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ICONES PLANTARUSr. 



lati. Folia alterna, brcviter petiolata, late ovata obovata v. fero orbi- 

 culata, obtusissima v. rettisa, integerrima, basi rotundata v, cuneata 

 j)leniqae pollicariaj pennivenia et transverse v. oblique reticTilato-vcnu- 

 losa,^in ramulis vegetioribus rarius angusta et multo minora. Spicce 

 terminales, pauciflorae, fere iu capltnlum sessilem contractae. Flores 

 dioici, brevissime pedicellati, maseuU 2| lin. long!, foemiuei majores. 

 Perianthium utriusque sexus serlceo-tomentosum, fere ad medium 

 5-fidum, lobis obtusis in flore foomineo angustioribus quam in masculo, 

 tubo praesertim floria masculi intus sub fauce villoso. Squamce 10, 

 lineares, tubo prope basin affixse eique plus minus adnati^. Stamina 

 .iu flore masculo 10, fauci affixa, longiora lobis opposita iis fere dimidio 

 breviora, rudimento ovarii nullo. Staminodia in flore fcemineo 0. 

 Ovarium sessile, 



capitato penicillato. 



dense pilosum. 



Fructus 



Stylus 



demum exsertus, stigmate 

 periautbio aucto persistente inclusus, 



pericarpio vix camoso. Seministestsi Crustacea, albumen parcum v. 0, 

 ' The peculiar position of the scales of the perianth at the base of the 

 tube distinguishes this plant from all other Tlnjmelmacece except FunU 

 fera^ which, with a very different habit and inflorescence, has 4-merous 

 flowers and otter minor distinctive cbaracters. — G. Bentuam. 



Fig. 1. Female periaiitli, 2. Section of the samo. 3. Pistil 4. Section of tlia 

 mule perianth allowing the stamens. 5. Stamen, 



Plate 12G6. 



AGASTACHYS ODORATA, R, Br. 



Peoteace^, Tribe Persooniejg. 



A^odorata, _B. Br. in Trans, Linn. Soc. x. 158; Benth, FL Austral. 

 V. 3/9, single sjyecies^ 



Hab. Soutli and west coasts of Tasmania, 



Fmtex dumoaus, 5-9-pedaHs, undique glaber. Folia in ramuHs 

 erectis conferta, alterna, oblongo-llnearia, obtusa, brevissime peticilata, 

 l^-^-pollicaria, crasso-conacea, nitidula, prajter costam avcnia, sicci- 

 taie snepe nigricantia. Siiicce numerosae, ad axiUas superiorcs solitarioe, 

 a ba<i flondte, folia subdaplo superatites, paniculam terminalem foliatam 

 tormantes. Flores numerosi, sub bracteis brevibas solitarii, sessiles, 

 saaveolentes, albi. Perianihium. 3-3^ Hn. longum, seg-mentis linearibns 

 ^^ ^°i, P^'^' antbesin rccurvis. Stamina infra medium sec^raenti 

 athxa, tilamcutis autbera liueari brevioribus. Ovarium S-antrulare, in 



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