folii ortis, spicis v. racemis spiciformibus simplicibus, germiuibus 

 glabris. 



Ad amnes silvarum in vallibus altioribus juxta flumen Clarence's 

 River ; Dr, Beckler, 



Folia coriacea, semipedalia v. breviora, 1-2" lata. Petioli crassi, 

 circiter semipollicares. Bractea3 ad basim pedunculorum prsesertim 

 imse fusco-tomentosee. "Racliis spicarum parcissime pilis couspersa. 

 Pedicelli brevissimi nisi deficientes, Bracteolas normales, iDcrsis- 

 tentes- Flores ignoti. Baccse immaturse ovato-globosoe, nmbonata^ 

 V. stigmate fere sessfli tcrminatie. ^ 



Species Australiame cultura dignre, distinctu difficiles, omnes 

 fortasse varietates tantum unius verfB speciei repr^escntant ; a 

 congenereNeo-ZelandicaprEecipue sepalisvaldeampliatisdisccdunt. 



liipogonum album (R. Br. Pr. 293 ; R. Moorianum, F. M. 

 Fragra. i. 44) a flumine Snoivy River usque ad sinura Rocking- 



Truncus rubellus, aculeatus. 



" lons:i. torti, medio 



hami per silvas dispersum invenies, 

 Ramuli inermes, ssepe oppositi. 



Petioli l 



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articulati, sursum sensim in folii basim dilatati, in axi, si Iiic Iiaud 

 floriger, gemmam glanduliformem depressam globosam v. ovatam 

 e confluxu bractearum ortam gerentes ; articulus inferior diu per- 

 sistens. Folia semipedalia v. ssepius varie breviora, ad 2" lata, 

 fere concoloria, crebre reticulato-venosaj ovato-lanceolata v. passim 

 orbiculari-ovata atque acuminata v. anguste lanceolata, utrinque 

 sed superficie intensius nitentia, cliartacea v. tenui-coriacea, saepe 

 5-nervia, nervis extimis margini approximatis quam ceteri tenui- 

 oribus. Racemi quinque-poUicares v, breviores, fragrantes, axil- 

 lares v. quoque terminales et tunc foliis deficientibus quasi pani- 

 culati, multiflori vel ad flores perpaucos reducti. Pedicelli denique 

 ad 5'" longi, patentissimi, sed interdum etiam in fructu brevissimi. 

 Basis pedunculorum saltem axillarium bracteis aliquot brevinsculis 

 squamata ; bractea infima vaginans, truncata, Bracteolne 2 hypo- 

 caljcinee; inferior semilanceolata v. cordato-deltoidea, 1-2'" longa; 

 superior brevior, semiovata v. magis renata, mox in lobos 2 rupta. 

 Alabastra ovata, viridia. Sepala evoluta alba, sub praeflorutione 

 biseriate imbricata, ovalia, ad 4'" longa, Filameuta vix lineam 

 excedentia v. ssepe breviora, lineari-subulata, glabra. 

 tetragono-lineares, incurvulas, acutiusculse, lh-2^'" longa^, 

 mox sagittat^, in prsefloratione valvares, intrors^ ; loculi tora 

 longitudine ample dehiscentes. Stigma depressum, lobis 3 per- 

 brevibus decurrentibus. Germen ellipsoideum, stylo perbrevi 

 crasso denique defrangente sensim terminatum. Bacca rubra, 

 exsiccatione nigrescens, fere globosa, semipollicaris v, minor ; pulpa 

 colore saturate purpureo tingens. Semina globoso-ovata, obtuse tri- 

 gona, 3-4'" longa. Testa squalide fulva, rugulosa, arctissime adnata. 

 Plantam valde aflfinem sub appellatione brevifolia separo, quje 

 potius varietatem insignem format qnam positionem specificam 

 vindicat. Folia utplurimum tantum li-2^" longa, brevius petio- 



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