Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ /contulit Ferdinandus Mueller.

eviter denseque ciliatum, faciebus glabrum. Capsula 3" metiens,
compressa, lenticularis, omnino supera, basi tenus bivalvata. Se-
minum nucleus spatulato-orbiculatus, planus, circa I'* longus ; ala
dilute fulva, \'" lata. Maceratio e seminibus largam mucilaginis
oopiam extrahit.
Leschenaultia agrostophylla.
(Sect. Latouria.)
Annua, glabra, scabrida, foliis plants latiuscule linearibus acutis
longiusculis, calycis tubo elong-ato, lirabi segmeutis tubo coi'ollas
paulo brevioribus, coroll• cyane• tubo haud inferne ßsso, cap-
sulis sessilibus in collum longum tenueque coaretatis, seminibus
angulato-prismaticis basi apiceque appendiculatis.
Ad rivulos rupestres plagas elevatas (Sandstone-Tableland) jiixta
Hominis Victorias partes australes passim proveniens. Eandem
nisi cognatam speciem reperi ad flumen Macarthur's River sinus
Carpentaria?.
Herba amara, utplurimum 1-1 ¿' alta, saspe multicaulis, deeipienter
Lobt'liam simulans. Radix simplex, albida, flexuosa, fibrillis
tenuissimis prasdita. Gaules erecti, angulati, fere semper simplices,
interdum parum ramosi. Folia alterna, sessilia, sensim acutata,
f-lj" longa, totidem lineas lata, statu recente omnino plana, floraba
magnitudine decrescentia. Flores axillares et terminales, solitarii.
Calycis tubus tetragouus, primum tenui-filiformis ; limbi segmenta
S appressa, angusto-linearia, acuta, 2-3'" longa, supremum paulo
longius. Corolla bilabiata, teñera, circiter pollicem longa, secus
suturara a divisione labii superi decurrentem calyce tenus barbel-
lata, ceteroquin extus glabra, intus prassertim secus cannulas
puberula; labium superum adscendens, infero brevius, bipartitum ;
lobis utraque latere extus autem latius alatis, 2-2J'" longis, vix
emarginatis, truncatis, nonnunquam latere exteriore apteris ; labium
corollas inferum horizontale, tripartitum, lobis fere obeordatis,
scilicet utroque latere alara latam acutiusculam 3-4'" longam pro-
ducentibus, crenulatis v. integerrimis ; lobus médius lateralibus
paulo minor ; tubus supra calycem ampliatus, hoctenus fissus in
partes labiis respondentes ; harum infera planiuscula intus bicari-
nulata, carinis flavis et ciliatis ; harum supera a lateribiis leniter
compressa, cum stylo aecumbente curvata, longitudinaliter divisa,
sed divisiones ciliis arete coherentes ; tubi pars Ínfima limbo
calycis cincta, glabra, tenuior, angulato-cylindracea, nullo modo
fissa, stamina 5 includens. Antheras coherentes, basifixas, oblongos,
lúteas, 1'" long«}, biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, glabras,
ápice emarginatas. Filameuta angustissime linearia, alba, circiter
11'" longa, libera. Pollen flavum e globulis. Stylus tempore fcecun-
dationis stamtnibus asquilongus, minutissime puberulus, rectus,
mox postea elongatus et tubum corollas pasne asquans, déclinâtes,