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Measurementsof leavesand habit were made from dried herbarium specimensand floral characterswere measuredfrom fresh, reconstitutedand pickled (707oethanol) material. Illustrations of floral and foliage featureswere preparedby the author. Taxonomy Synapheabrachyc€ras R. Butcher,rp. ,1ov. 2Synapheafavosavar.lanceolataMeisn in A.L.P.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 314 ( 1856).Type: Swan RiverColony [Westem Australia], J. D rummond3rd coll.258 (synrBM, K, tt.v.). Foliaintegra velpinnatifida, ad apicem obtusavel acuta, r€ticulo tenui atque profundo vel foveato Perianthiumin demidioinferiore glabratum vel puberulum.Tepalum adaxiale 4.1-5.5 mm longum, 1.71.4 mm latum. Tepalumabaxiale 2.5-3.7 mm longum,0.7-1.9 mm latum,ad apicemvalde recuryatum.Stigma manifeste bicome, et superpagina dorsali comu parvorecurvo instructum, 1.2-1.5mm longo. 0.9-1.6 mm lato. ryprrr. north-westof ArthurRiver [precise locality witheld], Western Australia, 29 Septemberl998, R. Butcher& J.A. WegeRB 498(holor PERTH 05495660; rso; CANB, K, MEL, NSW). Caespitosesubshrub to 50 cm tall, 20-90 cm wide. S/emsseveral, to 15 cm long, appressed- pubescenton upper stems. PetioleJ 3.5-20 cm long, glabrous to shortlypubescent, with scatteredlong hairs;sheath appressed pubescent. l*af bladesent\re and oblanceolate orthreelobed to pinnatipartite with thelowest pair of lobesagain pinnatipartite; ultimate lobes linear to lanceolate;apices rounded to acute,shortly pungent; 6.5-17.5 cm long, 0.6-17 cm wide,sub-glabrous to shortlypubescent, with scatteredlonghairs; reticulation fine and deep topitted. Inflorescence aspike, 2.5-15 cm long, shorter thanorjust exceedingthe leaves; flowers moderately crowded, intemodes half to c' equalthe flower length;peduncle 2.5-17 cm long, simple to little-branched,appressed puberulous to pubescent;rachis appressedpubescent; bracts ovate, obtuse, 1-1.5 mm long,pubescent at base,glabrous toward apex with ciliate margin. Perianthascending, gaping, extemally glabrescent to sparselypuberulous in lowerhalf;adaxial tepal concave, margins reflexed towards apex,4.l-5.5 mm long,1.7-2.4 mm wide, sparselypuberulous intemally in thedistal half; abaxialtepal convex, 2.5-3'7 mm long,0.7-1.9 mm wide, apexacute and strongly reflexed to 0.6-1 mm of its length,pubescent intemally behind the anther;lateral tepals falcate,2.7-4 mm long, 1.5-3.1mm wide,the apexreflexed to 0.7-1.4rnn of length,puberulous intemally behind the anthers.StiSma transversely elliptic to elliptic, convex, 1.2-1.5mm long,0.9-1.6 mm wide,with two divergent,reflexed homs 0.7-1 mm long,the dorsal surfaceofthe stigmawith a short,curved projection ofc. 0.3rnm lengthl ovary cylindric to ellipsoid, with apicalbeak to 0.2mm long(after style separates), sericeous, c. 0.9mm long,0.5 mm wide'with a ring of translucentglandlike hairsat apex.Fruit elliptic,with a beakto 0.5 mm long,pubescent, c. 4.5 mn long. Seednarrowly turbinate, c. 2.2 mm long, 0.9 mm wide; testacream, smooth. (Figure1 A-J) Otherspecimens exan ined WESTERNAUSTRALIA [preciselocalities withheld]: NW of Arthur River,28Sep. 1998,R. Butcher &J.A.WegeRB497 (PERTH);NW of ArthurRiver,29Sep 1998, R. Butcher& J.A.Wege RB 499(PERTH); NW of ArthurRiver, 30 Sep.1997 , R. Butcher,J.A. Wege & C.F. WilkinsRB 307 (PERTH)INW of Arthur River, 30 Sep.1997, R. Butcher,J.A. Wege& C.F.Wlklns RB 308 (PERTH); NW of tuthurRiver,30Sep. 1997 ,R. Butcher, J.A.Wege & C.F Wilkins 'ur. enSrc I = J?q al?rs e.req^\'g pu? 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CrowleyDKN142 (PERTH);E ofDardadine' 22 Ocl (PERTH); BlockState i+ripenfni;NW of ArthurRiver,24 Sep.1998,M' GrahamMSG 985 Quinns Forest52, SW of Highbury,28 Sep.1998, G' Warren62 (PERTH)' roadsideremnants in the Distribution. synapheabrachyceras is restrictedto a few smallreserves and carriedout in 1997and 1998 ertfru, niu"r-tiighUoryu,"u, ". 200k-SE of Perth(Figure 2) Fieldwork piesseville populations.Further arounclHillman, bardadine,Tarwonga and failed to locateadditional surveyin surroundingareas is urgently requiredin light of the rarity of this species' sandover lateriteand grey Habitat. Synapheabrachycerashasbeencollected from red-brownclayey Eucalyptus openwoodland with r"-"Oygt;t"l "*. granite'Associated vegetation includes .wandoo Dryandra' Beaufortia' " f"*'rft-U undeistoreycomprising Isopogon teretifolius and speciesof Allocasuarinahumilis Bossiaea,Hibbertia, Daimpiera, Lepiospe'tmim and Hypocalymma' as well as Dryandra cuneataand ind nok* trf\unotoopen scrubover aio w heathof AdenanthosflavidiJ'lorus' attenuata' In undisturbed iortnonn*L sp' witi occasionalNuytsia floribunda and Banksia populationsit is popufu,iontS. brachycerashas a scattereddittribotion, but in highly disturbed may be a disturbance iol,-on Aong the edgesof tracksand gravelscrapes suggesting that it opportunist. to Octoberwith fruits Phenology.Flowes of Synapheabrachycerashavebeen recorded from August recordedin Novemberand December. ' Williams . Highbury NlA A rr ^.0 J.' ' 350 Albany 1190 12f 1130 I 150 I t?0 of Arthur River' Fisure 2. 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