20 ICONES PLANTARUM. 



Hab. 



native 



Hool 



Herba 4-8 pollicaris tota pilis laxis patentibus liirsuta ^ et mosclium 

 putridum redolens/ Folia 2 poll, diam, radicalia petiolo 2—3 poll, 

 longo. Pedimcnli erecti 1-|~3 poll, longi. Flores inflato-globosi pallide 

 caerulei. Sepala membranacea nervosa 1-1^ poll, longa late elliptica 

 V. rotundato-elliptica, postica obtuse apicnlata galeata, calcare f poll, 

 longo. Petala lateralia obovato-lanceolata bifida laxe birta, posteriora 

 longiora lamina oblanceolata apice bidentata. Stamina filamentis 

 membranaceis inferne dilatatis, suratini sparse ciliatis. Carpella 6 gla- 



brata. — D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Diagrammatic view of flower in frout. 2. Lateral, and 3. Posterior petals. 



Plate 1225. 



BOERHAAVIA SCHOMBUBGKIANA, Oliv. 



Nyctagine^. 

 B. Schomburgkiana, Oliv.^ caule minutissime prainoso-puberulo^ 



glabrato, foliis subcarnosulis ovato- v. obovato-ellipticis late acutatis 

 obtusisve sinnatis sublobatis vel integris glabris petiolatis, pednnculis 

 axillaribus brevibus ssepius trifloris, pedicellis brevibus apice 1-3-brac- 

 teolatis, bracteolis subulatis, floribus monandris, penanthii limbo cana- 

 panulato v. suburceolato carnosulo raargine obtuse denticulato fructu 

 clavato tetragono 4-canaliculato, canaliculisparce pruinoso-glaucescen- 

 tibus. 



Hab. Vicinity of Lake Eyre, South Australia, Mr, A^idrews (com- 

 municated by Dr. R. Schomburgk). 



14 poll, lata ; petiolus l-l poll, longus. I 

 pedicelh ^1 lin. longi, Ferianthium lim 



|-1 lin. loBgo. Friictiis I poll, longus, — D. Oliver. 



Fig. I. Fasciculus of flowers. 2, Stamen, stylo, and stigma. 3. iTruit. 



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