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Randia Fitzalani altitudine 30' observata. Nitor foliorum quasi 



oleosus. 



Exteudit ad Daiutree's River (Fitzalan). 

 Gardenia hirta observante Fitzalan ad fiumen Daintree's River 



Unitl;5 generibus Randlte et 



arborescit. Flores interdum*ternati. ^ _ 



Gardenia^ nomen illius jam Houstonio (in Liun. Ilort. Cliirurt, 

 1737, p. 485) stabilitum ei Gardenire (Ellis in Pliil. Transact. 

 Roy. Soc. of Lond. li. pars ii. 935, t. 23, anno 1761) pra^stabit, 

 Conf. Pfeiff. Nomencl. i. 1408 et ii. 914. 



Abbottia, 



Calycis Hrabus cylindricus^ persistens^ truncatus; dciites nulli. 

 CoroU(E lohi quatuor indiqjlicato-valvati, semilanceolati ; tubus 

 cylindricus, Staraina quatuor, Filameuta parti corollt\3 inferiori 

 adnata. AnthercB in tuhum coJimrenies, demum liberLe, sagittato- 

 lineares^ muticae, prope basim fixa^, intus longitudinaliter dehis- 

 centcs. Stylus perbrevis. Stigmata in unum brevissimum subu- 

 latum coalita. Bacca unilocularis^ polysperma, Pulpa granulosa^ 

 Semina pendala^ cylindricay omnia collateralia. Testa tenui- 

 cartllaginea. Endopleura fulva, tenerrima, libera. Albumeu nul- 

 lum. Embryo teres. Cotyledones radiculam superam longitudine 

 et latitudine fere asquantes. 



Arbor Australiae orientalis intratropicse glabra, foliis tenui- 

 coriaceis lanceolato-ovatis acuminatis, stipulis eas ficuum simu- 

 lantibns cito deciduis, cymis axillarihus paucifloris, baccis parvis 



depresso-globosis, 



Genus eximium, aestivationis Hippotis particeps, coha&sionem 

 autem antherarum Argostemmatis Neurocalycis et Acrantherse 

 repetens, in Mussaendacearum tribu locum tenens sancio cL F. 

 Abbott, horti botanici ad Hobartown Directori, plantarum Tas- 

 Tnani^ per plures annos observatori, sicut patri suo Francisco 

 Abbott, astronomi^ et meteoroIogiL^ in Tasraauia per fere semi- 

 saeculum privatis suis impensis promotoru 



Abhottia singtilaris. 



In regione montana circum Ivockingham's Bay ; Dallachy. 

 Arbor usque 30-pedaIis nisi altior, sed jam altitudine frutici 



parvi florcns. Folia opposifa, 2-5" longa, in petiolum uncialem vel 

 brcvlorcm senslm desiucntia, costam mediatn crassam gerentia, 

 subtilissime vix visibillter penninervia et venosa, subtus dilutius 

 _: xT_ _;i „i„^c.„ £.,7r.o,fiic.o Stiniilm fcre unciara 



virentia, supra nitore oleosa superfusa. Stipula? fere unciara 

 longa;, angustffi, senslm acutat^, in cylindrum convolutfe. 



Cjmce 



longne, angusta?, sensiiu auuutitc, •" ^j^lx^^^-^^ ^ -^ 



brevlter peduuculat», 3-5-flor«. Caljces sesquilmeam longi, seciis 

 pedunculos secundarios sossiles. Corolla miberbis ; tubus b-10 

 longus, basim versus leniter atteniiatus ; lobi reflexi vel demum 

 revoluti, sensini acuminati, tubum vix semlaequantes, murgmibus 



