900 
TSOPOGON longifolius. 
Long-leaved Isopogon. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Prorracrm. 
ISOPOGON R. Br.—Perianthiwn quadrifidum, tubo gracili diutiis 
persistente. Squame nulle, hypogyne. Stylus totus deciduus. Stigma 
fusiforme, v. cylindraceum, Nuzx sessilis, ventricosa, undique comosa,—— 
Frutices rigidi. Folia glabra, plana v. filiformia, divisa v. integerrima. 
Capitula terminalia, rard azxillaria. Flores modo densissimée imbricati, 
strobilo globoso ; modo fastigiati, receptaculo communi planiusculo subinvo- 
lucrato, palets decidurs, congestis. Br. prodr. 365. 
ee 
1. Strobilus globosus, s 
Bem lacs 
I. longifolius ; foliis lineari-lingulatis ; superioribus integerrimis : inferioribus 
passim trifidis, perianthiis sericeis, stigmate glabro. R. Brown Linn. 
trans. 10. p. 73. prodr. 366. Rém. et Schultes sp. pl. 3.341. 
Rami teretes, glabri. Folia glaberrima, lineari-lingulata, in petiolo angus- 
tissime attenuata, apice rotundata, torta, mucronata, nunc obsolete triloba. 
Flores in capitulo sessili, globoso, terminali, Solis quasi involucrato. Recep- 
taculum pilis longis albis villosum. Squame: cuneate, apiculate, extirs land 
alba sericed obducte, intis glaberrime. Perianthium pube luted sericeum, 
tubo tenuz glabriore, limbo 4-partito sepius sub-bilabiato, laciniis reflexis in 
apice concavo antheras lineares gerentibus. Ovarium  villis densissimis, 
longissimis, argenteis involutum, qua etiam ad styli basin accrescunt. Stigma.» 
Susiforme, glaberrimum, staminum longitudine. 
quamis densissimé imbricatis tardids deciduis. 
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Our drawing of this s 
Mr. Colvill’s Nursery. 
of New Holland. 
pecies of Isopogon was made at 
It is a native of the Southern parts 
A hardy green-house plant, with smooth, round branches. 
Leaves quite smooth, linear-lingulate, very much narrowed 
towards the base, at the end rounded, twisted, mucronate, 
occasionally with three obsolete lobes. Flowers yellow, in 
a sessile, globose, terminal head, and, as it were, sur- 
rounded by an involucre of leaves. Receptacle with long 
