Dryandra. | CIV. PROTEACEX. 573 
pee floral leaves, smaller than in D. formosa. Outer involucral 
racts ovate acuminate, the inner ones oblong-linear, obtuse, nearly 
lin.long and 2 lines broad, am eem Perianths 8 to 10 li 
| EV. rs pete ggg Sound or the neighbouring districts, R. Brown, 
er, Drummond, Ath coll. n. 311; Gordon plains, Maxwell; it tirli 
Range, F. Mueller. : P , summits of Stirling 
20. D. formosa, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 313, t. 9, Prod. 997. 
| An erect shrub attaining 8 to 15 ft., the branches tomentose and often 
| hirsute with long fine spreading hairs. Leaves 4 to 8 in. long, regu- 
larly divided to the midrib into obliquely triangular or broadly falcate 
| segments, 2 to 3 lines long and broad, mostly acute, flat and not very 
_ thick, tomentose underneath. Flower-heads terminal, broad, surrounded 
| by floral leaves longer than the flowers, the inner ones dilated at the 
| base and passing into the involucral bracts. Involucre hemispherical, 
| 1 to 11 in. diameter, the outer bracts ovate acuminate, the inner ones 
| 
wi ; e about 5 lines long 
and 3 lines broad.— Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 593, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 
471; Sweet, Fl. Austral. t. 53; Bot. Mag. t. 4102. 
W. Australia. King George's Sound, B. Brown, Fraser, Drummond, 3rd coll. 
- ^. 293, Preiss, n. 501, and many others. The flower-heads and flowers vary in size, 
. even on the same specimens; some specimens from Barker and from Oldfield have them 
all smaller than usual. The capsules appear to be always small. 
.. 91. D. Baxteri, R. Br. Prot. Nov. 98. A shrub of 4 to 6 ft., the 
branches densely tomentose. Leaves very narrow, often above l ft. 
long, divided to the midrib into very numerous small triangular-faleate 
rigid acute i 
leaves. Involucre hemi- 
densely ferruginous-villous, the bracts lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, the inner ones 1 to l in. long. Perianths nearly 1 
then silky-villous, the limb 2 lines 
ft of long fine hairs. Style ex- 
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