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HoMALINEA. 
Homalium alnifolium. 
Thwaites & Mueller. 
Foliis coriaceis rotundo-ovatis repando- v. dentato-crenatis gla- 
bris subito in petiolum longiusculum subdecurrentibus, spicis axil- 
laribus simplicibus solitariis, bracteolis exterioribus majusculis 
- lanceolatis acuminatis, calycis tubo breviter turbinato, limbi seg- 
mentis sepius senis lanceolato-linearibus petala iisdem conformia 
superantibus, filamentis pubescentibus geminatim ternatimve con- 
fertis, stylis quatuor inferne dense pilosis. 
In vicinia urbis Rockhampton ad flumen Fitz Roy. A. Thozet. 
. Arbor alni habitum pre se fert. Lignum adnotante inventore 
bonum. Ramuli teretes, glabri. Folia pleraque longitudine 23—5" 
variantia, utrinque nitore superfusa, modo obtusata modo breviter 
acuminata, penninervia, reticulari-venosa, petiolo fere semiterete 
1—j1'longo predita. Spice longius breviusve pedunculatze, addito 
peduneulo 2-3" longz ; rachis breviter pubescens. Bracteole diu 
persistentes, exteriores interioribus saltem duplo longiores, in 
acumen sepe acutissimum et sursum pertenue desinentes, circa 11" 
longz, ciliatz. ^ Calycis tubus sub anthesi pene 2" longus, extus 
dense serieeo-pilosus; segmenta sepius 13" longa, cum petalis 
lanceolato-linearibus margine et faciebus breviter pubescentia. 
Filamenta capillaria, piene 1" longa, apicem versus glabra. Styli 
linea breviores. Fructus me nondum. visi. Nec inflorescentiam 
nisi statu vetusto analysi subjicere potui. 
Species monente amicissimo 'Thwaites vix cum ulla omnium a 
Benthamio nuperius clare expositarum confundi possit (Conf. Benth. 
Notes on Homalium in Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 1860, 
pp. 31-38). Ab altera specie Australasica, scil. Homalio brachy- 
botryde (Blackwellia brachybotrys, F. M. in Transact. Phil. Inst. 
Viet. iii. 48) facilius eam distingues. d. 
Przclarus Homalii monographus complures hujus generis icones 
a Pritzelio in opere suo utilissimo (Icon. Bot. Index, 556) mox ut 
speramus amplifieando citatas proteriit. 
UXBELLIFERJE. 
Xanthosia Atkinsoniana. 
(Sect. Leucolezna.) : 
Erecta, glabra, foliis caulinis inferioribus radicalibusque in 
segmenta tria divisis, segmentis lateralibus cuneato-rhombeis in- 
cisis, segmento medio late rhombeo irifido, lobis ejusdem antice 
dentatis, umbellis quinque- rarius quadri- v. tri-radiatis, involucri 
foliolis linearibus acutis, umbellulis plurifloris, involucelli foliolis 
albis petaloideis umbellulam. primo parum superantibus demum 
