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In Aiistraliae orientMis montibus sic d'n;tis cacruleis et in montaiiis pro|tL' 
Ulawara (1833. L. B. ab Hiigel); in solo tnrfoso inter fruticefj densos ad Httora 
partus Princess Royal Harbonr 20. Bee. 1840. L. Preiss. Herb. Prciss, No. 1296. 
Friite.v 3-4 pedalis, i^amis longissimis, voliibiiibus m vicinis plaiuis 
scandens. Rami teretes, robustiores pennae corvlnae crassitie, cortice nifo- 
purpurasrente longitudinaliter et spirallter rugoso-striato, i;labro, laevi, ni- 
li(Jo vestiti, superiie pilis deorsiim diicctis pubesrcnfes et confertissime foliati. 
Folia subsessllia vel brevissime petiolata; inferiora spalhnlata, obovata vel 
ovalia, vix semipoUicaria, ad 3 lin. lata, obtiisiiiscula vel apice brevi-cuspldato 
brevissime apiciilata, margine liino iiide denticulo uno alterove instructn ; sitpe- 
riora Iant:eolata, vel oblongo-laiiceolata, sesquipollicaria, apicem versus sen- 
sim breviora, poUicaria, ^-3 lin. lata, integerriina , omnia niarginibus Ic- 
njiissime revoliita, secus planiuscula, obscure e luteo - viridia, subtus palli- 
diora et pilis lon^is canis adpressis villosula, supra pilis brevibus strirtis, 
tubcrculo insidentibus, patentibus pilosa, nervo longitudinal! subfus promi- 
nente percursa, lateralibus saturatioribus tenerriniis horizontalibns inforne 
vix parum conspicuis, erecto -patentia vel patentia. Pedunruli hreYimsmx], 
fere subsessiles, vix interdum in ramis supremis foliis longiores, superne al- 
ternatim ramosi, ramnlisque brevibus, basi braoteolis subulatis suffultis, bi- 
trindis in cyniam densifloram, I*2-'24 floram, folia supreina raro superan- 
tem cojigcstJs, dense villosis, erectis. Fhres canipanulato-patcntes, 5 li^ 
neales, erecti. Calycis foliola e basi latiore subulato- acuminata 2-3 li- 
nealia, dorso convexiuscula et purnurascentia, intus excavala, utrinque A'il- 
losa, aestivatione marginibiis imbricata, sub anthesi patentia, persistentia. 
Coroflae pefala spathulata, 5 linealia, basi ungue vix trientem petali ron- 
Sumentis, angustioris, lineam latis, marginibus involntis canaliculate, albido 
in tubum ronniventibus, laminis ad P/j li"- l^tis patentibus cuspidato-api- 
culatis apice reflexis, laete coerulea, venis tribus parallelis longitudinaliter 
penlucta. Stamina in tubum connivcnlia, illiunque floris parum superantia. 
subaequalia; fdamcntis e basi latiore intus canaliculata, dorso convexiuscula 
subulato -fiUformibus, albidis, apice antberiferis; antheris ovatis , obtusis, 
Ofiseos emarginatae dorso afiixis, albidis, biloculatis, loculis superne conti- 
,,. .^^? apice reJiexis. Ovariimi basi attenuata in receptamio subsessile, 
euipsoideum, cylindraceo-compressiuscnlum, adpresse pilosum, apice in sly- 
"um teretem, brevissimum vix % linealem, rectum, stigmate convexiusculo 
medio inipiesso papilloso terminatum glabrum continue transiens, intus e se- 
^iseptis in axi contiguis biloculatum, marginibus septorum juxta axim con- 
tigue dccurrentibus et in loculos utrinque paulo promiiiulls alternatim et bi- 
seriatim ovuliferis. Ovula funiculo brevissimo suspensa, s«bglobosa, mu(ua 
pressione tandem complanata, diametro vix semilineali, horizontalia, ana- 
^opa, 16-24 in quovis loculo, plurima abortiva, in liquore resinoso, spisso, 
jl'*^.^"^ aromatico nidiilantia. Fructus m receptacnlo floris basi calycis fo- 
'olis basibus superstitibus amplexns sessilis, obovato- cylindraceus, utrinque 
ompressiuscnlis, 6 linealis, apice attenuate emarginato 'stylo brevissimo su- 
P^rstite coronatus, superficie rugulosus, glaber, fusco-virens, baccara exsuc- 
11^^, sat duram constituens, intus sem'iseptis in axi contiguis et connatis 
"trmqiie seminiferis biloculatus, pleiospermns. Semina in quovis loculo uni- 
enata, pauca, vix 3-4 evoluta, reliquis abortivis, in succo inspissato denso 
">■*>, albido interstitia loculorum explente nidulantia, subglobosa, diametro 
^faliy borizontalia rapbe laterali brevi, testa purpurea, glabra, rugulosa, 
uaa vestita. Embryo in fundo albuminis totam fere seminis molem occu- 
P^ntis, solidi, durioris, colons lactei prope umbilicum minimus, ortbotropus, 
"'^ontpletus, mere rellulosns. 
