370 DICOTYL. sev EXOGEN/E. — PmviLANTHUS. 
late ovatis fosm. obovatis acutiusculis sub fructu accrescentibus anguste hya- 
lino-marginatis, filamentis liberis, antheris semper erectis, sivlis usque ad 
medium bifidis patulis ramis acuminatis. 5 In Nova-Hollandia ad Fitzmaurice 
River (Ferd. Mueller! in hb. DC.). Rami teretes, glabrescentes. Famuli cum 
partibus foliaceis omnibus brevissime et incano-papilloso-tomentelli. Stipulae 
patule, e basi triangulari subulato-acuminate, 1-1j mm. longe. Petioli 
1i mm..longi. Limbus foliorum 10-15 mm. longus, 6-7 mm. latus, oblongo- 
obovatus, obtusus, rigidulus, glaucus. Pedicelli fructigeri calyce fructigero 
breviores. Calyx masc. apertus 14 mm. latus, fructigeri lacinie demum gran- 
defacte, sub fructu nondum mature jam 8 mm. longa, 4 mm. late, demum 
verisimiliter majores. Glandule florum masc. liberz, disciformes, crasse, feem. 
in urceolum cràssum repando-5-lobum connata. Ovarium glabrum. Fructus 
maturi ignoti. — Ad P. Fürnrohrii pluribus characteribus et habitu quemad- 
modum accedit, sed ovarium non vestitum, anthere demum non inclinata et 
folia ramulorum disticha. (v. s.) 
263. P. CARPENTARIE (Müll. Arg. l.c. p. 72), ramulis teretibus, floribus geminis 
v. tetnis masc. subsessilibus fem. breviter pedicellatis, laciniis calycis masc. 
lanceolato-ovatis acutis ftem. lanceolatis acuminatis anguste marginatis, ur- 
ceolo florum fcem. nano, glandulis florum masc. crassis demum pressione an- 
gulosis, filamentis fere liberis crassis, antheris demum leviter inclinatis, 'stylis 
breviter bilobis, cruribus truncatis. 5 In Nova-Hollandia, in-Tableland ad 
sinum Carpentarize (Ferd. Muell.! in hb. DC.). Ramuli cum partibus foliaceis 
brevissime incano-tomentelli. Foliorum limbus 7-10 mm. longus, 2-4 mm. la- 
tus, oblongo-ellipticus v. oblongato-obovatus, utrinque acutiusculus, fragilis. 
glaucus. Pedicelli fructigeri calyce breviores. Lacinie calycis masc. demum 
2 mm. longa, fructigeri 4 mm. subzquantes. Urceolus florum foem. integer 
v. ecrenatus Ovarium glabrum. Capsule 4 mm. late, fere 3 mm. longe, niti- 
dule. Semina lávia. — A proximo P. grandisepalo differt foliis minoribus et 
ambitu angustioribus, crassioribus, distiche subadpressis, laciniis calycis 
utriusque sexus et stylis breviter bilobis. (v. s.) 
' b. Semina punctato-foveolata. 
264. P. R1G1DULUS (Müll. Arg. 1l. c. p. 72), ramulis angulosis, floribus fcem. 
solitariis subsessilibus, calycis fem. laciniis spathulato-obovatis acutis dorso 
cinereo-tomentellis intus coloratis, ovario niveo-tomentello, stylis breviter erec- 
to-bilobis erectis superne nonnihil coharentibus columnam simulantibus, cap- 
sulis globosis cinereo-tomentellis. 5 In Nova-Hollandia ad sinum Carpentarice 
(Ferd. Muell.! in hb. DC. Ramuli rigiduli, tomentelli, incani, superne 
1-15 mm. crassi. Stipule e basi late triangulari breviter subulato-acuminate, 
patule, fusce, rigide, petiolos | mm. longos paulo'superantes. Limbus fo- 
liorum 10-13 mm. longus, 6-9 mm. latus, ellipticus v. obovatus, subobtusus, 
basi obtusus, rigidulus, tota superficie papillulis vesicularibus minutissimis 
globosis cinereis nitidis in pilum subulatum brevem inclinatum abeuntibus 
demum irregulariter ruptis densiuscule obtectus. Calyx foem. 3 mm. longus, 
lacinie erecta, sub indumento purpurascentes. Discus hypogynus indistinctus. 
Semina 5 mm. longa, oblongata, acute trigona.— Toto habitu proxime affinis 
P. Carpentariz, sed flores masc. tamen hucusque ignoti et ob discum fcm. 
suppressum forte olim, quod flos masc. docebit, ad sectionem Synostemon re- 
ferendus. (v. s.) 
c. Semina longitrorsum costulata. 
265. P. LACUNARIUS (Ferd. Muell. in Transact. Phil. soc. Victor. v. 1. p. 15), 
ramulis angulosis, floribus monoicis subsolitariis, pedicellis fructigeris bre- 
viusculis, calycis laciniis parvis subovatis obtusis late membranaceo-margi- 
natis, stylis brevibus bipartitis, capsulis depressis. (2) In Nova-Hollandia ad 
confluentem flum. Murray et Darling River locis hieme inundatis (Ferd. 
Muell.! in hb. DC.). — Ferd. Muell. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 1856. vol. 8. 
p. 332; Sonder in Linnza, 1856. vol. 28. p. 566. Herba 4—-5-pollicaris, similis 
P. trachyspermo, glabra. Caules erecti. Foliorum limbus 14-17 mm. longus, 
4-6 mm. latus v. superiorum minor, anguste obovatus, obtusus, basi cunea- 
tus, carnosulo-membranaceus, supra lutescenti-viridis, subtus ' glaucescens. 
