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Nord-Australien: Nordwestküste (Gunningham), Inseln des Golfs von Carpen- 

 taria (Henne), Arnheims Land (F. v. Müller!), Cooktown (F. v. Müller!). — Queens- 

 land: Broad Sound (R. Brown!), Endeavour River und Moreton Bay (Cunningham), 

 Moore River (Mitchell), Rockhampton, Port Darwin (Dallachy, A. Dietrich!, Holtzc 

 n. 63!), Gladstone (A. Dietrich!), Albany Island (Hill). — Neu-Süd- Wales: Clarence 

 River (Beckler, Moore), Cleveland Bay (Johnstone!). 



Var. ß. glabrescens Benth. in Benth. et F. Müll. Fl. austral. VI. (1873) 92. — 

 Folia lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, valde glabrescentia. 



Queensland: Moreton Bay (Hill). — Neu-Süd-Wales: Clarence River (Moore), 

 Richmond River (Bauerlen!), Cape Sidmouth (Curdie), Brisbane (Boorman!). 



Nutzen: Die Rinde enthält Bitterstoff und kampferartiges ätherisches Öl; sie wird 

 gegen Fieberkrankheiten gebraucht. Vgl. Dragendorff, Heilpfl. (1898) 374. 



2. P. Banksii Britt. et Sp. Moore in Journ. Bot. XU. (1903) 225, t. 453. — 

 Frutex ramosissimus, dioicus; ramuli cinerei, dense foliosi. Petiolus zb 4 mm longus, 

 puberulus; limbus 17 — 30 mm longus, 9 — 17 mm latus, oblongo-ovatus vel oblongo- 

 obovatus, saepissime retusus, juvenilis adpresse sericeus, mox glaber vel leviter puberulus, 

 tenuiter coriaceus, supra opacus ; costa primaria utrinque conspicua, secundariae utrinque 

 3 — 5, validae. Flos q? ante anthesin 2 mm diametiens; pedicelli i — 2 mm longi; 

 sepala q^ obovata vel obovato-oblonga, obtusa, extus dense fulvo-sericea; columna sta- 

 minalis superne pilosa , ceterum glabra ; stamina ± 20; antherae apice sparsissime 

 pilosae vel obscure 2-denticulatae. Pedicelli Q \ mm longi; sepala 4, 2*/ 2 mm longa, 

 extus fulvo-sericea, exteriora ovato-oblonga, obtusa, interiora rotundata; ovarium anguste 

 ovoideum, dense fulvo-sericeum, 3 — 4-loculare; Stigmata linearia, torquata, margine 

 undulata. Capsula magnitudine Cerasi maximi, subglobosa, lutea, glabra, 8-sulcata, 

 amarissima. Semina 5 mm longa, oblonga, compressa, luteo-fusca, sicca fusco-purptiren , 

 basi parum obliqua; caruncula inconspicua. 



Austromalayische Provinz: Nord-Australien, Golf von Carpentaria (R. 

 Brown), Endeavour River (Banks u. Solander). 



3. P. haplocladum Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — »Frutex« vel potius sumutex; 

 caules visi simplices, sulcati, tota longitudine incano- vel fulvo-tomentosi. Petiolus 2 — 

 4 mm longus; limbus 3 — 5 cm longus, 18 — 35 mm latus, late ellipticus vel orbiculari- 

 ellipticus, obtusus, saepe retusus, mucronatus, opacus, chartaceus, supra et subtus ad- 

 presse pubescens; costae secundariae dz 5, parum prominulae; stipulae 3 — 4 mm 

 longae, lineari-lanceolatae, mox deciduae. Flores q* in axillis fasciculati, Q solitarii; 

 pedicelli (j 1 ad 4 mm longi, Q 1 mm attingentes. Flos q? 7 mm fere latus, extus 

 bracteis auctus; sepala 4, lanceolata vel spathulato-lanceolata , extus dense vestita, 

 interdum margine glanduloso-denticulata ; columna staminalis superne pilosa; stamina 

 circ. 30; antherae apiculatae, apice glabrae. Sepala Q 4, 4 mm longa, ovato-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, extus villosa, glanduloso-denticulata; ovarium anguste ovoideum, 3-loculare, 

 glabrum vel subglabrum; Stigmata recurva, late lanceolata, petaloidea, inciso-lacinulata, 

 lacinulis undulatis. Fructus ignotus. 



Austromalayische Provinz: Nord-Australien, Nordküste (Schomburgk!), 

 Port Darwin (Schultz n. 447!, 449!). 



Nota. Species optima, a cl. Benth am infaustc cum P. quadriloculari confusa. 



