I, 289] 289 
(1889) p. 10, Key Syst. Victor. pl. I. (1887—8) p. 127, II. (1885) p. 7; Walp. Ann. IV. 
(1857) p. 214; Benth. Fl. Austral. I. (1863) p. 86; Bailey Queensl. Fl. I. (1899) p. 52. 
Annuum? Radix tenuis, fusiformis. Cawles saepe complures, erecti, leviter angu- 
loso-striati, pilis satis longis (!/1—!/» mm) albis rectis gracilibus lineari-subulatis acutis 
patulis vel subreflexis satis dense hirsutuli, foliati, fere a basi ramosi ramis suberectis 
racemos folio oppositos et terminales gerentibus. Folia radicalia petiolata, lineari-oblonga, 
grosse dentata vel irregulariter pinnatifida, caulina media pilis eis caulis similibus levis- 
sime pubescentia, lanceolata, grosse serrata vel fere pinnatim incisa lobis saepe extrorsum 
eurvatis acutiusculis, basi lata sessili auriculata subamplexicaulia; summa minora, angu- 
stiora, subexauriculata. Flores inconspicui; sepala ovata, albo-marginata, saepe purpuras- 
centia, caduca; petala nulla; stamina 4 (rarius 3—2) mediana, lateralia nulla; glandulae 
brevissimae inconspicuae ; ovarium pilis setiformibus saepissime hirsutulo-pubescens. Racemi 
fructiferi elongati, laxiusculi, axi sulcato hirsutulo, pedicellis erecto-patentibus (+ 45°) 
rectis erassiusculis distincte compressis pubescentibus, septo subaequilongis (quam silicula 
tota ideo conspicue brevioribus). Silicula obovata, compressa, basi attenuato-acutiuscula, 
apice cireumferentia plerumque truncata, profunde (saepissime ad '/s—'/» longitudinis 
septi) emarginata, quasi biloba, lobulis alaribus in utroque latere emarginaturae porrectis 
vel leviter divergentibus rotundato-obtusius latitudine vix longioribus, stigmate in fundo 
sinus triangularis acuti subsessili; valvulae a basi ad medium carinatae, apice late 
alatae, plerumque etiam maturae pubescentes, adultae manifeste réticulatae; replum basi 
dilatatum et inerassatum ; septum oblanceolatum (1: 4) obtusiusculum, stigmate brevis- 
sime apieulatum. Semina ovoidea, compressa, fere laevia, angustissime marginata, fusca; 
embryo notorrhizus. 
10—30 em hoch. Mittlere Stengelblütter + 2 cm lang, + 3 mm breit. Kelch ca. 
1 mm lang. Frucht 4!/»—5!/» mm lang, 3'/s—4 mm breit, Flügelbreite an der Spitze 
+ 1!/» mm. Same 2 mm lang, 1'/« mm breit. 
Area geogr.: Austral. extratrop. 
Victoria: Murray Desert: F. v. Mueller. 
N. S. Wales: Interior of the colony, A. Cunningham; between Darling and Lachlan 
Rivers, Burkitt — sec. F. v. Muell.; ! Mt. Brown, 1897, Ch. Walter — Herb. 
Univ. Zürich; sine loc., Gótz n. 66 — Berlin. 
Queensland: sec. F. v. Mueller. 
S.-Australien: ! Rocky River, F. v. Mueller (Orig.!) — Herb. Berlin; Crystal Brook, 
Spencer's Golf: F. v. Muell.; between Stokes' Range and Cooper's Creek, Wheeler 
sec. F. v. Muell.; ! Mt. Lyndhurst, 1898/9, Max Koch n. 199 ex p. (cum Z. phle- 
bopetalo) et 200 — Herb. Berl., Hofmus. Wien; between the Alberja and Mt. Olga, 
1873—4, Giles — Herb. Petersbg. 
W.-Australien: Swan River, Shark-Bay, Murchison River: F. v. Muell; ! Lake Austin, 
1895, Peipers — Herb. Hausskn. 
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