ICONES PLANTARUM. 75 
Caulis alte scandens, ramosus, levis v. demum scabriusculus, fo 
tota planta glaber. Folia opposita v. rarissime cujusve paris inter 
m distantia, ovali-oblonga, obtusa acutiuscula v. _brovssme 
acuminata, 2-4.pollicaria, rigidula, 5-nervia v. nervis ralibus vix 
conspicuis marginalibus sub-3-nervia, venulis eanaties ae minus 
distinctis reticulata, petiolo 1-3 lin. longo medium versus rumpente. 
Squame ad basin ramuloram breves, rotundate. Panicule in axillis 
foliorum superiorum pedunculate v. ramulum basi paucifoliatum 
axillarum terminantes, pa ramose, laxe, floribus parvis pedicellatis. 
Anthere cum filamentis brevissimis fere 2 lin. longw, perianthium 
minimum fere occultantes. Ovarii loculos in speciminibus examinatis 
semper 2-ovulatos inveni, ovulis collateralibus, ex rownio tamen 
aliisque l-ovulati sunt, verisimiliter ut in re nonnullis 
variant. Bacce globose, r rubra, nitide, in sicco 4- . diametro 
1-2-sperme. Embryo parvus in albumine dur 
Either Professor Oliver or myself have seeentned the ovaries of 
several specimens gathered by various collectors, and have never 
found the ovules solitary in the cells as described by Brown, Hooker, 
A. De Candolle, ee others, sr sn they certainly are in the other 
species of the or BENT 
Fig. 1. Flow mens. 3. Pariah and pistil. 4. Ovary, vertical section. 
5. sa same, ranevites section. 6. Seed. The same, vertical section, showing the 
ryo 
PuatTe 1396. 
RHIPOGONUM ELSEYANUM, F. Muell. 
SMILACER. 
R. Elseyanum, F. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Avdtral. i. 44, floribus in 
spica simplici subsessilibus dissitis, staminibus perianthio ‘previoribus, 
stylo brevissimo, ovario v ers loculis 1-ovulatis.—Benth. Fl. Austral. 
vii. 10; A. DC. ‘Mono ogr. 1 
Has. New South Wales; Archer's — Leichhardt ; New Eng- 
land, C. Stuart ; Richmond river, Henders 
Caulis validus, alte scandens, uti inflorescentie rhachis et folioram 
venw primariz pube ferruginea plus minus ‘conspersus V. obtectus. 
