2. A. obovata, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 29, t. 37. A shrub of 3 or 4 ft. with erect virgate branches, glabrous or minutely hoary-pubescent when young. Leaves rather crowded, entire, obovate, obtuse or with a callous point, contracted at the base but usually sessile, 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 in. long, obscurely 3-nerved, the nerves converging at the apex and usually visible only on the under side. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1 to 2 lines long. Inner bracts 2 to 3 lines long and almost acute, outer ones short and obtuse. Perianth about 1 in. long, silky-pubescent or villous, the tube dilated above the middle, then recurved and constricted at the base of the laminæ. Lower anther linear and sterile. Style bearded with few hairs, the dilated end broadly elliptical, compressed but thick, the stigmatic slit descending about half way down the upper face and bordered by raised margins. Fruit oblong, obtuse, about 3 lines long, glabrous or nearly so.—R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 151; Prod. 367; Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 511, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 311.
W. Australia. King George's Sound and neighbouring districts, Labillardière, R. Brown, A. Cunningham, and many others; Blackwood river, Oldfield; Swan river? Drummond, 1st coll. n. 592; near Guildford, Preiss, n. 790.
Sect. 2. Stenolæma.—Perianth-tube nearly straight, not enlarged above the middle. Anthers all four perfect. Style-end slightly thickened, not compressed, the stigmatic slit or line descending down the upper side.
Meissner describes one anther as abortive in A. cuneata and in A. Meissneri, which must have been accidental in the flowers examined. I have found all four perfect in all the buds I opened in both species as in all others of this section.
3. A. cuneata, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 28, t. 36. A shrub of 3 to 6 ft., the branches and foliage silky-tomentose. Leaves cuneate, the broad end truncate, with 3 to 7 obtuse crenatures, contracted at the base into a short petiole, the whole leaf 3⁄4 to 1 in. long, rather thick, veinless or obscurely 3- or 5-nerved. Peduncles solitary in the axils, slender, often longer than the petioles. Bracts acute, the inner ones enlarged to 3 lines long under the fruit. Perianth about 1 in. long, silky-pubescent, the tube slender and straight or slightly enlarged below the middle after flowering, the laminæ bearded inside behind the anthers which are all perfect. Style-end scarcely thickened. Fruit oblong, about 1⁄4 in. long.—R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 152; Prod. 367; Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 511, ii. 247 and in DC. Prod. xiv. 312; A. flabellifolia, Knight, Prot. 96; A. crenata, Willd. in Spreng. Syst. i. 472.
W. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoining districts, Labillardière, R. Brown, Drummond, 3rd coll. n. 245, Preiss, n. 793, and others; eastward to Phillip's river and Eyre's Relief, Maxwell.
4. A. Cunninghamii, Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 513, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 313. A tall erect shrub, the branches and foliage tomentose and often sprinkled with a few fine spreading hairs, the older leaves less tomentose but hoary. Leaves crowded, once or twice trifid or pinnate
