Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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Species Callitris, quibus Casuarina Sumatrana et qu•dam species<br />
Neo-Cambrica non dissimiles, eandem demonstrant concretionetn<br />
foliorum cum ramulis.<br />
Casuarina microstachya osteiidit internodia haud raro ad 3'"<br />
longa. Amentum masculum globoso-ovatum, saepe tantum 1¿'"<br />
longum, nunquam ultra 3'" metiens. Bracte• passim uncinato-<br />
acuminatae. Strobilus 7-stichus, vix maturus sernipollicaris, ovato-<br />
globosus. Bracte• ápice deltoideo-membranese. Bracteol• val-<br />
vares vix ápice emersas, evidenter obtusa;, dorso verruculari-areolatae.<br />
Planta jam altitudine spitham• crebre floret.<br />
Casuarina thuyioides occurrit prope Kalgan. Est frutex mo-<br />
noicus, 3-5' altus. Amentum masculinum 2-3'" tantum longum.<br />
Casuarina trichodon sistit ad flamen Fitzgeraldi et Caput Kicliei<br />
arborem 25-30' altam, aliis autem locis jam altitudine 6 pedum<br />
floret. Videtur dioica. Strobilus truncato-ovatis v. subglobosus,<br />
14-20-stichus, sesquipollicem longus. Bractearum acumen se-<br />
taceum, uncinatum. Bracteolae valvares breviter eniers•, brevis-<br />
sime cuspidulatas, intus ferrugineo-velutinellas ; dorso producto<br />
quasi bilaminat• ; lamina exterior interiori eonformis. Semen<br />
spadiceum, nitens, rhombeo-ovatum, 1|*" longum, vértice in alam<br />
2-2-^'" longam cuneato-ovatam muticam extensum.<br />
Casuarina equisetifolia crescit in varus locis orae borealis et<br />
tropico-orientalis Australia? et quidem in regionibus magis litoral-<br />
ibus quam montanis. Varietatem vidi tomentellam, ramulis rigi-<br />
dioribus strobilisque cano- v. fusco-tomentellis. Austrum versus<br />
saltern usque ad Curtis's Island occurrit secundum collectionem<br />
clarissimi Thozet nee non ad Moretón Bay, sec. Leichhardt. In-<br />
ternodia speciminum Ceramicorum a Teysmann allatorum passim<br />
semuncialia. Planta conspecifica ab amico Seemann in insulis<br />
Vitiensibus collecta ostendit strobilos depresso-globosos vix semi-<br />
pollicem altos. Arbor monoica. Valv• fructus fusco-cinerese.<br />
Semina pallida. Ala acutiuscula, núcleo parum longior. Varietas<br />
microcarpa, strobilis circiter semuncialibus obvenis prope montes<br />
Barrier Range (Beckler), ad flumina Hastings River et Genoa<br />
(F. M.), ad Glendon (Leiehh.). Hue sine dubio pertinet C. Cun-<br />
ninghami. Flores masculi comparatione adhuc egent.<br />
Casuarinam nodifloram nondum in Australia reperimus, nihilo-<br />
minus quserenda. Specimina Amboinica Teysmanni habent inter-<br />
nodia ad 3" longa, sed valde tenuia. Specimina ex insulis Fejen-<br />
sibus Seemanniana producunt fructus majores etramulos rigidiores.<br />
Totum semen |" longum ; ala elliptica, ter longior quam lata.<br />
Limites inter hanc speciem et C. Sumatranam et C. Webbianam<br />
mihi baud apparent clari.<br />
Casuarina torulosa nascitur in Australia orientali magis litorali<br />
a portu Jacksonii usque ad flumina Fitzroy's et Burnett's River.<br />
Arbor altkudinem saltern 25 pedum attingit, ut videtur dioica.<br />
Internodia ramulorum usque ad 4'" longa. Folia dentiformia<br />
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