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filbo subdi.iphanae, cartilai^incae. PetaJa alba nnvo Inte.scenie, acumiuc 
longe inftexo. Antherae linear! -oblongae. Sty'opoiUa glaberrima, plan;*, 
persistenlUi, in sicco nigi-icantia. StyH cornei, recikisculi , ilemum Hecidiii, 
Ftuctus (maturus desideratar), 1,5" htngus, 0,0*" latus, roniifrcssus, basi cor/la- 
tilft, apice Uuncatus, inarginc rectllineiiSs albiis, jngis tenuissimis filiformiims 
fusccscentibus. 
I 
2. Sclioenolaena temiior Bge, umbellis capitatis; um- 
belluHs qiiatuor trifloris. antheris subglobosis. 
Ill 6olo siibtuifoso planitiei prope oppiduluni Albany, PUintagenet, 29. Jun. 1841. 
Herb. Pieisf=. No. 20S0. 
Pi'aecodeiite niiiltoties minor, glabcrrinia. Radix ? Folia rndica- 
lia . . .? Caules cum inflorescentla C-0'' alti, basi adsceudeutts, caeterum str;cti 
tur polliceni ions^a, vet forsan longiora, lAedium (ex imico integro snperstite) 
3" longiim, sunima breviora sqiianiMefornda. fhuhrUne capitatae longe pe- 
duncnlatae, pedunculo caulem aetpiante vel superante. Invohicri foliola '*, 
glurnaceo-cartilaginea, convexa, umbellam aequantia, adpressa, oblonga iicutn, 
basi exius sordide albida, apice violacea, deniuni fusca, intus <'\!ba, ^" longa 
0,7'" lata, obsolete nenosa. Vmbeffufae 4, subsessiles; involucelli foliola 4; 
tria exteriora flores fiuctusqiie siiperantia, involucri foliolis siinilia , qnarto 
interiori menibranaceo scarioso albo, flores acqiiante. Fhres in quavis iini- 
bellula 3, omnes hermaphroditi, panlo minores (luani in Srh. Juncea, cac^c- 
rum similes. Cnh/cis laciniae reniformes, scssilps vel snhpeltatae, 0,"-" l''*^"^ 
albldo -subdiaphanae, deddnoe. -^wfA^7"/ze snbglobosae fnsrescentes. ^fy'^' 
"podia s1y'U{\\^ praeredentis. Fructus (quos observavi, omnes erant vafutj 
lorma praecedentis, et minor, 0,7'" latus, lineam iev& longus. 
XANTHOSIA Rudge. *) Meisn. gen. 140. (102.) 
JuEiroLAENA R.Br. Eiidl. gen. n. 4364. sect, a* 
Sect, Chlorosia. Involucri foliola parva herbacea vel 
membraiiacea; fructus paucijugi. 
!• Xanthosia glabrata Bge. lierbacea, j^labra; cmib- 
bus tliffusis laxis, foliis petiolatis; petiole ciliato, Uisectis, 
segmentis oblon^o -liiiearibus acutis margine integevnmis 
...revolutis, umbellis axillaribus pedunculatis luitantibus "«'' 
triflorisve, involucri foliolis linearibus longe ciliatis, calycis 
laciiiiis ovatis acutis, mericarpiis 5-jugis. 
Ift umbrosiss>hae ad llmium Canning, Perth, Nov. 1 84 J. Herb. Preiss.No. 2*^' 
Planta videtur annua. Radix exilis. Caules tenues, laXi, ^-poll'^';;*^!; 
vel longiores, ramosi. Fo/m petiolata, petiolo inferionun pollicari snmiuon 
*) Observ, Xomen antiquiua Bervandura putavi. Genus forsan in pliira *^'"*^^".°,0 
Fructus fcnim m nouannie speciebus paucijugati, in aliU muUijugati; X ''^^^^f-^.^n,, 
inToluceUis petaloideis , et habitu diktat. Attamen in hisce omnibus caljcis, F^^*^"J j, 
Btjlopodu, ».t>-loramque stnictura cadem. Longlus distat 7.e»coiaena pelUs^ra ^ 
sine dtibio geuerice dietingueiida. 
