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2-3 lin. longo, squamis triangulafibus brevibus adpressis bracteato; bractea 
ad basin spiciilarum ovato - oblongae 3-5 lin. longae, fuscae tomentosae. 
glabrescentes , reliquae (superiores v. interiores) sensini minores sabsericec 
pilosiusculae. Calyx 12-14 lin. longus, pube patula flava villosus, tub 
3 lin. longo, vix lineam crasso, parce pilosiuscnlo, apice angustato, fauce sub 
infnndibuliformi parum ampliata iy 2 lin. longa, limbi laciniis 9-10 lin. longis 
subfdiformibus, supra glabris basique subcarinato -uninerviis caeterum planis 
superiore ima basi paulo dilatata et concava. Antherarum loculi steriles ab 
breviati. Stylus ad medium usque capillaris , deinde incrasatus et bis ge 
niculatus, apice attenuatus, stiginate inflexo obtuso subcucullato. Nucnk 
coma longa rufa. 
16. Conospermum eapitatum R.Br. caule fruticoso 
abbreviate, folioso, glabro; foliis planis, anguste lmearibus, 
lougissimis, tortilibus, uninerviis 9 submarginatis, puberulb 
glabrisve, petiolo semitereti basi subdilatato, capitulis termi 
ualibus, subsessilibus^ e spiculis arete congestis pauciflo 
ris compositis; bracteis ovatis oblongisque aeutis, flore pa- 
rum brevioribus glabriusculis; calyeis limbo aclpresse seri 
ceo-pubescente, lobis angustissime linearibus tubo glabrc 
subaequalibus. — R.Br. prodr. pag. 369. 
In planitie subarenosa, inter frutices’ ad radices montis Wuljenup, d. 14. Oct, 
et in solo subturfoso sylyae prope oppidum Albany, d 7. Dec. Herb. Preiss. No. 759 
In solo turfoso planitiei prope montem Elphinstone, d. 21. Oct. No. 756 et ingia 
reosis nmbrosis sylvae ad latus montis Clarence, d. 7. Dec. No. 760. omn. in distr 
Plantagenet. 
Vegetationis modus et inflorescentia penitus praecedentis, a quo folii 
angustissimis ( y 2 - 1 % lin. latis, saepe sesquipedalibus) semper arcuato in 
curvis aut flexnoso - tortuosis (interdum minute pubescentibus, No. 760.) ei 
calyce breviore (9-10 lin. longo) pube brevi adpressa cano-sericeo facillim* 
distinguitur. Genitalia et nucula C. teretifolii. 
Sect. III. Isomerium R.Br. Calyeis limbus regulariter 
4-partitus, lobis conformibus angustis, tubo brevi postice 
gibbo parum longioribus intus earinato-conyexis (triquetris). 
17. Cono.spermiim flexuosimi R.Br. glabrum caule suf* 
fruticoso, dichotomo -ramoso, inferne tereti folioso, superne 
angulato paniculate bracteato; foliis lingulatis, elongatis. 
venosis, nervoso -marginatis; capitulis ramulos terminantb 
bus, solitariis, paucilloris, calycibus extus bracteisque obo- 
vatis sericeo-puberulis, limbi lobis lanceolatis obtusis supra 
glabris rugulosis. — R.Br. suppl. pag. 11. 
In arenosis sylvaticis district. Nelson et Plantagenet , m. Dec. 1839 et 1840. 
Herb. Preiss. No. 753. 
Species insignis, ab omnibus distinctissima, Iiabitu, foliis et inflorescentia ad | 
C. coeruleum accedens. — Specimen bipedale. Caulis basi lignosus, teres, 
fuscus, crassitie pennae columbinae fortioris, a basi ramosus, ram is omnibus 
dichotomis, nervoso - 4 - 5 - angulis , angulis papilloso - asperulis ; paniculae ra- 
mi s angulo recto divaricatis, strictis, bractea triangulari - lanceolata acuta 
1-2 lin. longa, coriaceo - membranacea fusca suffultis. Folia rara, infmios 
tantuin ramos fulcientia, cum petiolo limbiim subaequante 5 -8-pollicana. 
