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Herba erecta utplurimum simplex altitudine 1-6' varians. Caulis 
ieres levis cum ramis inferne glaber superne pilosulus. Radix 
valide ramosa mucilaginosa. PPetioli teretiusculi 3-4" longi parce 
pilosi cito decidui. Folia 1-3" longa ambitu cordata plus minus 
profunde 5-loba utrinque parce hispidula, ima sepius integra, lobis 
oblongo-vel ovato-cuneatis serrato-vel crenato-dentatis antice di- 
latatis nune lobulatis, supremo mediis fere duplo posticis multo 
majore. Racemi terminales simplices vel subpanieulati; —Stipule 
eaducissimz setaceo-lineares piligerz circiter 3" longz.  Pedun- 
euli et pedicelli pilis simplicibus subglandulosis pubescentes, teretes 
exsulei. Pedicelli calyei subszquilongi quocum articulati, apice 
valde ampliati. Involucri foliola 3 unilateralia lanceolato-vel lineari- 
oblonga disco terminali pedicellorum inserta, 1-13" longa appressa, 
dudum ante florescentiam caduca, medium ssepius paulo distantibus 
lateralibus minus. Calyx spathaceus cucullatus circiter 3" longus 
ad medium fissus, extus tenuiter puberulus, intus subtiliter strigu- 
losus, deciduus, 5 dentatus, dentibus uni-lateralibus lanceolato-vel 
angusto-linearibus acutiusculis 1-13" longis. Corolla 5 petala, pol- 
licaris vel paulo longior; petala oblonga, basi euneata, alba demum 
erubescentia, inferne intus amoene coccinea, preter basin parce 
ciliatam glabra. Columna deflexa alba glabra infra medium nuda. 
Filamentorum pars libera ahthera brevior sigillatim emergens. 
Antherz flavido-albz reniformi-ovate. Pollen ochroleucum. Styli 
5, linea breviores albidi glabri. Stigmata depresso-semiglobosa 
peltata albida puberula. . Capsula 5-locularis ovata quinqueangulata 
apiculata pollicaris vel paulo longior extus subglanduloso-pubescens, 
loeulieide 5-valvis. Semina in quoque loculo 3-6, angulato-sub- 
globosa, obscure et squalide viridi-fusca, 13-2" longa seriebus 
subtilissimis tuberculorum striolata et pube patente molli flavescente 
vestita. 
BUETTNERIACEA. 
Rulingia loxophylla. 
(Sect. Eurulingia.) 
Erecta, foliis planis oblique ovatis vel subeordatis nunc angula- 
tis margine undulatis crenulatis dentatisve subtus pallidioribus 
densius supra parcius tomentosis demum hispidulis, cymis luteis 
plurifloris brevissime pedunculatis vel sessilibus, calycis laciniis 
acutis ligulas petalorum enerves obtusas oblongatas superantibus. 
In plaga elevata (Table-land) inter flumen Victoria River et 
rivos Sturt's Creek et Hooker's Creek. 
Frutex sesqui-paucipedalis parum ramosus.  Petioli 3-4" longi. 
Folia 3-23" longa, nervis pinnatim-patentibus supra impressa. 
Stipule lineari-subulatse utrinque non raro lacinula tenui aucte. 
Pedunculi eymz florentis vix 1" longiores, sepius nulli. Pedi- 
celli calycem zquantes vel eo breviores. Calycis expansi diameter 
circiter 23", Ligule petalorum lutee. Capsula deest. 
