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COJSITRIBUTIONES FLORAE AuSTRAHAE OCCIDENTALIS XI. 
Druiiimoiulj ’wlieii describing the seed of S. cynuyichlvarpa speaks of 
‘hi single seed about an inch long, shaped like the seed of the Ash, each seed 
being enclosed ])y three membranous coverings, the outer and inner being 
smooth and l)rown, not unlike the wings of the seed of Baicea atid Banksia 
in substance, Ihe middle membrane being of a light brown colour and very 
brittle.’^ Mueller, in describing the seed of Strangea cgnanchicar pa si)eaks 
of tAvo seeds, and proceeds to describe in some <lelail the oivelopes as the 
testa of the seed, and finally tlie seed itself as ‘dhe embryo of the consistenc.y, 
taste and colour of an almond, edible, AA’hcnce tJie seeds are called in the Colony 
‘Xative almonds,’ scarcely longer than half an inch, oval-rotund and 
lenticular; cotyledons extremely slenderly convex outside, the radicle included 
within the minute notcli of the colyh'dons extremely short.’^* The “embryo’^ 
thus described is Ihe seed it sell', and [losst'sses a true seed testa, and is 
furthermore comnu-ted to tlie (mdoeai’pic membi-anes by a slender fnniele. 
It is therefore evident that .Meissner, Hentham and Mueller Avere unaware 
of the true structure of the fruit. 
I have examined the fruits of the three species, 
are identical. 
the structures 
of which 
Strangea stenocarpoides (F. MueU. ex Benth.) C. A. danlu. comb, iiov. 
(Halceu / ,sl(‘noc<i,rpokJeg b’. iluel], ex. Benth. FI. Aiistr., v. 511 (1870). 
Diploplem xtcHomrpoidcs ( F. Miiell, ex Bimth.) F. A. Gavdn. .Join'. Hov. 
Soe. West. Aust. xix., 7!) (l<):t:3). 
This species extends from the Deimunk River almost to .Nanimp, inhabit- 
ing gravelly stony eouiitryj Ihnvering in December. 
Strangea cynanchicarpa (Meif^sn.) F. Miiell. Fragm. vii. 1;12 (1871) 
Molloya cynanchicarpa .Mdssn. in 1). C. Pi'odr. xiv. •MS—Grevillea 
cynanchicarpa Aleissn. in Hook. Kew Joui’. vii., 75 (1855) Fitchia 
cynanchicarpa Meissii. 1. e. 
Deserii.tione addendum: Stock woody, horizontal, creeping, spreading to 
a diameter of 2 metre.s; hranehes erect, straight, the younger parts closely and 
densely toinentose- villous, becoming glabrous, the plant less than a metre 
high, and ollen only 50 cm.; leaves alternate, soon Ix'eoming glabrous, erect, 
linear to linear-siiathulate, straight or i'ale.ale, muerouate oi- aenle, entire 
or slightly toothed towards the apex, attenuated towards the base, l-l-nerved, 
5.5-9 cm. long, the seeondaiy nerves spreading jind aiiiistomosliig with the 
lateral primai'.v nerves, but not conspicuous; pedicels erect, axillary and soli- 
tary m the upper axils, oi' in a small but dense terminal cluster, rather thick, 
tomentose-vdlous, 5 mm. long, braeteolate at the apex; hivieteoles -1, free or 
united in Ihe lowest third, ovate, clen.sely ciliate; torus straight; perianth 
broad at the hi'.se and saccate on the up[)er sole, gi'een and red. becoming 
purple, tomentose-villoiis, the segments ultimately deeidnoiis; segments 
irregular, the lowest segment the narrowest, and adnate for some distance 
fiom the base to the horizoidal stipe's of the ovary, the ujipermo.st with a 
thick almost conical callosity at the point of constriction of the tube which 
IS deflected on to the gland, limb of somewhat irregular lobes, all horned on 
