M/iocercls.] Lxxxii. scrophulauine^. 



477 



branclilets reduced to rigid divaricate spines. Leaves very small, linear, 

 often reduced to small scales and rarely i in. long. Pedicels solitary or 2 

 or 3 together in tlie axils of tlie spines, fi'liform but short. Calyx-tube about 

 1 line long, small or rarely as long as the tube. Corolla white (F. Mueller), 

 tlie tube about 2 lines long, the lobes narrow, acute, longer than the tube. 

 Anthers 2-celled. Capsule 2 to 3 lines long, oblong but scarcely acuminate. 

 A. spinescens, F. Muell. Fragra. i. 122, vi. 143. 



W. Australia, Brummond, n. 86; Kalgau river, F. Mueller; Thomas river and W. 

 Mount Barren, Maxwell; Murchison river, Oldjield. 



Old- 



and 



There is in the Muellerian herbarium a single small specimen from Murchison river, 

 field, closely allied to A. gracilis and to A. genistoides, with the unarmed brunches ; 

 linear leaves of the former, and the flowers of the latter, except that the corolla-lobes are 

 contorted-imbricate iu the bud ; but that may possibly be an abnormal monstrosity. 



5. A. anisantha, Endl. in Ann. JFien. Mus. ii. 201. An erect rigid 

 intricately-branched shrub, more or less glandular-pubescent, the smaller 

 brauchlets reduced to divaricate spines as in A. genistoides but stouter. 

 Leaves small, from liuear-cuneate and about i in. long, to almost obovate 

 and about \ in., or often reduced to minute scales. Flowers on short pedi- 

 cels, solitary or 2 or 8 together in the axils of the spuies. Calyx giandular- 

 Wrsute, the tube about 1 line long, the teeth either short or as long as the 

 tube. Corolla-tube broad, about 2 lines long; lobes narrow, acute, longer 

 than the tube. Anthers 2-celled.— Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 192 ; F. Muell. 

 I"ragm. vi. 143. 



S. Australia. Boston Island, W, 

 W 



»v . rt.ustraiia, Vrummona. i i • i 



The above are all single specimens iu Herb. F. Muell. _ I have not ^'^.^^ ^"^ ^^f J^^P;-. 

 cmea from W. Australia, koe, but Eodlicher's description agrees perfectly ^'th Drum 

 "bond's plant, except that I do not find the corolla-lobes more unequal than m several ottier 



species. 



, 6. A. intricata, J. Muell. Fragm. i. 211. A shrub of 10 to 12 ft 



closely allied to ./. arborea, with divaricate flexuose glabrous b™;clie. the 

 smaUer ones occasionally spinescent. Leaves often ^l»^t'3red at tlie noaes 

 andsimihir to those oiA arboreaM^ smaller and ^ff^^^ ^^f '^'^ 

 solitary or clustered, glandular-pubescent as well as the calyxes, ilo^vels 



entirely of A. arborea. Fruit not seen. 



W. Australia. Murchison river, Oldjield. Probably a slightly spiuesj.^ variety 

 «f 4. arlorea; the specimens of both forms insufficient for their proper detinition. 



A 



A shrub or small tree, at- 

 {Oldji 



amuig 12 ft., with an erect trunk ot 4 to o u. >,^'X .hfrflPxno<^e and 

 he inflorescence, which is glandular-pubesce.it, the bran^^^ fl^^^«;«^^^_ 



J-^tricate. but without spines in the specimens seen. LeX ^f ^^^^^^^^^ 

 ered at the nodes or scattered on the short flowering branch f^^ne^^^^^^^ 

 °ng. obtuse, entire, narrowed into a petiole, rather thin, "^^'^J "^^'^^J^^^^ 



long. Flowers whitish, on slender pedicels, m short ^y°^^,« °\^ f ^^ ^^^f^, 



on the brauchlets. Calyx glandular-hirsute, the tube under 1 ^f ^ l^^S'J;^^ 

 ^eth narrow, usually longer than the tube. Corolla-tube 2 1« f^^^^f ^/ g' 



t> lobes narrow, acute, 2 or 3 times as long as the tube. Anthers 2-celled. 



Capsule narrow, 4 to 5 lines long, the valves bifid at the end. 



