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MR. SPENCEn MOOUE : A CONTRIBUTION 



hispidulo-ciliatis necnon leviter revolutis ceteroquin glaLrisj M?puUs vix 



lotigitudine petioloruni ])Qrsistontibus linoaribiis ciliatis ; florihus utriusqiio 

 sexus ill axilii^ solitariis pedunculis filit'oniiibus sat loiigis insidouiibus 

 eglandulosis ; Jlorihus ^ minutis sepalis intor se iequalibiis libt^'is suborblcu- 

 laribus liispidnle ciliatia staiuinibus 3 filainentiri in coluinnain brcvein coiiuatis 

 anthcris longitrorsniu dchiscentibus ; florihus ? niasculig niajoribus sepalis 

 ovatis obtusis nisi obtusissiinis Lispidulo ciliatis ovario deprosso stjlis basi 

 distinctis alto bipartitis; capsula subglobc^a late 3-suleata glabra. 



North Coast, Arnliem Bay ; R. .Broiaiy dist. no. 3C11. 



Folia inagnitudine valdc divcrsa, nunc + 1 cm,, nxnic 3 cnu attln;;'en(ia, 



in sicco lutescontia, pag. inf. pallida^ pag. niravis ojiiiine reticulala; petioli 

 1-3 nnn. long. StipuUc pallicbT, 1-2 mni.Jong. rcduiiciili 3-4 nnn. long.j 



J gbibri vol fere glabri $ liispidiilo pilosi. Sepala niasc. '1 nnn. long., 

 colunma staminea '2 mm. alt. ; anthor^iG columnajn staminoam panllulum 

 exccdentos, Sepala £eni. panllo ultra 1 mm* long., sub capsula usque ad 

 2'5 mm. aucta. Ovarium vix 1 mm. diam. ; styli rami divcrcfentes, "5 mm. 

 long. 



To be placed close to P. ditassoidcs^ Muell. Arg. : a very distinct species 

 on account of its foliage togctlier with tho flowers with broad Iiispidulous 

 sepals. 



PiiYLLANTiiUS PoDENZAN^E, sp. uov. SufFrutex rliizonuite sat valido 

 caulos simplicGS ramososve emittento; ramis bene foliosis aliquanto debilibus 

 angulosis suporne compressis microscopice pubcrulis ; yb/i/^' breviter petiolatis 

 late ovatis vel suborbicularibas (ultimis ovato-oblongis) apiee rolundatis ipso 

 interdum mucronulatis basi rotundatis vel rotundato-trin^catis nequaquam 

 cordatis margine cartilagineis in sicco brunnescentibus firmc membrannceis 

 pag. inf. microscopice pnberulis ; sttpuUs Itneari-huiceolatis acuminatis mox 



plus minus patentibus ; Jlorihus S ignotis ; floribus $ axillaribus solifariis 

 pedunculatis ; sepalis liberis erectis oblongis (uno anno semper? oblongo- 

 ovato) obtusis dorso carinulatis membranaceis glabris ; (jlandulis nullis ; 

 ovario ovoideo glabroj stfjlis basi leviter divergontibus integris. 

 Queensland, Cooktown : Podenzana, 



Folia majoru 2-3'5 X l'5-2'5 cm., mediocria ± 15x13 mm., minima in 

 ramis ulterioribas usque ad G-10 X 1-5 mm. reducta; costiB laterales ut 

 reticulum inconspicure; petioli l-2"5 mm. long. Stipula^ dilate brunnere, 

 1'5 mm. long. Pedunculi 3-4 mm. long., glabri. Sepala alba, a3gre 5 mm. 

 long. Ovarium 1 mm. long., basi totidem diam. ; styli revoluti apice 

 truncati, vIx 1 mm. lon<>;. 



This most probably belongs fo § Synostemonj but in the absence of male 

 flowers the point must remain undecided. At first sight it suggests 



It' tjiown-dryin^ 



P^diia*^soides^ Mucll. Arg,, buttlie indumentum is did'erent, iht 1 



