IGONES PLANTARUM. 71 
PuaTe 1391. 
PETERMANNIA CIRROSA, F. Muell. 
DIOscOREACEIS AFFINIS. 
P, cirrosa, F. Muell. in Benth. Fl. Austral., vi. 462, single species. 
Has. Australia, Macleay river, New South Wales, C. Moore ; 
Clarence river, Beckler. 
ere 
6-partitum, segmentis oblongis petaloideis patentibus reflexis sub- 
gequalibus v. interioribus vix angustioribus ad 2 lin. longis. tamina 
g m 
Sydney, since the publication of the sixth volume of ‘Flora Aus- 
traliensis,’ 
natural order to which the plant should be referred remains very 
ovary of Dioscoreacee, and the unilocular ovary with parietal placen- 
tation is anomalous in both orders.—G. BsytTHam. 
ig. 1. Flower-bud, 2. Open’ flower. 3, Stamens, 4. Style. 5. Ovary, trans 
verse section. 
