Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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Iconem hujus planta? bonam in D. Dietrichii Flora universali<br />
1862 t. 14 reperies. Pictor autem omnia stamina dedit fertilia,<br />
quintum (quantum video) nimis abbreviatum.<br />
Ptilotus pyramidatus (Trichinium pyramidatum, Moq. in Cand.<br />
Prodr. xiii. div. ii. 288) mihi adest solum e collectione Drummondi<br />
sub 221 et 99. Folia suprema saepe ovata et perbrevi-petiolata.<br />
Spicas passim binatse. Stamina in•quilonga ; unum alterumve<br />
sterile. Stylus glaber, circiter lineam metiens. Villi minutissime<br />
denticulati ; articuli eorum plerique suo diámetro aliquoties<br />
longiores.<br />
Ptilotus rotundifolius (Trichinium rotundifolium, F. M. Fragm.<br />
iii. 122) qui omnium congenerum pulcherrimus, sépala gerit 6-8'"<br />
longa, extus vil lis longiuscule articulaos vix denticulatis onusta et<br />
stamina paulo ultra medium sepalorum extensa.<br />
Ptilotus Manglesii (Trichinium Manglesii, Lindl. Bot. Regist.<br />
1839,28; T. spectabile, Field. Sert. Plant, t. 53; T. macroce-<br />
phaluin, Nées in Lehm. PI. Preiss. i. 627 non R. Br.) occurrit in<br />
collectione Drummondi sub 435. Plantam hancce am•nam legit ad<br />
sinum Roebuck-Bay et flumen Glenelg-River Dr. Martin, ad ilumina<br />
Murchison- et Blackwood-Ri ver, Uldfield. Ego plantam ad fluvium<br />
Kaigan vidi. Stirps 1 ^"• 1 ¿ ' alta. Latitudo foliorum varia.<br />
Capitulum ssepe folio suífultum. Sépala apicem versus longo<br />
tractu nuda, basi in tubum tenuem coalita. Villi sepalorem ad<br />
nodos paulo remotos denticulati. Stamina ¡n•quilonga, omnia<br />
dimidio calyce breviora, unum s•pe anthera diminuta cassa pree-<br />
ditum. Stylus circiter 2"' longus, glaber.<br />
Ptilotus sericostacht/us (Trichinium sericostachyum, Nées in<br />
Lehm. Plant. Preiss. i. 627 ; T. floribundum, Moq. iu Cand. Prodr.<br />
xiii. div. ii. 283 ; T. roseum, Moq. 1. c.) flores potius capitatos<br />
quam spicatos gignit. Nomen specificum quidem retineo quia<br />
ceteris antiquius, etsi minime aptum; illud igitur Trichinii flori-<br />
bundi queas substituere. Species sequenti eximie cognata est.<br />
Ptilotus polystachyus (Trichinium polystachyum, Gaudich. Voy.<br />
de l'Uran. et Phys. Bot. 445 ; Moq. in Cand. Prodr. xiii. div. ii.<br />
p. 283) vix noinen specificum meret, quum flores saepe in capitula<br />
sphaerica congestos invenies. Sépala non flavescentia, sed rube-<br />
scentia. Folia inferiora interdum in petiolos longos angustata,<br />
nunc glabrescentia, nunc quoque •tate lanuginosa, caulina interdum<br />
tantum paucilinearia. Bracteae et bracteolas nonnunquam dorso<br />
coccínea?. Sépala 3 interiora intus basim versus lanoso-barbata.<br />
Villi crebre articulati et minute denticulati. Stamina duo vidi<br />
fertilia, stylum aequantia. Stylus vix 2" longus, setaceus. Occurrit<br />
haec species ad Roebuck-Bay sec. Dr. Martin, ad Peron's Peninsula<br />
sec. Maitl. Brown, ad Champion-Bay sec. Walcott. Eadem fbrsan<br />
species foliis caulinis rhombeo- v. orbiculari-ovatis crescit inter<br />
promontoria Cape Le Grand et Cape Paisley.