Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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rubra. Putamen striolato-rugatum. Semen unicum, basifixum,<br />
membranis tenerrimis laxis velatum, globosum, 2g'" metiens, beve,<br />
opacum, extus fulvidum, basi impressum. Albumen albidum, cor-<br />
neum. Embryon transversum.<br />
Myrsine subsessilis (F. M. Fr. iv. 81) allata est a Rockingham's<br />
Bay, ubi frutescit. Praeter Samaram Australianam (Choripetalum<br />
Australianum, F. M. Fr. iii. 36 ; iv. 82 et 174) cognosco alteram<br />
speciem Leichhardtio in silvis Araucariarum ad Humen Burnettii<br />
detectam.<br />
Myrsine achradifolia.<br />
Glabra, ramulis valde robustis, folds magnis conspicue petiolatis<br />
ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis obtusiusculis utrinque nitentibus<br />
pertenui-penninerviis, umbellis pauci- v. plurifloris sessilibus v.<br />
pedúnculo brevi percrasso impositis, floribus pentameris, calycis<br />
dentibus deltoideis, coroll• lobis ante expansionen! valvate in<br />
globittn conniventibus antheras breviter superantibus.<br />
Ad Rockingham's Bay ; Dallacliy.<br />
Species modice arbórea. Ramuli saltern eximie crassi, apicem<br />
versus foliati, inferne longo tractu aphylli et hinc cicatribus magnis<br />
notati, exsiccatione rugato-angulati. Petioli validi, circiter 1"<br />
longi, canaliculato-semiteretes. Folia coriácea, utplurimum 4•7"<br />
longa, J \-2^' lata, nitore oleoso superfusa, passim in formam lan-<br />
ceolarem v. obovatam vergentia, nervo mediano valido subtus pro-<br />
minenter costata, margine plana nisi exsiccando leniter recurva,<br />
undique punctulis hyalinis pellucentibus numerosissimis simulque<br />
punctis rubiginosis paucioribus inspersa, non lineolata. Pedunculi<br />
3'" longi v. breviores, crebre squamulosi, s•pe abbreviati v. in parte<br />
ramulorum supera obliterate Pedicelli bracteolis vix lineam longis<br />
fere ovatis ciliolatis involucrati, crassiusculi, 1-2"' longi, angulosi.<br />
Flores passim 6-meri. Calyces vix ultra lineam alti, medio tenus<br />
quinquefidi ; lobi sive dentés glandulis rufis notati, basim versus<br />
perpetué imbricati, margine ciliolati. Corollas tubus brevissimus,<br />
extus glaber ; lacinias ovato-lanceolat•, crassiuscul•, circiter lineam<br />
longse, extus ubique intus marginem versus pulverulento-velutinellae.<br />
Antherae cordato-ovatse, sursum acutataa, rimis lateralibus apertae.<br />
Filaments perbrevia, quibus squamula; minutai triangulares inter-<br />
positae. Stylus in floribus hisce masculis vix ullua etsi germen<br />
conspicuum. Fructus non visi.<br />
M. Rapaneae et M. capitellat• propinqua.<br />
Fasciculus XLV. editue Mart. 18C.8.