DRYANDRA. 



petal, in four deep linear fegments, at length feparating 

 more or lefs completely, (lightly dilated and concave at their 

 ^ - ' f °,ies at the bafe of the germen. 



fummits. Neftary four 

 Stain. Filaments four, very 

 the cavity of eacl 

 Germen fiiperior, very 

 ftyle cylindrical, rigid, ere 

 la ; lligma und 



fliort, inferted into the bafe of 



petal; antliers linear-oblong. Pift. 



fmall, of two fingle-feeded cells ; 



a, about the length of the corol- 



ivided. Ptric- Follicle woody, obliquely 



turbinate, of two (liallow cells ; tlie partition unconuefted, 

 deeply cloven tranfverfely, elaft.c. Seals folitary com- 

 preffed, oblong, with a lateral crefcent-fhaped membranous 

 wing. Common Receptacle flat, befet with oblong fcales or 



briltlcs, rarely wanting. l r, . • ,, 



Efl" Ch Corolla of one petal, four-cleit, bearing the 

 ftamens in' the hollows of its fegments. Nedary four fcales 

 at the bafe of the germen. Follicle woody, ot two fingle- 

 feeded cells, with a cloven moveable partition. Common 

 calyx imbricated, many-flowered. Receptacle flat. 



This genus confifts of New Holland rtirubs, moftly of 

 humble growth ; their Iranches, if any, either fcattered or 

 umbellate. Leaves fcattered, pinnatifid or cut, alike in 

 young or old plants. Floiuers folitary, feffile, terminal, 

 rarely lateral, encompafled with crowded leaves, of which 

 the innermofl are fometimes diminifhed, or as it were im- 

 perfeft, and accompanied at the bafe with clofe-prefled 

 bradeas, fome of tliem occafionally fiirniflied with a terminal 

 appendage. Style for the moil part hardly longer than the 

 corolla, and not forced into a curve as in Bankfia. 



We follow Mr. Brown's names and numbers throughout. 



1. Ti.Jloribunda. Many-flowered Dryandra. Ait. n. I. 



Leaves wedge-fliaped, deeply and (liarply ferrated. Calyx- 



fcales ilriated ; the outermoft nearly fmootli. Tips of the 

 corolla fmooth. Stigma obtufe, flightly club-fhaped — 

 Native of Lewin's land, growing on fl;ony hills. Mr. Men- 

 zies favoured us with a fpecimen from King George's found. 

 This ihrub flowers at Kew moil; part of the year. The 

 Iranches fometimes bear a few long, loofe, fpreading hairs. 

 Leaves feffile, rigid, an inch and a half or two inches long, 

 finely reticulated on both fides, the minute interilices of 

 the veins curioufly deprefled beneath. Flowers terminal, in 

 a clofe cylindrical head, refcmbling fome Thiille or Serra- 

 tula, (horter than the crowded furrounding leaves. Calyx 

 brown, of many fliarp imbricated fcales, the inner ones gra- 

 dually longeft, and hairy. Corolla thrice as long, yellow, 

 externally hairy, except at the tips lodging the Jlamens, 

 which are fmooth, keeled, obtufe, minutely hooded. Mr. 

 Brown obferves that the fcales of the receptacle, feparating 

 the flowers, are fometimes wanting. 



2. D. cuneata. Wedge-leaved Dryandra. Ait. n. 2.— 

 Leaves wedge-fliaped, deeply ferrated, fpinous, ftalked. 

 All the calyx-fcales even and filky. Tips of the corolla 

 bearded. Stigma flender-awlfliaped, acute. — Found by 

 Mr. Brown, on ftony hills in Lewin's land. He notices two 

 varieties ; one with leaves fcarcely an inch and a half long, 

 whofe three terminal teeth are all nearly equal ; another, 

 wliich may poflTibly be a diftinft fpecies, with leaves two 

 inches long, whofe dilated extremity has the middle tooth 

 Ihortcft, the adjoining finufes broader. 



3. D. armata. Acute-leaved Dryandra. Ait. n. 3 



Leaves pinnatifid ; lobes triangular, flat, divaricated, 

 ilraight, fpinous-pointed ; reticulated with naked veins be- 

 neath : the terminal one longer than the next. Branches, 

 and tips of the corolla, fmooth. Style downy at the bafe. 

 Stigma awl-lhaped, furrowed. — Found by Mr. Brown, on 

 rocky hills in Lewiu's land. Mr. Good fent this fpecies to 

 Kew in 1 803, but it has not yet flowered there, nor have 

 *ve feen a fpecimen. 



