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STYLIDIUM adnatum. 
Dwarf Stylidium. 
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GYNANDRIA DIANDRLIA. — 
Nat. ord. Svytipum. R. Br. nes 
STYLIDIUM. Supra vol. 1. p. 90. CS ; 
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Div. II. D.—Racemi caulem foliosum terminantes. 
lanceolata v. linearis, collo coarctato. ey 9 
S. adnatum; caule multiplici: partialibus indivisis, foliis linearibus, spicd 
subsessili divisd : partialibus paucifloris, capsulis basi adnatis linearibus : 
collo calyce breviore; loculo superiore yacuo angustissimo. Br. prodr. 
» Caules simplices, humiles, 4-6 unciales, sulcati, glabri, foliosi.. Folia 
linearia, spatulata, patentia, glabra, sub lente minutissimé papillosa, in 
caule sparsa, ad summitatem verticillata, congesta, longiora, Spica 
terminalis, multiflora, congesta, floribus bracteatis, nunc sessilibus, nunc 
2-4-natim pedunculatis. Cal. cor. et alie floris partes non vise. Capsule 
bast cum proximis, si non solitarie, adnate, divaricate, lineari-lanceo- 
late, collo coarctato triquetre, biloculares, loculo dorsali minimo vacuo, 
ventrale ventricoso polyspermo. Semina minuta, oblonga, castanca, glabra, 
inequaliter sulcata; testa tenui. Embryo me eee £1 Na 
— Capsula compressa, 
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For the opportunity of figuring this species of Styliditim 
we are obliged to Mr John Mackay, to whom seeds of it 
had been sent from King George’s Sound, New Holland, 
by Mr. William Baxter, in 1824. eee 
It is scarcely more than an annual, but one of the 
most beautiful little plants we ever Saw. The fine green 
of the neatly-arranged foliage contrasts well with the 
rich flesh-colour of the flowers. = 
We have referred it to the S. adnatum of Mr. Brown, 
although there appears to be some differences between 
the plants raised in this country and the wild specimens 
examined by Mr. Brown. We find the leaves linear- 
spatulate rather than perfectly linear, and the capsule 
