Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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Murchisonii extendit. Valvas fructus e bracteolis auctis ortse<br />
dorso emergente tuberculato-rugos•, quo modo planta paulo ad C.<br />
torulosam (C. tenuissimam Sieb.) et C. microstachyam approximat.<br />
Brevitas et densitas amentorum masculorum satis insignes. Semi-<br />
num ala truncato-obtusa, mutica, conspicue latior quam longa,<br />
núcleo luceuti-spadiceo semiovato-rhombeo longitudine vix •qualis.<br />
Species apparet dioica. Eamuli nunc magia angulati, nunc magis<br />
teretes, saepe pallidius virentes. Autherse pasne latiores quam<br />
longas.<br />
Casuarina Huegeliana aaqualiter tantum Australiam occidentalem<br />
extratropicam inhabitat a fluvio Phillips River usque ad flumen<br />
Murchisonii. Arbor minor, monoica. Strobili maturi ovato-<br />
cylindracei rarius ovato-globosi, saspe sesquipollicem longi, passim<br />
ápice sterili contracti. Seminum nucleus nigro-fuscus, ala mutica<br />
rotundato-obtusa paulo brevior.<br />
Casuarina Fraseriana, optime Ver Huellio depicta (in Miq. Casuar,<br />
t. vi. D.) nuper illustro amico C. strict« adscripta est (Ephemer.<br />
Ratisbon. 1865, 20), abs qua autem fructu valde discedit. Occurrit<br />
tantum in Australia extratropica occidentali. Bracteol• valvares<br />
dorso crass•, tomentell• et verruculoso-rugosee. Seminum nucleus<br />
fusco-niger ; ala cuneato-semiovata, núcleo fere duplo major, mu-<br />
tica.<br />
Casuarina stricta, Ait. Hort. Kew. éd. i. vol. iii. 320, crescit<br />
sparsim per magnam Australie extratropicaa partem tum litoralem<br />
tum ripariam et rupestrem.<br />
Synonyma ample traduntur pr•claro scriptore Miquelio in Flora<br />
(Ephemer. Ratisbon.) 1865, 20. Includit inter alias C. distylam,<br />
Vent. Discr. PI. Nov. t. 62 ; J. Hook. Flor. Tasm. i. 348. Frutex<br />
pauci- v. pluripedalis dioicus, eximie varius, interdum omnino<br />
pubescens. Ameuta mascula 3" longa v. breviora. Antherae fere<br />
obovatas, flavas v. fulva?. Bracteol• valvares obtusissime dorso<br />
carinato- v. laminato-incrassatae. Semina 2-3"' longa; testa ni-<br />
tenti-nigra ; ala rotundato-obtusa, núcleo paulo longior v. passim<br />
brevior. Internodia varietatis rigid• passim pollicem longa. Ad<br />
banc speciem pertinet planta Sieberi, Flor. Mixt. 605. In mon-<br />
tibus Blue Mountains dumeta humilia sed densa format. A Casu-<br />
arina stricta difficillime separavi jure varietatis C. paludosam solum-<br />
modo propter ramulos minus profunde angulato-sulcatos, saspe<br />
tenuiores, flores saltem s•pe monoicos, spicas masculinas breviores,<br />
folia dentiformia magis acutata, bracteas strobilorum magis cuspi-<br />
dato-acuminatas, bracteolas valvares tenuiores minus in tubercu-<br />
lum turgentes, semina minora, alam proportione nuclei majorem<br />
minus obtusam. Provenit ample per Australiam extratropicam<br />
prassertim in vallibus silvaticis, circum paludes. Antheras ru-<br />
bellae. Attinet altitudinem 10'. Amenta mascula partim solitaria.<br />
partim confería. Sed hae distinctiones non semper notatu faciles<br />
et fortasse haud specific«, nisi formis hybridis nunc limites origi-