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 4. B. sphærocarpa, ''R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 208, Prod. 391.'' A shrub of 3 or 4 ft., minutely silvery or hoary-tomentose. Leaves linear, obtuse or scarcely mucronate, with closely revolute entire margins, under 1 in. long in the typical specimens, in others 2 to 3 in. long. Spikes globular or nearly so, 2 to 3 in. diameter. Perianth silky, varying from a little above 1 in. to fully 1½ in. long, the limb narrow, obtuse. Style longer than the perianth, hooked, with a small cylindrical stigmatic end. Fruiting cone globular, dense; capsules slightly prominent, glabrous, thick, with a prominent ridge at the suture, nearly 1 in. broad when perfect.—Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 581, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 452; B. pinifolia, Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 453.

5. B. tricuspis, ''Meissn. in Hook. Kew Journ. vii. 118, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 453''. Branches rather slender, glabrous or very slightly hoary. Leaves narrow-linear, truncate or almost notched, with a small callous point, the margins entire and closely revolute, 2 to 4 in. long. Spikes oblong-cylindrical, 5 to 6 in. long Bracts obtuse, fulvous-villous. Perianths silky-villous but all withered and revolute in our specimens. Style above 1½ in long, hooked, with a very small ovoid stigmatic end. Fruiting cone with very closely imbricate obtuse bracts, capsules very prominent, not thick, becoming glabrous, 9 to 10 lines broad.

6. B. occidentalis, ''R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 204, Prod. 392.'' An erect shrub of 4 or 5 ft., the branches glabrous or minutely hoary. Leaves linear, truncate notched or 3-toothed at the end, otherwise entire or with a few small teeth towards the end, the margins recurved only, showing the white under surface and prominent midrib, 2 to 4 in. long. Spikes from ovoid and 3 in. to cylindrical and twice as long. Bracts with small glabrous tips. Perianth silky-villous, about ¾ in. long, the limb narrow. Ovary villous; style about 1 in. long, hooked, the stigmatic end scarcely distinct. Fruiting cone tomentose with the closely packed bracts; capsules prominent, not very thick, rounded, tomentose-villous, becoming glabrous at the suture, about ¾ in. broad.