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Alpbonso Jc CauaoUe libcnter mihi transmisso vix characteres 

 valiLlos pro StuarliuL-c Bcparatione observavi. Bracte^ involu- 

 crantes oblongi obtusi, interiores angustiores, nulla^ cornutai. 

 Flores disci saepe fertiles et pappo oligocheeto tenerrime capillari 



Antherai basi conspicue sed (saltem humectat^) obtusc 

 Styli rami brevissimi et truncatuli, Flores exteriores 

 feminei et tenulssiini. Styli horum rami angustissimi et conspicui. 

 Achenla epapposa. ♦ 



praiditi, 

 hilob^. 



RlTBIACE^. 



Ilcdyotis polyclada. 



(Sect. Oldenlandia.) 



Frutescens, prcepatenti-ramosissimay ramulis brcvissime pubes- 

 centibuSj stipulis mucronulato-lacluiatis, foliis linearibus acutis v. 

 vetustloribus lanceolato-linearibus, omnibus margine revolutis, pe- 

 dunculis ramulos terminantibus solitariis v. passim geminis calyce 

 duplo triplove rarius paulo longioribus unifloris, calycis laciniis 

 scmilanceolatis mucronulatis tuho longioribus haiid distantihuSy 

 coroUa calycem fere ter excedente, lobis tubo suo a^quilongis, 

 capsula parva omnino infera fere globosa vertice loculicide bivalvi, 

 seminibus angulosis, testa fusca reticulata. 



Ad maris sinum Kockingham's Bay ; Dallachy. 



Suffrutex acclinis, fere divaricato-ramosus. Rami glabrati, tc- 



Folia J-§" longa, ^ 

 lata, ramorum cetate fere pollicaria et usque ad 2'" lata, supra 

 scabriuscula, subtus pallidiora et l£evia, Pedunculi capillari- 

 filifovmes. Calyx longitudine inter 1 et 2'" Tarians. CoroIIa 

 pallide rosea ; lacinloe 4 semllanceolatse ; tubus satis amplus, intus 

 ante basim annulari-barbatus. Filamenta breviter ultra sinu3 



AntherEe tenues, §'" longse. Stylus glaber, 2-3'" 



Stigmata 



retiusculi, cum raraulis fere divaricati. 



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extendentia. 



longus, capilhiris, apicem versus paulo incrassatus, 



^" longa, recurva. Capsula pertenui-crustaceaj biloculata, lineam 



longa V. puulo longlor. Semina iu formam ovatam v. tetrahedrani 



vergentia, ^^" longa, nitidula. 



Iledyotis spermacociodes. 



Herbacea, humilis, patentim puberula,/oZu'5 anguste lanccolatis 

 margine revolutis, stipulis lacinuligeris, pedicellis axillarilus hre- 

 vissimis plerumque ternatis, calycis laciniis latiuscule lineari- 

 subulatis distantibus tubo Eequilongis, capsula omnino iiifera, 

 seminibus ovatis peltatis fusco-nigris rugosis. 



Ad rivum Sturt's Creek ; F. M. 



Planta erecta v, adscendens, paucipollicans. Folia uncialia v. 



breviora. Flores adhuc ignoti. Calyces 2-3'" longi. Capsula 



haud dura, vertice loculicide dehiscens. Semina opaca, ^-|'" longa. 



