' abun- 



J^ species forms a passage from the third to the fourth gronp, the prickles bun. 



^^ Ottthe peduncles, but the calyxes entirely unarmed. 



