FRAGMENTA PHYTOGRAPHI/JE 
AUSTRALLI.JE. 
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LXXXVIII. 
PorvGALEX. 
Comesperma rhadinocarpum. 
(Sect. Eucomesperma.) 
Herbaeeum, glabrum, foliis dissitis lineari-lanceolatis planis 
seeus marginem paree seabris, racemis spiciformibus longiusculis, 
braeteolis bracteaque semilanceolatis, hac illas conspieue superante, 
pedieellis flore parvo aliquoties brevioribus, sepalis interioribus 
cyaneis exteriora ovato- v. deltoideo-lanceolata libera vix ter 
superantibus, capsulis lanceolari-linearibus acutis, seminibus fere 
cylindricis longiusculis undique villosis, chalaza exappendiculata. 
In virgultis ad fluvios Greenough's, Arrowsmith's et Irwin's 
River; F. M. 
Herba sesquipedalis vel humilior. Folia crassiuscula, 3—5" 
longa. Pedicelli »tate lineam longi, sub anthesi breviores. Bractea 
vix lineam attinens, cum braeteolis fugax. Sepala interiora tantum 
14-2" longa, superne ovato-orbicularia, inferne cuneata. Petala 
glabra, sepalis intimis sequilonga, ultra medium connata ; lateralia 
sursum oblonga; medium apiee concurvo-rotundum et flavescens, 
utrinque lobulo obtuso auctum. | Stigma truncatum, inferne leniter 
gibbum. Capsula addito stipite circiter 4" longa, trans medium 
$"]lata. Semina sesquilineam longa, j" lata, fusea, villis tener- 
rimis longe eomosa.  Strophiola ad hilum minuta, membranea, in 
lobos duos laneeolares profunde secta. Embryo testa vix brevior; 
eotyledones radicula ter quaterve longiores. 
Species facile recognoscenda, ab omnibus fruetuum angustia 
jam separabilis. 
C. lanceolatum in planitiebus humidiusculis prope Warriup legit 
Maxwell. Speciem jam ante annum 1863 quam novam emisi. 
.. VOL. XI. B 
