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oxi. proteacea;. 
[ Persoonia .. 
8. P. lanceoiata, (lanceolate), Andr. Bot. Bep. t. 74; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 
395. An erect shrub of several feet, the branches and young shoots hoary- 
pubescent, the adult foliage glabrous or nearly so. Leaves lanceolate or oblong- 
lanceolate, mucronate-acute, much contracted into a short petiole, mostly H to 
2^in. long, flat, the midrib slightly prominent, the margins scarcely nervelike, 
otherwise veinless. Pedicels exceedingly short, solitary or 2 together, pubescent, 
rarely 1 line long. Perianth about 5 lines long, pubescent with very short 
appressed hairs, the segments without terminal points. Anther-connective not 
produced beyond the cells. Ovary glabrous, contracted into a short stipes ; style 
elongated ; ovules 2. — R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 162, Prod. 373 ; Meissn. 
in DC. Prod. xiv. 840 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 25; P. ligustrina, Knight, Prot. 100 ; 
P. glaucescens , Sieb. in Roem. and Schult. Syst. iii. Mant. 271. 
Hab.: Near Wallangarra. 
9. P. linearis (linear), Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 77 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 397. A 
tall shrub or small tree of 10 to 20ft., the young branches pubescent or villous, 
the adult foliage usually glabrous. Leaves rather crowded, linear, acute or 
almost obtuse, contracted at the base, 1 to 2in. long, f to Inline broad, obscurely 
veined. Pedicles solitary, 1 to 3 lines long. Perianth about 5 lines long, more 
or less pubescent with short appressed hairs. Anther-connective not produced, 
beyond the cells. Ovary glabrous, stipitate ; style elongated ; ovules 2. Drupe 
ovoid. — R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 161, Prod. 372 ; Meissn. in DC. Prod, 
xiv. 335; Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 32 ; Bot. Mag. t. 760 ; P. an gusti, folia, Knight, 
Prot. 99 ; P. pinifolia, Sieb. PI. Exs. ; P. tilifolia, Dietr. ; Roem. and Schult. 
Syst. iii. 401 ; P. Pruinosa, A. Cunn.; Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2? (the specimens 
not in flower) ; Pentadactylon angustifolium, Gaertn. f. Fr. iii. 219, t. 220 ; 
Persoonia pentadactylon Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 
Hab.: Stradbroke Island, Fraser. 
10. P. virgata (twiggy), B.. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 161 ; Prod. 372 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. v. 402. A large shrub, with numerous slender branches more 
or less pubescent, the adult foliage glabrous or nearly so. Leaves narrow-linear, 
acuminate, contracted at the base, 1 to liin. long, flat, concave or grooved 
above, convex underneath without any prominent midrib. Pedicels slender, 
glabrous or minutely pubescent, about fin. long. Perianth glabrous, 4 to 4|. 
lines long, the segments tipped with minute points. Anther-connective not pro- 
duced beyond the cells. Ovary glabrous, on a rather short and thick stipes ;. 
style elongated; ovules 2. — Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 338; P. linariifolia, A. 
Cunn. Herb. ; P. tenuifolia, Meissn. l.c. 334, not of R. Br. 
Hab.: Sandy Cape, Hervey Bay, JR. Brown ; sandy shores of Stradbroke Island, A* 
Cunningham, Fraser; Moreton Island, M'Gillivray, F. v. Mueller; Pine Rirer, E. Fitzalun. 
11. P. tenuifolia (leaves slender), B. Br. Prod. Nov. 12, but not of Meissn.: 
Benth. FI. Austr. v. 403. A shrub with slender slightly pubescent branches. 
Leaves crowded, filiform, more or less spreading, acute but not pungent, nearly 
terete, grooved above, glabrous, ^ to fin. long. Pedicels axillary, rarely 1 line 
long. Perianth glabrous, 4 to 5 lines long, the segments without subulate 
points. Anther-connective not produced beyond the cells. Ovary stipitate, 
glabrous ; style elongated ; ovules 2. Fruit broad. 
Hab.: Logan and Brisbane Rivers, Fraser ; Glasshouses and Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller ; 
Stanthorpe and Wallangarra. 
5. HELICIA, Lour. 
(Cyanscarpus, Bail.) 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth regular, the tube slender, the laminae small, 
the segments all much revolute when separating. Anthers on short filaments 
inserted a little below the laminae, the connective produced into a short appen- 
