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inferafructus constricta, haud valvata, gynobasim priebens. Semiaa 
numerosa in quovis loculo, globoso-ovata, i'' longa, fcre l^via, 
Embryo axillaris, cylindricus, rectus, § albuminis longitudine^ biuid 
in cotyledones divisus. 
Dracophyllum secundum provenit a portu Jacksonii passim usque 
in montes Blue Mountains. Bracte?e magnse, solitarl^E; deciduce, 
cuique fasciculo florum commuucs, scepc unciales, iuferne cymbeo- 
ovatns, superne lineari-subulatae, BracteolsB prope basim pNedicelli 
' sitce, lineari-setaccje, caducissima?, circiter \\" longa3. Pedicelli 
2-3" longi, fasciculares, in racemum fere unilateralem elongatum 
coUecti. Sepala coroUam semitequantia, margine imbricata, orato- 
lanceolata, acumiuata, 2-2|" longa, vix ciliolata. Corolla alba, 
glabra, ei Epacridis impress^ similis, 6-8" longaj tubus latiuscule 
Cylindrlcus, lobis aliquoties longior, basi lata truncata secedens, 
infra squamulas hypogynas annulum tenuissimum reliuquens ; lobi 
sestivatione leniter imbricati, deltoideo-semiovati, recurvi. Stamiua 
simul cum coroUa cadentia ; filamenta tubo adha^rcntia, vix adnata, 
nec rite hypogyna, semperglabra, lineari-setacca. Antber^ centro 
dorsi fix£e, 1" longoe, lineari-cylindracefe ; septum obliteratum. 
Stylus crassiusculus, filiformis, Z'" longus, glaber. Stigma dilatatum. 
Squamas hypogyn^e quadrato-ovatae, J" long^^ liberie, Placentas 
ex apice loculi arcuato-peuduljB, torsione superue intus et hinc 
niargine multigemmulat^e, inferne und^e. Semina angulafo-ovata, 
\" longa, scabriuscula. 
Planta quse sub nomine Dracophylli capitati in opere Payeri admi- 
rabili (Organogenie t. 120) depicta, est alia, nempe ad sectionem 
Dacryanthi pertinens, CoroUa euim campanulato-cylindracea, non 
hypocraterea ; lobi rliombeo-ovati, non late rhombeo-cuneati. 
Dracophyllum Milligani^ quod foliis et inflorescentia Richeam 
pandanifoliam simulat, producit sepala f'' longa, cordiformi-orbicu- 
laria. Placentas pyriformes, ex apice columella) revergentes, breviter 
stipitatce, Panicula fructifera sesquipedalis v. brevior, e racemis 
numerosis spiciformibus fasciculatis v. ramosis composita, satis con- 
tracta. Folia 2-3', apice circinnato-involuta. 
Dracophyllum minimum habet corollai tubum fere 2"' longum, 
late cylindraceum, faucem versuslenissimeampliatum; lobos limbi 
linea paulo majores, fere cordato-orbiculatos, margine late im- 
bricatos ; antheras prope centrum dorsi fixas, ovato-ellipsoideas, 
longas ; filamenta capillaria, usque ad coroll^ basim detrahibilia ; 
stylum brevissimum ; gemmulas in loculis pluras. 
Quaedam species Dracophylli adhuc, quantum scio, indescripta 
Novam Caledoniam inhabitans placentis quidem pendentibus sed 
sessilibus et non unguiculatis insiguis est. 
Sphenotoma dracophylloides (Sond. iuLehm. Pl. Preiss. i. 335 ; 
Dracophyllum phlogiflorum F. M. colh) vergit a sinuregis Georgii 
usque ad promontorium Cape Riche, Kalgan et East Mouut Barreu. 
Adest in collectlone Drummondi sub numeris 6 et 258. 
