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1,4 — 2 cm longa, extus praeter alas sericeo-puberula, intus infra faucem villosula, lobi 

 alis angustis oblongis rotundatis margine paullum crispulatis praediti. Staminum fila- 

 menta filiformia basi vix dilatata 4 — 6 mm longa, antherae lineari-oblongae obtusae 

 filamentis plus quam duplo breviores. Sülus teres modice validus pilis longis patentibus 

 densiusculis obsitus 4 — 10 mm longus; indusium dorso ad basin pilosum, margine 

 breviter ciliatum. Fructus parvus obovoideo-oblongus rugulosus circ. 4 mm metiens. 



Westaustralisehe Provinz: Am Murchison River (Oldfield — Herb. Kew, 

 Kais. Herb. Wien); District Irwin, bei Northampton auf steinigem Lehmboden (Diels 

 n. 5635 — blühend im November 1901 — Herb. Berlin); bei Geraldton zwischen 

 Gebüsch auf Sandboden (Diels n. 2064 — blühend im Januar 1901 — Herb. Berlin); 

 Greenough River (F. Mueller — Herb. Melbourne, Berlin). 



78. S. microphylla Benth. Fl. austral. IV. (1869) 100. — Molkenboeria micro- 

 phylla De Vriese, Gooden. ( I 854) 4 4 t. 9. — Herba perennis ramosa caulibus tenuibus 

 teretibus diflusis, prostratis vel adscendentibus, 3 dm vel ultra altis, rfc dense pubes- 

 centibus rarius hirsutis, basin lignosam versus sensim glabratis. Folia herbacea sub- 

 sessilia obovata, obovato-spathulata vel obovato-oblonga apice acuta, infima basi angustata, 

 reliqua basi auriculata atque semiamplexicaulia, omnia margine acute dentata, usque 

 ad 3,5 cm longa, 1 — 1,8 cm lata, ulrinque praesertim ad costam mediam atque mar- 

 gines hispidula. Flores parvi sessiles in spicis terminalibus longiusculis laxis dispositi. 

 Bracteae ovatae vel ovato-lanceolatae acutae basi subcordatae margine integrae vel 

 paucidenticulatae, 6 — 8 mm longae; bracteolae minores ovato-lanceolatae. Ovarium 

 obovoideum vix 1 mm longum. Calycis lobi brevissimi ovato-rotundati circ. 0,3 mm 

 longi ciliolati. Gorolla 1 — 1,2 cm longa, extus sparse pilosa intus tubo villosula, lobi 

 alis latiusculis subtrigonis rotundatis praediti. Staminum filamenta filiformia basin 

 versus paullum dilatata 3 — 4 mm longa, antherae anguste oblongae obtusae 1 — 1,2 mm 

 metientes. Stilus validus compressus sparse pilosus, circ. 8 mm longus; indusium dorso 

 ad basin pilis densis rigidis setaceis longis obsitum margine dense ciliatum. Fructus 

 ovoideo-oblongus circ. 2 mm metiens. 



Westaustralische Provinz: Swan River (Fräser — Herb. Kew; Drummond 

 n. 187, 190 — Herb. Kew, Brit. Museum); Karri Dale (Walcott ex Bentham); 

 Port Walcott (F. Mueller — Herb. Melbourne, Berlin). 



79. S. cuneiformis Labill. Nov. Holl. pl. spec. I. (1804) 56 t. 80; B. Br. Prodr. 

 (1810) 584; DC. Prodr. VII. (1839) 509; Benth. Fl. austral. IV. (1869) 101. — 

 Merkusia cuneiformis De Vriese, Gooden. (1854) 54. — Herba erecta ut videtur 

 annua ubique pilis brevibus adpressis sparsiusculis obsita rarius subglabra, caulibus 

 erectis vel adscendentibus tenuibus teretibus vel leviter compressis, 1,5 — 3 dm altis. 

 Folia subsessilia, inferiora obovata usque ad 5 cm longa, acuta, basin versus angustata, 

 ima basi paullum dilatata margine apicem versus acuta dentata, superiora cuneato-oblonga 

 minora sensim in bracteas transeuntia. Flores parvi sessiles in spicis terminalibus 

 longiusculis laxis dispositi. Bracteae sessiles ovato-oblongae vel ovato-lanceolatae acutae 

 integrae vix ultra 1,2 cm longae; bracteolae parvae lanceolatae. Ovarium breve ob- 

 ovoideum. Calycis lobi brevissimi ovali obtusi ciliati. Corolla 1,4 — 1,6 cm longa, 

 extus sparse puberula, intus villosula, lobi alis angustis rotundatis praediti. Staminum 

 filamenta angustissime linearia, 4 — 5 mm longa, antherae anguste oblongae subacutae 

 filamentis circ. duplo breviores. Stilus validiusculus leviter complanatus glaberrimus; 

 indusium dorso setis densis longis purpurascentibus obsitum margine superiore ciliatum. 

 Fructus parvus ovoideus rugosus. 



Westaustralische Provinz: ohne Standort (Labillardiere ex Bentham); 

 Cape le Grand (Maxwell — Herb. Kew). 



80. S. laciniata Bailey, Queensl. Fl. (1900) 910 t. XXXIII. — Suffrutex erectus 

 rigidus, 2,5 dm vel ultra altus, ramis ramulisque pallescentibus subdivaricatis. Folia 

 crassa rigida oblonga apice acuta basin versus sensim angustata margine profunde 

 lobata lobis intermediis lineari-falcatis infimis angustissimis. Flores in axillis superioribus 



