Plate 2303. 



DARWINIA SCHUERMANNI, Benth. 



MYRTiVCE^. Tribe CHAM.ELAUCIEiE. 



^ D. Schuermanui, Bentk. in Joum, Linn, Soc. ix. 181 ; Flora Anstra 



li67isis, iii. 14 ; decuinbens, fruticulosaj ramosaj foliis linearibus mucro- 

 natis^ subsessilibus triquetris facie superiore subplana eglaiidulosa 

 cseteris glanduloso-pustulatis, floribus folio duplo loi^gioribus in axillis 

 superioribus breviter pedicellatis solitariis, bracteolis geminis calycis 

 basi insertis rotundatis apiculatis conduplicatis tubum calycis glabrum 

 valide o-costatum jequautibus lobis calycinis lanceolatis acutis petalis 

 late ellipticis v. obovato-rotundatis suba?quiIongis, tilamentis apice 

 incurvis corolla diniidio brevioribus, stamincdiis subulatis, ovuHs c. 6-8 

 prope basin cavitatis ovarii oblique insertis, stylo longe exserto. 

 Schuermannia homorantlioideSj F, v, J/nelL in Liniia^a^ xxv. (1852) 

 387 ; Genethyllis Scliuermanni^ F. v, JIuelL Frag. i. 12. 



Hab. South Australia, near Port Lincoln, WilhelniL 



Folia 1-^ poll, longa. Flares 5-G lin. longi. 



At the suggestion of Sir F. v. Mueller we \vilHngly accoi^d space to 



a figure of this ' very rare and almost extinct ' species, which has not, 



so far as we are aware, been collected since it was first gathered by 



Herr C. Wilhelmi in 1851, whose researches in the neighbourhood of 



Port Lincoln were greatly forwarded by the kindness of the late Rev. 



C. W. Schuermann, wliose name the species commemorates. Mr. 



Bentham describes the ovules as geminate, but we find them 6 to 8 



m number, as they are also represented by Herr Eckert, in an elaborate 



drawing of the plant communicated by Sir F. v. Mueller. They should 



be examined in the fresh state, their appearance in the few dried flowers 



examined being unusual, possibly from early shrivelling up or abortion, 

 ■ — D. Oliver. 



Pig. 1. Leaf, upper side, 2. Under side of same. 3. Flo^ver and sheathing 

 hracts. 4. Verti'.*al peetion of flower. 5. Stamen and staminode?, front view. 

 6. Back vltjw of two ylamens. All enlarged. 



