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linea saepe breviori insidentia, tenui-coriacea, supra medium paulo
latiora, oblongo- v. rarius obovato-lanceolata, mutica, acutiuscula
v. obtusa, plana v. leniter concava, 3-5-nervia, glabra, nitidula,
fere concoloria, 3-6'" longa, 1-2'" lata, margine supra medium den-
ticulato- v. ciliolato-seabra. Corymbi capitati, pauciflori, terminales
v. axillares vel lapsu foliorum ramei, perbreviter pedunculati, im-
bricato-bracteati. Bracteola? bracteis paulo majores, rhombeo-
renata? v. orbiculata?, carinulata?, 3•j" metientes, simul cum calyce
fructigero cadentes. Sépala late ovata, imbricata, vix brevissime
ciliolata. 1-1 -J" longa. Corolla campanulata, 3'" longa, extus glabra;
lobi semilanceolari-deltoidei, recurvi, obscure purpurascentes, tubo
vcntricoso viridi duplo breviores, pra?florescentia perfecte valvati,
e basi faucem versus deorsum albo-barbati, alibi glabri ; tubus
inferne glaberrimus. Filamenta basi corolla? tenus adnata, superne
crassiuscule filiformia (non plana) et heic spatio linea? libera, lobis
corolla? revolventibus exserta, glabra. Anthera? circiter £'" longa?,
flavescentes, apicifixa?, pendentes, ovali-cylindrica?, intus tota longi-
tudine dehiscentes ; septum rudimentorium. Stylus linea paulo
longior, crassiuscule filiformis. Stigma stylo haud crassius. Ger-
men glabrum, 10-loculare. Gemmula? in loculis solitaria?, ex ápice
cavitatis pendula?. Discus hypogynus quinquecrenatus, e squamis
connatis orbicularibus \'" longis constans. Bacca? depresso-globosa?,
colore earem Vaccinii Myrtilli, edules, diámetro semunciali. Pyrena?
5-10, rotundo-ovata?, compressa?, circiter 1" longas.
Monotoca elliptica (Br. Pr. 547 ; Styphelia elliptica, Sm. New
Holl. 49) provenit a promontorio Wilsonii secus tractum orarium
tarn rupestrem quam salinum usque ad sinum Moreton-Bay.
Arbuscula ad 30' alta. Flores spicati v. racemosi. Bractca? lan-
ceolato-ovata?, sesquilineares v. breviores, decidua?. Pedicel li ad
1'" longi. Bracteola? circiter semilineares. Sépala orbiculari-ovata,
§"' longa. Corolla albida, campanulata, sesquilinearis ; lacinias
ejusdem semilanceolata?, glabra?, ápice callosa?, ante expansionen!
valvate conniventes. Anthera? flava?, cylindrico-oblonga?, §'" longa?,
exappendiculat•, paulo supra medium affixa? ; septum prominulum.
Drupa aurantiaca. Differentia?, quibus M. albens et M. lineata
spécifiée distiDguantur, mihi non clara?. M. lineatam v. saltim
stirpem finitimam vidi in cacumine alpino Mount Useful.
Monotoca scoparia (Br. Pr. 547 ; Styphelia scoparia, Sm. New
Holl. 48) occurrit a ilumine Glenelgi usque ad insulam Moretoni.
Ascendit quoque montes Nova? Anglia?. Fruticulus ulnaris v. hu-
milior, satis strictus. Pedunculi spicato-pauciflori, v. passim 2-
v. 1-flori. Bractea persistens, §•¿" longa. Bracteola? scilicet dua?
hypocalycina?, rhombeo-orbicu lares, sepalis rotundo-ovatis fere
dtmidio breviores. Corolla campanulata, albida, glabra, sesqui-
linearis, medio tenus in lobos semilanceolatos recurvos valvatim fissa.
Fiiamenta secus tubum decurrentia, vix ápice libera. Anthero
cyîindrico-oblonga?, supra medium aflaxa?, \~l¿' metientes. Stigma