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TO THE FLORA OF AUSTRALIA, 



179 



a?f^ro 1 



mm* long. 



Folia solenuiiter G-10 mm, long., 1 mm. lat. vel paulhilnm ultra ; petioli 

 1 mm. long., decolores. Calycis tubus 2 mm., lobi 

 Petala vix 2 mm. long. Staminum unguis 2*25 mm. \ong,; filamenta 1 mm. 

 long. Stylus crassiusculns, fero 4 mm, long. Capsula 3 mm. long.^ ore 



2' 2 5 mm. diam. 



To be inserted next the Eastern M. pustulata, Hook.^ from wliicli the 



foliage affords an easy means of separation. 



UMBELLIFERiE. 



Sjkbeua OBLONGA5 sp. nov. Frutico.sa, ramosa j rauds foliosis micro- 

 scopice griseo-puberulis ; foliis satis a[)proximatis sessilibus lineuribus apico 

 niucronulatis basi obtusi:^ ; umheUis compositis brevibus ex nmbellulis 3-7 

 iiow^hxwiWm^ \ pedmiculis sub floro quam folia brevioribus ; mvolucri \)\\\\\\)i 

 circa 3 foliis similibus sed niulto minoribus ; cahjcis dcntibus triaiigularibus 



acutis ; frudihus 



late oblongis utrin(|ue 



obtusissimis carpoUis compressis 



dorso acutis jugo dorsali parum prominulo juga lateralia subevanida com- 

 missura plana. 



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Kataimiti;;' ; Stoward^ 1G7. 



Foliii plerunique 1-5-2 cm. long., 1 mm. lat., facie concava, dorso votiiu- 

 iliilat;), o1).scLire costata, in sicco fuscescciitia. Umbellre floriferse 2*5 x 2-5 cm. j 

 harum ])eclunculus sub Acre 5 mm. sub fructii iisque 2 cm. long. ; [.eJunculi 

 proprii sub flore 5-6 mm. long. Involucri pbylla 1-1*5 mm. long., iiivolu- 

 celli etiam minus. Pedicclli "2 mm. long. Fnictus 2 X 1*5 mm. 



Differs Erom S. commutata, Jientli. in tlio larger leaves and the oblong 



(not orbicular) fruits. 



COMrOSIT^E. 



Oleauia (§ 



rumosus ; 7'am 



Yerisimilitcr frntex copiose 

 ■eo-tomentosis ; foliis alternis 



sessilibus nisi subsessilibus oblongis acI anguste oblongo-obovatis obtusis 

 margino planis necnon minutissime denticuLitis supra viridibus cito glabris 

 subtus cinereo-tomentosis ; capknlis mediocrihus pluriflosculo^s ramulos 

 solitalim terminantibus breviter pedunculatis j involucri subbemisi)ha>rici 

 4-serialis phyllis lanceolatis acutis intus gradatim longioribus extcrioribus 



intermediisque tomentosis intimis margine excuipto glaliris ; li gulis c'lvcn 1-i 



disci deorsuiu coarctatis ; anlheris basi 



oblongis optime exsertis ; corollls 



obtusiusculis; styli ramis appendicibus lanceolatis prffiditis ; acliceniis ali- 

 quanto compressis sericeo-villosulis; pappi setis scabriusculis sordide alhis. 

 Cowcowing; Stoward, 460 (also at Kew from the same place; Max Koch, 



1088). 



Uamorum folia usque ad 15 vel etiam fore 20 mm. long., 3*5-5 mm. lat. ; 



