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semunciales, semiteretes, cum rachi teretiuscula articulati. 

 Spica terminalis, pedunculata, erecta, folio brevior, pedim- 

 culo longior, racemosa ; Pedunculo rachique teretibus, pube 

 brevissima cinereo-ferrugineis (in sicco). Pedicelli gemi- 

 nati, teretes, calyce breviores. Calyx tetraphyllus. Foliola 

 ante expansionem in tubum curvatum cylindraceum clausum 

 utrinque ampliatum cohserentia, mox ad basin distincta, 

 decidua, linearis, extiis pube tenuissima arete appressa (in 

 sicco) cinereo-ferruginea ; intus glabra : Unguibus Hnearibus, 

 basi dilatatis : Laminis ovatis, acutis, concavis. Stamina 4. 

 Filamenta brevissima, basi laminarum imposita. Antherarum 

 lobi (connectivo) adnati, distincti, basi pariim divergentes,- 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Pollen flavum. Ovarium 

 breve pedicellatum, parvum, uniloculare, dispermum, ovulis 

 collateralibus : Pedicello basi cincto Squama lata, glabra, 

 adnata, (in sicco) corrugata, postice subdeficiente, intersticia 

 angustissima. Stylus cylinclraceus, crassiusculus, glaber, 

 longitucline unguium calycis. Stigma obliquura, convexum, 

 stylo crassius, papilla centrali. 



Obs. Singularis, Foliis vere compositis, petiolellis cum [22 

 rachi articulatis ; et Squama bypogyna pedicello ovarii 

 adnata, nee ipso receptaculo connexa. 



Oritina acicularis. dpjiend. Flor. Nov. Holl. ined. 



This is a perfectly smooth erect shrub ; with alternate 

 cylindrical leaves, furrowed on the upper surface and termi- 

 nated by a pungent mucro. I observed it only on the 

 summit of the Table Mountain, at the southern extremity 

 of Van Diemen's Island. The perfect flowers I have not 

 seen, but have examined the ovarium so soon after fcecunda- 

 tion, that I have no doubt of its containing originally only 

 two ovula ; and as its base is surrounded by four glands, 

 the calyx is probably regular. Hence its near affinity to 

 Orites, with which it also agrees in inflorescence and appa- 

 rently in stigma. The fruit is a smooth compressed coria- 

 ceous follicule, containing two seeds, which are winged at 

 both ends; on which account I have not absolutely referred 

 it to Orites, but, until its flowers are discovered, have given 

 it a temporary name, indicating its affinity to that genus. 



