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side, the tube as long as the calyx, the upper s very concave or almost : 
i bheat -oblong erect but laterally 
m lobes, lower lip spreading, with a large and broad middle lobe. 
acc hs of the upper acute prea long, the lower lobe short wie 
ME Abii Drummond, 1st coll. n. 453 or 455, 2nd coll. su 0. Not 
withstanding some general resemblance to Jf. barbata this species is readily distin- — 
guished by the calyx twice as long, narrower and with much lon nger and more spreading — 
hairs, and by the large lobes of the upper lip of the corolla. i 
M. parvifolia, sims h. in DC. Prod. xii. 569 (Drummond, 1st coll. n. 456) has small — 
leaves and rather filer p Etek but I have now seen too many ambiguous specimens : 
to admit of distigulsbing it even as a marked variety. A specimen of Roe's has the 
leaves all small and much broader than usual, rap of them almost ovate. 
9. M. glabra, Benth. in DC. Prod. xii, 569.—A shrub of 1 to 3 ft 
W. Australia, Drummond, 3rd coll, n. 150, 4th coll. n. 104: -—— — 
Preiss, n. 2328 ; Salt ‘eve Plantagenet aaa Stirling ranges, Maxwell. 
Very slender in all its parts and heath-like. Leaves very narrow 
lon 
acilis 
ost terete 2 to 3 lines long. Flowers smaller but the essential characters 
eal ene . glabra.— Poor soil,” no precise station, Maxwell. 
Va obi Branches foliage aud calyx pubesce nk y" very short spre reading j 
hairs, the corolla and stamens as in the typical bee —Salt r ranges eim. the leaves : 
as in the typical cols Phillips river (witli shorter and Mitar daos], a.cwell. 
10. M. exserta, Benth. A shrub, probably of 2 or 3 ft., glabrous f 
ironed: the corolla, with numerous virgate branches. Leaves iem I 
