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rianth-tube. Perianth “lilac,” pubescent, about 2 lines long, the 
b as long as the tube or rather longer, the lips nearly equal, ab 
the upper one concave, the lower one shortly 3-lobed.—Meissn. in DC. 
p xiv. 921; C. repens, Sieb. in Roem. and Schult. Syst. iii. Mant. 
N. S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 45 
4. Cunningham, and others; Illawarra, A. Cunningham, Shepherd. : 
Meissner describes the perianth-lobes as twice as short as the tube; this can only 
dy i the lobes of the lower lip, the lips themselves are usually rather longer than 
e tube. 
20. C. Mitchellii, Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 320. An erect shrub, 
with the crowded erect linear rigid leaves general habit and compact 
9 lines long and the lips as long as the tube, differences which are quite 
constant in all the specimens I have seen.—C. Dallachyi, F. Muell. Ann. 
Rep. 1858 (name only). 
ü ria. Grampians, Mitchell, F. Mueller ; Wimmera and Lutitt Bay, Dallachy ; 
lenelg river, Robertson, Allitt. 
?l. C. sphacelatum, Hooh. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 842. An erect 
shrub, the branches and young leaves silky or hoary-tomentose, 
t. Leaves 
. Mtved, mostly 2 to 3 in. long. Peduncles in the upper axils longer 
e leaves, bearing each several spikes, and forming a compact 
inal corymb. Bracts broad, shortly acuminate. 
the tube, the j3 nearly equal, the upper one bro: 
lobe the lower one divided to below the middle into 3 narrow 
5.—Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 320. 
Queensland. Near Mount Pluto, Mitchell 
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hoary-tomentose or the foliage at length glabrous. 
: aves numerous, 
. reading, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, contracted below t 
sty $ to 3 in. lone. Pedun 
he middle, 
s, 3 to 5 
er acuminate, rarely as long as the perianth-tube. Perianth hoary- 
s "cent, about 24 lines long, the limb about half as long as the tube, 
. upper lip very broad, the Tower rather longer, divided to the middle 
t MO lob od. xi 
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