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AMARANTACEJE. 
Deeringia celosioides. 
R. Br. Prodr. 413; Endl. Iconogr. t. 62; Bot. Mag. t. 2717. 
Fruticosa, foliis glabris, submembraneis ovatis in acumen 
longum sensim acutatis, spicis indivisis v. simpliciter ramosis 
plerisque elongatis, bracteolis acutis, sepalis patentibus viridulis 
setate cano-fuscescentibus, filamentis basi conspicue dilatata conna- 
tis baccis rubris, seminibus majuseulis, testa subtilissime reticulata. 
E vicinio montium ccruleorum saltem usque ad sinum Keppel 
Bay. 
Deeringia altissima : 
Lagrezia altissima, Moq. in Cand. Prodr. xxiii, 2, 953, (Sect. Cladostachys.) 
Arborea foliis subchartaceis ovatis in aeumen breve sensim 
acutatis subtus ramulisque pubescentibus, spicis ramoso-paniculatis, 
bracteolis obtusis, sepalis zetate stramineis, filamentis basi vix con- 
natis, seminibus parvis, testa subtiliter reticulata. 
Ad sinum Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, W. Hill, E. Fitzalan ; 
juxtà fluvium Clarence, C. Moore; secus flumen Hastings et in 
planitiebus silvatices Rowland's Plains, H. Beckler. 
Arbor altitudinem saltem 70' attingens. — Cortex trunci cinereus, 
levis. Ramuli teretes, demum glabrescentes. Petioli sepe un- 
ciales, tomentello-pubescentes, state glabriusculi. Folia pleraque 
3-5' longa, 13-2" lata. Panicule pauci- v. pluri-pollicaris rami 
brevi-pubescentes. Flores, indicante clar. Beckler, statu recente 
albidi, circiter 1" longi, spicas modo densas modo interruptas 
struentes. Sepala late ovata. Stamina breviter aut vix exserta. 
Antherz flavi, 3" circiter longe. — Stylus perbrevissimus. Stig- 
mata circiter "longa. Bacca depresso-globosa, succulenta, leviter 
trigona, fere 2" lata.  Funiculi plures, capillares, fasciculatim e 
fundo calycis orti, centrales Sepe tantum semina fertilia gerentes, 
exteriores non raro tenuiores et ovulum non maturans gignentes. 
ina plura v. abortu ovulorum pauca, exacte reniformia, atra, 
nitentia, circiter 1" metientia. Albumen parcum, laterale, em- 
bryone hippocrepico semicinetum. 
Ad Deeringiam forsan referri possint Lestibudesia arborens et 
Cladostachys muricata. Deeringiam altissimam propter coalitionem 
filamentorum haud manifestam olim sub nomine Becklerize separa- 
bam. Generibus Amarantacearum ex Australia. cognitis nune ad- 
numeranda est ZErva, secundum quandam speciem in Nova Hol- 
landia boreali repertam. 
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DrioscoRE X, 
Petermannia. 
Limbus calycis in segmenta sex angusto-lanceolata divisus, tan- 
dem deciduus. Stamina sex. Filamenta capillaria, libera. An- 
Cx. 
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