Conosperinum. | CIV. PROTEACER, 365 
R. Brown restricted the section Jsomerum to the C. flexuosum, and united the three 
other species under Chilurus, characterized by the longer and more slender perianth- 
obes. 
inflorescence and. perianth from C. capitatum and C. petiolare, than from C. — 
and that the four species make one well-marked section which if broken up at all, must 
be divided into three. 
l. C. capitatum, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 155, Prod. 369. A 
dwarf shrub or undershrub, resembling at first sight Zsopogon attenuatus. 
1 : 
EST E : 
rigid, 6 in. to 1 ft. long, with nerve-like margins, contracted into a 
p d 
or rather more gibbous on the upper side, slightly contracted over the 
anthers by the thickened base of the laminæ, which are all equal, linear- 
subulate ‘and as long as the tube. Style much thickened on a leve 
with the anthers.— Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 526, ii. 251, and in DC. 
Prod. xiv. 924. 
W. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoining districts, R. Brown, Drum- 
mond, 3rd coll. n, 251, Preiss, n. 759, 760, and others. 
2. C. petiolare, R. Br. Prot. Nov.11. A dwarf shrub or under- 
shrub with the habit and inflorescence of C. capitatum. Stems ndn 
Sometimes very short, sometimes proliferous and 6 to 8 in. high. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, often hooked at the end, 
s ? : 
Pods Australia. King George's Sound, Baxter, Drummond, 3rd coll. n. 250, 
ess, n. 757, F. Mueller. 
$0. teretifolium, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 155, Prod. 369. 
labrous erect undershrub. attaining 2 ft. or rather more. Leaves 
n r : : 
e lower part of the stem terete, rigid, rush-like, often 6 in. to 1 ft. 
pper part of the plant leafless forming a terminal corymbose 
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With numerous flowers in short spikes at the ends of the 
