DIPLANTHERA TETRAPHYLLA 
Lr. Prodr. 449 (1810) ; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 540. 
DEPLANCHEA TETRAPHYLLA F. Muell. Census, ed. 2, 167 (1886). 
[PLaTE 229.] 
Calyx monophyllus, carnoso-coriaceus,  flavescens, 4-uncialis, 
cyathiformis, parum compressus, fere ad medium, trifidus, 
Suprema supra labium superius corollce patula, h. e. 
sursum pressa, oblonga, acuta; lacinize duce 
lacinia 
labio 
laterales latze, ovatze, 
lateribus faucium arcte adpressze, bifida, lacinulis ovatis, 
a 
acutis, 
apice plerumque conniventibus unde calyx saepius videtur simpliciter 
trifidus. tubus cyathiformis, 
amplus, parum compressus, longitudine calycis; rictus latus, com- 
pressus; labium  superius adscendenti-patulum, longitudine  tubi, 
obcordatum, sinu profundo angusto, lobis subrotundis obtusis ; labium 
inferius tripartitum, longitudine labii superioris ; lobi subrotundi, 
obtusissimi; laterales porrecti, ante fauces sibi invicem adpressi ; 
Corolla monopetala, ringens, flava; 
infimus porrectus, parum descendens, parumque concavus, basi parum 
compressus. Vectarium e 1 :ceptaculo infra germinis basin explanato, 
incrassato, obtuse tetragono, foveis 4 (raro 8) impresso, nigro- 
purpureo. /%lamenta 4, basi corolla inserta, filiformia, crassitie 
penne passerine, flava, corolla duplo longiora, supra labium superius 
adscendentia, subzequalia (forte duo paulo longiora). Anthere bine, 
distinct in singulo filamento, oblongo-lanceolatze, acutz, divergentes, 
luteze, ante explicationem floris juxta latera filamentorum reflexee ; 
pollen flavum. Germen superum, oblongo-conicum, obsolete anceps, 
glabrum. Sty/us filiformis, planiusculus, staminibus paulo longior, 
cum illis flexus, flavus. Stigma bilabiatum, 
labiis ovatis, acutis, 
planis, lutescentibus. Pericarpium (Gimmaturum), biloculare, glabrum. 
Semina numerosissima; conceptacula longitudinaliter dissepimento 
adnata, bina in singulo loculo. Arvdor mediocris; coma irregularis, 
subrotunda, diffusa. Razz teretes, tomentosi, villosi. /olia quaterna, 
verticillata, petiolata, obovato-oblonga, obtusa, integerrima, basi 
parum angustata, parumque cordata, marginibus ibidem revolutis, 
plana, supra glabra, lete viridia, subtus ipelicle valde reticulata, venis 
venulisque villosiusculis, pedalia. e¢zo/d villosi, compressi, versus 
basin dilatati, supra plani, subtus basi gibbosi. Glandule duze, 
superne prope basin folii, magne, parum elevate, glaberrime, con- 
Oss. He glandule in foliis minoribus sape obliteratz, 
terminales, floribus subrotundis onusti, 
orbiculati; supra plani.  Peduncaulus communis erectus, simplex, 
crassus, foliis brevior, inferne nudus. Peduncult partiales numerosi, 
horizontales, glabri, lutescentes, teretes, densissime subverticillati, 
basi incrassati, compressi, a basi ad medium simplices dein bis 
trichotomi, pedicello centrali prime dichotomize simplici; pedicelli 
prope basin calycis geniculo instructi, unde flores valde decidui. Oss. 
Cave, 
Thyrst numerosissimis 
Flores intermedii trichotomiarum citius florent. 
Endeavour’s River. Brown drew up his description from Banks's specimens, 
and adopted the trivial as well as the generic name from the Banksian Herbarium 
and MSS. This is one of the plates which Banks sent to Linneus: see Rees 
Cyclop. Suppl. 
Pedalinee 
JOSIEJIEGUUNIA GRIANIDUELOIR A 
?r. Prodr. 520 (1810); Benth. Fl. Austral. 556. 
[PLatTE 230.] 
