FRAGMENTA PHYTOGRAPHI/J 
AUSTRALLE. 
XXI. 
Celastrus Australis. 
Harvey & Mueller, in Transact. Phil Soc. Vict.i 41; Reissek, in Linnma, 
D 265; F. M, Plants Indig. to Victoria, ii. tab. xxi. (Sect. Eucelas- 
rus. 
Inermis, scazdens, ramis lenticellatis, foliis alternis breve petio- 
latis ovatis v. lanceolatis acuminatis serrulato-crenulatis glabris, 
floribus ample racemoso- v. eymoso-paniculatis polygamo-dioicis, 
lobis ealycis semirotundis ciliolatis, filamentis margini disci insertis, 
stylo indiviso, disco hypogyno cupulari submembraneo libero, cap- 
sula trivalvi subglobosa haud angulata 3—6-sperma, seminibus 
arillo aurantiaco perfecte inclusis. 
In Australia orientali a fluviis Snowy River et Buchan River 
saltem usque ad flumen Burnett in silvis humidis umbrosis, passim 
in rupibus madidis vallis silvaticorum. 
Frutex altissime supra arbores scandens. Ramuli puberuli, 
lenticellis minutis verruculosi. Folia alterna, chartacea v. tenui- 
coriacea, 2-41" longa, 3—2" lata, uninervia, pennivenia, reticulari- 
venulosa, prz;ter basin integerrimam subtilissime v. grossiuscule 
erenato-serrulata passim subintegerrima, serraturis szpius brevis- 
sime mucronulatis. Stipule lineari-setacee v. in cilias aliquot 
inzquales fisse, subtilissime puberule, lineam long: v. breviores, 
diu persistentes. Panicule axillares et terminales nutantes, e 
racemis cymisve alternis constantes. Pedunculi et pedicelli sub- 
tiliter subvelutino-pubescentes. Pedicelli 1-2" longi, vel supra 
basin v. infra medium articulati, basi braeteolis minutis subulatis 
suffulti, Calyx persistens, circiter 3" longus, lobis swstivatione 
imbricatis. Petala ochroleuca, circiter 13" longa, glabra, late 
ovata, sessilia. Stamina glabra. Filamenta florum masculinorum 
brevia, subulata. .Antherz flavse, cordato-ovatze, acutiuscule», 
introrse, prope basin dorsifixe, 3-1" longs, florum femininorum 
minores et casse. Stylus subulatus, fere 1" longus, glaber. Stigma 
florum masculinorum vix divisum, florum fcemineorum breviter 
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