Drummondiane. N. O. Amaranthacee. 
TAB. CDXV. 
LACHNOSTACHYS FERRUGINEA. Hook. 
Foliis lato-ellipticis remotis ramisque dense ferrugineo-tomen- 
tosis, bracteis flores superantibus, perianthio 8-lobo, stami- 
nibus inclusis, tubo filamentis breviore, antheris dorso tuber- 
culato, ovario granulato. 
Has. Swan River Colony, Australia, Mr. J. Drummond. 
It is possible that when this and the preceding plant (L. albi- 
cans) are better known as to the structure of their fructification, 
the present may be found to constitute a different but closely allied 
genus. The bracteas are very large and of a ferruginous brown 
colour, contrasting singularly with the dense white balls of 
wool which cover the flowers within the bracteas; the perianth 
has 10 lobes or segments; the stamens are 8; the tube short; 
and at the back of each anther is a large granulated excrescence. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Perianth and staminal tube laid open. 
J. 3. Stamens and pistil. /. 4,5. Anthers. (f. 6. Small portion 
of wool from the perianth. /. 7. Inner; and f, 8, an outer 
view of a bractea: all more or less magnified. 
