Persoonia.'] 
CXI. PROTEACE^E. 
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Anther-connective not produced beyong the cells. Ovary densely silky- villous, on 
a very short glabrous stipes ; style elongated, with a terminal stigma ; ovules 2. 
— Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 341 ; P. tinifolia, A. Cunn. Herb. 
Hab.: Logan and Brisbane Rivers, Moreton Bay and inland, Fraser, Cunningham ; and from 
"there to Starothorpe. 
The foliage of this species is very variable, but the leaves are usually shorter, broader, and 
less veined than in the preceding species, and the perianth has neither the ferruginous hairs of 
P. ferntginea nor the subulate tips of P. media ; the hairs of the ovary are constantly dense. — 
JBenth. 
4. P. sericea (silky), A. Cunn. ; Ft. Br. Prot. Nov. 14 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
v. 393. An erect shrub resembling at first sight some forms of P. rirjida, but 
the indumentum softer ; branches densely ferruginous-pubescent or villous. 
Leaves obovate oblong or oblanceolate, mucronate, but otherwise obtuse, con- 
tracted at the base but scarcely petiolate, f to 1-^in. long, flat, pubescent on both 
sides and in the broader leaved forms densely silky, penniveined. Flowers 
solitary in the axils but a few of the floral leaves sometimes much reduced. 
Pedicels villous, at first very short, 2 to 3 lines long when in fruit. Perianth 
pubescent, about 5 lines long, the segments obtuse, without points. Anther- 
connective not produced beyond the cells. Ovary densely villous, on a glabrous 
stipes ; style elongated, villous ; ovules 2. Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 342. 
Hab.: Stanthorpe. 
5. P. Mitchellii (after Sir T. Mitchell), Meissn. in Hook. Kew Journ. 
vii. 73, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 342; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 393. An erect shrub 
from 2 to 8ft. high, with pubescent or villous branches. Leaves oblong-linear 
spathulate or rarely almost obovate, obtuse with a small point or acute, narrowed 
at the base, 1 to 2in. long, pubescent when young, at length glabrous or nearly 
so. Pedicels 3 to 4 lines long, erect or recurved, axillary or forming terminal 
or subterminal racemes by the reduction of the floral leaves to small bracts. 
Perianth villous, 4 to 5 lines long, the segments without points. Anther- 
connective not produced beyond the cells. Ovary villous, on a glabrous stipes ; 
style elongated ; ovules 2. 
Hab.: Burnett River, Hall/; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller ; Mount Perry, 
Jas. Keys. 
G. P. fastigiata (branches pointing upward), E. Br. Prot. Nov. 13 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. v. 393. A shrub with rather slender branches shortly pubescent. Leaves 
rather crowded, incurved, narrow-linear, scarcely acute, attenuate at the base, the 
margins recurved or revolute, f to l^in. long, more or less scabrous-pubescent. 
Pedicels slender, solitary or clustered in the axils (the floral leaves abortive), 1 to 
2 lines long. Perianth minutely pubescent or hirsute, 3 to 3^ lines long. 
Anther-connective not produced beyond the cells. Ovary densely hirsute, on a 
glabrous stipes ; style elongated ; ovules 2.— Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 337. 
Hab.: Southern inland localities. 
7. P. prostrata (prostrate), R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 163 ; Prod. 373 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. v. 395. A trailing prostrate or low and diffuse shrub, 
extending sometimes to 2 or 3ft., glabrous or the young shoots slightly pube- 
scent. Leaves broadly elliptical oblong or almost lanceolate, acute or mucronate, 
contracted into a very short petiole, 1 to l^in. long, not so rigid as in P. 
cornifolia, scarcely veined except the slightly prominent midrib. Pedicels short, 
axillary, solitary or clustered on reduced axillary shoots. Perianth glabrous, 4 
to 5 lines long, the segments without terminal points. Anther-connective not 
produced beyond the cells. Ovary stipitate, glabrous ; style elongated ; ovules 
2. — Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 342 ; P. daphnoides, A. Cunn. ; R. Br. Prot. Nov, 
15 ; Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 339. 
Hab.: Sandy Cape, Hervey Bay, R. Brown, and near Wallangarra. 
