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 above 1 in. broad and ½ in. thick, showing the scar or even the base of the style on the right margin.—Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. ii. 264, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 458; F. Muell. Fragm. vii. 55; B. cylindrostachya, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 34; Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 583, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 455.

15. B. media, ''R. Br. Prot. Nov. 35''. A tall shrub or small tree, the branches hoary-tomentose. Leaves lanceolate-cuneate, truncate, serrate, tapering into a short petiole, 2 to 3 in. long in some specimens, twice as long in others, ½ to ¾ in. broad, flat, tomentose underneath with parallel transverse veins and reticulate between them. Spikes oblong or cylindrical, 3 to 6 in. long. Bracts hirsute at the end. Perianth about 1 in. long, the tube shortly silky-pubescent, the limb at first pubescent but soon becoming glabrous. Fruiting cone thick. Capsules immersed in the persistent remains of the flowers, nearly glabrous.—Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 457; Bot. Mag. t. 3120.

16. B. Solandri, ''R. Br. Prot. Nov. 36''. A tree, with tomentose branches. Leaves on rather long petioles, oblong, truncate, more or less divided into irregular triangular lobes very rarely reaching the midrib, 6 to 8 in. long, 1½ to 4 in. broad, flat, very rigid, the under surface pale and sometimes white, with numerous prominent transverse veins and conspicuous reticulations. Spikes oblong or cylindrical, 3 to 8 in. long. Perianths very slender, scarcely 1 in. long, the tube loosely silky-hairy, the limb narrow, acute, glabrous or with a very few long fine hairs. Style remaining curved but not hooked, with a small very short stigmatic end. Fruiting cone ovoid or oblong, 2 in. diameter. Capsules quite glabrous, thick with a slightly prominent acute ridge at the suture.—Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 463; B. Hookeri, Drumm. in Bot. Mag. lxxiv. Comp. 1.

17. B. Goodii, ''R. Br. Prot. Nov. 36''. Stems short, woolly or tomentose, and apparently prostrate as in the three following species, but without leaves excepting close under the inflorescence. Leaves on long petioles, ½ to 1 ft. long, 1 to 3 in. broad, sinuate and irregularly toothed or lobed but the lobes rarely reaching halfway to the midrib and usually very short, very rigid, the under surface tomentose but the tomentum deciduous and never white, the primary transverse veins prominent. Spikes oblong-cylindrical, 3 or 4 in. long, closely surrounded by the floral leaves and a few subulate plumose outer bracts. Perianth-tube not 1 in. long, loosely villous, the limb narrow, acute, at first bearded