974 CIV. PROTEACEJE. [ Conospermum. 
florescence, bearing at the base a few small closely ap re d m 
subulate leaves or bracts, the remainder a long narrow un like 
panicle. ide numerous along the rhachis, nearly sessi ile m [^ in. 
ong, very densely silky-woolly. Bracts small and deciduous. Perisai 
I ia i 
523, ii. =r ue DC. Prod. x 
WV. A mmo vain 1st coll. m. 579; Perongerup, Mrs. 
Knight ; very d i ee doubtful specimen). 
99. C. brachyphyllum, Lindl. Swan Riv. App.91. Very near C. in- 
curvum and probably only a long-leaved merle Ys the young shoots some- 
times softly hirsute, the adult foliage glabrous. Leaves more crowded 
than in C. incurvum, filiform, 1 to 3 in. long, the raceme-like panicles 
sometimes wering dus the bas se, sometimes supported on à 
duncle. perd densely woolly like those of C. incurvum but rather 
onger, mostly about 4 lines long and the small paeem ddr n uos 
more conspicuous.—Meis l. Preiss. i. 524 
318; C. filifolium, Meissn. i in PL Preiss, i. 523, Aor in DC. l.c. 
stralia. Swan river, Drummond, 1st coll. n. 578, Preiss, n. 2624 
alied e me is Supr xi Ho as the leaves are idet than mue of its nearest 
lied species UAE gh much shorter than in C. stechadis. Meissner’s name is better, 
e rece 
ide rifolium Leaves more crowded at the base of the stem, the ig with its 
long z peduncle often above 1 ft. long, and the spikes more developed. Perianths at least 
ong—Swan river, Drummond. This is the form which Meissner considers a8 
be yid C. brachyphy llum 
à Var. hc ripis Leaves very narrow-linear, but rigid, ges e 
ong. Panicle very long ud somewhat branched, the spikes 
padri as on the rhachis of the typical form.—W. Aust ral M ' Drummo 
rect and 13 to smo 
and dense xs the | 
mond, n 
Nov. Stirp. 
Dec. 00. An erect gi a of 3c or4 E the young shoots silky- 
tomentose, the adult foliage glabrous. Leaves terete, rigid, 9 
ong or in à ew s ecimens still longer, — i and ally 
ms i Avatala Swan river, Drummond, 1st. ool. n. 581; Preiss, m (t. : 
Var. canaliculata. Leaves longer, rather broader (but still very narrow- Jinear) m 
evidently cha chanel above o ipe f "s Panta $n longer s cle, and the hoe 
EY di 
eanalie lat M ii. 2k } : 
817.—W. A “ey antag Ad da des id ae a Phe ns pedit ens of priv 
d, 
nppear ar also, e Mei rather to this variety than to the typical forthe 
