Velleia. 35. 



herbacea oblanceolato-oblonga vel spathulato-oblonga apice acuta basin versus sensim 

 in petiolum brevem angustata margine irregulariter dentata vel praecipue dimidio inferiore 

 sublobata, 4 — 8 cm longa, 1,2 — 2,6 cm lata. Bracteae magnae late ovatae acutae in lami- 

 nam magnam ellipticam vel fere orbicularem usque ad 4 cm longam patentem margine acute 

 dentatam connatae. Flores mediocres breviter pedicellati. Calycis tubus brevis ob- 

 conicus, lobi ovati acuminati margine breviter ciliolati, 8 — 10 mm longi, 5 — 7 mm lau 

 sed inaequales, supremo usque ad 1,5 cm longo margine acute dentato reliquis plerum- 

 que integris. Corollae 1,5 — 1,8 cm longae tubus brevis intus sparse puberulus, lobi 

 3 inferiores alis parvis angustis saepe mox dilaceratis praediti, lobi 2 superiores uni- 

 lateraliter alis latis rotundatis instructi dorso ad insertionem alarum dense pilosi. 

 Staminum filamenta tenuia basi paullum dilatata 4 — 5 mm longa, antherae oblongae 

 obtusae circ. dimidium tepalorum aequantes. Stilus teres validus cum stigmate 1 cm 

 longus pilosus. Ovarium conoideum circ. 2 mm altum. 



Eremaea: Victoria Wüste, Camp 53, unter 29° 20 s. Br. und 124° 50 ö. L. (Helms 

 — blühend im September 1891 — Herb. Kew, Berlin, Sydney). 



Nota. Species praecedenti valde affinis sed differt habitu humiliore bracteis atque calycis 

 lobis supremis acute dentatis. 



10. V. diseophora F. Muell. Fragm. X. (1876) 10. — Herba erecta robusta 

 glaberrima glauca vel in siccitate hinc inde fuscescens. Gaules laeves validi, teretes 

 vel interdum leviter compressi, ramosi, usque ad 6 dm rarius ultra alti. Folia radi- 

 calia herbacea, utrinque glaberrima, oblongo-spathulata vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice 

 subacuta, basin versus sensim in petiolum brevem angustata, margine subregulariter 

 serrato- dentata vel praecipue basin versus profundiuscule lobata, 1,2 — 2 dm longa et 

 1,5 — 3 cm lata. Bracteae oppositae in laminam latam orbicularem margine integer- 

 rimam 3 — 5 cm diametientem fere horizontaliter patentem connatae. Flores majusculi 

 brevissime pedicellati. Calycis tubus turbinatus circ. 3 mm longus utrinque glaberrimus, 

 lobi ovato-lanceolati acuti inaequales, 3 — 5 mm longi, circ. 3 mm lati, supremo majore 

 usque ad 7 mm longo, omnes in fructu paullum accrescentes. Corolla lutea lineis me- 

 dianis brunneis decurrentibus ornata, calyce fere duplo longior, extus glabra, intus 

 dimidio inferiore breviter pubescens, laciniae utrinque alis oblongis 1,6 — 2 mm latis in- 

 structae. Staminum filamenta latiuscula apicem versus paullum angustata, circ. 3 mm 

 longa, antherae oblongae subacutae basi breviter incisae, 1,8 — 2 mm longae. Ovarium 

 subglobosum 2,5 mm diametiens ut stilus validus fere 6 mm longus densiuscule pubes- 

 cens. Capsula ovoideo-globosa leviter compressa, circ. 8 mm longa, semina pauca 

 late alata includens. — Fig. 9Ä — C. 



Westaustralische Provinz: District Avon, bei Whyola an freien Stellen auf 

 lehmigem Sand (Diels n. 5036 — blühend im Oktober 1901 — Herb. Berlin). 



Eremaea: Bei Ularing (Young — Herb. Melbourne); Coolgardie, auf Sandfeldern 

 (Pritzel n. 877 — Herb. Berlin, Kais. Herb. Wien, Kew); 24 Miles westlich von 

 Coolgardie (Thiselton-Dyer n. 102 — blühend im September 1903 — Herb. Kew); 

 Gnarlbine (Helms — blühend und fruchtend im November 1891 — Herb. Kew); 

 Coolgardie District (Webster — Herb. Brit. Museum). 



11. V. paradoxa R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 580; DC. Prodr. VII. (1839) 518; De 

 Vriese, Gooden. (1854) 172; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. I. (1860) 233; Bot. Reg. 971; Benth. 

 Fl. austral. IV. (1869) 48; Ch. Moore, Handb. N. S. Wales (1893) 309; Bailey, Queensl. 

 Fl. (1900) 893. — V. arguta R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 580; DC. Prodr. VII. (1839) 518; 

 De Vriese, Gooden. (1834) 173. — Herba erecta plerumque breviter parce pilosa, rarius 

 subglabra, rarissime densius hirsuta, caulibus pluribus modice validis teretibus infra 

 nodos substriatis, dichotome vel trichotome ramosis, 1 — 3 dm rarius ultra altis. 

 Folia radicalia forma valde variabilia, plerumque oblongo-spathulata vel oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata, rarius obovato-oblonga vel obovata, apice acuta, basin versus sensim angustata, 

 margine profundiuscule irregulariter dentata vel rarius subintegra, 0,5 — 1,5 dm longa 

 et 0,8 — 3 cm lata. Bracteae inferiores plerumque anguste ovatae acutae saepe lobatae, 

 1,5 — 2,5 cm longae, 3 — 6 mm latae, superiores lineares acutae integrae, 0,5' — 



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