Synaphea. | CIV, PROTEACEX. 361 
e spike. Leaves on long cns a few of the outer ones entire but 
ments, the whole leaf 3 to 10 in. long, including the petiole. Flower- 
ng 
8. dilatata, Nut t ovoid, co ne = a stipes nearly as long as itself. — 
Meissn. in iin — iss. ii. 251, and in DC. ks v. 914. 
W. A occ i r, Drummond, 3rd coll. 
n. 258 ; vedi one of pv mem F. Mueller. Porte 8 ‘ond all n. 302, referred by 
Meissner to S. petiolaris, and Preiss, n. id Torren to S. eor. have certainly, 
. inthe oom rw the 2-horned stigma of S. favo 
Var. diva Leaves shorter, boot or even three ue divided into divaricate 
lobes, Flowering stems shorter and the flowers rather smaller than in the ty ut in 
the specimens the inflorescence is not yet fully developed. "The stigma is 2-horned as 
in the type.—Eyre's Relief, Mazwe , and eppaionainn from King George's food, Fraser, 
sro META the same, but not in flowe 
4. S 
xiv. 815. Stems short or ^ docutibeli quite vida or the dilated 
base of the holei. very shortly silky-pubescent. Leaves all on long 
cate lobes, the whole leaf sometimes 1 ft. long and the lobes 2 or 3 i in., 
obtuse or acute. Flowering pce a and leafless, slightly branched, 
glabrous, pum usually a p lines long, the segments rather 
narrow, Stigma produced Atene into an oblong truncate or emargi- 
nate appendage, » least as long as broad and incurved. Nut ovoid, 
about 2 line 
mW. Au Stralia. ee George's Sound, Preiss, n. 779, Drummond, 3rd coll. n. 257, 
arvey, Oldfield, Maxwell; Blackwood and Gordon rivers, Oldfield. 
n S. acutilo oba, Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 528, and in DC. Prod. xi 
15. Stems short or decumbent, quite glabrous. Leaves a all on bag 
m S. petiolari: f dem not uch ineurved. Stigma produced anteriorly 
into à short broad xii 2 ches appendage 
paw: Aus tralia. Swan Drummond, 1st voll. n. 589, Preiss, n. 777, 182. 
rl E. à variety of B. petiolaris 
$ S. petiolaris, X. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 156, 370. 
ad short or decumbent, glabrous or slightly silky abou k eis 
ind sometimes a few short hairs on the spikes. Leaves all on lon 
obe , long and narrow when fe orter when more divided, obtuse 
ir short points, the whole leaf including the petiole from a few 
a ng, the lowest leaves as in the allied q cesi 
