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12. B. dryandroides, ''Baxt. in Sw. Fl. Austral. t. 56.'' A shrub of 2 or 3 ft., with very spreading tomentose branches. Leaves sessile, 3 to 6 in. long, flexuose, divided nearly or quite to the midrib into numerous contiguous triangular lobes or segments, the largest of which are 3 to 4 lines long and broad, thick, with revolute margins, white or ferruginous-tomentose underneath. Spikes globular or rarely ovoid, about 1½ in. diameter, shortly pedunculate, more lateral than in most species. Perianth-tube silky-villous, about ½ in. long, the limb hirsute with longer deciduous hairs, about 1 line long, acute. Style scarcely longer than the perianth, remaining hooked, with a very small almost capitate stigmatic end. Fruiting cone globular, about 2 in. diameter. Capsules protruding, rounded at the end, rather flat, ¾ in. broad, at first villous, at length glabrous.—R. Br. Prot. Nov. 36; Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 588, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 465.

13. B. Brownii, ''Baxt. in R. Br. Prot. Nov. 37''. A small tree of 10 to 20 ft. Leaves very shortly petiolate, 3 to 5 in. long, divided to the midrib into very numerous lanceolate falcate regular segments, the largest scarcely above 3 lines long, with recurved margins, white underneath. Spikes oblong-cylindrical, very thick, 6 to 8 in. long. Perianth silky-villous, about 1 in. long, the limb small narrow and acute. Style longer than the perianth, hooked with a very small stigmatic end. Fruiting cone oblong or cylindrical, thick. Capsules protruding, rounded, not thick, shortly villous or at length glabrous, about ¾ in. broad.—Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 588, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 465.

.—Leaves flat or undulate, the margins not revolute, toothed pinnatifid or pinnate. Style arched or nearly straight and turned upwards or curved, but not hooked after flowering, the stigmatic end small, not furrowed.

14. B. attenuata, ''R. Br. in. Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 209, Prod. 395.'' A tree of 40 ft. with tomentose branches. Leaves linear or oblanceolate, serrate, tapering into a short petiole, 3 to 6 in. long, 3 to 5 lines broad towards the end, rather thick, flat, hoary-tomentose underneath with transverse veins and reticulations. Spikes cylindrical, 4 to 8 in. long. Bracts densely hirsute at the end. Perianth glabrous, the tube about ½ in., the limb 2 lines long, obtuse. Style remaining arched but not hooked, with a small slender stigmatic end. Fruiting cone thick. Capsule scarcely protruding from the remains of the flowers, villous,