28 
Bauera rubicfolia. 
Salisbury, in Konig's & Sims's Annals of Botany, i. 514-516, t. x.; Lodd. 
Cabin. t. 1313; 'Trattin. Thesaur. Bot. t. 71; heichenb. Magaz. der sst. 
Bot t. 6; B. rubioides, Kennedy, in Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 198 ; Sims's Bot. 
Mag t, 715; Vent. Malm. t. 96; Kern. Gen. t. 210; Trattin. Archiv. t. 
144; Reichenb. Icon Plant.t.6 ; J Hook. Fl. Tasm. i. 149, t. 31, exclus. 
synon ; B humilis, Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Lond. 124; Lodd. Cabin. t. 
1197; B. Billardierii, D. Don, in Edinb. Philos. Journ. 1830. 
Foliolis sursum serrulato-erenulatis, pedunculis calyce longiori- 
bus rarius paulo brevioribus, calyce 6—10-partito, laciniis ejusdem 
integerrimis v. crenulatis corolla fere semisuperatis, staminibus 
-umerosis calyce brevioribus, antheris luteis ovato- v. didymo- 
rotundis, germinis loculis plurigemmulatis, capsula fere omnino 
supera pene semirotunda apice latissime truncata biloculata locu- 
licide et septifrage dehiscente pleio- v. polysperma, placentis prope 
septi medium affixis, seminibus glabris tesselari-rugulosis. 
Ín locis udis uliginosis nec non in paludibus silvarum usque in 
regiones subalpinas adscendens; per partem australem et orien- 
talem coloniz Victoriwm, in insula King's Island, per totam Tas- . 
maniam et per partem magis australem Nov:x Austro-Cambrize 
Satis frequens. In colonia South Australia ad sinum Encounter 
Bay crescere dicitur. 
Frutex nunc humilis, nune ad 12' altus, sempervirens, erectus, 
passim diffusus v. immo prostratus, patentim et sszpe intricato- 
ramosus, hinc semperflorens. Rami oppositi v. terni, villoso- v. 
hirto- v. hirsuto-pubescentes, ultimi tenues. Folia opposita v. 
rarius terna, sessilia, e foliolis tribus passim duobus perraro 
tantum unico constantia, stipulis orbata. — Foliola coriacea, brevis- 
sime petiolulata v. subsessilia, ovato- v. oblongo- v. angusto- 
lanceolata, patentissima, nitentia, parce hispidula v. glabra, plana 
v. margine leviter recurva, uninervia, distanter pennivenia, basin 
versus semper integerrima, subtus pallidiora, longitudine inter 2 
et 8 lineas variantia; lateralia medio paulo breviora. Pedunculi 
uniflori, folio sigillatim adstantes, igitur solitarii v. oppositi v. raro 
ternati, ealyce utplurimum magis minusve longiores, interdum ad 
longitudinem 1j" extensi, semper tenui-filiformes, passim gracil- 
limi, glabri v. patentim pubescentes.  Bracteole nulle.  Calyces 
persistentes, villosulo-pubescentes v. subglabri, fere rotati, 13—3" 
longi; laciniz zstivatione valvatz, anguste semilanceolatze, sensim 
acutatz, tubo aliquoties longiores. Petala saturatius pallidiusve 
rosea, basin versus albida, nonnunquam omnino alba, paulo eon- 
niventia, euneato- v. obovato-oblonga v. obovata, calycem triente 
v. eireiter dimidio superantia, glabra, decidua, s:stivatione imbri- 
cata. Stamina 20—80, calyce breviora v. eum subzequantia, decidua. 
Filamenta albida, capillaria. Antherz 1—1" longa, prope basin 
affixz, apiee emarginate, demum fuscescentes, fissura ab apice 
utrinque profunde dehiscentes, antrorsum hiantes. Granula pollinis 
ovata, levia. Germen tomentoso-sericeum, przeter basin liberum. 
