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1. S. polymorpha, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 156, Prod. 370. Stems leafy, 1 to 2 ft. high, rigid, usually more or less silky especially about the base of the petioles, the adult foliage glabrous. Lower leaves on long petioles, entire or cuneately 3-lobed as in several of the following species, but the upper ones numerous, shortly petiolate, once or twice deeply divided into 2- or 3-lobed or toothed segments, the whole leaf spreading to 2 or 3 in. diameter, the lobes mostly pungent-pointed, broad or narrow, the small reticulations less prominent than in most species. Spikes simple, pubescent, rarely exceeding the leaves. Perianth $2 1/2$ to 3 lines long. Stigma produced into an oblong or linear entire or emarginate incurved appendage as in S. Preissii. Nut obovoid-oblong, shortly stipitate.—Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 529, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 315; S. brachystachya, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 32; Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 530, and in DC. l.c. 316.

2. S. dilatata, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 156, Prod. 370, and App. Flind. Voy. ii. 606, t. 7. Stems very short or decumbent and lengthening out to 1 or even $1 1/2$ ft., more or less clothed as well as the petioles, at least when young, with long spreading hairs. Leaves all on long petioles, from cuneate-oblong and entire to broadly cuneate and once or twice 3-lobed or rarely irregularly pinnatifid, the lamina 2 to 4 in. long, usually 1- or 3-nerved when entire, the small reticulations conspicuous. Spikes simple or branched, sometimes only 2 or 3 in., sometimes above 1 ft. long including the peduncle, always more or less silky-villous. Flowers at first dense, but remote when the rhachis elongates. Bracts broad, 1 to $1 1/2$ lines long. Perianth pubescent, 3 to 4 lines long. Ovary crowned by a tuft of thick transparent hairs. Stigma anteriorly produced into 2 rather long erect horn-like appendages. Nut small, oblong.–Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 527, ii. 251, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 314; Endl. Iconogr. t. 32; Conospermum reticulatum. Sm. in Rees' Cycl. ix.; Synaphca Drummondii, Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 315.

3. S. favosa, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 156, Prod. 369. Stems short or decumbent, the whole plant glabrous or with a short silky