Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.
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angustatis, corolla cinéreo- et fulvido-albida inferne carnosa,<br />
íauce tenuiter barbata, lobis glabris, antheris linearibus liberis<br />
filamento augusto p•ne •quilongis quocum glabris, stylo longius-<br />
culo sursura loniter incrassato glabro, stigmate baud dilatato, semin-<br />
ibus majusculis paucis clathratis.<br />
In tergis altis rupestribus montium Stirling's Range. F. M.<br />
Frutex usque ad 10' altus, inferne simplex, superne ramosus.<br />
Hamuli baud annulati. Folia \-\" longa, conferta, rigida, patentia,<br />
basi irregulariter frangentia. Capitula terminalia v. áltate alaria.<br />
Bractea? unciales v. breviores, saltern inferne albida? ; acumen<br />
sa?pe virens. Bracteola? 3-4'" longse. Sépala glabra, leniter im-<br />
bricata, inferne fulvida. Corolla calycem requans; lobi tubo<br />
longiores, anguste semilanceolati. Anthera? basifixa?, sesquilineares.<br />
Filamenta cura connectivo continua. Discus bypogynus dentatus.<br />
Capsula depresso-globosa, 1'" alta; valva? couspicue ultra columel-<br />
lam producta?. Semina ¿-f" longa, brunnea.<br />
Species plurimis notis accedit ad S. colosseam.<br />
Color calycis et pixecipue corolla? bonas dat notas pro distinctione<br />
Sprengeliarum specifica. In speciebus tribus observavi corollam<br />
amoenissime pureque c•ruleam, dum in duabus sépala rosea et in<br />
tertia specie sépala albida reperiuntur. In quarta et quinta specie<br />
me ob.?ervata tam calyx quam corolla roseo erubescunt. In sexta<br />
corolla rosea, calyx magis virens. In séptima circum montes<br />
Stirlingii occurrente sépala coccínea et corolla intense rubra sunt.<br />
In S. patricia sépala alba v. cremorea notavimus, dum corolla<br />
colorem mixtum inter fulvum album et cinereum assumit. In S.<br />
incarnata sépala iterum rosea occurrunt. In aliis omnibus con-<br />
generibus color floris statu recente adhuc investigandus est.<br />
Epacris pungens (Cav. Ic. 346 ; Lysinema pungens, Br. Pr. 5.51)<br />
medium tenet inter Epacrides et Lysinemata. Placentae breves<br />
basim columella? occupant. Semina pauca maturant. Gemmulse<br />
in loculis non numerosa?. His notis ad Sprengelia? sectionem<br />
Andersoniam accedit, paulo etiam ad Archeriam.<br />
Styphelia? Michiei (Micbiea? sympbyantliera?) varietatem lino-<br />
pbyllam, foliis lanceolato- v. lineari-oblongis sparsis, J. Drummond<br />
sub num. 303 distribuit.<br />
PROTEACE^.<br />
Carnarvonia.<br />
Flores bisexuales, racemoso-paniculati, involucro destituti. Sé-<br />
pala 4 fere fequaiia, demum vage revoluta. Stamina 4. Filamenta<br />
sepalis adnata, apice libera. Anthera? oblongo-lineares, apiculata?,<br />
basifixa?, introrsum longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Glandulce hypo-<br />
gynce nulla. Stylus brevis, subulatus, deciduus. Stigma minu-<br />
tum, terminale, acutum. Germen uniloculatum, bigemmulatum.<br />
Carpidium lignosn-crustaceum, bivalve, oblique ellipsoideum, sur-