Amperea. 89 



Veg. IV. 2. (i 827) 109. — L. acida Sieb, ex sched. — Suffrutex monoicus, interdum 

 quasi dioicus, ad 60 — 90 cm altus. Caules pauci vel complures e basi crassa lignosa 

 erecti, virgati, compressi vel trigoni, vulgo statu florifero aphylli, glabri. Folia par- 

 tium inferiorum — ut adsint — et caulium sterilium oblongo-cuneata, plana, integra 

 vel saepius utrinque' 2 — 3-dentata, 1 — 2 cm longa, in petiolum 1,5 — 2 mm longum 

 attenuata. Folia partium superiorum valde sparsa, lanceolata vel linearia, vix dentata, 

 1 — 4,5 cm longa, decidua vel ad squamas reducta. Stipulae scariosae, ambitu ovatae, 

 profunde laciniatae, minutae. Flores ad nodos in glomerulis confertis, 2 — 6 mm latis 

 fere sessiles, feminei saepe solitarii inter masculos; bracteae minutae, latae, fimbriatae. 

 Calyx q? late campanulatus, circa 2 mm longus, usque ad medium in lobos 4 vel 

 rarius 5 acutos vel acutatos divisus. Stamina 8 vel rarius 10. Connectivum glandu- 

 loso-apiculatum. Calyx Q profundius 5-divisus; segmenta ovata, subacuta, ciliata. 

 Ovarium dorso cornibus 6 acutis coronatum; styli breves, crassi, zb bifidi. Fructus 

 ovoideus, basi calyce cinctus, dorso 6-dentatus, umbilicatus, 4 mm longus; cocci crustacei, 

 2-valves; columna centralis persistens. Semina ellipsoideo-reniformia, fere nigra, ca- 

 runculata. — Fig. 1 5. 



Ostaustralische Provinz: Ostaustralien (Labillardiere!, D'Urville!). — 

 Queensland (Am. Dietrich!). — Neusüdwales: Blaue Berge (Wawra n. 367!, 

 Camfield!); Port Jackson und Blaue Berge (Sieber n. 135! und Fl. mixt. n. 524 

 und 525!, Camfield!); Sydney (Betche!); Twofold Bay (Hügel!). — Viktoria: 

 Port Phillip (Walter!, F. Müller!, Lühmann!, C. French!); Upper Yarra (G. Walter!); 

 Sandringham und Plenty Banges (Weind orfer!); Glenelg Heath, County of Jollett 

 (Header!); Corner Inlet (Wilhelmü). — Südaustralien: Rivoly Bay (F. Müller). 



Provinz Tasmanien: Tasmanien (Verreaux n. 854!, Hügel!, Lindley!, 

 Archer!, Gunn n. 190!)', Felsrücken am Ufer des Gordon River (Drummond); 

 häufig auf armem Sandboden (J. D. Hooker); King Island (F. Müller). 



2. A. ericoides Adr. Juss. Tent. Euphorb. (1824) H2 t. 10; Brongn. in Duper- 

 rey, Voy. Coq. Bot. (1829) 22 6; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 214; Baill. 

 in Adansonia VI. (1866) 319; Benth. et F. Müll. Fl. austral. VI. (1873) 83. — Ä. ros- 

 rnarinifolia Klotzsch in Lehm. PI. Preiss I. (1844 — 45) 176. — Suffruticulus inferne 

 ramosissimus, 1 5 — 50 cm altus, monoicus. Caules e radice vel basi lignosa ascendentes 

 vel potius erecti, virgati vel ramosi, superne compressi vel triquetri, leviter striati, glabri. 

 Folia linearia, margine revoluta vel lanceolata, zb plana, acuminata, 1 — 2 cm longa, 

 1,5 vel 3 — 4 mm lata; petiolus 1,5 — 2 mm longus. Stipulae lanceolato-subulatae, 

 glanduloso-denticulatae, fuscae, 2 mm longae. Flores axillares, fasciculati, vulgo 1 Q 

 cum 2 — 4 Qf, glabri; bracteae scariosae, minutae, ovatae, integrae vel divisae. Flos q^: 

 Pedicellus 2,5 mm longus, sub medio articulatus. Calyx campanulatus, coerulescens, 

 usque ad medium 4-lobatus, 2 mm longus. Stamina 8, exteriora 4 interioribus breviora, 

 basi connata. Glandulae 1 — 4, minutissimae. Flos Q sessilis, glaber, 2 mm longus. 

 Segmenta calycis 5, viridia vel fusca, margine scarioso albida, ovato-lanceolata , acuta, 

 basi connata. Styli breves, crassi, bifidi. Discus annularis, crenulatus. Capsula ovata, 

 trigastra, 3 mm longa; appendices latae, obtusae; columna centralis persistens, clavata, 

 2 mm longa. Semina 1 — 3, fusco-atra, oblonga, laevia, statu sicco minutissime punctu- 

 lata, carunculata, 2,0 mm longa. 



Westaustralische Provinz. 



Var. a. linearis Grüning. — Caules numerosi, graciles, virgati, vix ramosi, dense 

 foliosi, 30 — 50 cm alti. Folia linearia vel angusto-lanceolata, margine arcte revoluta, 

 1,5 — 2,25 cm longa, 1,5 — 2 mm lata, viridia; petiolus 1,5 mm longus. Stipulae 

 lanceolato-subulatae, parce denticulatae. 



Westaustralien: Gegend des Swan River (Preiss n. 1225 an 1235!, Drum- 

 mond 2. ser. n. 233! et 3. ser. n. 206'., Wawra n. 809!); King Georges Sound 

 und Umgegend (R. Brown, A. Cunningham); Süd-Plantagenet, Mt. Melville bei Albany, 

 in dichtem Unterholz des Yarrawaldes auf kiesigem Humusboden und Granit, 75 m über 

 dem Meere (Diels n. 4325a und b!); 



