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 xliv two new. Of these H. paniculatum 196 is about three feet high, with stout branched stems, sparingly clothed with very narrow leaves, and a terminal panicle of rather large flowers, among which are intermixed many coloured bracts; and H. simplex, 197 has similar leaves, but is much more dwarf, while its flowers are collected compactly in heads surrounded by broad bracts; both these are deserving cultivation.

Of the singular woolly genus Tribonanthes 198 there are four species, all different from T. australis; they are plants of no beauty, as far as can be ascertained by their appearance in the form of dried specimens.

Conostylis the most abounds in species, some of which are handsome, but others mere weeds. C. setosa 202 (Tab. VI. A) has large heads of cream-coloured woolly flowers, externally shaggy, with hairs which are sometimes purple. C. aurea 203 is a much handsomer species, with a similar habit,

 (196) paniculatum; caule simplici stricto, foliis linearibus longissimis basi dilatatis, floribus paniculatis bracteâ spathulatâ margine membranaceâ brevioribus, sepalis petalisque medio staminiferis linearibus convolutis æqualibus.  (197) Hæmodorum simplex; caule simplici flexuoso, foliis angustissimis basi dilatatis, capitulis terminalibus solitariis involucratis: bracteis oblongis sessilibus, sepalis petalisque basi staminiferis oblongis acutis æqualibus.  (198) longipetala, caule diphyllo apice lanato, floribus corymbosis, bracteis lanceolatis glabratis, perianthii foliolis linearibus patentissimis ovario duplò longioribus, filamentis dentatis antherâ brevioribus.  (199) Tribonanthes uniflora; radicibus testiculatis!, caule pubescente diphyllo: folio superiore nano margine membranaceo, flore solitario bracteâ unâ membranaceâ alterâque foliaceâ supèr lanatâ suffulto, perianthii foliolis lineari-oblongis patulis ovario æqualibus, filamentis subdentatis antherâ multò brevioribus.  (200) Tribonanthes variabilis; caule diphyllo apice lanato, floribus corymbosis, bracteis lanceolatis glabratis, perianthii foliolis oblongis patulis ovario longioribus, filamentis antheræ subæqualibus dentatis v. petaloideis longioribus.  (201) Tribonanthes brachypetala; caule supra basin diphyllo sursùm elongato hirsute, floribus capitatis, perianthii foliolis reflexis intùis glabris ovario brevioribus, filamentis carnosis triquetro-truncatis dentatis antherâ longioribus.  (202) setosa (Tab. VI. A); foliis glabris falcatis margine setosis scapo simplici lanato æqualibus, perianthiis intus lanatis extus villosissimis, filamentis subulatis uniseriatis.—Villi calycis longissimi basi tantùm plumosi.  (203) Conostylis aurea; foliis glabris margine setoso-serrulatis scapo simplici lanato multò longioribus, perianthiis intus glabriusculis extùs croceo-lanatis, antheris sessilibus sagittatis uniseriatis.—Villi calycis elongati apice attenuati, basi plumosi.