152 
In nemcrlbus inter promontorium Cape York et urbem Eock- 
hampton; A. Tliozet, E. Dranel, J. Dalluchy et P. 0'Shanesy. 
Folia 14-4'' longa, plana, integerrima. Flores fragrauteSj itt 
panicula interdum creberrimi. Bracteie lineari-oblongse, circiter 
1|" metientes. Calyx 11-2'" longus, obconico-campanulatus, re- 
pando-denticulatus, passhn truncatus. CoroUa 4*' longa ; tubus 
gracilis, parum in faucem ampliatus, inferne glaber ; lobi 5 ovales, 
fere aequales, V longi. Filamenta fauci inserta, capillaria, 3'" 
longa. Anther^ ovales, dorsifixa^ ; loculi paralleli, J*" longi. 
Stylus capillaris, glaber, pjene |" longus, Stigmata perbrevia, 
setaceo-subuLita. Fructus circiter 4'" longus, parte exserta pube- 
scens, rcvera bilocnlaris, etsi tetraspermus. Pericarpium cujusque 
carpidii longe trans basim seminis descendens, hinc glabrura, pel- 
lucens, fere scariosum. Carpidia etiam altero latere interiore a 
basi ad apicem aperta, Spermatophoi"um 2-3"' altum, apice subu- 
latuui, placentis 2 laterali-terminalibus fere cornutumy basi attenua- 
tum, omnino persistens. Semina- perfecta non acccph 
Planta anomala saltem sectioncm propriam nisi genus nomine 
sectionati distinguendum praibet, 
Clerodendron inerme (R. Br. Pr. 511) ab Arnhemia (Hulls) 
per Australiara borealem et orientalem litoralem sparsum flumine 
Richniondi tenus (Fawcett). Frutex 6' v, humilior, erectiusculua 
V. alte scandens. Calyx ssepe edentulus, omnino truncatus, Co- 
rolla alba, extus paulo purpurea. 
Clerodendron tomentosum (R, Br. Pr. 510) invenimus a portu 
Jacksouii et montibus cceruleis usque in Novam Angliam et fluvio 
Richmondi tenus. Arbor sa^pe 20'. C- attenuatum, quod per Aus- 
traliam orientalem tropicam et subtropicam satis frequcns, non nisi 
absente indumento distinguo. Haec varietas occurrit etiam ad 
flumen Hastings-River. Varietas altera, definitioni C. ovati non 
m»le respondens, occurrit in insulis Carpentariaj et ad flumen 
Victorise. De C. tomentoso, quae sequuntur, annotavi. Calyx 
fructifer carnulento-coriaceus, rubellus ; lobi 5, passim 4, deltoidei.- 
Drupa in caryopses 4 facile secedens, trigono-ovatas, 4-5'" longas, 
latere interiore pulpa purpurascentc tenuiter tectas, et hinc endo- 
carpio tcnui-cartilagineo sordide fusco clausas ; latere autem cx- 
teriore exocarpio ■ nigro crustaceo-coriaceo ycstitas. Carjopsis 
una V. altera saipe asperma. Testa crassiuscule membranea, livida. 
Cotyledones plano-convexoe, Radicula brevissima, latitudine sua 
vix longior. 
Vitex trifolia (Linn. fil. Suppl. PL 293 ; V. ovata, Thunb, Fl. 
Japan. 257) crescit a fluvio Brisbaui in Arnhemlam, Arbor 20' 
jam fruticifi statu florens. Variat foliis digitate quinque-fuliolatis. 
Vitex melicopea (F. M. Fr. v. 35 et 213) producit paniculam 
trichotome multifloram, velutinellam. Calyx campanulato-semi- 
ovatus, l-l|"longus, minute quinque-deutatus, firme truncatus. 
Corolla coerulescenp, vix 3" longa, extus prccter basim velutinello- 
