CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF W.A., No. 2. 
By D. A. Herbert, M.Sc v Economic Botanist and Pathologist, 
Analytical Department, Perth. 
Head September 14th, 1920, 
Proteaceae. 
Canos per mum suaveolente , sp. nov. 
An erect, rigid scrub, attaining three feet (occasionally more) 
the upper branches pubescent; leaves glabrous, except for a minute 
pubescence at the base, numerous, from % to 1 inch long, terete, 
acute, but not pungent, the upper ones becoming linear-terete and 
suddenly dilated at the base, the dilated portion cuneate, 1 line broad 
and l/ 2 r 2 lines long; flowers blue, in axillary spikes, about 3 
lines long, much shorter than the lower leaves, but equalling the 
younger and shorter leaves of the tips, perianth 3-3 y 2 lines long; 
perianth-segments minutely pubescent, the upper concave lip as 
broad as but slightly shorter than the other three lobes, which 
are shortly united to form the lower lip; lips as long as the tube. 
Locality : Kelmscott. 
Collector: D. A. Herbert. 
Date: August 15th, 1920. 
The new species has its nearest affinity in C. amoenum , Meissn., 
to which it is very closely allied. It differs in the longer and more 
slender terete leaves, the dilated leaf bases in the upper ends of the 
branches, and the length of the spike. 
The specific name is in allusion to the odour of the flowers. A 
field examination of several hundred of these plants showed the 
characters to be constant, with no gradations leading to C. amoenum. 
The spikes are axillary along the stem and do not show the same 
tendency, as in C. amoenum , to cluster at the top. 
The older leaves soon fall off, leaving the lower parts of the 
stem bare and scarred. The constant form is that of a rigid, erect 
shrub, but a big, old plant may become very straggling, with 
branches up to 5 feet long. 
