728 MYKTACEAE. GEftttftUXIS. 



silcs membranaceae naviculares carinatae, iioris primordiam aroplectentes, 

 dciii divergentes, sub anlhcsi deciduae. Calyx lubulosus (|uin(|uccostatus 

 dimidiatus, inferne ovario adnaius, basi earnosus, snperne in fauccm pro- 

 dnctns, limbo obtnse quinquedentato, totus laevis vel inferiore partc pva- 

 rinm corlicante rugulosus vel rugis iransverse parallelis in marginem libe- 

 rnm cartiiagineum produclis plnriannulatQS. Corolla scariosa vel membra- 

 nacca, limbo calycis adnata, petala 5 concava vel navieulari-carinata in acu- 

 mcn obtusum attcnuala connivcntia. Amlronitis ultra calyeis liinhum 

 hrcvissimo, hrcvi vcl longiori spatio monadelpha, inferne inde conllucns in 

 lamiuam paricti faucis adnatam. Staminodia 10 staminihus lolidem rite bI- 

 terna variae configuraiionis, dentiformia subulata liguliformia petaioidea, 

 pracfloratione erecla. Filamcnta slaminodiis acqualia vcl longiora Bliformia, 

 praeflorationc inlrofiexa, antheris duplici serie, alleriori ct demissiori, fauci 

 applicatis. Antherae globosac conncctivi simplicis fronli inscrtae bilocella- 

 tac, locellis subconfluentibus, virgineis lcviter constrictis, poro posticc dchis- 

 ccntibus. Ovarium calyci omnino immersum, verlicc truncatum laminaque 

 epigyna indutum. Ovula gcmina paucave in placenta basifixa ccntrali erccla 



anatropa. Stylus cxsertus infra stigma barhatus vcl glaber. Fructus ? — 



Fruliccs Australasici. 



Species enumerantur in Reperl. bot. sysl. II. 153. et 920. 



IV. 1'tllM'IMMIIl Schauer. 

 (Schauer, Linnaea XVII. 235.) 

 Florcs lerminali-axillares pcdunculati. Hractcolae oppositae distinctae, 

 tenuissime membranaceae cucullatae amplectenti-conclusae, ad basin ca- 

 lycis in pedunculo insertae, alabastro adolesccntc sublatae et dcciduae. Ca- 

 lyx in pedunculo articulatus, tubus herbacetis obovatus breviter comprcssus 

 subcostatus, sub limbo constrictus, limbus corollinus amplus, vcrtici lubi 

 truncato arclissime impositus, semiqtiinqueparlitus, lobis oblongis obtusis, 

 infra in faucem coalitus. Petala 5 ad fauccm limbi calycini inserta ejusdem 

 lobis alterna iisque breviora. Staminodia nulla. Stamina 5 cum pctalis 

 inserta iisque alterna, filamenta brevissima cernua, anthcrae biloculares, 

 loculis discretis oppositis biloccllatis, e connectivo prono oblongo glandula- 

 que terminato pendulae, loceltis poro frontali pollen emiltentibus. Ovarium 

 prope verticem tubi calycini in tela spongiosa consitum minute globosum, 

 ovulis binis basifixis. Stylus filiformis androcceum acquans, stigma puncli- 

 forme laeve. — Frutex Australasicus, floris fabrica Actinodio affinis, inflo- 

 rescentia lamen et habitu valde diversus. 



1. P. MITCHELLIANA Schauer 1. c. 236. (et in Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. 11.920.*) - 

 Frutex validus ramosus, ramis virgatis patentibus. Folia opposita quadrifariam 

 conferta patula coriacea plana subcuncalo-oblonga, breviter peliolata carlilngi- 

 neo -marginala acula mutica uninervia glabcrrima nitidula perforalo-punclala 

 laele viridia 4-6 lin. longa, phyllopodia angusta vix marginantia. Slipulae inlra- 

 foliaceae setas minutissimas cxhibentes. Pedunculi ad apicem ramulorum foliis 

 minoribus subtensi singuli vel gemini, foliis breviores. Bracleolac hyalinac ni- 

 tentes, disco resinoso-punctalae, dorso citra apicem breviter corniculatae fuga- 

 cissimae. Flores fere 2 lin. longi in tubum et limbum dimidiali, ille purpuralus, 

 firmae substanliae, hic substantia et colore albo cum petalis conveniens, lobis 

 oblongis obtusissimis, structura calycis sub limbo primo obtulu vix conspicua 

 propter Iimhum implicatura lubo arcle insidentcm. Petala lobis calycinis fere 

 duplo breviora orbiculata sessilia. Stamina conniventia faucem claudentia, con- 

 nectivum ceraceum, antherae fusco-rubrae, pollen fulvum. — Baeckea talycina 

 Lindl. Ann. sc. natnr. XIX. 57. — Crcscil in Nova Hollandia interiori. 



