Scaevola. 153 



pluribus e radice crassiuscula adscendentibus teretibus modice validis longitudinaliter 

 striatis simplicibus usque ad 4 dm altis, ubique pilis longiusculis subpatentibus birsutis 

 vestitis. Folia herbacea radicalia oblanceolata vel lineari-oblanceolata apice acuta basin 

 versus sensim in petiolum angustata, margin e integra rarius subdenticulata, cum petiolo 

 usque ad 1,5 dm longa, 0,6 — 1,2 cm lata, folia caulina linearia acuta basi paullum dila- 

 tata atque subamplexicaulia integerrima quam radicalia multo minora, omnia utrinque 

 dense hirsuta. Flores subsessiles in spicis terminalibus foliosis densifloris latiusculis longe 

 serieeis dispositi. Bracteae lineares acutae pilosae. Ovarium obovoideum circ. 1,5 mm 

 longum. Calyx brevissimus ciliatus. Corolla dilute coerulea, 1,2 — 1,4 cm longa, extus 

 dense adpresse pilosa, intus fauce pilis deflexis capitellatis obsita infra faucem villosa, 

 lobi alis latiusculis rotundatis margine paullum undulatis instrueti. Staminum filamenta 

 flliformia basin versus paullum dilatata, 3,5— 4 mm longa, antherae anguste oblongae 

 apice dilatatae subtruncatae filamentis plus quam duplo breviores. Stilus teres tenuis 

 pilis longis patentibus obsitus, C — 8 mm longus; indusium margine dense ciliatum. 

 Fructus ovoideus leviter sulcatus rugosus 4 — 6 mm longus. 



Westaustralische Provinz: Swan River (Hügel — Kais. Herb. Wien; Drum- 

 mond I. Coli. — Herb. Kew); District Irwin, bei Minginew an freien Plätzen zwischen 

 Gebüsch auf kiesigem Boden (Diels n. 4258 — blühend im September 1901 — Herb. 

 Berlin; E. Pritzel, PI. Austr. occ. n. 641 — Herb. Berlin, Brit. Museum, Kew, Kais. 

 Herb. Wien). 



53. S. Hamiltonii Krause n. sp. — Herba perennis ereeta caulibus plui'ibus e 

 radice palari crassiuscula adscendentibus teretibus modice validis circ. 3 dm altis sim- 

 plicibus vel ramosis superne hirsulis basin versus glabratis. Folia crasse herbacea 

 radicalia plerumque utrinque glabra anguste linearia vel anguste lineari-lanceolata apice 

 obtusa basin versus paullum angustata ima basi dilatata, margine integerrima saepe 

 revoluta, usque ad 1,5 dm longa, 2 — 4 mm lata, folia caulina lineari-ovata apicem 

 versus longe angustata demum obtusa rarius acutiuscula basi dilatata amplexicaulia, 

 margine integerrima, quam radicalia breviora sed basin versus paullum latiora. Flores 

 in axillis superioribus sessiles spicam foliosam terminalem inferne laxam superne con- 

 gestam efformantes. Bracteae lineari-lanceolatae acutae hispidae. Ovarium obeonicum 

 2 — 3 mm longum ut calycis lobi ovato-lanceolati acuti ovario aequilongi dense hispidum. 

 Corolla 1,4 — 1,6 cm longa, extus praeter alas pilis longiusculis adpressis vestita intus 

 fauce pilis longis capitellatis deflexis obsita infra faucem pubescens, lobi alis angustis 

 rotundatis praediti. Staminum filamenta tenuissima 5—6 mm longa, antherae anguste 

 oblongae obtusae filamentis pluries breviores. Stilus teres modice validus basin versus 

 paullum incrassatus, circ. 8 — 10 mm longus pilosus; indusium dense breviter ciliatum 

 dorso ad basin sparse pilosum. 



Westaustralische Provinz: Ohne genauen Standort (Hamilton — Herb. 

 Sydney, Berlin). 



54. S. holosericea De Vriese in Lehm. PI. Preiss. I. (1845) 408; Benth. Fl. 

 austral. IV. (1.869) 95. — S. sphaerocarpa De Vriese in Lehm. PI. Preiss. I. (1844 — 45) 

 409. — Herba perennis ereeta suffruticosa 3 — 6 dm rarius ultra alta caulibus teretibus 

 validiusculis striatis simplicibus vel ramosis ubique dense molliter villoso-tomentosis. 

 Folia herbacea crassiuscula radicalia lineari-oblanceolata vel linearia apice acuta basin 

 versus sensim in petiolum tenuem basi semiamplexicaulem angustata, margine integra vel 

 paueidenticulata, cum petiolo usque ad 1 dm longa, 4 — 8 mm lata, folia caulina minora 

 linearia acuta integra, omnia utrinque molliter pilosa rarius scabriuscula. Flores in 

 axillis superioribus sessiles spicam terminalem foliosam laxam demum valde elongatam 

 efformantes. Bracteae lineares acutae pilosae floribus subaequilongae vel plerumque 

 breviores. Ovarium ellipsoideum 1,5 mm longum. Calyx brevis cupulatus truncatus 

 vel obsolete plurilobatus, vix 1 mm longus. Corolla coerulea, 1,5 — 1,8 cm longa, extus 

 densiuscule adpresse pilosa, intus fauce setis deflexis capitellatis obsita basin versus 

 villosa, lobi alis oblongis margine crispulatis instrueti. Staminum filamenta tenuia circ. 

 6 mm longa, antherae anguste oblongae apice paullum dilatatae leviter emarginatae 



