Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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f It AG M E N TA PHYÏ O G RAT III JR<br />
AUSTRALIA.<br />
XLVII.<br />
EüPHOEBIACEíí:.<br />
Beyeria tristigma.<br />
(Sect. Oxygyne.)<br />
Monoica, foliis ovali- v. oblongo-lanceolatis supra glabratis sub-<br />
tus albido-velutinis margine recurvis, floribus masculis racemosis,<br />
f•mineis solitariis, utriusque sexus petaligeris, calyce parvo, au-<br />
theris minutis, loculis ellipsoid eis, stigmatibus tribus subulatis.<br />
In insula Hinchinbrook-Island prope Rockingham's Bay. Dal-<br />
lachy.<br />
Frutex humilis, viscidulus. Ramuli primum angulati, demum<br />
teretes, resinoso-tomentelli. Folia sparsa nisi confería, coriácea,<br />
breviter petiolata, 1-2" longa, 3-6" lata, nervo mediano subtus<br />
fulvo-lineata, supra impressa, tenuissime venosa, venis subtus<br />
tomento etsi tenui occultis. Racemi masculi addito pedúnculo sat<br />
conspicuo 1 è•2" longi, pluriflori ni passim pauciflori. Pedicelli<br />
graciles, saspe semipoUicares. Flores f•minei non raro prope<br />
basim racemi masculi emergentes. Horum pediccllus angulatus,<br />
sursum incrassatus, mox circiter pollicem longus. Calycum<br />
utriusque sexus lobi sub antbesi fere semioblongi, |-$ metientes,<br />
sed sub fructu in formam magis subulatam et ad linea; longitudinem<br />
extendentes. Pétala 5 metnbranea, circiter 2" longa, sessilia, basi<br />
intus barbata, in flore masculo semielliptico-ovata, in flore f•mino<br />
deltoideo- v. ovato-orbicularia, fructui juvenili altius adhaerentia.<br />
Stamina numerosa, in acervulum semiglobosum confería, recepta-<br />
culum depressum barbatum obtegentia. Filamenta brevissiraa,<br />
glabra, pro longitudine crassiuscula. Antherae flavas, mox fere<br />
horizontales; loculi paralleli, longitrorsum dehiscentes. Stylus<br />
scilicet florum f•minorum brevissimus, vix ullus. Stigmata<br />
lmeari-subulata, 1" longa, recurvo-patentissima, haud firnbriolata.<br />
Germinis loculi unuiemmulati. Capsula ambitu ovalo-globosa,<br />
trilocularis, inter lóculos impressa, extus pilis brevissimis adspersa,<br />
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