Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.

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unius harum specierum stamina 10 alternatim sterilia distincte
vidi. Folia hujus crassa, in petiolum conspicuum dccurrentia,
prominenter reticulato-venosa, subtus tomento parco ferrugineo
fere sericea. Bacca rubra, ellipsoidea, brevissime pedicellata v.
fere sph•roidea, 1•1-^" longa, ápice s•pe umbonata, calyce stipata,
1-5 sperma. Pericarpium dulce, edule. Semina 6-10'* longa,
oblique ellipsoidea, splendenti-fusca, interdum apice emarginata.
Testa crassiuscule ossea. Cotyledones plana?, ovatse, alba?, radícula
tenui-cylindrica ter longiores. Flores fasciculato-conferti. Ger-
men quiuque-loculare, sericeum. Arbor saltern usque 50' alta.
Cortex loevis, cinerascens. Altera incerta species ostendit folia
fere chartacea, glabra» acuminata, gracili-petiolata, pedicello3
calyce fructigero longiores, baccam nigram ovato-globosam vix
uncialem stylo rostellatam, pericarpium fere siccum, semina 5 v.
pauciore, p•ne dimidiato-ovata. Hasc species arborem 20-30'
altam format.
Tertia species dubia exhibet folia chartacea, basi tenuiter acutata
et hinc cum petiolo confluentia, pedicellos denique 2-3'" longos,
fructus nigros fere globosos exsuccatos circiter g" altos, semiua 5
v. pauciora oblique ellipsoidea iis Achradis Pohlmani conspicuo
minora. Hsec arbor tantum 20' alta. Cortex Jasvis. Lignum
pallidum, durum. Sapotearum nunc 16 species cognita? et plures
verisimiliter in sil vis primaevis tropicis ad litus orientale et septem-
trionale detegenda?,
ARISTOLOCHIE^E.
Aristolochia deltantha.
Altior, scandens, rami's teretiusculis exsulcis primum pubescenti-
tomentosis demum glabris, foliis chartaceis v. tenui-coriaceis ovato-
lanceolatis acuminatis basi profunde bilobis prominenter reticu-
lari-venosis integerrimis v. repandulis supra glabratis subtus
breviter et parciuscule pubescentibus, sinu báseos angusto v.
clauso, calycis parvi pubescentis basi ovato-globosa, tubo adscen-
dente, limbo deltoideo, antheris 6 contigue appositis, loculis anguste
ellipsoideis, stigmatibus 6.
Ad sinum litoralem Rockingham's Bay ; Dallachy.
Petioli |-§" longi. Folia 3-5" longa, 1-1 g" lata, apice sensim
in acumen acutum producta, utrinque nitidula, subtus vix pallidius
virentia, sed prominentius nervosa et venosa ; lobi basales fere
oblique semiovati. Flos unicus seorsim missus saturate et striate
coloratus, vix unciam longus ; basis turgens 2-3"' metiens; limbus
mensuram 4'" tendens, parum extra centrum peltatus, integerrimus ;
orificium clausum ; fimbrias nulla?. Antherae forsan juveniles flavas,
y longa?, in annulum connexa?. Stigmata seu stigmatis divisiones
semilanceolato-subulata, semilineam vix excedentia. Fructus ig-
notus. A. prasvenosa jam differt foliis nee apice profunde sinuatis
nee apice longius acuminatis.