FRAGMENTA PHYTOGRAPHIJE 
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CN 
XCIV. 
PrrTosPOREX. 
Billardiera floribunda. 
F. v. M. in Southern Science Record, ii. 1 (1882) ; Marianthus floribundus, 
Putterl. in Endl. Nov. Stirp. Decad. 61; Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. i. 
256 ; Benth. Flor. Austr. i. 120. 
Glaberrima, foliis magnis lanceolato-ovatis vel passim angusto- 
lanceolatis breviter petiolatis planis integerrimis, floribus majus- 
eulis eymoso-corymbosis vel interdum fere umbellatis, pedicellis 
plerisque florem :quantibus vel eodem ad dimidium usque brevi- 
oribus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis sensim acutatis corollam pene 
semiequantibus vel eadem triplo brevioribus, petalis albis mox 
liberis, staminibus longitudine vix ultra sepala extensis, filamentis 
haud dilatatis, antheris rectis, stylo perbrevi crassiusculo, stigmate 
majuseulo, germine sessili, baccis ellipsoideo-cylindraceis extus 
fulvis intus pulpa repletis, seminibus numerosis ovali-rotundis 
valde compressis haud angulatis extus fuscis plerisque horizon- 
taliter sitis, testa parum rugulosa. 
Prope King George's Sound (Huegel), Porongerup (F. v. M.), 
Tone-River (Clarke), Lake Muir (Muir), Warren-River (Carey), 
Blackwood-River (MceHard), Geographe-Bay (Bunbury). 
Preter fructus differt à Mariantho eandidg glabritie perfecta, 
foliis latioribus, pedunculis plerumque brevioribus, sepalis majori- 
bus et pro corolla longioribus, petalis acutioribus et swpe exten- 
Bioribus, stylo crassiusculo perbrevi. 
Billardiera coriacea solum caleareum quzrit; tali modo 
occurrit ad fontes fluminis Blackwood-River sive Arthur-River 
quam maxime orientales (Muir), ad Gale's Brook et Phillip's 
River (Maxwell), prope Cape Afrid (Carey). Folia eis Sollyzs 
heterophyllz var. latifolie haud absimilia, sed semper integerrima. 
Cyma interdum fasciculato-pauciflora.  Bractew lineari-setaces. 
Filamenta latiuscule linearia, apicem versus sensim angustata. 
Antherz basi biloba affixz,, sursum attenuate. Stylus perbrevis. 
Germen tenui-lanuginosim. Bacca glabrata. - 
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