68 
V 
alba, exsiccatione creuiorea, summo coutracto apice pervia et hiuc 
minutissirae 5-loba ; lobi paululo imbricati, obtusi. Filamenta, 
uti in ceteris cougeneribus diu persistentia, lineari-fiiiformia, lineani 
paulo excedentia. Antherffi centro dorsi fixse, inapertcc oblongo- 
cylindraceag, apice emarginatse. Stylus §'" longus. Placent^ 
breviter stipitatge, undique seminifertB» Semina ovata, J"' longa. 
Richea scoparia. 
J. Hook El. Tasm. i. 366. 
Fruticosa, foliis angusle semilanceolatis parum patentibus, 
panicula fascicxilari spicata hreve peduyicidata apbylla, bracteolis 
mcmbraneis fere lanceolatiSj sepalis fcre rotundis, coroUa calycem 
aliqtiolies sttperante conico-ohovata^ antheris demum ab apice 
breviter bifidis, stylo breviusculo, stigmate dilatato, squamis 5 
lAypogynis. 
In alpibus Tasmamse. 
R, Gunnii amplius comparanda. In spcclmine ad montem 
Perousii reperto corolla 4'" longa ; lobi 1'" longi, semiovati. 
Richea procera. 
Cystanthe procera, F. M. Er. i. 38. 
Arborescens, foliis angusto- v. ovato-semilancoolatis sensim longe 
^QxxtvAh^ JIo7nhiis solitariisin spicam capitatam foliis interspersam 
congestiSy bracteolis cymbeo-Ianceolatis, sepalis ovato-Ianceis, corolla 
snhidato-conica, filamentis sursum mCT^ssati^^ antheris dorsofron- 
teque ah opice medio tenus hifidis hasin versus inapertis^ stylo 
longiusculo, stigmate minutissimo, squamis nullis hypogynis. 
In uligiuosis ad Soutliport. C St. 
Bracteolce 2" longai, acute carinata^. Corolla apice brevissime 
5 dentata; dentes acuti ; basis cupularis \" alta. Filamenta 
subtilissime papillulosa. Antheras V" longa?, ut in aliis centro 
dorsi fixse, basi igitur liberjB, insolito dehiscendi modo extrors^e 
et introrsse, basi tenus polliniferse. Stylus 3'" longus. Stigma 
haud incrassatum. Capsula globosa, sesquilinearis. Placentse 
multigemmulatje, tenues, pendentes, brcviter stipitatae. Semina 
in loculis plura, tenui-cllipsoidea, fusca, subtilissime reticulata. 
IIuc forsan trahenda est varletas alpha C. sprengeloidis, R. Br. 
Tnflorescentla Dracophyllorum non miuus diversa quam ea 
Eichcarum hic acceptarum. Sepala tam membrauea quam foliacea 
in Leucopogone simul obvia. 
Richea sprengcloides. 
Cystanthe sprengeloides, Br. Pr. 555 ; F. M. Fr. i, 38. 
Fruticosa, yb///^ hrevlhus semilanceolato-ovatis sensim acuml- 
natis, floralibus cordatis, florihus xn spicam capitatam foliatam 
congestisj bracteolis lanccolato-cymbeis, sepalis lanceolato- v. orbi- 
