236 85. R. GUNTHERI. 



obovate, acuminate ; terminal obovate, acuminate : quinate 

 leaves rare but found on the same stems as tbe ternate 

 leaves, their leaflets obovate, cuspidate, terminal acuminate- 

 cuspidate ; petioles flattened above ; stipules very slender. 



Floivering shoot from reddish scales, wavy, hairy, with 

 many short nearly equal aciculi and setae, which do not 

 exceed the many hairs. Prickles very slender, a little 

 deflexed or much declining, from large compressed bases. 

 Leaves ternate. Leaflets obovate-cuspidate, nearly equal, 

 dull green above, paler and felted beneath ; two or three 

 uppermost floral leaves simple, ovate or cordate-ovate, often 

 lobed. Panicle long, leafy ; rachis wavy (forming an angle 

 at each leaf), and as well as the branches and peduncles 

 bearing an abundance of short nearly equal hairs and purple 

 setae ; branches straight, racemose, ascending, few-flowered 

 many ; ultra-axillary top with short corymbose very few- 

 flowered branches decreasing upwards into simple peduncles. 

 Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with a long leaflike 

 point, reflexed, setose, aciculate, hairy, felted. Petals narrow, 

 lanceolate, acute, pale pink. Filaments white. Anthers 

 greenish. Styles pink at their base. Primordial fruitstalk 

 rather longer than the sepals. Nut J-ovate ; inner edge 

 quite straight, except near the base where it projects in a 

 remarkable manner to form the attachment to the recep- 

 tacle ; style quite lateral, seeming to tip the inner edge of 

 nut. The nut is about as broad, but considerably longer 

 than that of R. pyramidalis. 



The armature of the stem of Mr Lees' plant from 

 Crows-nest wood is much stronger than is usual, and 

 greatly approaches that which is found in the Koehleriani. 

 Some of the specimens distributed by him might well be 

 placed in that group, others more exactly belong to the 

 Bellardiani. Another proof, if one was wanting, of the 

 very artificial character of our sections. 



