PRAGMENTA PHYTOGRAPHI^ 



AUSTEALI^. 



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LIII. 



CUCURBITACE^. 



Alsomitra Capricornica. 



Zanonia Capricornica, F. M. coU. « 



Herbacea, caule tenui debili superne cum petiolis pedunculisque 

 glanduloso-pilosulo^ foliis simplicibus ambitu cordatis vix ultra 

 medium breviusve 3- v, 5-lobis membraneis distanter repando- 

 denticulatis glabriusculis longiuscule petiolatis, cirris indivisis v. 

 bi- V. triraraeis, paniculis paucijioris^ floribus minutis, corolla 

 glabra calycem triente superante, fructibus ellipsoideis truncatis 

 glanduloso-pilosis agonis, placentis aetate parum prominulis, ala 

 seminum oblique verticali nucleum longitudine sequante v, paulo 

 excedente. 



Ad circulum capricornu Australise orientalis prope Gracemere ; 

 P. 0'Shanesy. 



Herba e notis detectoris annua^ scandens. Radix circiter bipol- 



licaris, tenuis, in fibrillas paucas soluta. Caulis striatus, pauci- 



pedalis, vix ramosus. Cirri copiosi^ satis glabri, interdum ultra 



semipedem longi. Petioli circiter unciales v. paulo breviores. 



Folia tenerrima, vivide virentia, pellucentia, 2-3" metientia, in 



lobos ssepius 3 quam 5 fissa ; sinus basalis ampluSj haud profun- 



dus ; sinus laterales acuti, rarius conspicue ulira medium laminte 



intrantes ; lobi deltoidei, in acumen magis minusve protracti, 



basales saspe abbreviati ; supremus lateralibus evidenter major. 



Pedunculus universalis poUicaris v. brevior atque tenuis. Pedi- 



celli florum masculorum capillares, glabri, circiter lineam longi. 



Caljcis laciniae 5, semilanceolatae, acutae, tubo agquilongse, quocum 



glabrae. Corolla dilute flavida, tenerrime membranea, campanulata, 



vix medio tenus quinquefida ; lobi late ovati, acutiusculi, lineam 



vix longi. Rudimentum florum foemineorum in flore masculo 



nuUum. Filamenta in columnam tenuissimam vix }^" longam 



glabram omnino coalita. Antherse pallide flavse, ^'" longas, expan- 



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