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De^cripiwui steetzii haec addam: Frnticulns; rami teretes flavesconfes, apiceiu versus subangulati, .ad foliorum 

 insertiones pulvinulis semilunaxibus protuberantibus notati, ramulo.i. Folia parva erecto - pat^ntia, dein sub- 

 adpressa, oblonga aut obovato-oblonga, obtusa aut apice rotundata, rarissime subacata ant retusa, ba^i acuta, 

 rarms subatteuu^ta, margiue baud revokto plana, 2-5'" longa, 1-1.'" lata, nervo medio utriuque prae- 

 pnmis antem subtus promiuulo. Racemi ad apices ramorum apicalium cor>'mboso-conge.ti aut subpauiculati 

 Qo.flon, corymbo 2^" alto, 3" lato seu panicula 4" alt^ 3" lata (in eodem mmo coimnunij; ramuli florif.ri 

 breves, laterales basi foliati, racemum terminalem mox superantes; pedicelli inferiores racemi loiigiore^ pateu- 

 tes, superiores erecti 3-2'" iongi teiiues glabri; fiores sat magni. Camels foliola 3 extcrma subaequalia acuta, 

 nee obtusiuscula, quam interna plus 4-plo fere lougiora, 1'" louga; Intemra 2 alaeformia petaloidea obovata 

 s. obovato-oblonga obtusa, basi leviter atteuuata, 3-3i"' longa, 2f" lata. VeUih supemra carinae fis.uraia 

 obtegentia eaque paulo longiora, liueari-oblonga obtusa, apice conniventia, basi tube stamineo aduata; carina 

 latior, apice rotuudato-obtusa, cucullata. Sfaminum filameuta in fascicules 2 separatos counata; aniL-rae 4 ad 

 apicem fasciculorum tilamentorum collatcrales sessiles erectae minutae obovatae, 2-loculares, apice pore duplici 

 dehiscentes. Germen minutum ovatum; sit/lus robustus, e basi tenui seiisim clavato-incrassatus, infra apicem ar- 

 cuatus, summo apice truncatus et siipm in latere inferiore hamate gerens. Frucius compressi obovato-cuneati, 

 basin versus abrupte et longiter attenuati, apice emargiuati, styli rudinieuto in media curvatura promiuulo, mar- 

 gine anguste subalati, ala ad apicem pai-um prominula, 5'" Iongi, ad apicem 2'" lati, margiue loculicide 2-vaI- 

 ves, 2-loculares. Sernim in loculis solitaria, ex apice loculorum pendula, ovata, pilis sericanlibus, seminc ipso 

 longioribus obtecta. 



Hab. Nova Hollandiai sieber. 



2. COMESPERMA? PLANIFOLIUM uassk. 



Herh. siebeii, n. 364 * e t^ova IloUandia^ sub nomine C, ericini DC. 



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Diagu, Glabrum, foliis linearibus acutis, marginc cartilagineo baud rcvoluto planis; floribus 

 racemosis congestis; pedicellis bracteas persistentes sat magnas longc cxcodcntibus; calycis foliolis e\- 

 terioribus latis? 



Ohserv. C. Jlavum DC. steetz, Plant. Preiss. II. p. -300, 8, diilert: foliis elongatis, bracteis minutis et forsaa 

 calycis foliolis externis quam interna vix brevioribus (flores autein in nostro specimine nimis incompleti), ideoqne 

 nostra sectioni //II- Isocalyx" accedit, cuius species autem foliis minimis plerumque (superioribus) setaccis distinctac 

 sunt. An specimen nostrum revera Comesjwmati adnumerandum? 



BescripL Sufirutex?; rami sublignosi teretes, superne subangulati glabri. Folia erecta, primo suberecto-patentia 

 dein ramis adpressa (nee arete), linearia acuta, margine cartilagineo acuto baud rcvoluto plana, coriacea, rigida^ 

 5 — 14^'' longa, | — 1'" lata. Racemi ^i%xmmB\.(t^ densiflori abbrcviati; bracteae 3 lineari-lanceolatie acutae, late- 



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rales 2 intermedia 2'" longa breviores, persistentes, pedicellos sustinentes; pedlceJU erecti, dein patentes, apice 

 leviter curvati, bracteam intermediam longe excedentes, 3 — 5'" Iongi; Jlores valdopere incompleti, larvis insec- 

 torum enim comesi; solummodo calycis foliola externa tenuia ovata acuta, 2'" et ultra longa, 1^'" lata su- 

 persunt. 



Hab. Nova Hollandia: sieber. 



3. COMESPERMA ACUTIPOLIUM steetz. 



Herb, sieber, n. 534 e Nova Hollandia. 



Cf. STEETZ, Flant. Preiss. II. p. 296, 3; walp. Ann, II. p. 82, 3, sed folia in uostris speciminibus baud 

 oblonga sed omnia linearia, uti steetz in descriptione etiam indicat. 



Bescriptioni steetzii /. c. haec addenda habeo: FruticulusF, rami erecti fastigiati glabri iiavescentes terctes, api- 

 cem versus ex insertionibus foliorum protuberantibus decurrentibus angulati. Folia brevissime petiolata, sub- 



sessilia, erecto-patentia, linearia aut liueari-Ianceolata, acutissime et rigiJe mucronata, margine rcvoluto, lacte 



lata. liacemi ter- 



2'" 

 4 



viridia, nervo medio utrinque promiuulo (//nee supra vix conspicuo"), 4—7'" louga, 

 minales densiflori, li" lougi, 6'" lati; hracteae et hracteoUe % collaterales dimidio breviores lineari-lanceolaUe 

 acutae, pedicellis adpressae, caducae; pedkelli erecto-patentes terctes subangulati, apicem versus crassiores. Ca- 

 lycis foliola 3 externa iuternis 4.-plo breviora, subaequalia, postico paulo maiore, ovata acuta membraiiacea 

 tenuia colorata, \—f' longa; interna alaeformia petaloidea obovato-oblonga, basi atteuuata, 3^'" longa, 2^'" 



* An schcdula n?. 364 herb, sibbeki commutata? 



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