FRAGMENTA PHYTOGRAPHIJE 
AUSTRALLE. 
bi 
XXVII. 
'TILIACE E. 
Sloanea Australis. 
Echinocarpus Australis, Benth. in Journ. of Linn. Soc. v. Suppl ii. 73; 
Flor. Austral. i. 279. 
Ramulis eum inflorescentia velutino-tomentellis, foliis glabratis 
ovato-lanceolatis breviter acuminatis repando-ecrenatis in basin 
rotundato- v. emarginato-obtusam angustatis et hinc integerrimis, 
floribus axillaribus solitariis, terminalibus corymbosis, sepalis 
estivatione valvatis petala subovata obtusa integerrima subequan- 
tibus v. iisdem paulo longioribus petalisque 5 rarius 4 v. 6, fila- 
mentis in toro parvo brevissimis, stylo perbrevi, germine quadri- 
loculato dense tomentoso-sericeo, capsula setulis brevibus densis- 
sime onusta. 
Ad flumen Richmond River, C. Moore; alibique in Australia 
orientali subtropica. 
Planta Glyphzam grewioidem (J. Hook. in Hook. Icon. 790, et in 
Hook. Niger Flora, 238, t. 22) in mentem revocans. Folia 21-12" 
longa, chartacea v. tenui-coriacea, alterna v. passim subopposita, 
remotiuscule penninervia, venis sat tenuibus reticulata, petiolo bre- 
vissimo v. modice longo przdita. Stipule ecaducissimz, oblongo- 
lineares, circiter 1" longs. Pedicelli satis validi, 3—2" longi, 
erectiuseuli v. patentes; eorum terminales basi bracteola angusto- 
v. oblongo-lineari 1-2" metiente suffülti. Flores pzne nutantes. 
Sepala libera, ovato-lanceolata, 4—5" longa. Petala sessilia, eras- 
siuseula, subtiliter pubescentia, basi haud foveolata. Stamina 
numerosissima, multiseriata, in globum arctissime congesta et 
quasi cohzrentia, subtiliter puberula. Antherz tetragono-lineares, 
aeutatz, basifixze, 3-13" longs, interiores exterioribus longiores. 
Stylus crassiuscule subulatus, vix 1" longus, apicem versus glaber. 
Germinis indumentum fulvum. Gemmulz secus axin loculi plurz, 
- biseriate, descendentes.  Fruetus lignosi, loeulieide profunde 
quadrivalvati, circiter 3" alti, echinulis patentissimis secedentibus 
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