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Arbor elegantissima, pro ordinis more singulariter elata, Aus- 
tralim orientalis subtropicz silvicola, foliis oppositis ovato- v. 
oblongo-lanceolatis integerrímis, floribus axillaribus et terminalibus 
solitariis v. geminis v. in cymulam paucifloram consociatis speciose 
coceineis minutim bibracteolatis. 
Genus ad Thyrsacanthum approximans, unieum forsan familize 
arbore procera superbiens, in publieum observantiz testimonium 
dieavi przclaro et amicissimo Georgio Windsor Earl, nune penin- 
sulz& Malayanz judici, viro investigationibus geographicis et eth- 
nologicis per Indiam presertim insularem et Australiam intra- 
tropicam longo annorum tractu institutis igitur etiam nostre 
physiographie promotione optime noto. 
KEarlia excelsa. 
Insilvis densis montanis ad flumen Fitzroy. "Thozet et Dallachy. 
Arbor magna. Ramuli glabri, parum tetragoni, mox teretius- 
euli. Folia chartacea, plana, glabra, 2-13" longa, acutiuscula, non- 
nunquam obtusa, semper mutica, in petiolum breviuseulum con- 
íraeta, uninervia, irregulariter pennivenia, indistincte venulosa, 
utrinque sed imprimis supra nitentia, subtus pallidiora, diu persis- 
tentia. Flores breviuscule v. perbreviter pedicellati. Braeteolz prope 
basin pedicelli cymbeo-lanceolate, parum puberule, linea sepe 
breviores. Calyx circiter 2" longus, subglaber v. parum puberulus, 
Corolla membranea, circiter pollicem longa, nervis subtilibus 
striata et venis anastomosantibus percursa, extus glabra, intus 
paree breviterque pilosula ; labium superum paulo ultra trientem 
bifidum, lobis oblique semilanceolatis ; labium inferum tripartitum, 
lobis zquilongis semilanceolatis, medio horum lateralibus paulo 
latiore ; fauces simul ae loborum utraque pagina glabre; tubus 
deorsum 23—3" erassus, basin lateris inferioris versus plica longi- 
tudinali intrusus. Filamenta fertilia sanguinea, capillari-filiformia, 
corolla paulo breviora, supra ejus tubi medium libera, abhinc 
deorsum usque ad coroll basin adnata ; pars filamentorum accreta 
brevissime patentimque pubescens ; pars libera sursum glaberrima. 
Antherz linea paulo aut vix breviores, sagittato-oblongs, nigre- 
scentes, glabrz, inter lobos basales affix:e ; loculi utraque extremi- 
tate acutiusculi, longitudinaliter introrsum dehiscentes, in summi- 
tatis spatio brevissimo liberi, antice quoque connectivo disjuneti ; 
loeulus exterior paulo longior, minutissime cuspidulatus,  Pollinis 
granula ovata, levia, Filamenta duo superiora ananthera, ferti- 
libus approximata, nec tamen iis conjuncta, iisdemque tenuiora, 
nonnunquam tenerrima, supra medium tubi corolle spatio linez 
libera, setacea v. tenui-subulata, deorsum adnato-decurrentia et 
hine paulisper pubernula, apice recta v. demum uneinato-curvata et 
hine glabra. Stylus tenui-filiformis, glaber, circiter pollicem 
longus. Stigma stylo vix latius, tantummodo 1" longum. Germen 
