pubescence at the base of the petioles and rarely a few short hairs on the spike. Leaves on long petioles, a few of the outer ones entire but mostly divided nearly to the base into 3 entire or 2- or 3-lobed segments, the whole leaf 3 to 10 in. long, including the petiole. Flowering stems leafless, slightly branched, longer than the leaves, the flowers rather numerous, and at length distant. Bracts small. Perianth 2 to 21⁄2 lines long. Stigma 2-horned but the horns not so long as in S. dilatata. Nut ovoid, contracted into a stipes nearly as long as itself.—Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. ii. 251, and in DC. Prod. xiv, 314.
W. Australia. King George's Sonnd, R. Brown, Baxter, Drummond, 3rd coll. n. 258; heaths north of Albany, F. Mueller. Drummond's 2nd coll. n. 302, referred by Meissner to S. petiolaris, and Preiss, n. 780, referred to S. decorticans, have certainly, in the specimens examined, the 2-horned stigma of S. favosa.
Var. divaricata. Leaves shorter, twice or even three times divided into divaricate lobes. Flowering stems shorter and the flowers rather smaller than in the type, but in the specimens the inflorescence is not yet fully developed. The stigma is 2-horned as in the type.—Eyre's Relief, Maxwell, and specimens from King George's Sound, Fraser, are apparently the same, but not in flower.
4. S. Preissii, Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 529, ii. 251, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 315. Stems short or decumbent, quite glabrous or the dilated base of the petioles very shortly silky-pubescent. Leaves all on long petioles, the lower ones sometimes entire but mostly with long divaricate lobes, the whole leaf sometimes 1 ft. long and the lobes 2 or 3 in., obtuse or acute. Flowering stems long and lealless, slightly branched, glabrous. Perianths usually about 21⁄2 lines long, the segments rather narrow. Stigma produced anteriorly into an oblong truncate or emarginate appendage, at least as long as broad and incurved. Nut ovoid, about 2 lines long.
W. Australia. King George's Sound, Preiss, n. 779, Drummond, 3rd coll. n. 257, Harvey, Oldfield, Maxwell; Blackwood and Gordon rivers, Oldfield.
5. S. acutiloba, Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 528, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 315. Stems short or decumbent, quite glabrous. Leaves all on long petioles, mostly once twice or thrice ternately divided into short divaricate undulating mostly pungent-pointed lobes, the whole lamina 2 to 3 in. long and broad or sometimes broader than long. Flowers small as in S. petiolaris, but not so much incurved. Stigma produced anteriorly into a short broad shortly 2-lobed appendage.
W. Australia. Swan river, Drummond, 1st coll. n. 589, Preiss, n. 777, 782. Perhaps a variety of S. petiolaris.
6. S. petiolaris, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 156, Prod. 370. Stems short or decumbent, glabrous or slightly silky about the petioles and sometimes a few short hairs on the spikes. Leaves all on long petioles, mostly once or twice or even three times divided into spreading lobes, long and narrow when few, shorter when more divided, obtuse or with short points, the whole leaf including the petiole from a few in. to above 1 ft. long, the lowest leaves as in the allied species usually entire. Flowering stems long and leafless, usually branched, the flowers
