Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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perminutum. Var. empetrifolia (M. empetrifolia Br. Pr. 547) in<br />
sunimitatibus alpium procumbit.<br />
Sprengelia incarnata.<br />
Sm. Act. Holm. 1794, 260, t. 8 ; Poiretia cucullata, Cav. Ic. iv. t. 343.<br />
Foliis inferne longiuscule cylindrice convolutis et ciliolatis, su-<br />
perne canaliculato-semilanceolatis sensim in apicem acutatis, floribus<br />
in apice ramulorum solitariis v. 2-6 confertis, sepalis pallide<br />
purpurasce?itibus bracteas aliquoties superantibus, coroll• glabra;<br />
pallide roseas laciniis tubo aliquoties longioribus lanceolato-linea-<br />
ribus inferne stricte valvatis superne lenissime imbricatis, fila-<br />
mentis tenuissime et sequaliter lineari-filiformibus, antheris coha?-<br />
rentibus subulato-linearibus extus papilloso-barbatis ex apice rima<br />
brevi dehiscentibus paulo supra basim affixis, stylo glabro setaceo<br />
capsula? longitudinem conspicue excedente.<br />
Ad sinum Encounter-Bay. In King's Island. Ad Portland Bay ;<br />
Allitt. Hinc per Australiam felicem usque in montes Blue Moun-<br />
tains et usque ad flumen Hastings extendens, cacumen montis<br />
William altitude 5000' adscendens.<br />
Frutex 10' v. humilior, sa?pe simplieiusculus. Folia cum ra-<br />
mulo non articulata, a basi paulo persistente irregulariter fran-<br />
gentia, passim sesquipollicem longa. Bracteas plures, ciliolata?,<br />
inferne eoncurva? v. dilatara?, superne fbliace• et longe tenuique<br />
acuminata?. Sépala rigidula, corollam quasi referenda, 2-4" longa,<br />
lanceolata, seusim acutata, glabra. Corolla membranea, fere rotata,<br />
calycem a?quans, e basi jam breviter in pétala sua secedens et tunc<br />
pétala tantum supra basim brevi spatio coh•rentia. Filameiita<br />
1-2" longa, glabra. Anthera? 1•1 J" longa?, papillis clavellatis<br />
albis v. flavidis extus obsessa?, basi brevissime biloba?, basi tenus<br />
pollinifera? ; septum prominens. Stylus 3" longus v. brevior, basi<br />
pentagonus. Stigma perminutum. Capsula ovata v. globoso-ovata,<br />
primum depressa, semper apice truncara, circiter sesquilinearn<br />
metiens, loculicide 5-valvis. Placenta? ad medium columna? cen-<br />
tralis fixa?, basi apiceque soluta?. Semina ovata, fulva, lenissime<br />
reticulata, §" longa. Embryo in albuminis axi rectus, cylindra-<br />
ceus.<br />
Genus non solum memoriam honorât Christiani Conradi Sprengel,<br />
Eectoris scbola? Spandavica?, cui dicatum, sed etiam nunc ditiore<br />
specierum copia memoria? Curtii et Caroli Sprengel sacratum est.<br />
Corolla profunde partita (vix tamen profundius quam ea Ponceletia?)<br />
in mentem vocat Melichrum rotatum et Pentachroudram involu-<br />
cratam.<br />
Frustra limites trahere tentavi inter Sprengeliam incarnatam,<br />
S. montanam, S. propinquam, S. macrantham. In statu alto-alpino<br />
folia inveniuntur breviora, sépala minus purpurascentia ; si hujus<br />
planta? stamina omniuo soluta occurrunt, tunc habes varietatem