162 BUTTNERIACEAE. 



SERINGIA. 



2. S. LA^XEOLATA SteeU L c. f — Foliis oblongo - lanceolatis obtUsiusculis subinte- 

 gerrimis, supra glabris, subtus cano- tornentosis; petalis nullis; fliamentis inaequali- 

 bus ovaria superantibus. — Las. parviflonm Bauer Hb. — Habitat in Nova Hollandia. 



3, S. COROLLATA Steetz 1. c. 350. f — Foliis oblongo -lanceolatis acutiusculis integer- 

 iimis sive obsolete denticulatis, supra velutinis, subtus albido-tomentosis; petalis 5 

 squamaeformibus. — Biittneria panmsa Bauer mss. — Habitat in Nova HoUandia 

 orientali. 



5322/i. (6889). MACARTMURIA Hugel. 



(Wlprs. Repert. V. 107.) 

 t. *>J. AUSTR.\LIS Hugel. — Wlprs. Repert. I. c. no. 1. — Hook. Icon. plant, tab. 408. 



5323A. RHYarCHOSTEMOair Steetz. 



(Sieetz in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. II. 333.) 



Inflorescentia oppositifolia, racemosa. Bractea liypocalycina demum 

 a calyce paiillisper remota, 3-partita. Calyx corolliniis 5-partitus per- 

 sistens. CoroIIa nulla. Stamina 5, hypogyna, calycis laciniis alterna; 

 filamenta brevissima, basi libera, omnia fertilia, antherae complanato- 

 compressae lineari-lanceolatae, inrostrum subaequilongum attenuatae, infra 

 medium insertae, supra ovarium conniventes, biloculares, loculis rima 

 laterali dehiscentibus. Ovarium 3-IocuIare, ovula in loculis gemina, 

 collateralia, ex anguli centralis basi adscendentia, anatropa. Styli 3, 

 elongati, antheras superantes, setacei glabri, sub anthesi arcte coaliti 

 et sylum simplicissimum simulantes, post anthesin a basi soluti, versus 

 apicem diu cohaerentes; stigma terminale subcapitatum truncatum 

 simplex. Capsula 3-locuIaris, loculicide 3-vaIvis, valvis medio septi- 

 leris, styli rudimento persistente superatis. Semina in loculis gemina 

 sive abortu soiitaria, e basi erecta, oblonga, strophiola umbilicali 

 cupulaeformi, hinc breviter bifida aucta. Embryo ignotus (seminibus 

 maturis non suppetentibus). — Suffrutices Novae Hollandiae australi- 

 occidentalis: foliis alternis, cordatis, petiolatis, exstipulatis integris sive 

 hastato-trilobis, pube steliata obsitis; racemis oppositifoliis, bracteis 

 filjformibus, hypocalycina demum a basi calycis remota. 



1. RH. GLUTINOSUS Steetz 1. c. 334. f — Hispidulus: foliis petiolatis cordatis. inferio- 

 ribus paucis late ovatis. superioribus hastato-trilobis; pedunculis calycibusque glutino- 

 .sis. — Thomasia glutinosa Lindl. — Wlprs. Reperl. I. 336. no. 4. — Habitat in Nova 

 Hollandia ad fluvium Cygnorum. 



2. RH. CANESCENS Steetz I. c. 335. f — Incano-tomentosus : foliis petioiatis cordaiis, 

 inferioribus late ovatis, summis paucis subbastatis; pedunculis calycibusque incano- 

 tomentosis. — Thomasia canesceus Lindl. — Wlprs. Repert. I. 336. no. 5. — Thomasin 

 uemtila Steud. — Wlprs. Repert. V. 109. no. 12. — Thomasia lasiopetaloides Steud. — 

 Wlprs. Repert. V. 109. no. 13. — In Nova Hollandia ad fl. Cygnorum. 



5324. THOMAISIA Gay. 



(DC. Prodr. I. 489. - Wlprs. I. 336. II. 795. V. 107. & Ann. bot. syst. I. 106. - Sieetz 

 in Lehm. Plant. Preissian. II. 318. sq.) 



Sect. I. PENTANDRAE. 

 % 1. Capsuli>s carpophoro suffultis. 



1. 'TH. PURPUREA Gay in DC. Prodr. L 489. — Steeiz in Lchni. Pl. Preiss. II. 318. f — 

 Lasiopetalum purpureum .41). ~ Thomasia rupestna Steud. — Wlprs, Repert. V. 108. 



