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la quadam specie Andersoni• squamas complete in discum vix
brevissime sinulatum concretas invenio. (
Sprengelia depressa (Andersonia depressa, R. Br. Pr. 554) aut
species propinqua occurrit ad Mount Manypeak, Phillip's Range,
Kalgan. Exstat in collectione Drummondi sub 109, 255, 331.
Fruticulus non raro erectus. Corolla ápice c•rulescens. Seraina
ultra I'" longa, foveolato-reticulata. Huic valde affiuis A. prostrata,
qu• stylo ad basim spirali singularis.
Sprengelia aristata.
Andersonia aristata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxv. Append.; Sond. in Lehm. PL
Preiss. i. 334 ; Atherocephala Drummondi, Cand. Prodr. TíL 755.
Foliis parvis appressis v. parum patentibus e basi latiore am-
plexante frangente mox trigono-subulatis rectis, floribus in apice
ramulorum spicato-capitatis, bracteolis bractea foliácea paulo su-
perada trientem calycis sequantibus cymbeis acuminatis, sepalis
anguste lanceolato-linearibus demum margine involutis, corollae
lobis tubo •quilongis ante expansionem valvatis vix apice lenissime
imbricatis supra excepta summitate dense albo-barbatis, tubo interne
pubescente, Jilamentis glabris lineari-setaceis anthera pluries
longioribus limbo corollce revoluto superne exsertis, antheris lineari-
cylindraceis infra medium fixis, stylo longo setaceo glabro, stigmate
paulo incrassato.
Ad numen cygnorum in locis arenosis. Drumm. 497.
Corolla calycem paulo superans, adspectu illius Styphelias verse.
Placent« basales, ad columnam fixas. Semiua late ovata, circiter
V longa.
Jam primo anno, dum tautum sesquipollicem alta, flores gignit.
Sprengelia colossea.
Andersonia eolossea, F. M. coll.
Ramis robustis, foliis maximis imbricatis glabris e basi bre-
vîter cucullata lanceolatis recte sensimque acutis pertenuiter mul-
tinerviis, spicis /ere distichis elongato-bracteosis, bracteis lanceo-
latis bracteolas cymbeas acute carinatas glabras magnitudine
multoties excedentibus, sepalis bracteolas longitudine aequantibus
lanceolatis, corolla laciniis tubo duplo longioribus anguste semi-
lanceolatis ante expansionem omnino valvatis faucem versus pilo-
sulis, tubo prope medium brevi-barbato, antheris glabris liberis
longiuscule lineari-filiformibus filamento glabro paulo longiori-
bus, filamentis •qualiter angusto-linearibus, stylo filiformí glabro
basi attenuate, squamis hypogynis semicoucretis.
In Australia occidental^ loco speciali non indicato, plantam
detexit J. Drummond (301).
Species patricia, forsan alta, Richeam mire aemulans. Folia 1-2"
longa, |-|" lata, nervis baud prominentibus longitudinaliter striata,