Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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ad dodrantem per eavitatem extensiv, seminibus lívido-futvidis<br />
majusculis turgide ovatis immarginatis dense asperulatis ad<br />
umbilicum circularem supra-basalem paulo turgidulis.<br />
In rivulis et in summitatibus rupestribus montium Porongorup.<br />
F. M.<br />
Petioli radicales bi pedales v. breviores. Folia i is formaran ma-<br />
jorum Calthae palustris non absimilia, radicalia plura v. numerosa,<br />
interdum fere pedem longa et lata, margine irregulariter seu erose<br />
dentata, subtus glandulis callosis conspersa ; sinus angustus v.<br />
clausus ; folia caulina sa3pe 2-3-uncialia ; nervatio omnium haud<br />
valde prominens ; ramuli venularum in areolis venarum liberi.<br />
Bracteaa inferiores foliáceas, rhombeo- v. lanceolato-ovatae, 1•1J"<br />
longae. Panícula confertiflora, caulem v. ramum terminans. Pe-<br />
dunculitis primarius pluriuncialis v. brevior. Pedicelli calyce duplo<br />
brevioi-es vel usque ad duplum longiores. Bracteolaa latius angus-<br />
tiusve lanceolatae, pauciliueares. Calyces circa 4'" longi. Corolla<br />
fere ea V. parnassifoliae et V. reniformis. Antherae oblongo-ovatas,<br />
apiculatae. Glandula; basales 5 renataa. Stylus circiter semili-<br />
nearis. Capsula ad collum constricta, inferne turgens ; operculum<br />
fere I" latum; orificium passim 8-dentatum. Semina circiter -|'"<br />
longa.<br />
Ad hancce speciem traho plantam Drummondi 5.<br />
Villarsia latifolia (Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 81 ; Nees in Lehm.<br />
PI. Preiss. i. 364) gaudet capsula globoso-ovata, calyce superata,<br />
chartaceo-crustacea, oligosperma, distincte valvata; seminibus<br />
ful vis, lasvibus, nitentibus, fere 1" longis, turgide ovatis, strophiolam<br />
ferme semiglobosam laterali-basalem conspicuam producentibus,<br />
immarginatis. Caulis magis foliatus et folia magis membranea,<br />
quam in V. reniformi. CI. P. Walcott plantam a flu vio Black-<br />
wood's River misit. Corolla expansa calycem saltern breviter<br />
superans. Radix fibrosa, forsan annua. Hue pertinent plantas<br />
Drummondi 3 et fortasse 4.<br />
Indugatio omnium specierum denuo in libera natura necesse erit.<br />
Configurado enim alarum corolla; et aliae notae e corollis emarcidis<br />
33gre recognoscuntur. Caulis anatomia, sicut venarum per folia<br />
cursus tantum in plantae statu vivo bene intelliguntur.<br />
Villarsia congestiflora.<br />
Annua, erecta, glabra, caule distanter foliato, foliis radicalibus<br />
nullis paucisve cum caitlinis membraneis rhombeo- v. cordato-<br />
rotundis praeter basim truncatam repando-v. grosso-dentatispetiolo<br />
ajquilongo v. longiore praeditis, supremis in formam ovatam ver-<br />
gentibus, panícula cymosa confertiflora, pedicellis perbrevibus v.<br />
nullis, calycis laciniis semilanceolatis acuminatis capsulam snperan-<br />
tibus, corollae luteae lobis ecristatis margine nudis, fauce fimbriata,<br />
antheris ex ovato sagittatis obtusis, stylo brevi, stigmatibus<br />
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