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Sectio Xeromeria Endl. 
1. Ijeptoineria liirtella Miq, ramulis angulatis folilsque 
junioribiis postice versus basin minute hirtellis, his sparsis 
patulis subulate - semiteretibus utrinque acutis j introrsum 
curvatis, floribus axillaribus solitariis pedicellatis, quinque- 
fidis, disci lobis subglandulaeformibus, drupis exsucois siib- 
obovato - ellipticis striate -costiilatis. 
Inter saxa calcarea divuli baud longe a maris littore in regione Pertb, 19. Jud. 
1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 2113. 
5,rrutex 1 -2-petIalis", purpurascens vel vindis. Radix perpendicula- 
ris, rhizomatosa, siibfusiformis, flexuosa, albicans, 2i) cent, circiter longa. Rami 
caulis inde a basj pliires, teretiusciili, rngiilosi, sordlde fusci vel grisei, vage 
rainosi, rnmuUs densis erectinsculis sparteis, viridibus vel piirpureis, angu- 
losis, striate -sulcatis, lineis elevatis e folionim basi descendentibiis, patentim 
subtlliter hlrtellis. Folia sparsa, conferta, ericino-acerosa, patula , siibse- 
miteretia, postice convexa, laevia, jiiniora versus basin sparse nirtella, antice 
inprimis versus basin planiuscula vel concaviuscula, versus apicem pauilo 
crassiora et minus plana, apice ipso breviter tereti-acutato, viridia vel pur- 
purascentia, introrsum arcuatiai curvata, 2-3 mm. lonj^a. Flares axillai^s 
solitarii. JDrM^« exsucca, subobovato-elliptica, in sJcco lusca, glabra, secun- 
dum longitudinera striolato - costulata et transverse rugulosa, fere 4 mm. longa, 
limbo patulo genJtalibusque toronata, pcdicellum teretem pauUo superans. 
Limhi quinquefidi lobis apertis, ellipticis, concavis, fuscis, crassis. Stamina 
5, fiJamentis brevibus lato-subulatis, antheris pallide luteis bilocularibus, 
lato-ovatis a dorso subcompressis, iS^?//w* brevissimus, s/ijjrmflife emargmato. 
Discus epim/nus quinquelobus, lobis subglandulaeformibus inter stamina sub- 
elevatis. Pericardium tennissimum fuscum. Ptttamem conforme sordioe 
pallide flavum, sulcato-costulatum, crassiusculum, ddnusculiim, subcrnsta- 
ceum. Spermodermis mediante tela celliilari laxa cum pericarpio coalita, 
tenuis, papyracea. Albumen carnosum albicans. Embrjjo nondum beae et- 
formatus. 
2. Ijeptoineria einpetriformi^ Miq. patenti-ramosa, 
stricta, foliis sparsis densiusculis acerosis, semitereti-vel 
subulato-trigonis, antice canaliculatis, floralibus (bracteis 
perslstentibus) planiusculis brevioribus, floribus supra ra- 
mulos spicaeformes pedicellatis, bractea Va-Va brevionbus, 
quinquefidis, disci lobis brevibus liberis , stigmate vix 
em a r gin at o. 
In arcnosis sylvae ad fiuvium Cygnoru». d 23 Jul. 1839. Herb. V^^^^^- * 
No, 2094. * * 1 
„Frutex bipedalis". 
sordlde fusci 
purpurascentes 
scendentibns, siibtiliter resinoso-glandulosi. Folia ex artlculatione facUe 
decidua, sparsa, conferta, patula, cricina, subulato-semiteretia, trigone, autice 
profunde lato-canaliculata, apice acuto subsphacelato duriusculo levitt^r »f^" 
curva, viridia vel fuscescentia, 5-7 mm. longa. Folia ramulorum P<^' 
renlium (vix recte bracteae dicenda) inprimis inferlora, magis plana, '"J'**"' 
breviora, teneriora, pallida, apice rubello-violacea, persistentia. ^[^T^' 
sursum fuspo) 
claiisus giobos 
