80 GENERAL REMARKS ON THE 



Franklandta flcifolia. Tab. 6. 



Franklandia fucifolia, Linn. soc. transact. 10,/?. 157. Prodr. fl. nov. holl. 

 370. 



In moist heaths near tlie shores of King George's Sound, on the south west 

 coast of New Holland, found in flower and with ripe seed in December, 

 1801. 



DESC. Frutex erectus ramosus 2-3 pedes alius glaber, glandulis pustuli- 

 formibus aurantiacis undique conspersus. Rami teretes striati, epidermide 

 tenui cinerea. Folia alterna triuucialia filiformia, basi per spatium semunciale 

 indivisa, deiu dichotoma, laciniarum apicibus fastigiatis, ultimse dichotomife 

 ramulo altero bifido altero simplici. Spicce axillares solitaria^ simplicissima; 

 rarse peduuculata; erectse, I'oliis parum longiores : pedicellis alternis basi uni- 

 bracteatis ; bractea ovata obtusa coucava sesquilineam longa, post lapsum 

 perianthii fructiferi persistenti. Perianthinm luteum fere biunciale, extus con- 

 spersum pustulis rufesceutibus : Ungues in tubum cyliiidraceuin cohserentes, 

 extra medium pappo caryopsidis expandenti solubiles et decidui; inferne arctius 

 connati indurati persistentes : LamijKs tubo breviores, sequales lanceolatfe, 

 disco piano, marginibus adscendentibus parum undulatis vividiusque coloratis, 

 sub sestivatione induplicatis. Stamina 4, iiiclusa, antherarum apicibus faucem 

 seniiclaudentibus : Fdamenta medio tubo perianthii quasi inserta, laciniis 

 opposita et iisdem longitudinaliter arete cohserentia : AnthercB lineares dimidio 

 superiore filamenti in mucronulum ultro i)roducti adnata?, loculis appositis 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus : Fallen flavum subglobosum obsoletissime tri- 

 gonum laeve. Vagimda dimidio inferiore tubi perianthii arctissime adnata, ita 

 ut quasi ad eandem altitudinem ac filamenta inserta, superne soluta quadri- 

 dentata, demum increscenti caryopsidi quadrifida, laciniis subulato-linearibus 

 cum staminibusalternantibus. 0^;^rm»^teretiusculum,monospernlum : dimidio 

 inferiore barbato pilis strictis copiosis, tenuiore et in pedicellura sensim angus- 

 tato : superiore fusiformi glabro striato : apice coronatum Pappo sessili ca- 

 pillari e pilis strictis acutis formato, ipsum ovarium aliquoties superante. 

 Stylus filiformis erectus altitudine staminum lanatus apice glabro. Siigma 

 605] turbinatum indivisum tflabruui, apice depresso. Caryopsis Crustacea, dimidio 

 inferiore persistenti iiidurato tubi perianthii inclusa, striata apice dilatata in 

 vaginulam brevem subcyathii'ormem extus pappigeram intus glabram. Semen 

 fusiforme, membrana ))ropria tenuissima apice chalaza fusca insignita. Al- 

 bumen nullum. Embryo erectus subcylindraceus albus ; Cotyledones brevissimae 

 semiorbiculatse ; Radicula maxima elongato-turbinata teres acuta; Plumula 

 inconspicua. 



Ohs. Franklandia, though evidently belonging to Pro- 

 teaceae, differs from the whole of that family in at least 

 three points of structure, any one of which may equally be 

 assumed as the essential character of the genus ; namely, 

 in the antherae being fixed through their whole length to 

 the laciniae of the perianthium ; in the squamae which 

 alternate with the stamina so intimately cohering at their 

 base with the lower half of the calyx that they appear to 



