345 



I 



SAROTES Liiidlej^ Swan-River Bot. in Append, 

 ad Bot. Reg. p. XIX. No. 85. Endl. gen.No.532T^ 



Meisn. gen. p. 344. 



1- Harote!^ ledlfolia Lindlei). 



S. stipulis foliiforinlbus folio paiillo brevioiibusj bracteis 

 ovatis, petalis basi lata sessilibus, antheris breviter rostratis. 



ledifolia 



(optiine!) 



T* 



Thomasia puniila Steudel! in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. T. I. 



p. 233. IVo. 10. 



Hab. in Novae Holhindiac ora austral! - occidentali, in Swan-Rher Colonia^ 

 Drummond! Collect. 1. No. 376! et 377! Collect. 2. No. 00! Ibidem Preiss! 

 (Herb. Preiss. No. 1643! frustuluni quidem, sed certissime hue pcrtiiiens!) v. s. 



Fruticulns Ininiilis, 1-2-pedalis. Radix tenuis, flexuosa, perpendfculari- 

 Jer descendeiis, fibris divaricatis, tenuissimis parce rainosa. Caulis erectus, 

 jam ab inia basi ramosus, conice rimoso, griseo vel brunneo tectiis, teres, 

 demuni glabratus. Rami ramulique erecto-patuli, tomento stellato, cinereo 

 sive siibferrngineo hispiduli. Folia subsessilia vel brevissime pedicellata, 

 approximata, coriacea, linearia, basi breviter attenuata, apice obtusa, iiiar- 

 gme arete revobita, uninervia, supra leviter pubescentia, niox glabratri, aspe- 

 riila, granulosa sive inter Jum reticulata, nervo argute impresso, subtus pilis 

 stellatis siniplicibusque molliter cano-toraentosa, nervo valJe prominulo, for- 

 *'"S*u'eo, 5-10 lin. longa, ^/i-^U ''"• \^t^. Stipulae foliis oninino siuiilliuiae, 

 scd semper paullo ininores, 4-7 lin. longae, aB auctoribiis nonnrillis pro foliis 

 ^bitae , quare plantae plerumque folia ternatiai verticillata tribuuntur. 

 Racemi oppositifolii, stipulis oppositis alteriii, ita ut cum folio et stipulis 

 ^erticillura quaternarinni forment; rliachi tomento stellato, subferrugineo 

 mspidula, basi spatium %-! pollicis nuda, pedunculiformi, apice pauciflora; 

 flo^'ibus 3-4, ut viiletur secuiidis, nutautlbus, approximatis, pedicellatis; pe- 

 dicellls toinentosis, '2-1 lin. longis, bracteatis; bracteis 2- \ ovatis, acutinscu-. 

 '1^5 plerumque paullo distantlbus et a calyce remotis, facie sparse, dorso 

 tleosius pubescentibns. Calyx campanulatiis, membranacens, coerulescens, 

 "Irinque pilis stellatis, remotiusculis puberulus, sive intus basi lepidolus, iu 

 ""uctu marcescens, profunde 5-fidus; segmentis ovatis, obtusiiisculis, usque 

 ad basin fere fissis, reticulato-venosis, nervis 3 validioribus, ima basi paral- 

 lelis, versus apicem divergentibus, praeditis, 5-7 lin. longis, 3-4 72 Hn. Iritis- 



^^^\ semilineam longa, omnia fertilia, Antherae ovato-oblongae, atro-purpu 

 ^^^e, medio insertae, basi rotundatae, subintegrae, apice in rostrum breve, 

 ^loum, apice bilobum attenuatae, lineara longae, suico dorsali, longitudinali 

 ^aratae, latere interno poris duobus, a sumnio apice remotis, dehiscentes. 

 ^^arium parvum, diametro serailineari, globosum, papillosum, brunneum, 

 ^-loculare; locuUs dispermis; o^itlis superpositis. Stylus \\^ lin. fere lon- 

 Sj^s itna basi pilis paucis, apice glanduliferis conspersus, medio tenus fere 

 poer, supra medium usque ad sumnium apicem pilis stellatis, albis sconae- 

 innm.c, „^_- - . , .... •^_^.-» Capsiila submntura nasi 



obovata, dia- 

 landuliferis, bre- 



