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species, but its leaves besides being compound have very obtuse 

 pinnae, the stalk of the ovary is long, and the fruit is almost 

 spherical as well as of smaller size. 



Dryandra teretifolia, n. sp. Frutex nanus caule ascendente 

 lanato-tomentoso, foliis congestis bi- tripinnatis segmentis lineari- 

 bus teretibus supra canaliculatis, involucri bracteis ovatis subito 

 acuminatis dorso lanato-tomentosis margine dense ciliatis, peri- 

 anthii hirsuto-villosi lobis abbreviatis apice recurvis, stylo sur- 

 sum fusiformi pilis recurvis praedito apice breviter dilatato ipso 

 truncato. 



Stems 1-2 in. long, ascending, woolly tomentose, at first con- 

 cealed by lanceolate imbricate scales. Leaves collected under the 

 flower-heads, twice or thrice divided, the longest about a foot in 

 length, including a petiole of 4-5 in. ; rhachis and segments 

 slender, rigid, linear-terete, and grooved on the upper side, the 

 primary pinnae regular in pairs at wide intervals, the secondary 

 segments sometimes opposite but mostly rising singly from the 

 recurved rhachis, and simple or the lower again divided, the 

 segments varying from 7 to 30 mm. in length and ending in short 

 almost pungent points. 



Flower-heads closely surrounded by long Horal leaves having 

 dilated bases, and passing into the involucral bracts. Involucre 

 semi-ovoid, 4-4 cm. long and 3-2 cm. broad at top, bracts brown, 

 broad, ovate, shortly contracted into acuminate glabrous points, 

 woolly-tomentose on the back with densely ciliate margins, the 

 outermost terminating in reduced leaves, the inner larger, their 

 fine glabrous tips shortly exceeding the unopened flowers, the 

 innermost shorter, their lower third ovate with dense silky villous 

 tufts at the base, the upper two-thirds linear and cihate with long 

 silky hairs towards the end, the slender acuminate tips glabrous. 

 Perianth over 2-5 cm. long, pale yellowish and villous, the tube 

 slender and tapering at the base, the limb narrow oblong or ovate, 

 3 mm. in length, the densely villous lobes with terete, glabrous, 

 horn-like, recurved points, 1-1-5 mm. long ; style with a fusiform 

 grooved stigmatic end, bearing reflexed hairs along the ridges, the 

 apex shortly dilated and truncate. 



Kellerberrin, September ; B. B. Leake. 



This handsome dwarf shrub appears most closely allied to 

 species of the series Nivece, though its repeatedly divided leaves 

 recall those of D. bijnnnatifida. The short stems, with the leaves 

 crowded under the ovoid flower-heads, and the structure of the 

 flowers, supply characters similar to those of D. arctotidis and 

 D. Preissii, but the species is distinguished specially by a feature 

 apparently unknown in any other Dryandra, namely, the terete 

 form of the leaves, which at the same time are grooved on the 

 upper, not the under, side. The recurving of the rhachis and its 

 pinnae reminds us of what is to be seen in various species of 

 Petrojjhila. 



