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ad petioli basin dilatatani rediicta; inflorescentia i^Uiir semper axillaris. Pe- 
dunculi inferiie tantum rarauluin unum alterumve (raiius niiUuiu) breveni di- 
verj^entem proferentes, spica I -3-pollicari tennuiati, floribus infimis saepo 
poliicem et ultra dissitis ; bracteis ovatis acutis, flore Iriplo brevioilbus, pa- 
tulis calyceque aureis, jiinioribus ciliolatis et basi pubenilis. Stigma oh\y 
que peltatuui, tnincato - suborbiculare v. obverse subrcniforme, angulJs in 
denticulos vix conspicuo^ saepiusqne inflexos productis. 
Species, ut videtur, ad IS. favosam R.Br, accedens, sed sli;j;matis forma, 
spicarum rhachi pubenila et petiolis (junlorlbus saltern) more S. dilatatae 
basi laxe pilosis facile dignoscenda. 
3. j^ynaphea petiolaris R.Br. glabra, foliis longe pe- 
tiolatis. utrinque reticulato-scrobiculatis, tripartitis, segmeii- 
tis indivisis v. 2-3-fidis5 laciniis planis obtusis acutisve, 
submuticis; pedunculis elong^atis, fi^racillimis, inferne pauci- 
raiiiosisj spicis laxifloris inferne interruptis, bracteis ovatis 
acutis patidis calyce vix triple brevioribus ovario villoso 
aequalibus; stigmate ovato, breviter bicorni, corimbns ap- 
proximatis v. in rostellum acutiim conglutinatis. — R.Br.. 
prodr. pag. 370. 
In glareosis s}lvae ad latus orientale mentis Clarence. Plantagenet, d, 30. Sept. 
1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 781 et in region, interior. Australiae merid.-occid. No. T78. 
(Sinus Regis Georgli, R.Br.! in Hb. DC.) 
Facies fere praecedentis, sed stigma diversissimiim et folia minus reg"- 
lariter divisa, nonndlla simpliciter triloba, segmentis lacinilsque saepins Iimirt 
exacte oppositis, apice obtusiusculis v. rarius attenuato - acutatis et mncro- 
uido obsoleto obtiiso v. nullo terminatis, reticulatione tenuiore. Pediincm 
folia plus minus superanfes (saepe pedales) s^Iaberrimi v. vix apice biter tto- 
res parce adpresserpie pllosiusculi, parte florifera saepius 3- ^ -pollicari. r lo- 
res fere % minores, 2 lln. lonj;i , extus glabri , limbi lobis intns phis minus 
pilosiuscub's v. snb^labris. Stif/ma, quod in diagnosi primitiva dicifur „ac"- 
tum", in ipso specimine Browniano videmus ovato-oblongum apice brevtter 
sed manifeste bifidura. Specimina Preissiana, Bro^vniano nt ovum ovo si- 
milia, varias stigmatis formas, qnas supra indicavimus, ostendunt. 
Synaphea fjraciUima Lindl. Swan-River pag. XXXII. n. 151. (Drnni- 
mond n. 58S et coll. I.) cum S, petiolari omnibus notis esactissime cojivenit, 
excepto solo stigmate dilatato (latiore quani longo) in cormia '2 longuiscuia 
sinu lato separata producto, fere semilunari. Quae stigmatis forma, *• ^"" 
latatae valde simiUs, jam in alabastro observatur. 
4. Synaphea acntiloba Meisn. glabra, foliis petiolo bre- 
vioribus, utrinque reticulate -favosis, tripartitis, segmeutis 
tripartitis laciniisque complicatis apice 2-3-fidis atteiuiato- 
acutis, pungenti-mucronatis: pedunciilis elongatis, graciiH- 
niis, inferne pauciramosis, spicis basi interruptis, bractets 
minutis ovatis flore quadiuplo brevioribus; stigmate ovato 
brevissirae bifido, ovario glabro. 
In Rolo limoso-lapidoso prope cataractam ad caput flum. Cygnonina. Her ■ 
Preiss. No. 777 et ad jngum montium Darlings-rangc, baud procul a catar.^c • • 
No. 782. d, 25. et 26. Jul. 1839. (Drummond n. 589.) 
fallor , notis indicat^^ 
Species praecedenti simillima quidem, sed, ni fallor, notis i*^*"*^^' ^ 
praecipue foliorum reticulatione diversa et stigmate (cujus cornua con^i^*"^^^ 
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