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Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Geraldton District

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prostratepru<strong>in</strong>osepuberulouspubescentpulv<strong>in</strong>uspunctatepungentracemerachisreceptaclerecurvedreflexedreticulateretrorserevoluterhizomerhomboidscabrid (= scabrous)scalescapescarioussclerophylloussepally<strong>in</strong>g flat on <strong>the</strong> groundhav<strong>in</strong>g a whitish, waxy, powdery bloom on <strong>the</strong> surfacecovered with m<strong>in</strong>ute, soft, erect hairscovered with short, soft, erect hairsa swell<strong>in</strong>g at <strong>the</strong> base of <strong>the</strong> stalk of a leaf or leaflet, often gl<strong>and</strong>ular or responsive totouchmarked with dotsend<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a stiff, sharp po<strong>in</strong>t; hav<strong>in</strong>g an acrid taste or smellan <strong>in</strong>determ<strong>in</strong>ate <strong>in</strong>florescence <strong>in</strong> which a ma<strong>in</strong> axis produced a series of flowers onlateral stalks, <strong>the</strong> oldest at <strong>the</strong> base <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> youngest at <strong>the</strong> top. adj. racemose<strong>the</strong> axis of an <strong>in</strong>florescence or a p<strong>in</strong>nate leaf; pl. rachises. secondary rachis: <strong>the</strong> axisof a p<strong>in</strong>na <strong>in</strong> a bip<strong>in</strong>nate leaf<strong>the</strong> axis of a flower (= torus); <strong>in</strong> ferns, an axis on which sporangia arisecurved or curled downwards or backwardsbent sharply downwards or backwardsform<strong>in</strong>g a networkdirected backwards or downwards. cf. antrorserolled downwards or backwardsa horizontal underground stemquadrangular, with <strong>the</strong> lateral angles obtuserough to <strong>the</strong> toucha reduced or rudimentary leaf<strong>the</strong> stem-like, flower<strong>in</strong>g stalk of a plant with radical leavesdry <strong>and</strong> membranouswith leaves stiffened by sclerenchymaa member of <strong>the</strong> (usually green) outer whorl of non-fertile parts surround<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>fertile organs of a flowerserrate too<strong>the</strong>d, with asymmetrical teeth po<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g forward. Fig. 24sessilesetashrubwithout a stalk (when applied to a stigma, <strong>in</strong>dicates that <strong>the</strong> style is absent, <strong>the</strong> stigmabe<strong>in</strong>g 'sessile' on <strong>the</strong> ovary)a bristle or stiff haira woody plant less than 5 metres high, ei<strong>the</strong>r without a dist<strong>in</strong>ct ma<strong>in</strong> axis, or withbranches persist<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>the</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> axis almost to its base55

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