DISCHIDIA NUMMULARIA 
Br. Prodr. 461 (1810); Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 345. 
[PLATE 202. ] 
Calyx 1-phyllus, minutus, vix 4-lin., s-dentatus; dentes lati, 
acuti, patuli, glabri, dilute rubicundi. Corvod/a monopetala, bilinearis, 
alba; tubus fauces pilis clause; limbus 
5-partitus ; lacinize lanceolatze, acute, crassiusculze, supra rotundate, 
urceolatus, ventricosus ; 
tubo duplo longiores, supra medium patule, apicibus subreflexis. 
Nectaria exteriora quinque, receptaculo circa nectarium internum 
inserta, filiformia, plana, erecta, tubo corolla paulo breviora, pellucida, 
bifida, lobis subulatis, divaricatis, apice reflexis: nectarium interius 
I-phyllum, obtuse conicum, pistillum totum tegens, longitudine 
tubi, superne rimis 5 arcte conniventibus notatum, sordide albicans. 
Filamenta nulla. Anthere ovate, parvee, apici nectarii interioris 
intus inserte, straminee. Germina duo, supera, oblonga. Stylz 
duo, breves. Stigmata simplicia. Folia opposita, petiolata, 
orbiculata cum parvo acumine, pulvere argenteo adspersa, diametro 
conici, 
7-lineari, patentia, integerrima, glabra, crassa, carnosa, utrinque con- 
vexa, enervia, avenia. /efiol/z 4-lineares, teretes, horizontales. Spicule 
arcte tectee squamulis minutissimis, receptacula pedunculorum sunt, 
Folliculus \anceolato-subulatus, basi ampliatus, -glaber, fere 
uncialis, t-locularis, 1-valvis. Sena numerosa, oblongo-cylindracea, 
glabra, ferruginea, coronata pappo villoso, longissimo, copioso, niveo, 
Tota planta farina alba irrorata lactescens. _Cauts filiformis, teres, 
crassitie penne columbine, dependens, ad genicula radicans, ramosus ; 
rami cauliformes. /Vores subumbellati in receptaculo oblongo cylin- 
draceo. Umébelle gemine in pedunculo communi, multiflore, uti 
e receptaculis judicare Peduncult 
solitarii, alterni, teretes, foliis duplo breviores. 
1 
1}- 
communes  axillares, 
Pedicelli terétes, 
liceat. 
filiformes, bilineares. 
Nummularia lactea minor Rumph. Amb. v. p. 472 t. 176. f. 1, 
Ffabitat in arboribus parasitica dependens preecipue in Melaleuca 
angustifolia. 
Endeavour’s River. The Banksian specimens are among those on which Brown 
established his genus Déschidia (Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 32). 
IKON NUSIORINIEES 
Br. in Flerb. Banks & ex Tratll in Trans. Hort. Soc. vii. 28 (1827); Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 346; Britten, Journ. Bot. 1898, 414. 
H. CaRNosa Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i.-27 (1809) quoad plant. Austral.: Prodr. 460 (1810) excl. syn. 
[PLATE 203.] 
Calyx profunde 5-partitus; — lacinize oblonge, acute, — ses- 
quilineares, patulz, pubescentes. Corolla 1-petala, alba, plana ; 
tubus basi _rubicundus, ibique coarctatus dein explanatus,  ses- 
quilinearis; limbus 5-partitus; laciniz ovate, acute, patentes, 
margine saepe revolute, tubo duplo longiores. Mectarium duplex ; 
extertus corpuscula quinque  solidiuscula, corolla triplo breviora, 
nivea, clavata, supra plana, angulo interiori acuminato adscendenti, 
angulo exteriori acuto prominulo, carinata ; 
longitudinali fissa ; intus nectario interiori adnata. 
monophyllum, longitudine 
extus carina rima 
Nectarium tnterius 
ovatum, pentagonum, 
angulis superne prominentibus duplicatis, basi crassum, subcarnosum, 
album, quinquefidum, 
nect. exterioris, 
lacintis oblongis, acutis, circa 
conniventibus, apice membranaceis, rubicundis. 
stigma 
Filamenta nulla, 
sed eorum loco glandulze quinque, subrotundee, nigro-purpureze, inter 
lacinias interioris ubi membranaceee evadunt adnate, 
Anthere bine in singula glandula, distinctze, oblonge, obtuse, 
luteze, intra apices nectarii occultatze. 
nectarii 
Germina duo, supera, oblonga, 
intus plana, extus convexa. Styli duo, conici. Stigma magnum, 
crassum, dilatatum, acute 5-gonum, rubicundum, superne e centro 
erigens apicem albidum. Ons. Stigma 
facillime a stylis separatur ac si subtus esset illis superimpositum. 
Suffrutex decumbenti-subvolubilis, lactescens. 
compressum, brevem, 
Caulis teres, inferne 
glaber, superne leviter pubescens, sarmentosus. Rami cauliformes. 
Folia opposita, petiolata, patula, ovalia, acuta, leviter cordata, 
integerrima, plana, villis brevissimis adspersa, supra sublucida, subtus 
magis pubescentia, enervia, avenia, crassa, carnosa, pallide viridia, 
decidua, duas raro tres uncias longa. Petioli teretes, pubescentia 
cinerascentes, 4-unciales. ores subumbellati e receptaculo sub initio 
florescentize oblongo, dein elongato, cylindraceo, seepe sesquiunciali, 
OUmbella pedunculata, multiflora. Pedunculi communes interpetiolares, 
altero tamen petiolo propiores, solitarii, 
petiolis paulo 
subzequales, 
alterni, teretes, pubescentes, 
longiores illisque graciliores.  Pedicelli 
sesquiunciales, Flores valde suaveolentes, 
uimariee. Habitat in fissuris rupium, 
teretes, 
odore 
Cape Grafton, Endeavour’s River, 
Bentham is in error in stating that Brown 
collected the plant. 
Loganiacee 
MITRASACME ~POLYMORPHA 
br. Prodr. 452 (1810); Benth. Fl. Austral iv. 353. 
[PLaTE 204.] 
Calye 1-phyllus, campanulatus, 2-lin., glaberrimus, _ persistens, 
5-fidus; tubus tetragonus; _ lacinice lanceolate, acutze, suberectz, 
stricta, longitudine tubi. . Ops. anguli lacinias exserunt, e  viridi 
rubicundi. Corvol/a hypocrateriformis, nivea; tubus calyce duplo 
longior, supra tubum calycis laxus, obtuse tetragonus ; fauces villosze ; 
limbus 4-partitus, patens, planus; lacinize ovate, obtusiusculze, tubo 
duplo breviores.  Fvlamenta 4, tubo inferne adnata, 
planiuscula, erecta, alba, tubo paulo breviora. 
filiformia, 
Anthere oblonge, 
parve, erecte. 
sed_ basi 
simplex. 
inter 
Germen superum, 
bifidus, dein simplicissimu: 
Capsula ovata, 
cujus 
ovatum, viride. 
s, albus. 
Stylus unicus, 
Stigma crassiusculum, 
calyce brevior, coronata stylo_ persistenti, 
baseos apice aperiens nullibique 
subrotunda, parva, nigra, circa 
- Cautlis teres, pallide lutescens. 
Pedunculi longissimi. 
Cape Grafton, Endeavour’s River. 
furcaturam alias 
: | alias, 
bilocularis. — Semzing plurima, 
conceptaculum globosum disposita 
Folia opposita, glaberrima, 
