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terve brevioribus intus dense barbatis, tubo ante basin quiuque-
barbato, apice filamentorum libero plano, stylo longiusculo glabro,
stigmate minuto, disco bypogyno indiviso, drupa globosa 5-loculata.
In locis glareosis ad montes juxta fluniina Phillip's et Fitzgerald's
Ranges. Mx.
Frutex humilis, decumbens. Folia 1|•3*" longa, 4•9 m lata, per-
breviter petiolata. Bractea? plures minuta?, imbricara?. Sépala vix 2
lineas excedentia, glabra, aliquotenus scariosa. Corolla 4-5'" longa ;
tubus medium versus intus glaber, loborum aestivatio valvata.
Anthera3 ad corollas faucem insertas, explanatione oblongo-ovata?,
1"' longa?. Stylus sesquilinearis. Drupa pisi magnitudine.
Styphelia cuneifolia (Astroloma cuneifolium, Sond. iii Lebm. PL
Preiss. i. 300.) Hue spectare videtur planta ad flumen Murchi-
sonii Oldfieldio collecta, foliis cuneato-lanceolatis planiusculis tenuius
nervatis prrccipue ab A. Candolleano diversa. Flores similes, et
breviter pedunculati.
Styphelia Drummondi (Astroloma Drummondi, Sond. in Lehm.
PL Preiss. i. 299) arete cognata apparet planta? mecum e vicinia
sinus regis Georgii communicata?, qua? ab Astrolomate Baxteri jam
ob corollam intus basi quinquebarbatam dignosci potest. De hac,
qua? sequuntur, notavi : Bracteola? orbiculares, mutica?, 1|" me-
tientes, virentes (nee pallescentes nee erubescentes) extus puberula?,
margine fuscescentes. Bractea? 4•6 ; im• minuta?. Sépala oblongo-
lanceolata, 3'" longa, acuta, mutica. Corolla intense rubra, circiter
7'" longa, latiuscule cylindrica, basi sensim attenuata; lobi diu
erecti, semilanceolati, intus dense barbati, tubo duplo breviores,
•stivatione valvati ; tubus intus laxe lanuginoso-villosus. Fila-
mentorum apex breviter liber, latiuscule planus, ovato-lanceolatus.
Anthera? supra basim affixae, ad tubi corolla? apicem sita?, basi
obtusa?, aperiendo apice breviter bidentula?, fere 1 longa?. Stigma
hemispha?ricum, peltatum, lenissime quinquesulcatum. Barba? quin-
qué ante corolla? basim baud e squamis deorsum liberis oriuntur.
Styphelia pallida (Br. Pr. 536, Astroloma pallidum, Br. Pr. 538)
accepta a promontorio Cape Naturalist, monte Clarencii, loco Kalgan.
Color corolla? pallidus, extus flavidus.
Styphelia macrocalyx (Astroloma macrocalyx, Sond. in Lehm.
PL Pr. i. 301) attinet prope urbem Fremantle altitudinem 2-3'.
Drupa pentagono-ovata.
Styphelia platyphylla (Astroloma latifolium, Sond. in Lehm. PL
Pr. i. 302) occurrit in collectione Drummondii sub numero 149.
Folia ad semipollicem usque lata. Corolla quoque mihi ignota.
Styphelia microcalyx (Astroloma microcalyx, Sond. in Lehm.
PL Pr. i. 298) mihi prompta erat e collectione tam Drummondi
quam Preissi. Huic stirpi valde approximant Astroloma longi-
florum, A. glaucescens, A foliosum, Sond. I.e.
Styphelia humifusa (Br. Pr. in nota generali 536 ; Astroloma
humifusum, Br. Pr. 538 ; Ventenatia humifusa, Cav. Icon. iv. 28,
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