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DRYANDRA heron. 
Nerved-leaved Dryandra. 
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Linnean Class and Order. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. PROTEACEZ, Perianthium tetraphyllum v. quadrifidum, esti- 
vatione valvata. Stamina quatuor, (altero nunc sterili,) foliolis perianthii opposita. 
Ovarium unicum, liberum. Stylus simplex. Stigma subindivisum. Semen (pericarpii 
varii) exalbuminosum, Embryo dicotyledoneus (quandoque polycotyledoneus), rec- 
tus. Radiculainfera. Brown prodr. 1. p. 363. j 
Tribus II, Fructus DEHIScENs,—B, BILoOcuLARis, dissepimento libero, bifido. 
DRYANDRA. Supra fol. 3. 
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D, nervosa, foliis pinnatifidis subtus ferrugineo-tomentosis: lobis lanceolatis acutis 
mucronatis margine et apice subrecurvis basi dilatatis subtus nervosis, ramis 
brevibus tomentosis, involucris tomentosis : bracteis exterioribus ovatis interiori- 
bus linearibus margine barbatis, perianthii unguibus ferrugineo-lanatis: laminis 
linearibus longissimis apice barbatis, folliculis glabris venosis. 
Dryandra nervosa. Mackay Mss. catal. Swt. hort, brit. p. 350. 


A very handsome dwarf bushy evergreen shrub: branches 
short, densely clothed with short white wool. Leaves very rigid, 
numerous, crowded, spreading out horizontally, pinnatifid, of a 
glossy dark green on the upper side, and clothed with a ferru- 
ginous tomentum underneath; when young also thickly clothed 
with rusty hairs on the upper side, those soon drop off: lobes 
or segments variable on different leaves, dilated at the base, 
those on the lower leaves broadest and nearly ovate, on the up 
per ones lanceolate, all acute, and terminated by a sharp horny 
mucro, the points more or less recurved, the margins also 
slightly recurved, strongly nerved with longitudinal nerves un- 
derneath, which vary in number according to the breadth of the 
lobes, every other nerve smaller; lower lobes much smaller 
than the others, becoming gradually longer upwards, and de- 
creasing again towards the point. //owe7's in terminal heads, 
distinctly spreading, closely surrounded by leaves, of a straw- 
colour, but clothed with a ferruginous pubescence, which gives 
them a rich brown tinge, of a slight alliaceous scent, not so much 
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