368 CIV. PROTEACEJE. [ Conospermhn. 1 
lines long, and concealing the small flowers. Rhachis slightly hirsute. — 
Perianth glabrous, about 1} lines long, on a very short pe icel adnate - 
sessile and distant along the upper part of the stems. Bracts broadly 
H o 
Perianth-tube hirsute, cylindrical, a little above 1 line long, the lim 
idi 2 lines long, the upper lip very broad, concave, obtuse, the 
ower of 9 narrow convex lobes. 
W. Australia. Between Swan river and King George's Sound, Gilbert, Drun- 
mond, n. 25. 
11. C. polycephalum, Meissn. in Pl. Preiss, ii. 249, and in DC. Prod. 
xiv. 323. An undershrub or shrub of 2 to 3 ft., glabrous except the 
rinm Leaves in the lower part of the stem or branches terete, aim 
l in. Spikes 
numerous, almost globular, in a long leafless much-branch: 
often exceeding 1 ft. Bracts broad, truncate with a small pot e 
than the perianth-tube, more or less pubescent or hirsute in the type? — 
form as well as the rhachis of the spike. Perianth blue, about 3 - | 
long or rather more, the tube minutely and sparingly pubescent, 2 
limb glabrous, the upper lip broad and concave, about as long 8.5 
tube, the lower lip with narrow lobes scarcely exceeding the upper B? 
W. Austr mond, 2nd coll. n. 305. Some specimens in young n. 
from Darling range and Canning river, Oldfield, may also possibly belong to " 
ecies. 1 
Var, leianthum. Spikes quite glabrous. —Stokes Inlet and Esperance Bay, Mazwi 
12. © R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 154, Prod. es 
undershrub with a thick woody base and decumbent or wee - 
flowering stems of 1 to 1} ft. Leaves at the base of the stems 0 koc f 
: petiole 
h an in 
or almost marginal nerve. conspicuous underneath ; there are also 
eren below the middle of the 5 
greater part of which is a long narrow leafless panicle with 
each bearing a short ovoid or oblong spike of deep blu 
rhachis and bracts white with a silky wool. Bracts broad, dues 
brous point as long as or rather longer than the perianth-tue. 
