30 x 
staminibus 10-12 squidistantibus, antheris fere rotundis, loculis 
distinetis rima longitudinali dehiscentibus, germine 9-loculato, 
loculis 1-2-gemmulatis, vertice fructus planiusculo. 
Inter fontes Victoria-Spring et Ularing ; Young. 
Exemplaria allata sesquipedalia. Folia brevissime petiolata, 
glabra, 2-11" longa, subtus valde turgentia, in ramulis novellis 
dense conferta. Bracteole membranes, circiter 2" longs. Calycis 
tubus ultra germen produetus, levis, sub anthesi 13-2" longus. 
Petala alba, orbicularia, lineam paulo excedentia, mox deeidua. 
Filamenta leniter compressa, regulariter disposita, antheris fere 
duplo longiora, rubella. Antherz pallidz ; loculi distineti, antice 
ample hiantes ; glandula connectivi turgens, a puncto insertionis 
ultra apicem antherze extendens, rubra. Stylus staminibus vix 
longior; stigma depresso-globosum. Fructus addito limbo coro- 
nante 8—4" longus. 
A Bekea serpillifolia (Harmogia serpillifolia, 'T'urez. in Bullet. 
de l'Aead. de St. Petersb. 1852, p. 406 ; Scholtzia Drummondi, 
Benth. Flor. Austr. iii, 70) jam forma foliorum et absentia pedun- 
eulorum novam nune promulgatam separavi; & D. tetragona 
braeteolis persistentibus, tubo calycis exangulato, lobis ejusdem 
haud ovatis ; à B. eriezea (F. M. Fragm. i. 31) floribus majoribus, 
staminum numero, fructus vertice depresso. 
Beaufortia interstans. 
Ramosissima, foliis perbrevibus oblongis ovatisve canaliculato- 
irigonis oppositis basi truncata sessilibus supra glabrescentibus, - 
spieis valde abbreviatis, ealyeibus parvis puberulis, phalangibus 
staminum perbrevibus 5—1-andris, unguibus intus pilosulis petala 
fere semisuperantibus, antheris purpureis. 
Prope Mount Churehman ; Young. 
Ramuli paulo pilosuli, mox glabrati. Folia 1—2" longa, mutica, 
tetrasticho-conferta, parum patula, primum paree puberula, demum 
glaberrima. Spies 31—2" longs, sub anthesi infra-apicales, | Brac- 
tez fere rhomboidez, 1-12" metientes. Bracteole lineares, canali- 
culatz, vix lineam longz, cum bracteis rachi et calycibus breviter 
pubescentes.  Calyeum tubus circa lineam longus, lobis deltoideis 
earinulatis ter fere longior. Petala lobos ealyeis breviter supe- 
rantia, ciliolata, oblonga. Stamina purpurea. Unguis phalangum 
circiter lineam longus. Anthers colore filamentorum.  Calyces 
fructiferi lateraliter eoaliti, pzene sesquilineam lati, demum lobis 
orbati ; valve profunde incluss, vertice tomentello- hirtulz. 
Semina in loculis solitaria, nigro-fuscea, nitentia, lzevia, 3" longa, 
trigone oblongo-ovata. 
Speciem inter B. mierantham et B. Scehaueri pono, atque ab illa 
separo propter tomentum ramulorum haud eximium, folia longiora 
minus appressa, phalanges longiores stamina plura gerentes, an- 
