Bertya. 57 



Nota. Planta habitu ac foliis formas Correae speciosae minutas aemulans (Müller Arg.) 

 autore cl. Täte non altior quam 45 cm. 



6. B. oppositifolia F. Müll, et O'Shanesy in Wing, Southern Science Record II 

 (1882) 98; F.Müll. Fragm. XII. (1882) 9. — Frutex arborescens monoicus. Rami et 

 ramuli mediocriter patentes, pilis stellatis albidis vel luteolis tomentosi, inferne calventes 

 Folia opposita, in apicibus ramulorum approximata, elliptica, obtusa, 3 — 5 cm longa 

 \ — 2,5 cm lata, coriacea, plana vel margine leviter recurva, supra olivacea, parce 

 rugulosa, nitida, subtus cano-stellato-tomentosa; costae secundariae utrinque ca. 10 

 parallelae, patentes, sulcato-impressae; petioli tomentosi, 5 mm longi. Flores q* axillares 

 singuli, sessiles, parvuli, guttis resinosis obtecti; involucri foliola 6, decussata, late ovata 

 obtusiuscula, basi subcordata; duo externa subcarinata, extus stellato-tomentosa, 3,5 cm 

 longa; quattuor interna glabra, crassa, rigida, 3 — 2 mm longa. Calycis laciniae 4 

 biverticillatae, ovatae, obtusae, glabrae, fusco-atrae, basi haud connatae, exteriores 3 mm 

 interiores 2 mm longae. Discus nullus. Columna staminalis 2,5 m longa, usque ad 

 basim antheris obtecta, ca. 66-andra; antherae minutae, sessiles, albidae; thecae pa- 

 rallelae; connectivum apice bifidum. Flos Q juvenilis ignotus. Capsulae maturae 

 sessiles, ramulos brevissimos basi ramorum sitos terminantes, ovoideae, tomentosae, 

 1 mm longae, 7 mm latae, stylis gracilibus 3( — 4?) usque ad basim bifidis coronatae. 

 Semina non vidi. 



Ostaustralische Provinz: Queensland, Expedition Range (Thozet!). 



Sect. II. Stenophylla Grüning. 

 Frutices. Folia angusta (linearia vel obovato-lanceolata), margine revoluta vel recurva. 



Die \ 2 zugehörigen Arten bewohnen mit Ausnahme von 3 (oder 4 ?) ebenfalls Ostaustralien, 

 zum Teil bis nach Queensland hinauf. 



Subsect. 1. Recurvae Grüning. 



Folia sublinearia vel lanceolata, fere plana, margine laxe recurva. 



7. B. oleifolia Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. IV. (1845) 473 et tab. XVI., fig. i; 

 F. Müll. Plant, ind. col. Victor, lithogr. t. XX; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 209 ; Renth. et F. Müll. Fl. austral. VI. (l 873) 76. — Bertya polymorpha Baill. in Adanson. 

 VI. (1866) 298 ex parte. — Frutex erectus ad 1,25 m altus. Rami teretes indumento 

 cano vel fulvello, floccoso, demum rarescente vestiti. Folia brevi-petiolata, sublinearia 

 vel obovato-lanceolata, obtusa, basi acuta, plana vel margine dz recurva, coriacea, 2 — 

 5 cm longa, 3 — 6 mm lata, supra breviter stellato-pilosa, dein dense scabrida, subtus 

 cano-tomentosa. Flores monoici, saepius quasi dioici, axillares, sessiles vel rarius bre- 

 vissime pedunculati, solitarii vel bini, evolutione inaequales, involucro communi circumdati; 

 bracteae q? vulgo 7, Q 10 — 12, inferiores lanceolatae tomentosae, basi saepius 

 utrinque uniglandulosae, superiores late ovatae, concavae, ciliatae, 4 mm longae. Calycis 

 qP segmenta 5, oblongo-ovata, obtusa, in pedicellum minutum, turbinatum contracta, 

 5 — 6 mm longa, recurva, glabra vel extus tomentella. Columna staminalis 5 mm alta, 

 53 — 70-andra; filamenta libera brevissima; thecae connectivo apice bifido sejunctae. 

 Calyx Q sessilis; segmenta angustiora quam in flore Q 1 , acuta, erecta, extus tomentella. 

 Ovarium oblongo-ovoideum, obtusum, dense hirsutum; styli fere usque ad basim 3 — 4- 

 partiti. Capsula perianthio increto cincta. — Fig. 2 G — J. 



Ostaustralische Provinz: Ostaustralien (Hügel!). — Neusüdwales, an 

 sterilen, steinigen Orten des Wellington -Tales (A. Cunningham!); felsige Hügel am 

 Hemlers River (A. Cunningham!); Warrumbungle Ranges (Forsyth!). — Queens- 

 land, Trümmertäler in Mantuan Downs (Mitchell). 



8. B. polystigma Grüning n. spec. — Frutex erectus, virgatus, ca. 75 cm altus. 

 Rami crassiusculi, cano-tomentosi, fere villosi. Folia coriacea, lanceolata, acuta, margine 

 extremo recurva vel revoluta, supra cano-viridia, parce villosa vel paene arachnoidea, 

 subtus albido-tomentosa, 2 — 4 cm longa, ad 4 mm lata; petiolus 1 — 3 mm longus. 



