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fero, Bentli,^ liabitu compoctiore, foliis brevioribus carnosiori- 

 busque, et floribus miiioribns differt, et n S. Diehiano, E. Pritzel, 

 foliis costa siibtus crassa et prominente, et floribus minus glandu- 

 loso-pubescentibus facile distingucndum, 



. PJaiita pereniiis, 5-7 cm- alta, vald-e et divaricate ramosa, 

 ropcns, radicibus 7-11 cm. longis. Canlcs veteres 1-4 cm. longi, 

 nudi, g'labri, atri, cortice atro interdum unilateraliter fisso et 

 oaduco, bulbis defoliatis incrassatis fuscis; juveniles 1-1-5 cm. 

 longi, straniinei, ^labri, folia pauca gerentes. Folia rosulata, 

 plerumque 9-12 conferta, paiicis caducis inter bulbos dispositis^ 

 linearia, scssilia, basi gibboso-incrassata,bulbum pallidum demum 

 fuscum vel atrum fornmntia, apice acuta, 4-5 mm. longa, 

 0-75 mm. lata, carnosa, subteretia vel triquetra, glaberrima, 

 marginibus indurato-incrassatis albis dentil)us minimis levissime 

 serrata; costa subtus versus apicem conspicua, incrassata, indu- 

 rata, apico mucroncm subulatum, 0-5-1 mm. long^um formaus, 

 Rhachis fusca, leviter glauduloso-pubescens, 0-8-1-5 cm. longn, 

 flores 3-6 gerens- Flares subsessiles vel pedicellis 1 mm, longis 

 suftulti; bracteae 1 mm. loiigue. Calyx 5-5 mm. lon<»*us, levissime 

 glandulosus; tubus fuscus; lobi 1-1-25 mm. longi, lanceolati, 

 obtusi, fere aequalcs sed duo fere ad apicem connati, tubo 

 pallidii»res. Corollae tubus 5-6 mm. longus, calycis lobos 

 jsuperans ; lobi lanceolati, obtusi, eglandulosi, omnes fere aequales, 

 3-5 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati ; labellum parvum, teuue, basi appendi- 

 <)ibus 2 labello paulum longioribus flexuoso-subulatis mstructum, 



CoJumna teuella ; antlierae ovatoe. 



AVest Australia. Yietoria Desert : Camp 54, Sept. 7?. Helms 



(Elder Exploring Expedition). 



837. Stylidium Stowardii, Svott [Stylidiacooe] ; a S. hrevi- 



srapo, R. Br., iiifloresceutia ginn'liilosa cliff eit, et a S. Diehiano, 

 E. Pritzel, foliis teretibiis caninsisque, bulbis atiis uec pallidis, 

 labello iiiappeiuliciilato facile distinfruendura. 



Plavtn pereunis, pnrya, lepens, 4-6 em. alta, valde et divaiicate 

 ramosa, radicibus f?re 8 cm. loiiois. Caulc^ veteres 2 cm. lon^n, 

 <itri, liudi, elabri, bulbis defoliatis iucrassati.. atiis; luveniles cou- 

 ferti, 1-2 cm. longi, rubri, j-labri. Folia losulata, plerumque 

 S 12 confeita, pauca caduca inter bulbos disposita, lineana, basi 

 dibitata va^^inis incrassatis demum rubris bulbos atros loimau- 

 tibus, apice acuta et minute apieulata, 5 mm. longa, Oyo mm. 

 lata, carnosa, luuosa, teretia, glaberrima, sessilia. Ivflores- 

 centiae rhaehis rubra, leviter glauduloso-pubescens, 1-- cm. 

 longa, flores 3 6 gerens. FJorc^ plus mmusve glandulosi pedi- 

 cellis 2-4 mm. longis suffulti; bracteae 2 mm. lon-ae, evi er 

 tomentosae. Cahi-vb mm. loiigus, glandulosus; tubus leviter 

 «bli(niiis, ruber; lobi 1-1-5 mm. longi, lineari-lanceolati, obtiisi 

 paulum inuequales. Corollae tubus 6 mm. longus tenuis; lo i 

 gb'uiduUs paucis induti, valde inaequales albi, fauce lub o- 

 maculati; antici oblique oblongo-obovati 3-5-4 JV^^' 1"^^^' ^ '^ 

 mm. lati, postici obovati, 1-5 mm. long,, 1 mm lati; f«".^ n^*^^*^^' 

 labellum avato-orbiculare, minutum. 0^5 mm. diameiro, '^^ P^^^^' 

 diculatum, carnosmn, rubrum. Cohnnna tenella ; antherae 

 ovatao, fere 1 mm. longae. 



