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Bechea crassifolia. 
Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 114; Annal. des Scienc, naturell. xv. 57 ; 
Walp. Repert. ii. 920, 
Foliis obovato- v. oblongo- v. lineari-teretiusculis muticis supra 
planiuseulis subtus turgidis, pedunculis nullis, pedicellis solitariis 
tubo calycis turbinato-hemisphzerieo brevioribus v. rarius ei zequi- 
longis, bracteolis ovato- v. orbiculato-cymbeis fugaeissimis, calycis 
lobis semiovatis v. semiorbiculatis corolla duplo triplove brevioribus, 
staminibus 1O raro 11-20, antherarum loculis rima longitudinali 
dehiscentibus, connectivo conspieue glanduligero, stigmate styli 
crassitiem vix excedente, germine triloculato paueigemmulato. 
In collibus arenosis eremorum ad sinus Spencer's Gulf et St. 
Vincent's Gulf, in insula Kangaroo Island, ad flumina Darling, 
Murrumbidgee, Murray et Wimmera; nec non ad extremitatem 
occidentalem sinus Great Australian Bight. 
Frutex humilis, szpe diffusus. Folia obtusa v. passim acutiuseula, 
plano-convexa v. subelavata, 1-2 raro fere ad 3" longa, 1-3" lata. 
Braeteole circiter 3" longs, alabastra juvenilia p:ne valvatim 
ineludentes. Calycis lobi spe atro-rubri v. nigriti et margine 
albo membranei. Petala alba v. pallide rosea, orbicularia, brevis- 
sime unguiculata, 3—13^ metientia, ut calycis lobi haud ciliolata. 
Stamina petalina sepalinis longiora, omnia autem brevia ; in planta 
culta nonnunquam 11-13 numeravi, 18-20 in planta Australicz 
occidentalis, qu;e prseterea pedicellis longioribus gaudet. Anthere 
glandula globosa munite; loculi late ovati, ochroleuci, prope 
apicem dorsi rubri. Stylus circiter 1" longus. 
Bechea Gunniana. 
Schauer, in Walp. Repert. Botan. Syst.ii. 921; B. micrantha, J. Hook. in 
Hook. Icon. Plant.309; B. utilis, F. M. sec. Miq. in Nederl. Kruidk. Arch. 
Foliis lineari- v. oblongo- v. rarius ovato-lanceolatis ovatisve 
trigonis v. eoneavo-convexis muticis, pedunculis nullis, pedicellis 
solitariis, ealycis tubo obeonico demum compresso-hemispheerico, 
bracteolis semilanceolato-linearibus eymbeis caducissimis, calycis 
lobis p:ne seiniovatis corolla bis terve brevioribus, staminibus 
4-10, antherarum loculis rima longitudinali dehiscentibus, con- 
nectivo glandula minuta donato, stigmate latitudinem styli exce- 
dente, germine biloculari plurigemmulato, seminibus angulatis. 
In sphagnetis alpium Australie et '"Tasmanie abunde prove- 
niens ; reperta etiam a el. Dr. Beckler in monte Mitchell ad altos 
fontes fluminis Clarence River. 
Frutex hominem altus et satis strictus v. humilior et nonnun- 
quam diffusus v. passim diminutus et prostratus. Folia pleraque 
11-3" longa, 3-4" lata, odorem fere citreum spargentia, ssepe 
aeutiuscula, basi quasi cuneata, passim margine anteriore denticu- 
lato-scabra, rarissime (in speciminibus me in cacumine montis 
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