Calyx pentaphyllus; foliola lanceolata, villosiuscula, 
patula, apice subreflexa, duas lineas longa, persistentia ; supremum 
reliquis paulo minus. Corolla monopetala, ringens, pallide e rubro 
purpurea, extus villosiuscula; tubus laxiusculus, longitudine calycis, 
superne gibbosus, intus villosus ; 
reflexze, deorsum spectantes, 
quinquefidus ; 
acuta, 
fauces maxime, ample, ventricosz, 
intus punctis purpureis adspersz ; limbus 
lacinize quatuor superiores subrotundo-ovate, acutius- 
cule, patule, tubo triplo breviores; infima reliquis duplo longior, 
obtusa, deflexa, altius colorata. Filamenta quatuor, filiformia, alba, 
tubo inserta, faucibus breviora, 
divaricata ; duo 
inferne secundum ventrem faucium 
superiora breviora. Germen  superum, 
villosum, torulosum. Stylus filiformis, albus, longitudine staminum. 
ovatum, 
Stigma quadrifidum, laciniis subulatis. 
vix semuncialis, 
subulatis, 
Drupa sicca, ovalis, obtusa 
villosiuscula, undique muricata  spinis numerosis, 
validis,  porrectis, substantia 
Nux unica, figura drupe eodemque modo muricata, 
ossea, durissima, crassa, octolocularis ; loculi centrum 
dissepimentis tenuibus ; nuclei solitarii, oblongi, albi, 
basi suffruticosus, 
sesquilinearibus ; tenuis, 
subcoriacea. 
occupantes, 
sapidi. Caudis 
obsoletissime tetragonus, levissimus, 3 ad 4 pedes 
longus, decumbens. oppositi. Folia opposita, 
lanceolata, 3-uncialia. — Petvo/i  semunciales. 
axillares, oppositi, 1-flori, petiolis duplo breviores. 
Habitat in insulis prope Cape Fear. 
Lizard Island. 
Rant petiolata, 
integra, Peduncult 
Acanthacee 
NELSONIA CAMPESTRIS 
Br. Prodr. 481 (1810); Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 543. 
N. 
ROTUNDIFOLIA Br. lic. 
[PLaTEe 231.] 
Perennis. Tota planta villosa, subviscida. 
bipedalis, decumbens, filiformis teres, ramosus. 
5 
Caulis herbaceus, 
Rami axillares, 
adscendentes, Folia 
opposita, horizontalia, petiolata, subrotunda, obsolete cordata, obtusa, 
integerrima, venosa, subtus secundum venas rugosa, villis dense 
adspersa, mollia, uncialia. 
plerumque alterni, teretes, caule breviores. 
Petiol supra plani, pilosi. Spice axillares 
et terminales, nunc sessiles, nunc ramis elongatis elevate, ovato- 
oblonge, subtetragone, laxee, imbricata, unciales et sesquiunciales. 
Bractee ovato-oblonge, acutze, villosa, basi lanatee, calycibus duplo 
longiores, extra medium patule, apice subreflexe; unica infra 
singulum florem. Calyx tetraphyllus ; foliola lanugine villosa, erecta, 
duas lineas longa, persistentia ; duo ovato-oblonga, concava, interdum 
apice bifida; ‘duo lateralia lanceolata, acuta. Corolla ringens, alba ; 
tubus calyce brevior, planiusculus, supra medium angustatus, superne 
sub labio superiore inflato-gibbosus ; limbus patulus ; labium superius 
Ni 
to 
bipartitum ;— lacinice oblongze, obtusze, 
labium inferius trifidum ; | 
Lilamenta duo, 
alba. Anthere bilobee ;_ lobi ovati, divergenti-deflexi, flavi. Germen 
superum, oblongum, acutum, Stylus filiformis, altitudine staminum, 
apice inflexus, albidus, Stioma simplex, Capsula sessilis, ovata, 
conica, tetragona, angulis obtusis, longitudine calycis, bilocularis, 
bival elastice dehiscens, # Semina 
plurima, subrotunda, 
emarginatee, tubo breviores ; 
aciniz oblongo-obovatae ; media paulo latior. 
brevissima, subulata, plana, faucibus inserta, inflexa, 
Dissepimentum contrarium. 
Suturee dissepimenti affixa, 
TATE Sten Fae 
Hab. in Nova Hollandia prope Endeavour 
: "s River, locis humidis 
umbrosis. 
et 
Botanists seem agreed to consider Nelsonia 
the plant figured is the form named by Brown 4, 
Banksian specimens, 5 
as consisting of one variable species ; 
tomentosa, and described by him from 
