ST. ENDLICHER STIRFIUM AUSTRALASICARUIU DEC ADES III. 199 



tis aul interdum ternato-verticülutis, simpUcibus, coriaceis, integerrimis , apice saepe 

 spinescenfiOus , infloiescentia axillari v. in speciehus aphyllis laterali, raritts ferminali, 

 floribus racemosis v. rariiis solUarüs, peilicellis ex axilla bracteae scariosae v. mein- 

 branaceae ntidis v. bracteolatis , bracteis plerumque brevissimis, rarius maximis involii- 

 vranfibus. 



§. 4. ACIPHYLLAE Benth, l. c. Ramis floriferis plijllodineo-foliosis, foläs phjllodineis pinnis, 

 apice saepius spincscentibus v. mucronatis. 



** l^VOLUCllA'^AE. Floribus umbellatis, bracteis maximis scarioso-membranaceis v. coriaceis, in- 

 rnliicrantibus. 



11. DAVIESIA ALTERMFÜLIA. 



D. foliis alternls obloogis apice subspinescentibus , involucri subtriflori bracteis scarioso-membra- 

 naceis ovalibus planis. 



Habitat in \ovae Bollandiae aiisCrooccidenCalis colonia King-Georges-Sound (^Eüyel) . 



üamus pcdalis, angulatus, striatus, glaber. Folia vera in ramulis squamaeformia, lineari-lanceolata, 

 adpressa, dimidiara lineam longa, remole alterna, folia phyllodinea in ramis alterna , infcriora tres v. 

 quatuor poUicis partes dissita , in superiore rami parte magis approximata , baseos lorsione subverticalia, 

 oblonga, duos pollices longa, tres v. tris et dimidiam lineam lata, coriacea , basi angustata, ima basi 

 utrinqiie denticnlo setaceo, uncinatim recurvo ancta, nervo medio lateralibusque marginantibiis utrinque 

 prominulis, apice in spinam brevissimam coeuntibus, secnndariis pinnatis, intra marginem reticulo %enoso 

 combinatis. PeduncuU in foliorum pli^llodir.eorum axillis solitarii v. in apice rami oppositifolii, folio 

 paullo breviores, corapressi , angnlati , obsolete puberiili , sqiiamis coriaceis aciitis, lineam longis, adpres- 

 sis, remotc alternis mnniti, apice tri- v. interdum quadriflori. Pedicelli duas lineas longi, ebracteolati. 

 Brac^eae pedicelloriimnuraero, scarioso-membranaceae, fuscesccntes, giabrae, ovales, planae, pollicepaiillo 

 breviores , uninerves , reticulato venosae, apice brcrissime mncronatae. Calyx campanulatus, bilabiatus, 

 parce pilosus, labio superiore truncato, inferiore tritido. Corollae vexillumlonge unguiculatum, trilineare, 

 alae vexillo fere aequilongae, carina subfornicata, obtusa, brevior. Stamina Whera. Leyiimen coriaceuro, 

 glaberrimura, sexlinearc , dorso recto, venire couvcxo trianguläre. Semen maturum unicum, umbilico 

 strophiolato. 



12. DAVIESIA TEllNATA. 



D. foliis tcrnatis oblongis apice subspinescentibus, involucri [triflori bracteis scarioso-membrana- 

 ceis obovatis planis. 



Habitat in Novae Hollandiae austro-occidentalis colonia King-Georges-Sound {Hügel). 



Species praecedenti valde similis , sed folia pliyllodinea constanter (ernata, bipollicaria, crassius 

 coriacea et apice acutiora, peduneuli axillares solitarii, dimidiara folii longitudinera paullo superantes, 

 sguamis bilinearibus, acutis, patentiusculis, confertioribus vestiti, incohicri bracteae obovales, octo li- 

 neas longae, pedicelli calycesque magis pilosi. 



13. DAVIESIA OPPOSITIFOLIA. 



D. foliis oppositis ternatisque elliptlcis submucronatis marginatis , involucri triflori bracteis co- 

 riaceis complicatis. 



Habitat in Sovae Hollandiae austro-occidentalis colonia King-Georges- Sound QBügel). 



iJflOTJ angulato-tetragoni , glabri. jPoWa 7>%//orf(neo subdecussatim opposita v. nonnulla ternata, pa- 

 ribus per iaternodia quinque linearum remotls, coriacea, elliptica, poUicem v. sesquipollicem longa, 



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