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triplo longiore, fauce imberbi, filamentis brevissimis, stylo elongato, 
baccis majusculis globosis aurantio-fuscis oligo- v. pleiospermis, 
seminibus suborbiculatis sericeis. 
Ad sinum Treachery Bay et flumen Victoris. FF. M. 
Frutex pluri- v. multipedalis, laxe ramosus. Folia breviter 
petiolata, chartacea, 1-3" longa, 3-11" lata, e basi trinervia sive 
nervo utrinque accessoria quasi quinquenervata, tenuiter reticu- 
lari-venosa, in apicem breviuscule protracta v. tandem obtuse 
acuminata. Pedunculi primarii circa 1" longi. Calyces 1" paulo 
longiores, Corolla 4-5" longa, viridi-alba ; tubus interne par- 
cissime pilosulus. Filamenta prseter summitatem tubo corolle 
adnata. Antherz oblongo-lineares, glabrz, fere 1" longs. Stylus 
corolla parum brevior, tenui-filiformis, glaber. Stigma stylo vix 
latius. Bacca psne sesquipollicaris. Pericarpium fragile, extus 
nitens, Pulpa amarissima, saltem ztate fusca. Semina circiter 
semipolliearia, plano-convexa, indumento pulchre cano parum 
fulvescente sericeo-nitentia, margine obtusa. 
Nulla discrimina detegere potui, quibus planta Australie ab ea 
Indis specifice discernatur. Puleherrima ico operis Blumei nos- 
tram plantam ad amussim exprimit, nisi antheras excipias, quas 
latiores quam eas stirpis Australianze demonstrat. Nostra planta 
in locis satis aridis vigens ad altitudinem arboris haud excellit. 
Quas de haece planta notissima hine habeo, ea solum modo e 
'speciminibus Australianis exstructa offero. 
Fructus pulpa quibusdam avibus pabulum offert ut videtur 
innocuum. 
APOCYNEXE. 
Carissa Brown. 
(Sect. Eucarissa.) C. ovata, R. Br. Prodr. 468; C. scabra, R. Br. l.c.; 
C. lanceolata, R. Br. l.c. 
Foliis orbiculato- v. ovato-rhombeis v. ovato- v. angusto-lanceo- 
latis acutis v. breviter acuminatis glabris, pedicellis brevissimis, 
corolle lobis acutis tubo bis terve brevioribus, antheris prope 
apicem tubi coroll sitis, baccis ovatis. 
A parte boreali Novse Austro-Cambriz per Australiam tropieam 
magis litoralem tam orientalem quam borealem ; nec in Aus- 
traliam centralem nec in occidentalem inferiorem penetrans. 
Frutex pauci- v. pluri-pedalis, erectus v. diffusus, sepe amplus. 
Spinze divaricatz, 2" longz v. varie breviores, simplices v. passim 
bifida, nonnunquam deficientes. Folia ehartacea v. tenui-coria- 
cea, mucronulata, 1-11" longa, 1-11" lata, brevissime petiolata, 
supra saturate viridia et nitentia v. minus frequenter opaca et 
pallide viridia. Pedunculi sepe perbreves, nonnunquam ad y 
longi: Flores terminales ; gemini v. plures in cymulam collecti, 
fragrantissimi. Calyeis lacinizm valde acute. Corolla alba, 4-6" 
longa; tubus intus subtiliter pubescens. DBacez j-3' longz. 
