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FRAGMENTA PH YTO GEAPHIiE 



AUSTRALIiE. 



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PlTTOSPORE^. 



Pittospormn erioloma, 

 Moore & Mueller. 



Alte fruticosum, foliis tenui-ccriaceis oblcngo-laneeolatis in pe- 



tiolum perbrevem longe sensimque angustatis immerse nervosis 



margine leniter recurvis juventute pr^sertim ad marginem pube- 



scentibus mox glabratis, corymbo umbelliformi terminali pauci- 



floro^ peduuculo tomentello brevi bracteis imbricatis squamato, 



pedicellis flore paulo vel fere duplo longioribus, sepalis lanceolatis 

 breviter acuminatis liberis margine lanuginosis trientem corollse 

 Eequantibus, petalis majusculis solutls lineari-obJongis obtusius- 

 culis, antheris lineari-sagittatis filamento duplo brevioribus, stjlo 

 longiusculo, germine prseter basim glabro, capsulis trivalvatis 

 crasse coriaceis lignescentibus majusculis, valvis rhombeo- v. 

 orbiculari-obovatis, funiculis brevissimis, semiriibus ^iitenti-nigris 

 numerosis. 



In montibus Lidgebird et Gower insulte Lord Howe's Island. 



Frutex e schedulis coUectoris indigeni 12' altus. Eamuli initio 

 sericeo-velutinelli. 



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Folia in apice ramulorum sparse conferta, 

 longa, 7-10"' lata, petiolo paucilineari praedita, utrinque 



nitidula, subtus pallidius virentia, nervis pi'ffiter costam mediam 

 haud prominentibus sed cum venis pellucentibus reticulata. Bracteae 

 pauciseriales ; extimre semiovatae, r''long« ; intimos sive bracteolae 



longge 



omnes lanuginoso-ciliatse v. fimbrio- 



fere lanceolatse, 3"' 



latae. Pedicelli primum lanuginosi, mox glabrati, fere pollicem 



longi. 



Sepala circiter 2-3'" longa, diu persistentia, intus Januginoso- 

 pubescentia. Petala parum divergentia, semipollicaria, lineam 

 lata V. paulo latiora, quorum color in sicco haud discernendus ; 



Filamenta circiter 3'" 



longa, subulato-linearia, glabra. Antherse lutese, lineam paulo 

 excedentes. Stylus 2'" longus, glaben Capsula trigono-globosa, 

 diametro circiter unciali : costse secus axim valvarum fere ad 



eorum basis alterne latior et angustion 



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