Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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infera fructus constricta, haud valvata, gynobasim praebens. Semina<br />
numerosa in quovis lóculo, globoso-ovata, \" longa, fere laevia.<br />
Embryo axillaris, cylindricus, rectus, § albuminis longitudine, baud<br />
in cotyledones di visu s.<br />
Dracophyllum secundum provenit a portu Jacksonii passim usque<br />
in montes Blue Mountains. Bracteae magna?, solitaria?, decidua?,<br />
cuique fascículo florum communes, saepe unciales, inferne cymbeo-<br />
ovatae, superne lineari-subulatae. Bracteola? prope basim pedicelli<br />
sita?, lineari-setacea?, caducissimae, circiter lj" longae. Pedicelli<br />
2-3" longi, fasciculares, in racemum fere unilateralem elongatum<br />
collecti. Sépala corollam semi•quantia, margine imbricata, ovato-<br />
lanceolata, acuminata, 2-2|" longa, vix ciliolata. Corolla alba,<br />
glabra, ei Epacridis impressa? similis, 6-8" longa ; tubus latiuscule<br />
cylindricus, lobis aliquoties longior, basi lata truncata secedens,<br />
infra squamulas hypogynas annulum tenuissimum relinquens ; lobi<br />
aestivatione leniter imbricati, deltoideo-semiovati, recurvi. Stamina<br />
simul cum corolla cadentia ; filamenta tubo adh•rentia, vix adnata,<br />
nec rite bypogyna, semper glabra, lineari-setacea. Antbera? centro<br />
dorsi fixa?, 1'" longae, lineari-cylindracea? ; septum obliteratum.<br />
Stylus crassiusculus, filiformis, 3"' longus, glaber. Stigma dilatatum.<br />
Squamae hypogynas quadrato-ovata?, ^" longae, libera?. Placenta?<br />
ex apice loculi arcuato-pendula?, torsione superue intus et hinc<br />
margine multigemmulata?, inferne unda?. Semina angulato-ovata,<br />
£'" longa, scabriuscula.<br />
Planta qua? sub nomine Dracophylli capitati in opere Payeri admi-<br />
rabili (Organogénie t. 120) depicta, est alia, nempe ad sectionem<br />
Dacryanthi pertinens. Corolla enim campanulato-cylindracea, non<br />
hypocraterea ; lobi rhombeo-ovati, non late rhombeo-cuneati.<br />
Dracophyllum 3íilligani, quod foliis et inflorescentia Richeam<br />
pandanifoliam simulât, producit sépala |"' longa, cordiformi-orbicu-<br />
laria. Placenta? pyriformes, ex apice columella? revergentes, breviter<br />
stipitata?. Panícula fructífera sesquipedalis v. brevior, e racemis<br />
numerosis spiciformibus fasciculatis v. ramosis composita, satis con-<br />
tracta. Folia 2-3', apice circinnato-involuta.<br />
Dracophyllum minimum habet corolla? tubum fere 2'" longum,<br />
late cylindraceum, faucem versus lenissime ampliatum ; lobos limbi<br />
linea paulo majores, fere cordato-orbiculatos, margine late im-<br />
bricatos ; antheras prope centrum dorsi fixas, ovato-ellipsoideas,<br />
¿" longas ; filamenta capillaria, usque ad corolla? basim detrahibilia ;<br />
stylum brevissimum ; gemmulas in loculis pluras.<br />
Quaedam species Dracophylli adhuc, quantum scio, indes'cripta<br />
Novam Caledoniam inhabitans placentis quidem pendentibus sed<br />
sessilibus et non unguiculatis insigáis est.<br />
Sphenotoma dracophylloides (Sond. in Lehm. PI. Preiss. i. 335 ;<br />
Dracophyllum phlogiflorum F. M. coll.) vergit a sinu regis Georgii<br />
usque ad Promontorium Cape Riche, Kaigan et East Mount Barren.<br />
Adest in collectione Drummondi sub numeris 6 et 258.