PAKSONSIA WV EEU DING 
Lr. Prodr. 466 (1810); Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 318. 
[PLATE 199.] 
Calyec 5-phyllus, persistens ; _ foliola acutiuscula, 
crassiuscula, extus subvillosa, sesquilinearia, apice patentia. Corolla 
Monopetala, infundibuliformis, e luteo virescens, extus villosa; tubus 
urceolatus, Pentagonus, longitudine calycis; fauces villosiuscule ; villi 
faucium Supra basin laciniarum limbi extensi, et parvus’ fasciculus 
bes Singulam laciniam tubo insertus ; limbus quinquepartitus ; 
lacinize oblongee, acute, patentes, longitudine tubi. Nectarium : 
Squamze quinque, planze, sursum incrassate, truncate, retusa, tubo 
triplo breviores, germen cingentes. 
Inserta, — capillaria, 
lanceolata, 
Fivlamenta quinque, basi tubi 
brevia. Anthere  \anceolato-subulate, _ basi 
Sagittate, erecta, arcte conniventes in conum acutum supra fauces 
eminentem. Stylus 
Stigma anguste 
Germina duo, Supera, ovata, intus plana. 
unicus, filiformis, erectus, staminibus — brevior. 
conicum, basi annulo incrassato cinctum, intra cucullum antherarum 
reconditum. o/d/icuus lineari-lanceolatus, parum compressus, utrinque 
sulco profundo exaratus (quasi e duobus  folliculis cylindraceis 
crassitie penne: olorinee compositus, et forte maturus in duos 
discedens), _ villosiusculus, 4-uncialis, bilocularis, bivalvis, tandem 
in duos discedens uniloculares, 1-valves, intus dehiscentes. Semina 
numerosa, imbricata, oblonga, apice attenuata, . coronata pappo 
piloso, longo, copioso. Caules  volubiles, longissimi, _ teretes. 
Lanugo seu villi totius plante ferruginei. Folia Opposita, — 
petiolata, oblonga, cordata, acuta, integra, quadriuncialia.  Petioli 
teretes. Cyme opposite. Pedunculi teretes, petiolis paulo longiores. 
Endeavour’s River. 
Asclepiadee 
SARCOSTEMMA AUSTRALE 
Br. Prodr. 463 (1810); Benth. Fl: Austral. iv. 328. 
[PLATE 200.] 
Tota planta lactescens ; lac viscosum. Caudis longissimus, teres, 
glaber, crassitie penne anserine minoris, ramosus; rami oppositi, 
cauliformes. /ofa nulla. Flores ad genicula umbellati; zdelle 
bines, subsessiles, in propriis receptaculis ovatis vix 13-linearibus. 
Pedunculi -flori, plures, teretes, vix g-unciales. Calyx profunde 
5-Partitus, persistens ; laciniz oblong, acuta, fundo corolle arcte 
Corolla 
longitudine calycis; limbus 5-partitus ;_ lacinize oblongo-lanceolatee, 
adpressze, 4-lineares. monopetala, tubus _ brevissimus, 
acute, patule, e virescenti albze, trilineares, marginibus revolutis. 
Nectarium exterius niveum, 1-phyllum; tubus late cyathiformis, 
calyce paulo longior, margine decem-crenatus, obsolete pentagonus, 
intra marginem exserens _lacinias quinque, erectas, subclavatus, 
acutas, apice inflexas, extus convexas, intus planas, nectario 
interiori longitudinaliter leviter adnatas, _illiusque _—_ longitudine. 
Nectarium interius e virescenti albidum, ‘ex ovato subconicum, 
obtusiusculum, petalis duplo brevius, genitalia tegens, longitudinaliter 
5 rimis dehiscens; rime superius  callosze, apice cohzerentes. 
Lilamenta nulla.  Anthere ovate, parvee, sub apicibus nectarii 
Germina duo, supera, oblonga, acuta. S¢yZz' duo, 
Stigma bipartibile, orificium 
nectarli interioris replens, obsolete pentagonum, supra subconicum 
apice bifidum. Fodlicudus cylindraceo-subulatus, 
penne gallinee majoris, diametro sesquilineari, 4-uncialis, unilocularis, 
Semina oblonga, pappo longo terminata. Ons. Plerumque 
unicus tantummodo fructus in singula umbella maturescit. 
interioris insertze. 
subulato-conici. unicum, crassum, 
leevis, crassitie 
univalvis. 
Bustard Bay, Bay of Inlets, Palm Island, Cape Grafton, Endeavour’s River, 
Point Look-out. Banks’s specimens not cited by Bentham. 
CYNANCHUM ERUBESCENS 
Br. in Mem. Wern. Soe. i. 45 (1809); Prodr. 463 (1810); Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. BRD 
VINCETOXICUM ERUBESCE 
S O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. ii. 224 (1891). 
[PLaTe 201. ] 
Calyx monophyilus, quinquepartitus ; lacinia lanceolata, acute, 
patentes, apice reflexee, sesquilineares. Coro//a monopetala; tubus 
brevissimus ; limbus quinquepartitus, patens ; lacinize oblong, acute, 
e virescenti albida, apice sordide rubescentes. 
corollam et stamina receptaculo insertum, monopetalum, 
tubus angustus, brevis; limbus campanulatus, decemfidus; lacinice 
Nectarium inter 
niveum ; 
erectiuscule, laciniis corolle: triplo breviores ; alternee oblongz, acute, 
incrassate, intus carinate ; alternze plane, apice dilatata, truncate, 
retuse, reliquis paulo longiores. /z/amenta quinque, crassiuscula, 
longitudine tubi nectarii, receptaculo 
columnam connata vel arcte coherentia. 
circa superiorem partem stylorum et latera inferiora stigmatis connate, 
inserta, circa germina in 
Anthere oblonge, erecta, 
apice acute membranis ovatis, obtusiusculis, niveis, supra stigma 
a 
inflexis. Germena duo, superne conica, intus plana. S¢yZz filiformes, 
erecti, staminum. Stema  incrassatum, explanatum, 
pentagonum, supra planum, sulco exaratum, non nisi vi bipartibile. 
folliculi duo, maximi, glabri, divaricato-reflexi, tres uncias longi, 
unciam lati, ovato-oblongi, acuminati, basi parum attenuati, acute 
longitudine 
triquetri, supra plani, ibidemque longitudinaliter dehiscentes, uni- 
loculares. Sena numerosa, imbricatim posita, extus convexa, pyri- 
formia, intus excavata, coronata pappo copioso, longissimo, niveo, 
argenti-sericeo. Conceptaculum centrale, angustum, acutum, spongi- 
Caulis volubilis, teres, glaber. Fodia 
Petiol teretes, supra angusti, canaliculati, 
osum, longitudine folliculi. 
opposita, cordata, integra. 
Pedunculus communis _ interpetiolaris 
villosiusculus ; pedunculi partiales umbellati. 
solitaris, teres, in  supremis 
Planta lactescens, 
Endeavour’s River. Brown (who did not himself collect the plant) based his 
description on the Banksian specimens. 
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