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R., 1899.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 
Botany. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF QUEENSLAND. 
By F. MANSON BAILEY, E.L.S., 
Colonial Botanist. 
Order PROTEACEE. 
GREVILLEA, R. Br. 
eee SECTION PLAGIOPODA. 
ns ae Bail. (n. sp.) Plates [XX XIX. and XC. (After Mrs. R. Helms.) 
alot 5 tree with a somewhat rough bark; branches nearly terete, more or less 
— eee a thin grey tomentum, the young growth almost strigose. Leaves 
ae ana or elongate-spathulate, 3 to 7 in. long, seldom exceeding {-in. 
Breyish apering at the base, but scarcely forming a distinct petiole, of a 
as colour ; the upper side glossy, sillky-hairy when young; minutely punc- 
aaa n scurfiness ; primary lateral nerves numerous, 
Wee the lowermost ones sometimes looping within the margin ; 
rise entire or sometimes the longer leaves showing a few distant inden- 
3 eet the upper portion, apex ending in a small dark gland (leaves on 
wee ous shoots from the trunk longer and narrower than the others). 
a es near the ends of the branchlets, almost sessile, seldom much exceeding 
=a ; peewee very dense, of a spicy fragrance. Pedicels slender, about 
8 ie ong, silky-hairy as well as the rhachis. Perianth long as the pedicel, 
an REY outside, the inside with long white hairs, except at the base, where 
Semin eis glabrous; opening to near the base, and very revolute. Gland 
5 Rea! Ovary on a stipes of about 1 line, which is giabrous, as well as 
disk ante and style; the latter much curved, about 7 lines long. Stigmatic 
me, ae oval, convex. Fruit ovate-oblong, mucronate from the persistent 
ase he style, nearly 1 in. long, 3-12. broad, valves woody. Seeds 2, greyish- 
: , Surrounded by a narrow wing; about 10 lines long, 5 lines broad, 
Tne: : 
Uuding the wing. 
been tab: Childers, Mrs. R. Helms, who also furnished drawings from which the 
Produced. : 
» underside pale from a thi 
plates have 
ExppaNnation oF PuaTEs. 
UXXXIX,—Flowering branch (nat. size). : és 
XC.—Fig. 1. Flower; (a), bud; (2); half-open ; (¢), open (all nat. size). 
Fig. 2. Longitudinal section of flower (enlarged). 
Fig. 3. Stigma; (a), side view; (b), front view (both enlarged). 
Fig. 4. Anther; (a), end of segment with anther, dotted lines pointing 
out connective ; (0), back view ; (c), side view (all enlarged). 
' Fig. 5. Ovary with portion of style ; (2), side view; (0), longitudinal 
section; (c), transverse section (all enlarged). 
Fig. 6. Ripe fruit (nat. size). 
Fig, 7, Seed (nat, size), 
