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334 



Steet 





US5 foliis petiolatis cordatis iufeiionbus panels 

 loribus liastato^rilobis, petlunculis calycibus- 



1. Rliyncliostemon g:IiitiiiOj§$ii8 



Rb. hispidul 



late ovatis supci 



que glutinosis. 



Thomasia ghilinosa Lnulley! Swan-River Bot- in Append, 

 ad Got. Re^, pag. XVIIL No. 82. Steiideli in Leh:n. Plant. 

 Preiss. T. L p. -235, No- 19. 



Hab. ift Novoc HoU:\nclbe ora australi-occidentali , in Swan-Rher Colonia, ad 

 iliimen VasseRivor, DriimuionJ! Collect. I. No. 385! Collect. 2. No. 711 In lapi- 

 dnsis ad radices montis prope catnractam, ad ostium tiuminis Cygnorum, d. 26, Jul. 

 1S39, Preiss! (Herb. Prei.«s, No. 1032! specimen sterile), et in solo limoso-calcu- 

 lo.^o inter frutices dcnsos ad radices jngi montinm Darling's range, distr. Perth, u. 

 2. Novemhr. 1S39. (Herb. Preiss. No. 1068! specimina tlorigera.) v. s. 



Frutex 2-3-pe(lalis. Caulh teres, cinereo-fuscus, pilis stellatis hispidu- 

 lus, demuni glabrescens sive asperuliis, simplex et versus apicem divisus, 

 sire jam iaferiorc parte raniosus. Rami erecto-patuli, stellulis ferruginejs 

 ilensiiis hispidi. Folia petiolata, petiolo ^i-T-lineari, terete, liispido, snb- 

 coriacea^ subplicata, penninervia, nervis supra inipressis, subtus promimuis, 

 inargine subiucurva, in pngina superiore stellulis remotis, parvis hinc inde 

 conspersa, vel niox glabrata, ia pagina infcriore stellato-tonietitosa et stellu- 

 lis majoribus, rigiilioribus, t'errugineis, praesertiui in nervis insnper vestita, 



..4..:«.^..» — -J.: i_.x„ -_ .^_ -•./• • • • 1 • .__i__.. — .^t«^ (loci* 



cordata, hastato-triloba, lobis basilaribus oppositis, latis, obtusis, patentlbus, 

 sub angulo recto 5n lobuna terminaleiu , nnilto angustiorem, valde eIongat«m_, 

 sensini attenuatum, obtusiasculum abeuntibus, l-i-poliicaria , parte basilari 

 8-12 lin. lata, lobo terminall 3-4 lin. lato. Stipulae omnino desideruntiir, 

 et folia minima, quae in nonnullis specimlnibus pro stipulis habere posses, 

 non sunt stipnlae, sed folia novella ex innovationibus omnino axillaribus 

 ernmpentia, Racemi oppositifolii, laterales, et, nt in Thomasia grandi- 

 flora pseudo-terininales, deniuin vero omiies laterales, folium niulto superan- 

 tes, 3-l)-pollicnres, erecti, inuUiQori; rJiachi terete, medio tenus nuda, stei- 

 liito-hispida, ferruguua, supra medium glutinosa, stellulis bine inde conspers«, 

 graciliore, florifera; floribus secnndis, nutantibus, pedicellatis; pedudu^ 

 patentlbus, 3-4 lin. longis, filiformibus, glutinosis, basi apiceque bracteatis; 

 braciea basilari solitaria, peJiceHum subaequante, anguste linear!, obtu- 

 shiscula, dorso stellulis glutinosis dense Iilspida, facie glabriuscula, deniuni 

 decldua; braciea hypocalycina perslstente, S-partita, in alabastro calycl 

 approximata, sub anthcsi demum, lineae circiter spatium ab eo reniota, 

 patcnte sive reQexa; laciniis anjjnste Unearibus, basi attenuatis, apice 

 acutiusculis, glutinosis et dorso stellulis sparsis interdum munitis, 3-3*72 »«- 

 longis, intermedia lateralibus plerumque paullo longiore. Calyx campanu- 

 latus, petaloideus, expansus diametro S-llMineari, Yacie glabriusculus st^c 

 puberulus, palliJe roseus, dorso glutinosus, laete purpureus, basi interdum 

 pilis paucis, stellatis, longissinils conspersus,.uUra medium 5-partitus; segmen- 

 tis ovatis, conduplicatis, valde acutis, semper, ut ex sicco videtur, conniv;^n' 

 tibus, carina longitudlnali, valida, qnalem in omnibus Thomasiae speciebu* 

 observavimus , Gmnino destitutis, 



, reticulato-venosis et basi macula atro-p^f" 

 piirea notatis- Petala nulla. Filamenta 5, brevissima, semilineam vix 

 longa, planiuscula, basi paullispev dilaiata, libera, uninervia, strammea, 

 omnia fertilia, Anfherae lineari-lanceolatae, complanato-compressae, g*»' 

 berriraae, dorso atro-purpureae, fiicie pallidiores, in rostrum flavescens, jra- 

 cillimura, subaequilongnm, obtusiusrulum, sensim attenuatae, infra medum^ 

 insertae, biloculares, erectae et supra ovarium arete conniventes, rum rostr^ 

 2%-2% lin. longae, basi % lin. latae, ntrinqiie rima laterali dehiscentes, 



