Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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quod minutie capitulorum et brevitie villorum satis insigne, arcta<br />
affinitate cum T. obovato connectitur. Hoc ad rivos Darling's<br />
River, Bogan, Warrego, Maranoa et Flinders'-River provenit.<br />
Ptitotus Drummondi (Trichinium Drummondi, Moq. in Cand.<br />
Prodr. xiii. div. ii. 292; T. fusiforme, Nees in Lehm. PI. Preiss. i.<br />
626 non R. Br.) caules producit sajpe stride erectos. Villorum<br />
nodi remotiusculi, edentuli. Stamina longiora vix calycem semi-<br />
•quantia. Stylus setaceus, lineam longus, glaber v. infra medium<br />
appresso-pubescens. Semina matura ignota, omnium specierum<br />
adhuc compaianda. A litore Great Bight in viciniarn promoutorii<br />
Cape Leewin et fluvio Murchisoni tenus dispersus est.<br />
Ptilotus divaricatus (Trichinium divaricatum, Gaudich. Bot.<br />
Voy. d'Uran. et Phys. 445) me obtentus est a ilumine Murchisonii<br />
et sinu Shark-Bay, ubi plagas arenoso-calcarias sequitur. Fruti-<br />
culus 1-2', diffusus. Sépala 3 interiora intus a basi fere medio<br />
tenus dense lanuginosa. Villi secus dorsum sepalorum remotius-<br />
cule nodulosi, vix subtiliter denticulati. Stamina fertilia s•pe<br />
tria, ad medium calycis attinentia. Filament a glabra, sed lanugine<br />
calycis involuta, non dilatata. Antherae dorsifix•, ¿"' longa?. Stylus<br />
setaceus, glaber, pasne 2'" longus.<br />
Ptilotus humilis (Trichinium humile, Nées in Lehm. PI. Preiss.<br />
i. 628 ; T. nanum, F. M. Fragm. iii. 161) in planitiebus collibusque<br />
basalticis prope montes Stirling's Range me nuper repertus est.<br />
Gomphrena? potius quam Trichina habitum gerit. Articuli vil-<br />
lorum perbreves. Antherae perminutae, ratione suas longitudinis<br />
latiores quam eae plerarumque specierum. Sépala, etsi basi villis<br />
penicillariter circumvallata sint, apicem versus longe scariosa et<br />
glaberrima reperiuntur. Drumm. 421.<br />
Ptilotus holosericeus (Trichinium holosericeum, Moq. in Cand.<br />
Prodr. xiii. div. ii. 287) inter plantas Drummondi sub 232 militât.<br />
Capitula iuterdum fere globosa. Villi sepalorum tenerrimi, remote<br />
nodulosi, haud distincte denticulati. Staminurn tria antherifera.<br />
Antheice ellipsoideae. Stylus vix lineam longus, glaber.<br />
Ptilotus parvifolius (Trichinium parvifolium, F. M. Report on<br />
the Plants of Babbage's Exped. p. 19) villis sepalorum remotius-<br />
cule nodulosis non distincte denticulatis instructus est.<br />
Ptilotus erubescens (Schlechtend. Linn•a xx. 575 ; Trichinium<br />
erubescens, Moq. in Cand. Prodr. xiii. div. ii. 293 ; T. eriocnphalum,<br />
Moq. 1. c.) a sinu St. Vincenti usque ad montes Grampians repe-<br />
riendus est et, si plantam occidentalism mérito orientali-australi<br />
conjungo, ad Champion-Bay et Murchison-River extendit. Folia<br />
occurrunt abbreviate et late lanceolata Capitula s•pe semiovato-<br />
vel turbinato-globosa. Stamen quintum sterile, calycem fere<br />
aequans, ceteris longitudine variis conspicue longius, apicem vel<br />
medium versus tortum. Stylus sépala vix semi•quans. Villi se-<br />
palorum nitentes, haud prominenter denticulati ; articuli suo diá-<br />
metro multoties longiores. P. declinatus huic speciei proximus.