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(Page 267.) Richea scoparia, Hook. fil. 
Mueller considers this to be the R. dracophylla of Guill., 1. c. (not of Brown), and adds that it attains 20 feet 
in height. 
(Page 278.) — 
Gen. XVIII. DRACOPHYLLUM. 
Calyx 5-phyllus, bracteatus. Corolla tubuloso-infundibuliformis ; loborum apicibus incurvis, imberbi- 
bus. Stamina 5, hypogyna v. corolla inserta. Sguame hypogynm 5. Ovarium 5.loculare; ovulis 
column: centrali pendulz affixis. Capsula loculicide 5-locularis.—Arbores, frutices, suffruticesve ; ramis 
cicatricatis, annulatis ; foliis linearibus gramineisve, basi vaginantibus ; floribus solitariis, racemosis, 
paniculatis spicatisve. 
A very fine genus, abundant in New Zealand, rarer in Australia and Tasmania; one species is found in New 
Caledonia.— Trees or shrubs, sometimes very small. Branches with annulate scars from the sheathing bases of the 
deciduous leaves. Flowers racemose or spicate, rarely panicled, pedicelled. Pedicels bracteate. Calyz of five 
leaves. Corolla broadly tubular. Filaments free or attached to the corolla. Hypogynous scales five. Ovary five- 
celled, with pendulous placentz. Capsule dry, five-valved. (Name from ôpaxov, a dragon, and $vAXov, a leaf ; from 
the analogy of the foliage with that of Dracena.) 
1. Dracophyllum Milligani (Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 845); subacaule; foliis coriaceis rigidis subulatis 
superne concavis falcato-secundis apice incurvis tortisve spicam superantibus margine asperulis, pedunculo 
pubescente, spicis brevibus in spicam amentiformem longe bracteatam confertis, staminibus hypogynis, 
squamis hypogynis brevibus.— Gunn, 2051. 
Has. Mount Sorrell, Macquarrie Harbour, Milligan. Mount Lapeyrouse, Oldfield. 
Whole plant apparently forming a low, rigid, tufted shrub, a foot high, branching from the very base. Leaves 
densely crowded, a span to 10 inches long, very rigid, subsecund, gradually tapering from a broad sheathing base to 
an incurved or twisted tip, concave on the back, convex in front; margins rough. Peduncle bearing a erowded 
mass of flowers, towards its summit sometimes 13 foot long, formed of short sessile spikes, subtended by long 
leafy bracts. Flowers small, white? — The inflorescence of this is similar in structure to that of Richea draco- 
phylla, Br. 
2. Dracophyllum minimum (Muell. Fragment. Phyt. Aust. p. 39); humillimum, glaberrimum; foliis 
parvis arcte imbricatis e basi cordata in acumen longum angustatis, floribus solitariis sessilibus terminali- 
bus, filamentis tubo corolle adnatis, squamis hypogynis bidentatis. : 
| Has. Mount Lapeyrouse, growing amongst masses of Plerygopappus, Oldfield (Mueller). 
I am indebted for the means of describing this remarkable little plant to Mueller. It differs conspicuously from 
the D. Milligani in its adnate filaments, in this respect resembling the New Zealand species.—A minute plant, 1-2 
inches high. Leaves about 2 lines long, with broad cordate bases and sharp trigonous apices. Flower solitary, 
sessile amongst the upper leaves, very small; corolla 2 lines long. 
(Page 270.) 2. Sebma ($ Phyllocalyx) albidiflora (Muell. in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. 1854-5, p. 4T) ; 
caule erecto tenuiter alato, foliis subcarnosis enerviis late ovatis inferioribus subrotundatis, sepalis vix 
carinatis oblongis obtusis basi alatis, floribus 4-fidis.—Xew Journ. Bot. ix. p. 164. 
Haz. Saline pastures, Georgetown (Mueller). 
Disrris. Victoria: Port Phillip to Port Fairy. 
Distinguished from 8. ovata, Br., to which in habit it is very similar, by the shorter, broader, blunter leaves, 
white flower, and especially by the broader sepals. 
