Plate 2487. 



TRACHYMENE OELEBICA, Hemsl 



Umbellifer.^. 



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^ T. celebica, HemsL in Kew Bulletin^ 1896, 37; robusta, undique rubro- 

 pilosa, caudice crasso ut videtur prostrate couia foliorum hornotinoruiu 

 terminante, caulibus floriferis erectis vel adscendentibus e basi comte 

 foliorum ortis Sfepius trichotomis, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis 

 crassis herbaceis mollibus utrinque dense appresseque hirsutis 

 circumscriptione rotundatis basi cordatis siepissime alte 6-lobatis lobxs 

 plus^ minusve lobulatis simul crebre denticulatis caulinis paucis ad 

 ramificationes similibus sed minoribus breviter petiolatis magis alte 

 iobatis, peduiiculis crassiusculis, umbellis subunisexualibusmultiradiatis, 

 radiis umbellarum feminearum crassiusculis rigidis confertissimis, 

 mvolucri bracteis linearibus radios sequantibus vel brevioribus, petalis 

 ovato-oblongis apiculatis, fructu cordiformi laevi minute punctato, 

 carpellis valde lateraliter compressis marginatis vittis nullis vel obsoletis, 

 gynophoro indiviso. 



Hab 



zr. 



'florift 



petiolis 3-6 poll, longis. Radii 4-9 lin. longi. Carpella 2|-3 lin. 

 longa. 



This is closely allied to the Bornean T, saiitculcpfolia^ Hook. f. 

 (PI. 2308), but it is altogether a much more robust plant. With the 

 exception of one species in New Caledonia, the genus is otherwise 

 Australian. — "W. Botting Hemsley. 



T^ig. 1. A bract. 2. A male flower. 3. Fistil. 4. Fruit. 5. Section of » carpel. 



Ml enlarged. 



