ICONES PLANTARUM. 12 
v. apicibus imbricatis. Stamina 4, filamentis brevissimis crassiusculis; an- 
there lineari-oblonge, 2-loculares, leaaie medio profunde suleatis, connectivo 
dilatato tenni ultra loculos paulo producto. Discus pulvinaris, obtuse 4- 
gonus. Ovarii rudimentum subulatum, F%. 9: Calycis tubus — 
; ya 
sphericus, obtuse 4-gonus, dentibus 4 remotis tala . 
rudimenta 0. Discus emisphericus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; styli. 2, mina 
ecurvi, discum coronantes, intus stigmatosi ; ovula in loculis solitaria, 
oblonga. Dru arva, compressa, didyma, 2-pyrena ; pyrene crustacer, 
compress, 1-sperme, Semina pgp or ae yrene conforinia, testa 
membranacea, albumine carnoso; embryo albumini conformis, sed paulo 
angustior, cotyledonibus planis eco Padioile brevi crassa obliqua. 
I take this opportunity, in figuring a very interesting and rare plant, of 
correcting the serious ino er ge which I fell in describing it for the 
* Genera ‘Plantarum’ as 8-an s, and hence anomalous in the forte The 
stamens are very large faaell¢ in the buds, which alone I had the opportu- 
nity of examining, occupying its whole cavity, the filaments not at all de- 
guous cells tore ap and, each cell having a very deep longitudinal 
speed (dividing it a transverse section into two apparently perfect cells), 
I regarded each W half-anthe er as a whole one. 
The petals seem to be normally valvate, but in some flowers their tips appear 
imbricate, and in one flower one of the a seemed to overlap the contiguous 
one strongly; their substance is, however, so black, thick, and fleshy, t the 
broad oo of a anthers are so agglutinated to their ‘surfaces, and the 
tips of the connectives especially cohere so closely with the apices of the 
petals, that it is axioms difficult to obtain a clear view of the relations of 
their parts, even on transverse sections of the bud. The ticket attached to 
the specimens is marked “ Ravendo,” probably the name bo! a bBiaes to which 
is added, “ produces ee of potash.” —J. D. Hoo 
Fig. 1. Bud of male flower. Male flower a ae 3. Stamen. 4. Female fi 
5. Ripe fruit. 6. Vertical section of ie same. 7. Seed. 8. The same cut vertically, ower 
the embryo. 
PLATE 1024. 
-LAMPROLOBIUM FRUTICOSUM, Benth. 
LEGUMINOS2. 
a sree: Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 202. 
. Endeavour river, Queensland, Banks and Solander (in flower and 
i a Cunningham (in fruit only). 
x erectus, orgyalis, ramulis molliter pubescenti-hirtis. Folia pin- 
nata ; "foliola 3, 5.v. 7, rarius in foliis summis ‘solitaria, oblonga, obtusa v. 
mucronata, 1-2 ‘iil longa, coriacea, supra glabra v. pilis 7 con- 
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