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infelicissimus Episcopus Patteson. Sed specimina frnctigera ex 



liac insula non possideo. 



Ancilema gramineum (R. Br. Vi\ 270 ; A. affme, E. Br. 1. c) 

 habeo a Bengalla, Leichhardt ; Nova Anglia, C. Pcrrett, C. St. ; 

 Clarcncc-River, Beckler ; Richmond-River, Fawcett ; Moi^eton- 

 Bay, Eaves ; Rockhampton, 0'Shanesy ; Keppel-Bay, Thozet ; 

 Bnrnett-River, Haly ; Nercool-Creek, Bowman ; MacKenzie- 

 River et Peak-Downs, F. JM.; Barcoo et Roma, Birch ; Gilbert- 

 River, DaiDtroe, Planta e longiuquo Arthropodii stricti Ibrmas 

 minores simuhrit. Radix crassiuscule fasciculata, Caulis firme 

 erectus. Folia inferiora passim semipolliccm lata. Pcdicelli 

 sepalis vix longiores, Sepala interiora violacca v. purpurea. 

 Stamina 3 fertilia, 3 steriha. Antherre fertiles fere lineares, basi 

 recte biloba^, Barba filamentorum coerulescens v. pnrpurascens. 

 Capsula ellipsoidca, livida, triloculata v. perraro biloculata, duriu^- 

 cula, 3-4 lineas longa. Septum secus valvas prominens. Semiua 

 cubica V. semiovata, in quovis loculo 2-3 maturantia, fusca, rugosa. 

 Planta statu pygmffio quadriflora. Characteres, quibus Aneilema 

 anthericoides specifice distingui possit, mihi non clare ai^pareut. 

 Folia interdum pcrangusta. Sepala interiora cum barbis filamcn- 

 torum alba. Anthera^ fcrtilcs flavo^, fcre oblongne, Ilanc plantnm 



ad fluraen Victoria? reperi, et eandem cl. Schultz a portu Darwinu 

 attulit ; a sinu Rockiugluuni J. Dallachy ; a flumine Suttor's River 

 Bowman. Est meo judicio tantum varietas, 



Aneilema nudiflorum (R. Br. Prodr. 271, adnot.) vel speciem 

 admodum afTinem ad sinum Rockinghami delexit cl. Dallachy. 

 Specimina Australiana usque tres pedes alta sa^pe autem humiliora, 

 flaccida. Folia gramiuea, cauliaa dissita, ad petiolum vaginantem 

 nunc glabra, nunc pilosa. Raches racemorum post lapsum pedi- 

 cellorum confertis cicatrictbus denticulata), pollice scepe breviores. 

 Sepala interiora cum barbis filaraentorum ca^rulescentia v. violacea. 

 Capsulse pallide fulvida?, tenui-cartilaginca?, fere chartacea?, trival- 

 vata3, late ovataj v. globosa^, brevi-acuminata^, 2-3 lineas longa?. 

 Specimina Indica Australianis prorsus idonea vidi in coUectionc 

 Assamica Jeukinsii. 



Dichtespermum (Wiglit Icon. 2078) est Aneilematis sectlo, quoJ 

 totum genus iterum a Floscopa solummodo su[)pressione ant steri- 

 litate partiali staminum artificialiter scparandum est. 



Stainina fertilia in A. nudifloro tantum duo, eec. C. B. Clarke in 

 Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1870, pag. 449. 



Zygomenes axillaris (Salisb. in Trausact. Hortic. Soc Lond. i. 

 271 ; Cyanotis axillaris, D. Don Prodr. Flor. Ncpal. 46 ; Schult, 

 Sy«t. Veget- vii, 11.54; Hassk. Plant. Jav. rarior. 102; Kunth 

 Enum. Plant. iv. lOo) floribus albis et co^ruleis variat. Plantam 

 ad flumina ElliotV, Cape's et Burdekin'8 River reperit; Bowman. 

 Salisburius jam anno 1812 pra^eunte Brownio, synonyminm chiro 

 dabat pro coustltuendo genere. Omnes igitur Cyanotis species In 



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