﻿Plate 15-11. 



DIPTERANTHEMUM CROSSLANDII, F. v. Muell. 



AMARAHTACBA Tribe ACHYRAHTHM, 



D. Crosslandii, F. von Mueller in Why's Southern Seicnce Record, 

 iii. p. 281; caulibus gracililms simplioihiis v. pa .re divnrieatim ramo- 

 Sis decumbortiluis, folds vadicaHlms ol,la ncrnlalis obtusis cnissiuseulis 

 glabris, caulinis sparsis oblongo-oblanceolatis in petiolam mi-iistntis, 



lanceolatis ovatisve parce et molliter pilosis, srpalis 2 .■xt.-rioril.ns 

 elongatis anguste lineari-spatliulah's 



longa. Sepala 

 Stamina anther: 



A singularly beautiful species, with the habit of Trichinium Man- 

 f/t'-sn, bind!., but 1 1 10 m(l,>iwrrner> much less elongate and the long 

 pass" 7 •° a t ter P erianth ' se « men t s ' orange or apricot-coloured below, 



Notwithstanding the extreme disparity in the length of the perianth- 

 segments, upon which Sir F. von Mueller grounds the -enns l>i r hr- 

 d! Oliver'. ^ " WeH hav ° be ™ a -> ed to TrichiniuL- 



