Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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lu nemoribus inter Promontorium Cape York et urbem Rock-<br />
hamptou ; A. Thozet, E. Daemel, J. Dallachy et P. O'Shanesy.<br />
Folia l|-4" longa, plana, integerrima. Flores fragrantés, in<br />
panícula interdum creberrimi. Bracteas lmeari-oblongae, circiter<br />
1|" metientes. Calyx lJ-2"' longus, obconico-campanulatus, re-<br />
pando-denticulatus, passim truncatus. Corolla 4"' longa ; tubus<br />
gracilis, parum in faucem ampliatus, inferne glaber ; lobi 5 ovales,<br />
fere aequales, 1" longi. Filamenta fauci inserta, capillaria, 3"<br />
longa. Antheras ovales, dorsifixae ; loculi paralleli, |" longi.<br />
Stylus capillaris, glaber, paene §" longus. Stigmata perbrevia,<br />
setaceo-subulata. Fructus circiter 4"' longus, parte exserta pube-<br />
scens, revera biloculavis, etsi tetraspermus. Pei'icarpium cujusque<br />
carpida longe trans basim seminis descendens, hinc glabrum, pel-<br />
lucens, fere scariosum. Carpidia etiam altero latere interiore a<br />
basi ad apicem aperta. Spermatophorum 2-3'" altum, apice subu-<br />
latum, placentis 2 laterali-terminalibus fere cornutum, basi attenua-<br />
tum, omnino persistens. Semiua- perfecta non accepi.<br />
Planta anómala saltern sectionem propriam nisi genus nomine<br />
eectionali distinguendum pr•bet.<br />
Clerodendron inerme (R. Br. Pr. 511) ab Arnhemia (Hulls)<br />
per Australiam borealem et orientalem litoralem sparsum flumine<br />
Richmondi tenus (Fawcett). Frutex 6' v. bumilior, erectiusculus<br />
v. alte scandens. Calyx ssepe edentulus, omnino truncatus. Co-<br />
rolla alba, extus paulo purpurea.<br />
Clerodendron tornentosum (R. Br. Pr. 510) invenimus a portu<br />
Jacksonii et montibus c•ruleis usque in Novam Angliam et fluvio<br />
Richmondi tenus. Arbor saîpe 20'. C. attenuatum, quod per Aus-<br />
traliam orientalem tropicam et subtropicam satis frequens, non nisi<br />
absente indumento distinguo. Hase varietas occurrit etiam ad<br />
flumeu Hastings-River. Varietas altera, definitioni C. ovati non<br />
maie respondens, occurrit in insulis Carpentaria? et ad flumeu<br />
Victoria?. De C. tomentoso, qua? sequuntur, annotavi. Calyx<br />
fructifer carnulento-coriaceus, rubellus ; lobi 5, passim 4, deltoidei.<br />
Drupa in caryopses 4 facile secedens, trigono-ovatas, 4-5'" longas,<br />
latere interiore pulpa purpurascente tenuiter tectas, et hinc endo-<br />
carpio tenui-cartilagineo sordide fusco clausas ; latere autem ex-<br />
teriora exocarpio nigro crustaceo-coriaceo vestitas. Caryopsis<br />
una v. altera s•pe asperma. Testa crassiuscule membranea, livida.<br />
Cotyledones plano-convexae. Radicula brevissima, latitudine sua<br />
vix longior.<br />
Vitex trifolia (Linn. fil. Suppl. PI. 293 ; V. ovata, Thunb. FI.<br />
Japan. 257) crescit a fluvio Brisbani in Arnhemiam. Arbor 20'<br />
jam fi'uticis statu florens. Variât foliis digitate quinque-foliolatis.<br />
Vitex melicopea (F. M. Fr. v. 35 et 213) producit paniculam<br />
trichotome multifloram, velutinellam. Calyx campanulato-semi-<br />
ovatus, 1-11" longus, minute quinque-dentatus, firme truncatus.<br />
Corolla c•rulescens, vix 3" longa, extus praeter basim velutinello-