POMAX UMBELEATA 
Soland. ex Gaertn. Fruct. i. 112 (1788); Benth. Fl. Austral. ili, 437+ 
OPERCULARIA UMBELLATA Gertn. l.c. 
[PLaTE 150.] 
Umbelle simplices terminales foliis duobus suffulti, ideoque in sinu 
ultimo foliorum sessiles; radii (circiter decem) subpatuli, teretes, 
villosiusculi, subzequales, semunciam longi. Calyx pro flosculis 
duobus vel tribus communis, usque ad marginem germinis partitus : 
laciniz plerumque septem, interdum octo, raro novem, inzequales, 
persistentes, vix semilineam longe, 
adspersee. Corolle 
monopetalz, bi- vel 
ovate, obtusissime, patulz, 
plerumque glabra, -interdum pilis rigidis raris 
supra receptaculum inzequaliter sparse, remote, 
trifide, rubicundee, nunc glabra, nunc pilose; nunc infundibuliformes, 
Filamentum in singulo 
corolla duplo 
nunc oblong ; parvee, raro lineam longe. 
flosculo unicum, filiforme, erectum, glabrum, albidum, 
brevius ; anthera oblonga, plana, erecta, seepius rubicunda. 
tribus commune, inferum, turbinatum, 
Germen 
pro flosculis duobus vel 
magnum, supra planum, nunc glabrum, nunc pilis subfasciculatis 
adspersum ; receptaculum est flosculorum. Szy/ws singuli flosculi 
KNOXIA 
Gertn. Fruct. i. 
1224 
filiformis, longitudine et figura filamenti. Stgma 
simplex, acutum. Capsula (communis) turbinata, villosiuscula, duas 
X, ; 
lineas alta, unilocularis, operculata ; operculum (olim receptaculum 
unicus (raro duo), 
flosculorum) planiusculum, subtus prope alterum latus exserens 
processum — lanceolatum, acuminatum, capsulam non perfecte 
dividens sed tantummodo dimidiatim semina distinguens. Semina 
duo, ovata, rugosiuscula, striata. Fructificatio hujus plante tam 
h 
singularis est, ut inspectio multarum plantarum diversis _ locis 
lectarum vix mihi satis fecerit nisi plures ejusdem nature planta 
Omnia perspicue vidi, excepta 
sub eodem ccelo lect fuerint. 
corolla, que scepissime quasi tabida mihi videbatur. 
Botany Bay. Banks’s specimens are not referred to by Bentham. The descrip- 
tion and figure given by Geertner are from specimens “ex herbario Banksiano.” Solander’s 
i <i x Bae ; ; e sabia ; 
description above given is from his original MS.; it does not appear in the tran- 
scription. 
SIUINIKE 1a 
4 25, f 2 (1788). 
K. coryMBosaA Willd. Sp. Pl. i. §82 (1797); Benth. Fl. Austral. iii, 438. 
[PLATE 
Cafyx  tetraphyllus (vel profunde quadripartitus), persistens ; 
foliola lata, acuta, minuta, } lin., erecta. Vel calyx quadridentatus, 
dentibus ovatis, acutis, erectis, minutis (4 linez), persistentibus. 
Corolla monopetala, infundibuliformis, caduca; tubus cylindraceus, 
limbus quadripartitus ; 
@ 
lacinize 
albze. 
fauces  villosz ; 
tubo duplo violaceo 
Filamenta quatuor, filiformia, brevia, tubo inserta, erecta. Anthere 
1-linearis, albus ; 
oblong, acutiusculz, breviores, 
eminentes, 
inferum, ovatum (forte fundo calycis indutum ?). 
longitudine — tubi. erecta, 
subpellucida. Dyupa sicca, membranacea, tenuis, ovata, magnitudine 
seminis glabra, unilocularis. Obs. 
