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tis, basi sensim in petiolum circiter semipollicarem atteiiua- 
tis ? apice iterum sensim in mucronulum linealem falcato- 
recurvum attenuates, planis, utrinque concoloribus, tenue 
coriaceis, nervo niediano tenui percursis, lateralibus obso- 
lete, margine integerrimis , junioribus pilis brevibus niolli- 
bus pubescenti-imo tomentoso-incanis; pedunculis axilla- 
ribus terminalibusque, solitaries, simplicibus, petiolos aequan- 
tibus, junioribus tomentoso-incanis; floribus campanulatis, 
trilinealibus, badiis; capsulis ovoideo -vel obovato-compres- 
siusculis, bivalvibus, pleiospermis, sordide luteis. — All. 
Cunningham Mss. in sclied. 1822, et in Annals of Nat. 
Hist. IV. 110. Putterlick Synops. Pittosp. 16. Walpers 
Repert. I. 250. 
P. longifolium Putterlick Syn. Pittosp. 15. Walp. Re- 
pert. I. 250. 
P. Roeanum Putterlick Syn. Pittosp. 16. Walp. Repert. 
I. 250. 
Habitat in littoribus aridis insulae Rotenest, adversus ostium amnis Cygnormn 
Australiae orae oecidentalis, 1822. (All. Cunningham); ibidem in interioribus coloniae 
Swan River Dec. 1836 (J. S. Roe) et 1837 (.1. Drummond); in arenosis sylvac orae 
oecidentalis insulae Rotenest 18. Aug. 1839. Herb. Preiss. ISo. 1297. 
Arbuscula 20-30 pedalis, ramis divaricatis , gracilibns , flexuosis; ra- 
mulis flexuoso -patentibus, propensis, foliatis; adultis glabris, cortice e rufo- 
nurpurascente veslitis, ligno denso, duro, albido; junioribus purpurascenti- 
bus, tomento incano tectis. Folia solitaria, alternatiin dissita, versus ra- 
mulorum apicem confertiora, anguste lanceolata, 2-4 uncialia, l%-‘2 lin. 
lata, basin versus sensim attenuate in petiolum semipollicarem infra conv^xum, 
supra canaliculatum, apice iterum in mucronulum linealem falcato- recurvmn 
cuspidato-attenuata, plana, e luteo laete viridescentia , utrinque concolora, 
sempervirentia, tenue coriacea, nervo mediano tenui vix infra proininente 
perducta, lateralibus obsoletis, margine obtusiusculo integerrima; jitniora 
pilis brevibus, mpllibus pubescenti -imo tomentoso-incana, adulta glaber- 
rima, supra nitida, subtus opaca, sempervirentia. Pcdunculi e gemma 
axilla ri vcl terininali soli ta rii , simplices, teretiusculi, filiformes, petiolos ae- 
quantes vel superantes, ima basi bracteolis 2-3, ovatis, acutis minimis, mar- 
ine ciliolatis, dorso pubescentibus , caducissinds snlfulti, tomentoso -incani, 
nduitiorcs calvescentes, sub antbesi nutantes. Flores campanulati, trilineales. 
Cnlycis foliola 5, ovata, acuta, linealia, aequalia, aestivntione imbricata, 
sub antbesi *patenti a, supeyne recurvata, exlus pubescentia, badia, margine 
pallidiora et brevissiine ciliolata. Corollae pet ala 5, bypogyna, caiycis 
•foliolis alterna , aequalia, aestivatione imbricata , snbspatbulata, ad ties li- 
neas longa, vix lineam lata, unguibus angustioribus in tiibulmn conuiventi- 
bus, pallidioribus, laminis sub antbesi pj^tenti-rellexis, in sicco prolunde luteis, 
venis tribus longitudinalibus parallelis et venulis borizontalibus anasfomosan- 
tibus profundius tinctis perductis, glabris, margine brevissiine ciliolatis. 
Stamina 5, bypogyna, petalis alterna et breviora, aequalia; filamentitkM* 
nearibus, vix sesquilinealibus, superne paullulum amplioribus, planiusculis, 
intus snlco longitndinali exaratis, albidis; antheris terminalibus, ovatis, obtu- 
sis, semilineam metientibus , basi emarginata iilamento affixis, erectis, post 
anthesin retrorsis, obscure lutets, biloculalis, loculis oppositis, conrvectivo 
ndnaljs, longitudinaliter introrsum debiscentibus. Pol/inis granula bitea, 
globoso-triedra. Ovarium ovoideo - vel ellipsoideo- compressinsculum , li- 
neale, semilineam latum, pilis canis villosum , basi glandulis 5 cum stuniini- 
bus alternantibus stipatum, superne in stiflum teretem, filiformem, ovario 
