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niiMlii, raphe brevi ah uinMlico axiiu capsnlae versus horizoiitaliter per 
quadi-antem circunilerentiae seminis prodiicta, panim tuinifla, intemiaieiiti) 
communi seminis concolori obducta, iiUiis cava, fasciciilmn vasoiuiii teU* 
cellulosa continentium in fihuu tenuissimum corrugatimi iiicludoiUe, ad tlia- 
lazam in placentiilam oibicularem vasis pertextaiu ampliata. Integumeutiim 
commune seminis sive testa e strato cellularuiu crassarnni simpUci, co- 
lons pi-ofmide umbiini, tenorum, opacuui, sat diintm, aduattnn strato ccMn- 
lai-um tencriore, tiausparente, pallidi colons. Nucleus membrana tener- 
rima, transparente , tandem a chalaza sobita involutiis. Albumen subgloho- 
svim , ad chalaxam complauatam, integrum, soUdum, dmum, cornenm, co- 
lons lartei , ad micropylen parnm impressnm, intns cavitatera ellipsoideaiu, 
vix Vaoo albnminis consnmentem, undiqne clansam et embryonem inclndeiiteiu 
continens. Embryo in fnndo cavitatis situs, saccule proprio teneriimo pel- 
lucido inclusus, ovalis, complanatus, vix y^oo liiieae permetiens, basi at- 
tenuata micropylen versus umbilicum spectans, apice obtuso, colons lactei, 
simplex, mere cellulosus. 
5, JTIariantlinis ang^ii^tifolinis; PutlerL rainls erecto- 
patentibus, rectis, virgatis, plus minus fastit^iatis, glaber- 
rimis, foliosis; foliis subsessilibiis, fere liiiearibus, l-l'/3 
uncialibus, latioribus ail ^ lin. latls. a medio baslu versus 
seusim angustatiSj superne margiiiibus parallelis apice bre- 
vissime acuto, apiculatis, integerrimis, planis^ laete vii'i- 
(Icscentibus, infra pallidioribus , glaueescenti - nitentibus, 
glabris , erecto - pateatibus , peduiiculis ramulos auiiotiiios 
continue terniinantibus, solitariis, folia suprema superanti- 
fous 5 filiforniibus viridescentibus , glabris erectis, superne 
cymoso-ramosis, pauciiloris; pedicellis simplicibus, bi-tri- 
fidisve, erectis, floribus sx>eoiosis5 5 linealibus, eampaiiu- 
latis; calycis foliolis subulato - acuminatis , dorso pubescen- 
tibus; petalis violaceo-coeruleis, ungue saturatiore; fructi- 
bus 
Habitat in Australiae austro -occidentalis Colonia Swan -River (Nov. \^^^' 
(Drummoud) 1631). L. Preiss. Herb. Preiss. No. 1287. 
Suppetunt specimina tria, unum tantum suprema radicis defractae parte 
adhuc instructum, tvujico cylindrico, bipedali et altiore, Inferne vix penna 
*>^..-.:„„ „„:„_- , . . ,jj^^ rufescente, longitml'* 
apicem trnnci attingentes, filo emporetico vix crassiores, pleVumcpie simpli" 
ces — •-" --*'—■ ' • '^"- 
res 
Foil 
neaha 
sus basin sensim angnstata, superne marginibus integerrimls parallelis apif^ 
brevissime ciispidato apiculata, apiculo plus minusve oblitiue recur\-o, plana* 
nspicuis 
irlaiKC" 
tra marginera arcualim connexis, laete viridia, snbtus pallidiora, gia"*^y. 
scenti - nitentia , sempervirentia , glaberrima , erecto - patentia. Jh'durtrttft 
ramulos annotinos continue terminantes , solitarii , teretes , folia su|)renia 
plernnupie snperantes, erecti, spaivsim ptlosi, superne rymoso -ramosi,,p^" 