4. D. falcata. Curve-leaved Dryandra. Br. n. 4 — 

 Leaves pinnatifid ; lobes triangular-awlfliaped, divaricated, 

 falcate and recurved, fpinous-pointed ; reticulated with 

 naked veins beneath : the terminal one fliorter than the next. 

 Branches downy. Tips of the corolla, as well as the ftyle, 

 longitudinally fmooth. Stigma club-fhaped, without furrows. 

 — Found by Mr. Brown, in the fame country as the laft. 



5. D. formofa. Splendid Dryandra. Br. Tr. of Linn. 

 Soc. V. 10. 213. t. 3. Ait. n.4. — Leaves Unear, elongated, 

 deeply pinnatifid ; lobes unequally triangular, pointlefs, flat ; 

 downy beneath. Calyx-fcales hairy ; the innermoft linear- 

 oblong, reflexed. Receptacle chaflPy. — Difcovered by Mr. 

 Menzies, near King George's found. Mr. Brown met with 

 it likewife, in barren ground near the coaft of Lewin's 

 land. This truly beautiful fpecies was fent to Kew, by 

 Mr. Good, in 1803, and it is marked by Mr. Aiton as 

 flowering there moft part of the year. The leaves are 

 ftalked, from four to fix inches long, and barely one- 

 third of an inch broad, cut to the mid-rib, into numerous, 

 clofe, regular fegments, whofe upper margin is direft, lower 

 curved ; the under fide finely downy, fnow -white, turning 

 rufty with age, or long keeping. Stem branched, downy. 

 Flowers terminal, two or three inches in diameter, embo- 

 fomed in leaves. Calyx-fcales purplifh-brown, ftriated and 

 naked on the infide. Flowers of a tawny yellow, clothed 

 with long fliining hairs to the very point. Style yellow, 

 ftout and fmooth. Stigma cylindrical, furrowed. Follicles 

 fmall ; tapering and hairy at the bafe ; rounded at the 

 margin ; gaping widely, overtopped by the linear fcales of 

 the receptacle. 



6. D. mucroiwlata. Pointed-lobed Dryandra. Br. n. 6. 

 — Leaves linear, elongated, deeply pinnatifid ; lobes equally 

 triangular, pointed, flat ; downy beneath. Calyx-fcales 

 downy ; inner ones linear, pointed. Receptacle chaffy. 

 Stem fcarcely branched. — Gathered by Mr. Brown at 

 Lewin's land, in low ftony ground. 



7. T). pliimo/a. Feather-flowered Dryandra. Ait. n. 5. 

 — Leaves linear, elongated, deeply pinnatifid ; lobes equally 

 triangular, pointed, flat ; downy beneath ; flightly revolute 

 at the margin. Inner calyx-fcales with feathery tips. Re- 

 ceptacle without fcales. — Difcovered by Mr. Brown, on the 

 rocky fides of hills, in Lewin's land. Sent to Kew by Mr. 

 Good, in 1803, but has never bloffomed there. 



8. D. ol/tu/a. Obtufe-leaved Dryandra. Ait. n. 6. — 

 Leaves linear, pinnatifid, longer than the downy recumbent 

 ftem ; lobes triangular, obtufe ; downy beneath ; thickened 

 and recurved at the edges. Outer calyx-fcales ovate ; inner 



linear-oblong Gatliered by Mr. Brown in Lewin's land, 



in dry open iltuations near the fhore. This alfo was fent to 

 Kew, at the fame time as the laft, but has never yet pro- 

 duced flowers. 



9. D. nivea. White-leaved Dryandra. Ait. n. 7..^ 

 (" Bankfia nivea ; Labill. Voy. v. i. 412." t. 24. Nov. 

 Holl. V. 2. 118.) — Leaves linear, pinnatifid, about as long 

 as the fmooth ftem ; lobes unequally triangular, acute, 

 pointed ; white and mealy beneath ; recurved at the margin. 

 Calyx-fcales linear-lanceolate, fmooth, fringed. Corolla 



hairy from top to bottom, much fhorter than the ftyle 



Gathered by Mr. Menzies at King George's found ; by 

 Labillardiere and Brown in rocky places near the coaft of 

 Lewin's land, flowering in December. Thejlem is ufually 

 from one to three inches high, greatly overtopped by the 

 very long, narrow, ereft/^'/i'Df J', which are not quite fo deeply 

 pinnatifid as mofl of the foregoing : each lobe has two or 

 three prominent ribs beneath, and is clothed on that fide 

 with a fnow-white mealy pubefcence, unaltered by time in 

 our original fpecimen. Flowers folitary, feflUe among the 



leaves. 



