364 CIV. PROTEACEJE. | Conospermum. 
Peduncles terminal and axillary, usually leafy at the base, 
slender, simple or branched. Bracts large and coloured, 
concealing the very dall perianth . . C. glumaceum. 
Stems leafy at the base only, with long terminal sim aple o or 
panict ulate leafless peduncles. Western species Conduit 
7. lon 
Spikes € sessile along the seal peduncle. , i 
Leaves terete and rush like 10. C. ephedroides. 
Spikes numerous and small, in a large leafless panicle. 
Leaves almost filiform . 11. C. POTE | 
Spikes not numerous, in a ‘loose Panicle. ‘Stems decumbent. 
Sati oblong or oblanceolat uu e C. eceruleum 
narrow-lanceolate or M . . .18. C. debile. 
Sp wi single at the vn of a long | leafless peduncl 
hirsute, "vw long apeenditi hairs . on scaposum. 
bro 
Leaves narrow- raps or subulat glabrous . Huegelii. 
Tessas eran. filiform, heute with long spr reading hairs Tr C. densiflorum. 
Sp me several in a compact mbose panicle at the end 
f the Mie leafless p bdin 
tanita crowded, fili form, hiit with long jong, glabroa, 16. C. densiflorum. 
ape - cun neate lanceolate or obovate- oblong, glabro 
ong . C. Brownü. 
Leaves janona oblong- lanceolate or linear, 3 to 6 in. 
. .18. C. longifolium. 
Stems s leaf to the inflorescence. Peduncles several, term inal 
n the upper axils, each with several spikes, foni à 
orjaks panicle. "Eastern specie 
piesa limb. about as 2 as the tube. 
a Leaves ve UM w, 3 to 6 in, long. Inflorescence Jose 19. C. —€— 
tens rigidly lin 
"ex E ear, ped erect, 2 to 3 in. lo 20. C. Mitchellii 
Perianth- jew not e aeta half as long as the tube. 
Leaves rigidly linear, nered, ng m 2 to 3 in. long . ^. 21. C. sphacelatum. 
pede crowded, d, under 1 in. long (except in one var. of 
C. taxifolium). 
Leaves linear or qo EN very spreading . . 22. C. patens: 
Leaves linear ar-oblong or petat erect or 
ny jsuis s «c uu we . 23. €. tazifolium. 
es very nakie: Loupe cdaa m ub iei. DAC ericifolium. 
Leaves elli iptica INI ri ..95. C ellipticum. 
pow — densely wool villous. except the minute upper lip. 
eav or 
S t simple in at upper axils. Leaves subulate, crowded. ; 
kes th to 3 in per ke S o gaiit 
Leaves under £ in. long, very spreading and incurved C. floribun 
Spikes racemose or paniculate on a terminal peduncle. 
Leaves slender, crowded, spreading, incurved, Y» J in. 
€ " incurvum 
brachyphyllum 
grido: slender, crowded, 1} to 3 in. lon à £n. 
“ao rigid, ter ex to ; 
apm e pude € or P eaten did chanel 3 E cechadi, 
ie ier Wed rae nerved. ` Spikes paniculate . 81. Ctriphnere 
Flowering spikes sey densely villous with long spreading silky 
hairs. Lobes of the perianth as long a the tube. 
Leaves at the ee of the petiolate, Sbovate 3-ner 
m-leaves short, fie stem-clas in Spikes in the : snnm. ^ 
upper axils flexuos qu x diner 
gc at the br: of the stem n very ‘long, with a pro 
drib. Side m with a ae dense rgb . 33. C. orassinerviim: 
