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r Cartouema epicatum nnnc habeo a flnminibus Victorite et Mac- 



arthuri (F, M,), a rivo Liverpoors River (B. Gulliver), a portu 

 r Darwini (McKinUvy et ITuUs), a fluvio GIenelg's "River (Martin), 



a flnmino Hunlekin^s River (F. M,), a portu Denisoni (Fitzalan). 



Spica interduin puueiflora, jara ia peduuculo scapove sebquipoUicari 



IVuctificat- 



Cartoaema philyilroides intra regiones austro-occidentales Aus- 

 traliiii ouuiiuo captum cst, quautum hodie scimus, 

 P Fhigcllaria: gcnus Commeljneis nou pertiuot. 



Eestiace^. 



Rcstio chaunocolens* 



Stricte ercctus, caullbus simplicibus striatis teretibus, petiolis 

 Tft^inantibus aphyllis setula raucrouulatis sursum patentihus sitpra 

 mcdium apcrte hiantihns^ spiculis haud couformibus ; masculis 

 numerosls distanter spicato-paniculatis plurifloris, spiculisfcmineis 

 paffcis jnasculas magnitudine saltcm dnplo excedentibzcs^ hracteis 

 in mncroncm sq?(arrosum ctirratis^ sepalis utriusque sexus 5 v. 



sa^pius 6, femineis mascuUi longitudine lere duplo superantibus 

 lanceolato-llnearibus, staminibus 3, stigmatibus 2j capstilis bilocU' 

 latis sepaJa rix scmiceqnantihus. 



In Australiu occidentali ; J. Drummond ; (948 ; 949). 



Khizouui albido-lanatum. Caules simplices, 3-4' alti, $-f ' 

 crassi, pLtioli persistentes, |-|" longi, inferne fusccscentes, su- 

 perno pallidiores et tenei^iores, setate aliquotenus nijrrescentes. 

 Panicula mascula spithamam longa v. brevior, e spicis oligostachyis 

 partim dissitis constans, Ilie spicufe vix 2'" longoe^ fere ovatte, 

 erocta^ v. erectinsculie. Bracte^ harum inferiores circiter sesqui- 

 liupnm longir, in apicem sensim patentimque mucronulatiB ; su- 

 periores vix liueam metientes et tantum brevlssime cnspidulatse. 

 Florcs 8-10 umneravi. Sepala liueara louga, valde augusta. 

 Filamenta a^tate salis elongata. Anthera^ aplculo acuto terminatae, 

 SpiculEe fcmiucaj 2-9 siuiplicitcr spicatiB v. imas in pedunculo 

 seorso distantes, erecto}, 5-6'" longa?, 2-3-flor£e, tenui-ellipsoideje; 

 bracteam generalem sive spathellam conspicue superantes. Bractese 

 florum propria? lanceolatjE, cum mucroue iongiusculo circa 3'" longse, 

 inferiorum aliquot prorsus vacute. Sepala circiter 2"' longa, per- 

 sistentia, fere tequalia v. alternatim paulo minora, exteriora dorso 

 barbala, Stylus saltem sub anihesi stigmatibus fere aequilongus. 

 Starainodia 2 tenerrima, perbrevia, antherulis terminata. Capsula 

 rotuuda V. paululo in formara reuatam vergens, ^tate prorsus in 

 valvas duas loculicide soluta. Septum oblongum, §'" altum, sece- 

 dens. Semina fructuum mihi obviorum jam elapsa. 



Ile>tiacea3 fere omues forsaa ad pupyrum facieudum adhlberi 

 possuut. 



