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 Mr. discovered this species, at King George's Sound, before  was upon the coast. Leaves simple, obovate, quite entire: nerves 3 with a few lateral ones, but none of them so strong as they appear in the figure above quoted. Involucrum of 6 or 8 Bractes. Petals besprinkled with resinous glands as in many Serrurias.

Sericea,3. A. foliis 2-pinnatifidis, laciniis angustissimis, sericeis: involucro 10-12-phyllo.

A. sericea. ''Labill. Nov. Holl. v.'' 1. p. 29. f. 38. Silky Adenanthes.

This species was also discovered by Mr., at King George's Sound, and is not unlike Paranomus Argenteus, its silky leaves being 2-pinnatifid with very narrow divisions. Involucrum of 10 or 12 Bractes. I believe none of these curious shrubs are in this country.

 L.

The name is derived from a Greek word βραβειον; its branches