alius quam tunica exserens denticulos calycinos 
lineares, erecta, vix extra fauces sulphureee. Germen 
Stylus filiformis, 
crassiuscula, 
erectus, Stigmata duo, 
sinapeos, Cortex drupe vix 
Nuces due, oblongze, 
utrinque acutiuscule, intus plane, extus convexe, nigricantes. Muclee 
solitarii, simplices, Caulis 
erectus, tetragonus, 
herbaceus, 
inferne 
figura nucum., 
obtusissime 
bipedalis, 
fistulosus, subteres, 
151,| 
villosiusculus, ramosus. avez oppositi, erecti. ofa opposita, 
petiolata, lanceolato-elliptica, acuminata, integerrima, _ pilosiuscula, 
venosa, venis supra concavis, subtus convexis, unde folia subplicata, 
pallide viridia, triuncialia. Petioli e foliis basi foliis 
quintuple breviores, villosiusculi, supra plani. S¢zéz/@ interpetiolares, 
amplexicaules, late, brevissime, e margine 
exserentes lacinulas tres vel quatuor subulatas, 
erectas. ores imbricati,  spicati ; 
angustee, unciales, 
interdum 
attenuatis, 
horizontali utrinque 
pilosas, _bilineares, 
spicee multifloree, cylindraceo- 
lineares, vix erectiuscule, cymose ; cyme 
terminales, axillares, plerumque 
Pedunculi unciales seepius breviores. 
ternee, pedunculatz. 
Palm Island. Not cited by Bentham as collected by Banks, 
Specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, identified by Dryander with Geertner’s 
figure and description, leave no doubt as to the correctness of Willdenow’s suggestion 
that his corymbosa is identical with Grertner’s s¢ricta.  Geertner’s analysis was made 
“ex herbario Banksiano,” probably from the specimens in question. 
TARDAVEL MARGINATA 
SPERMACOCE MARGINATA Benth. FI. Austral. iii, 440 (1866). 
[PLATE 152.] 
Calyx profunde quadripartitus, persistens ;  lacinize subulatz, 
erecte, unam lineam longe. Corolla nivea, tandem czrulescens, 
infundibuliformis ; tubus longitudine calycis ; limbus quinquepartitus, 
laciniis lanceolatis, acutis, patulis, apice subreflexis, tubo longioribus, 
supra a faucibus ad medium barbatis, barba alba, supra antheras 
fornices conniventes formante.  /vZamenta quatuor, filiformia, tubo 
superne inserta, brevia, erecta. Anthere oblong, erectze, supra 
fauces exsertee, flavee. Germen inferum, ovatum, subanceps, com- 
pressum. Szydus usque ad basin bipartitus (ut potius duo styli), 
laciniis filiformi-subulatis, erectis, quam tubo brevioribus. 
simplicia. 
Stigmata 
Capsula subrotunda, parum compressa, supra_planiuscula, 
umbilicata, membranacea, calyce persistenti induta, magnitudine seminis 
cannabini, bilocularis, bivalvis. Sezzéna solitaria, oblonga, intus plana, 
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extus convexa, glabra. Ons. Cadyx monophyllus, etc. (uti in ante- 
cedente descriptione) laciniis longis, margine et apice niveis, mem- 
branaceis. Corolla semper nivea; ¢udus 
inferum, compressum, subanceps. 
valvulz divaricatze, 
brevior. Germen 
’ Capsula (vide antea), bivalvis ; 
: singula coronata duobus laciniis calycinis. Obs. 
Cuspides seminum descriptee Divy, Elth. p- 369, 
vocata sunt Linn. Gen, Ps 5 
Folia subcoriacea, levia [ed. 6]. 
calyce 
quee cornua capsule 
sunt lacinie calycis persistentis. 
; Caules tetragoni, leves, latere 
Opposito e plano concava, altero convexiuscula. 
New South Wales; Cape Grafton (on drawing) 
2). 
Bentham’s trivial name is identical 
La with th 
the plant) in his herbarium and MSS. 
hat given by Brown (who also collected 
