Stirlingia. | CIV. PROTEACER, 957 
Peduncles usually several, 2 he 4in.long . 2. S. abrotanoides. 
Bracts broad, ciliate, imbricate in the ane spike, as long as 
the Ed bo. Pa s h ose . 9. S. teretifolia. 
Bracts minute, broad. Panicle loose or many. headed . 4. S. tenuifolia. 
Leafsegments flat, linear to no lanceolate. Panicles much- 
PTN the ultimate peduncles short . . . 5. S. latifolia. 
1. S. simplex, Lindl. ars Riv. ge 30. Leafy stems short 
Leaves Aem times di- or tri-chotomous, with slender filiform se seg 
ments, exceedingly fine and dioi when young, but at length more rigia 
and reading, the whole leaf 1 to 2 in. diameter on a petiole of 2 to 6 
t globular head of 1 to i in. diameter. Bracts v = sini lanceolate, 
acuminate, the inner ones almost subulate. Perianth about 4 lines long, 
the ining, but little more than 1 line. Stigma not so bro 
species. —Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 516, and in DC. Prod. v He S. 
ifolia, Meissn. in Hook. K Kew Journ. vii. 70, and in DC. 1 c. (som e 
yr de ud pe latter with the long peduncle rather more branched). 
W.A Swan , Drummond, 1st coll. n. 586, Preiss, n. 772; between 
Moore AM siot rivers, E Gth coll. n. 173. 
2. S. abrotanoides, J/viss». in Pl. Preiss. i. 517, in DC. Prod. 
xiv. 826. Stems rather slender, “leat to di rtm simple or 
branched, about 1 ft. hich. Leaves smaller and less divide in 
the other s ecies, on hii em the segments terete, slender, erect, 
i rarely exceeding 1 i Pe sFuticfon Am and in t 
upper axils, single- headed but ofi: numerous, 2 to 4 in. long. Flow wers 
rath üümerous in the spike or head.  Bracts Aaietilika; acuminate, at 
een ve as “ond as A da ui -tube. 
ond, sy beu . 587, Preiss, ~ ph een 
"grossi 4 
er describes them as ovate and minute , probably from Preiss’s specimen which 
Rot seen. aper re may be therefore some doubt as to the identity of the two, at 
least ag varieties 
i 3. S. teretifolia, Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 515, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 
25, Stems erect or ascending [idee xd up atthe base. Leaves 
fiume, Pm rather rid erect terete segments, the divided part 
of the leaf 1 to 9 ; Spikes or heads 
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