224 (368) PROTEÄCEAE. Simsia. 



trrminalia j racemosa t\ paniculata , involucro brcn v. 

 nullo. Flosculi ^o-fi , f^labri. 



Dixi in honorem Ioannis Sims, M. D., eraditi candiclique 

 editoris operis celebri^, Botanical Magazine inscripti. 



1. S. tenui folia y capitulis nndls, ramls paniculae snbunifloris 



bracteolatis. Linn. trans. lo. p, i52. (245.) (M.) v. v. 



2. S. anethifolia j, capitulis involucratis bracteolis imbricatis, 



paniculae ramis multifloris: ramnlis capitula suljaequan- 

 tibus. Linn. trans. 10. p, i53. (245) (M.) v. v. 



CONOSPERMÜM. Smith, in linn. trans, vol. 4. Exot. bot. 

 2. p. 45. Br. in linn, trans, lo. p, i55. (2. p. 244.) 



Perianthium tubulosam, ringens: lacinia suprema basi forni- 

 cata. Antherae tres inclusae: laterales dimidiatae: supe- 

 rior biloba; primo coliaerentes, lobis proximis vicinaruni 

 loculum constituentibus ! Stigma liberum, Nux obco- 

 nica , papposa, 



Frutices. Folla sparsa j integerrima , plana, rariusve ßli' 

 formia. Spicae axillares, v. terminales, compositae , 

 sensim ßorentes inde cojymbosae. Flores solitarii , sessi- 

 les , unibracteati , albi v. coerulescentes, Perianthium de* 

 ciduuni, Bractea cucullata , persistens, 



Obs. Genus certissime hnius ordinis , nee ad Thjmelaeas 

 pertinens. 



I. Perianthii laciniae acutae, tubo vix longiores, Conosperma 



vera. 



1. C. ellipticum , foliis ovali-oblongis obtusis mucronulatls 



aveniis , pedunculis axillaribus. Linn, trans. 10. p. i55. 



(245.) (1.) V. V. 

 Conospermum ellipticum. Smith, in Rees. cyclop. 

 Conospermum rigidum» Knight et Salisb. prot. g5. 



2. C. taxifolium , foliis lanceolato-linearibus acutls mucrona- 



tis tenuissime pubescentibus vertical ibns basi tortis, pe- 

 dunculis axillaribus. Linn. trans. 10. p, i54. (245.) (!•) 



V. V. . 



Conospermum taxifolium» Smith in Rees cyclop. 

 Conospermum falcifolium. Knight et Salisb. prot. ^5 ? 



5. C. ericifolium , foliis subulato-filiformibus imbricatis, spi- 

 cis axillaribus pedunculo brevioribas. Linn. trans. 10. 

 p. 154. (245.) (I.) 1?. v. 

 Conospermum ericifolium. Smith in Rees cyclop. Knight. 

 et Salisb. prot, 95. 



