Leaves divided into narrow linear, obtuse, flat, or concave segments |
4. A. Cunninghamii. |
Leaves terete, rigid, pungent-pointed, entire, bifid or trifid |
5. A. pungens. |
Flowers terminal. Leaves entire. | |
Leaves sessile, obovate or broadly elliptical, 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 in. long |
6. A. venosa. |
Leaves petiolate, oblong-linear or spathulate, under 1⁄2 in long |
7. A. Dobsoni. |
Leaves narrow-linear, 1⁄2 to 11⁄2 in long |
8. A. linearis. |
Flowers terminal. Leaves divided into narrow terete, not pungent segments, usually crowded, at least round the flowers. | |
Laminæ of the perianth densely bearded inside behind the anthers. Shrubs usually tall and erect. | |
Leaves not very dissimilar. Perianth fully 1 in. long. | |
Perianth silky-villous outside |
9. A. sericea. |
Perianth sparingly glandular-pubescent outside |
10. A. Meissneri. |
Floral leaves usually twice as long as those on the branches, all filiform. Perianth 3⁄4 in. long, the tube nearly glabrous, the laminæ hairy |
11. A. filifolia. |
Laminæ of the perianth glabrous inside, or with few hairs behind the anthers. Shrubs usually procumbent. | |
Perianth 1 in long, sparingly glandular pubescent |
10. A. Meissneri. |
Perianth 3⁄4 in. long, pubescent or villous. Stem-leaves short and appressed; floral ones twice as long |
12. A. terminalis. |
Perianth 3⁄4 in long, villous, the laminæ yellow-plumose. Leaves very silky |
13. A. flavidiflora. |
Perianth 1⁄2 in. long, villous with short hairs. Leaves very fine, the floral ones much longer than the others |
14. A. apiculata. |
Sect. 1. Eurylæma.—Perianth-tube very obliquely dilated and recurved above the middle. Lower anther (on the back of the style) linear and sterile. Style-end ovate or elliptical, compressed, the stigmatic slit descending along the centre of the upper face. Leaves flat, entire. Flowers axillary.
1. A. barbigera, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 36. Stems erect, nearly simple and 1 to 2 ft. high, or with several erect virgate branches and attaining 3 or 4 ft., tomentose-pubescent and hirsute with long fine hairs, the adult foliage often glabrous. Leaves from elliptical-oblong and under 1 in. to lanceolate and 2 in. or linear-lanceolate and nearly 3 in. long, obtuse or with a callous point, contracted into a very short petiole, prominently veined, the primary veins few and almost longitudinal. Peduncles solitary in the axils, 1 to 3 lines long. Bracts lanceolate, acute, villous, the inner ones often 1⁄4 in. long Perianth villous with fine hairs, rather above 1 in. long, the tube dilated and recurved above the middle, the short laminæ long-cohering, the 3 upper segments ultimately separating to about 1⁄3 of the perianth, each with a perfect anther in the lamina, the lower segment with a sterile anther and separating lower down. Style glabrous or sparingly bearded with fine hairs, the dilated end elliptical, compressed but thick, the stigmatic slit descending to about half way down the inner face and bordered by slightly raised margins.—Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 510 and in DC. Prod. xiv. 311.
W. Australia. Swan river, Drummond, 1st coll. n. 591, Preiss, n. 792; Harvey; Gordon and Harvey rivers, Oldfield.
