376 CIV. PROTEACEJE. [ Conospermum. 
W. Australia, Drummond, 4th coll. n. 270; near the Murra-murra, Oldfield. 
TRIBE 3. FRANKLANDIE.—Anthers all perfect with adnate parallel 
cells, enclosed in and adnate to the slender perianth-tube. Ovule 1. 
Fruit a dry nut with a pappus-like coma. 
7. FRANKLANDIA, R. Br. 
to the perianth tube. Perigynous scales inserted in the perianth-tube 
2 H ; 
lon , “ yellow,” in racemes either terminal or in the upper axils, solitary 
within small bracts. 
The genus is limited to Western extratropical Australia. 
Nut tapering into a short neck crowned by a concave disk bordered 
N re ring of lon T Perianth-tube 1 to 14 in. long. . . . l F. fucifolia. 
ut tapering into a long neck crowned by 3 long plumose awns. Mus 
Perianth-tube 2 in. e Peds at T: t i 2 * d sa Q.V 9 7 na 
rather thick segments of 1 to 1 in., the whole leaf 2 to 6 in. long. S 
cemes terminal or in the upper axils, 3 to 6 in. long, the flowers distant, 
shortly pedicellate. Redon. about 1 line long. Perianth i 
slender, slightly contracted above the middle, 1 to 14 in. long, p 
near-lanceolate spreading, about $ in. long. After rie tha TE 
he faaie r M 
scales at about 4 of the original tube.  Anthers adnate to the top of t 
PE Ma connective shortly produced and free abet pes xd 
crowned by a ring of long hairs reaching to the top of the scales : 
short hairs within them. " Style bearded to the level of the top of "C 
