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Novam han 



ratoris Gcrinaiilai 



c plantam tribui pra^claro Guilielmo Brahe, Impe- 

 nlai ia colonia Victoriae Consuli, ordinis Borussici 



aquilse ruhrffi equiti, qui magna benignitate hinc plantarum inda- 

 gationes semper suflFulsit. 



COMBKETACE^. 



Macroptcranthes Fitzala^iL 



Patenti-ramulosa, /o/z75 obcordato- v. obovato-orhictilaiibus op- 

 positis suhito longiusciile petiolatis siipra glabris subtus parcls- 

 sime pilosulis, pedunculis gemiuls vel solitariis folia jequantibus 

 vel superantibus bifioris v. passim unifloris, pedicellis calyce ali- 

 quoties dimldiove brevioribus, calycibus bracteolas orbiculares^ 

 fcre glabras longitudiiie cBquantibus^ stylo glaberrimo. 



In montibus portui Dcnisonii vicinis ; Fitzalan. 



Eamuli glabrescentes. Folia chartacea, |-1-^^ longa, petiolo 

 11-3'" metiente tenta. Pedunculi tenues, ^-T' longi, puberuli. 

 Bracteae ad apicem peduuculorum oppositte, cordato-orbicuIareSy 

 lineam circiter metientes, deciduai. Pedicelli fere glabri, per- 

 tenues. Calyx 4-6"' longus ; tubus bracteolis longe adnatus, fere 

 infnndibularis^ inferne sensim et valde attenuatus, snpra medium 

 gradatim ampliatus ; dentea limbi 5-7, longitudine linea breviores ; 

 faux ad staminum originem barbellata. Petala pcene sessilia, 2 

 longa V. breviora, ovato-orbicularia, fere sessilia, utrinque par- 

 ciuscule pubescentia. Stamlna 10-13. Filamenta glabra, ad sum- 

 mum 3'" longa, setacea, a^stivatioue inflexa. Anthcrse dorsifixse-, 

 rotunda^, introrso^ ; loculi longitudinaliter bivalves. Stylus 3 

 longus, setaceus* Stigma minutissiraum. Bracteola ad utrumque 

 calycis latus alas duas convergentes formans. Fructus haud 

 missus. 



A Macropteranthe Leichhardtli hanc novam distinguo glabritie 

 foliorum fere perfecta, bracteolis latioribus glabris, stylo nullibi 

 velutino. 



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StACKHOXJSIFwK 



Macgrcgoria, 



F. M. in Caruel. Giornalc Bot. Italian. 1873, pag. 128. 



Sepala quinqueanguste lanceolata, a?stivatione imbricata, libcra, 

 persistentia. Petala (jtdnc^ue, fere hypogynay libcra, mcmhranea, 

 sepalis alterna, ante expansionem imbricata, oblongo- v. obovato- 

 spatulata, decidua. Stamina quinque, petaliH alterna. Filamcnta 

 brevissima, libera. Autheroi lineari-oblongcT, rectse, introrsse, basi- 

 fixae, biloculares, longitudiue dehiscentes, in appendiculam termi- 

 natae. Pollinis granula ovata, lcBvissima, Stigmata quinquCy 

 brevissima, sessitia, lineari-snbulata. Carpidia guinquc, superaj 

 obovata, indehiscentia, monosperma. Columella bvevissima, su- 



