302 CIV. PROTEACEÆ. [ Adenanthos, 
2. A. obovata, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 99, t. 37. A shrub of 3 or 
4 ft. with erect virgate branches, glabrous or minutely hoary- bes 
hir young. Leaves L— crowded, e ntire, obovate, obtuse 
lines long. Inner bracts 2 to 3 lines eg and almost acute, outer ones 
short and obtuse. Perianth about 1 in. long, s silk y-pubegotilt or villous, 
the tube dilated v the middle, then feiurved um constricted at the 
base of the lam Lower anther linear and sterile. Style bearded 
with few hairs, to dilated end broadly elliptical, aA but thic 
he stigmatic ‘slit descending about half way down the upper face and 
bordered by raised es Se Fruit oblong, obtuse, x 3 lines long, 
labrous or nearly so .in Trans. jan. c. x. 151; Pro 5 
M binis. in Pl. Preiss. i. i. 511, Ex in DC. Prod. xiv. 811. 
WV. Australia. King George's Sound and Ur eps Staa Labillarditre 
R. Brown, A. Cunningham, and many others; Blackwood ri Oldfield; Swan river? 
Drwieiond, 1st coll. n. 592 ; near Guildford, Preiss, n. 190. 
ECT. 2. STENOLEMA .— Perianth-tube nearly straight, not en larged 
above the middle. Anthers all four perfect. Style-end rm 
thickened, not compressed, the stigmatic ic slit or line descending do 
the upper side. 
Meissner describes one anther as optio in A. cuneata and in A. Meisent 
must have been accidental in the flowers examined. I have cde all four pe 
the buds I opened in both species as in all others of this section. 
tect i in d 
cuneata, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 98, t. 86. A of 3 to 
6 ft., the branches and e ES -tomentose. neate, the 
broad end truncate, with 3 obt 
base into a short petiole, the who leaf ł in. long, aa, : 
anthers which, are i Ee ct. Style-end Bois thickened. 1 
gen cin Ree bop: —R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 192; be 
7 ; Meisn. in Pl. Preiss. i. du ii. 247 and in DC. Prod. t : : 
4. fuii Knight, Prot. 96; A. crenata, Willd. in Spreng. yst. 
wW. Saaie Kin S æ districts, Labillardière 
Brown, Drumm 3rd cow (^ Pret, gp rie qe ne eastward to s 
river and (vate 8 "elf Maxwell. 
4. A. hamii, M in Pl, Preiss. i. 513, and in n DO. Pri 
xiv. 313. A tall erect vien gi branches d foliage tomen : m 
often sprinkled with a few fine s reading hairs, th older le T 
tomentose but hoary. Leaves ecw ded. once or feiss trifid or 
