Lrummondiane. N. O. Umbelliferze. 
TAB. DCCXXVI. 
XANTHOSIA CILIATA, Hook. 
Subpubescens basi fruticosa, caulibus plurimis ex eadem radice 
erectis ramosis, foliis linearibus v. lineari-spathulatis acutis 
integris vel apicem versus 3-dentatis basi articulatis membra- 
naceo-vaginantibus, vaginis longe ciliatis, pedunculis axilla- 
ribus simplicibus v. divisis bracteatis, umbellis nutantibus, 
involucri involucellique foliolis tripartitis, dentibus calycinis 
cordatis acuminatis petala superantibus deciduis, mericarpus 
5-jugis. 
Has. Swan River, Western Australia. James Drummond, n. 237, 
(1843). 
Radix subfusiformis, descendens, perennis, ramosa; ad collum 
multiceps. Caules digitales et ultra, vix spithamei, erectl, 
ramosi, rigidi, inferne fruticosi nudi, superne foliosi. Folia vix 
unciam longa, linearia, erecto-patentia, subspathulata, integer- 
rima, uninervia yv. apicem versus tridentata, marginibus paululum 
reflexa, subincrassata, basi attenuata, sessilia, articulata et mem 
brana longe ciliata vaginantia. Pedunculi axillares, simplices 
vel furcati, solitarii, folium equante, bracteati, bracteis parvis 
linearibus integris. Umbelle subglobose, 3-6-8-flore. Involucra 
involucellaque unilateralia, ut videtur semper solitaria, tripartita 
v. subtriphylla, basi pedicellisque ciliatis. Fructus subrotundo- 
ovatus, cordatus, compressus. Mericarpia jugis 5 elevatis, 
eequidistantibus, levibus. Calycis lobi 5, cordato-acuminatl, 
petaloidei, petalis longiores, vix peltati, demum decidui. Petala 
induplicata. Stylopodia majuscula. Styli erecti, subulati. 
A very remarkable plant, and evidently I think referable to 
the same genus with our X. dissecta (Leucolena, Br.) from 
Tasmania (Tas. cccrr.), but extremely different in the foliage, 
and in the shape of the calycine teeth or segments. 
Fig. 1. Leaf. J. 2. Flower and involucral leaf. f. 3. Flower: 
f. 4. Calycine lobe, f- 5. Petal. £.6. Section of fruit. f 7: 
pper portion of ditto :—magnified, 
