Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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1-2" lata, subtus pallidius vireutia. Rami panícula? oppositi, in-<br />
terdum valde abbreviate Calyces linea vix longiores. Corolla<br />
alba, circiter 4'" longa ; lacinias acutata?, imperfecte ciliatae. An-<br />
thera? ovali-sagittata?, partem tubi superiorum occupantes. Stylus<br />
linea brevior, capillaris, glaber. Stigma semiovatum, ex vértice<br />
truncato mucronatum, -§•¿' latum, Squama? hypogyna? lineares,<br />
staminoides. perbreves. Fructus ignoti.<br />
Planta I. frutescent! simillima, spécifiée ut videtur divellenda<br />
petiulis longioribus, foliis subtus conspicuis reticulari-venosis, pe-<br />
dicellis brevioribus, calycis lobis minime deltoideis, corolla? iauce<br />
minus dense barbata.<br />
ORCHIDEE. •<br />
Dendrobium bigibbum.<br />
Lindl. in Paxt. Flowerg. 1852, p. 25, fig. 245.<br />
Caulibus breviusculis paueiarticulatiscylindraceis apicem versus<br />
attenuatis et paucifohatis, foliis lineari- v. ensnto-lanceolatis char-<br />
tacéis, scapo terminali tenui longiusculo, racerno plurífloro rarius<br />
bifloro, pedicel lis bracteolam longe superantibus, sepalis exterioribus<br />
semilanceolatis interiora cuneato-obovata longitudine a?quantibus<br />
basi calcar breve obtusum pone gibberem producentibus, labelli<br />
breviler unguiculati lobis lateral/bus brevibus truncato-rotundatis,<br />
lobo medio longiuscule semilajicrolato, labelln centrum et basim<br />
versus minute pluriseriali-cristato atque roseo-tincto, columna brevi<br />
praeter apicem adnata.<br />
Ad flumen Liverpool's River ; B. Gulliver.<br />
Radices alba?, filiformes, intricate ramosa?, fasciculum caulium<br />
sive pseudo-bulborum producentes. Caules l|-5" longi, in basin<br />
minus quam in apicem attenuate, vaginis pallidis scarioso-mem-<br />
braneis laxe obtecti. Folia 4-8" longa, 5-10'" lata, inter ñervos<br />
5 longitudinales parallele striolata. sensim in apicem acutata. Scapi<br />
|•I' longi, bracteis 2-3 arctis pallidis membraneis paucilinearibus<br />
cylindraceis ochreati. Bracteola? deltoideo-semilanceolata?, acumi-<br />
nata?, membranea?, circiter sesquilineam longa?. Pedicelli |-|"<br />
longi. Sépala semipollicem paulo excedeutia, membranea ; ex-<br />
teriora acurninulata ; interiora (seu sensu Lindleyi pétala) supra<br />
medium fere 3"' lata, pallescentia. Calcar basale cylindricum, 1"<br />
longum v. paulo longius, obtusum, cui anteponit gibber semiovatus<br />
v. hemispha?ricus e columna? basi ortus calcare conspicue brevior.<br />
Tota columna, additis genitaliis, vix 3"' longa. Pollinia clavato-<br />
cylindracea, cerea. Labellum semipollice vix brevius, membraneum ;<br />
cujus dimidium inferius fere obcordatum et pulclire purpureo-<br />
venosum ; dimidium superius trinervulatum, pr•ter basim la?ve.<br />
Capsula? clavato-obovata?, semiunciales v. paulo longiores.<br />
D. tetragonum, observante Bowman, extendit ad capricornu.