Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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196<br />
Thwait. Enum. PI. Zeil. 265 ; U. nitidum, Miq. 1. c.) v. species<br />
maxime affinis in insulis inter Cape Bedford et Cape Flattery me<br />
ipso collecta ; crescit etiam ad Rockingham's Bay et Brook-Island.<br />
Ad hanc evidenter approximat Urostigma Backhousii (Miq. Journ.<br />
Néerl. 1861, 240).<br />
Ficus stipulata (Thunb. Diss, de Ficu, 7; Miq. in Hook. Journ.<br />
vii. 439) observante Carolo Moore ad Wide Bay et ad Hunter's<br />
River habitat.<br />
Ficus opposita (Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vii. 426) ad Car-<br />
pentariam, in Cairncross-Island, ad Burdekin River, ad Rock-<br />
hampton, in Nova Anglia et ad Clarence's River crescit. Arbor<br />
interdum magna, ultra 100'. Cortex albidus, nitore leniter pur-<br />
purascente superfusus. Indumentum varians. Folia orbiculato-<br />
v. lanceolato-ovata, omnia v. fere omnia opposita, equilátera et<br />
longiuscule petiolata, nonnuuquam ad longitudinem 7" extensa,<br />
passim acuta. Fructus squalide purpurei, sapore non ingrati. Va-<br />
rietas occurrit foliis anguste hastatis, lobis 2 basalibus conspicuis.<br />
Ficus áspera (G. Forst, de Plant. Escul. Ocean. Austr. 37 ; Miq.<br />
in Hook. Lond. Journ. vii. 425) a parte quam maxime oriental!<br />
terrae Gipps-Land per omnem tractum Australian orientalis et mag-<br />
num borealis praîsertim sublitoralis procedit, atque Novam Angliam<br />
adscendit. Huic speciei multis notis propinqua Ficus scabra (G-.<br />
Forst. Florul. Insul. Austr. Prodr. 76) qua? juxta sinum Rocking-<br />
ham's Bay provenire videtur.<br />
Ficus Beckleri (Miq. Journ. Néerl. 1861, 241) ad ostium fluminis<br />
Victorias et prope sinum Nichol-Bay visa est, aliis locis absque<br />
dubio reperienda. Folia usque 5" longa, decidua ; reticulatio eorum<br />
minute areolata, fere tessellaris.<br />
Ficus coronulata (Miq. Journ. Néerl. 1861, 242 ; F. salicina,<br />
F. M. Fragm. iv. 49) ad fluminum ripas Arnhemiae et Carpentaria}<br />
passim gregarie crescit.<br />
Ficus magnifolia (F. M. Fragm. iv. 50) a monte Ellioti ad sinum<br />
Rockingham's Bay extendit. Arbor saltern usque 70' alta. Cortex<br />
laevis. Folia statu juniore lobulata. Fructus e trunco emergentes,<br />
flavidi, dulciusculi, satis suaves.<br />
Nostra collectio praeterea plures Fici species continet, quae autem<br />
congeneribus Indicia, Chinicis et Pacificis adhuc ulterius compa-<br />
rando? sunt. Harum unam coloni urbis Cardwelli Abbey-tree<br />
nuncupant, propter magnitudinem colosseam et truncos angulatos<br />
praevalidos. Hujus cortex laevis, csesius. Folia sat magna, her-<br />
bácea, cordata, eminenter costata. Crescit ad flumen Herberti et<br />
in insulis sinus Rockingham-Bay.•Alia Fici species eodem loco<br />
foliis grandescit, quibus sicut fructuum mole affinitatem ad F.<br />
caricoidem demonstrat ; differt tamen glabritie aliisque character-<br />
ibus. Arbor 40'. Cortex albidus, laevis.•Ad Beddome-Creek<br />
fluminis Fitzroy's River in societate Ptychospermae Alexandra? nee<br />
non forsan ad portum Denisoni et montem <strong>Mueller</strong>i quaadam Ficus