78 Hans Walter. — Phytolaccaceae, 



\. C. pyramidalis F. Muell.! PI. Viel. I. (1860) 200; Benth. Fl. austral. V. (i870) 

 MS. — Gyrostemon pyramidalis F. Muell.! in Linnaea XXV. (1832) 4:i8; Baill. Hist. 

 pl. IV. (1873) 42. — Hymenotheca pyramidalis F. Muell.! Fragm. I. (1859) 202. — 

 Arbor usque ad 8-metralis (ex cl. Koch), omnibus partibus glaberrima, ramulis gra- 

 cilibus, subterelibus , viridibus, laevibus. Foliorum sessilium lamina anguste linearis, 

 basi angustata, apice acutissime acuminata, in statu vivo subcarnosa, in sicco rigi- 

 dula, integerrima, dz 60 mm longa et ±: 2 mm lata, punctis pellucidis zonaque 

 marginali destituta; stipulae minutissimae, tuberculiformes. Inflorescentiae axillares, 

 laxiuscule racemosae, pauciflorae, masculae dz 30 mm longae et ijz 5 mm latae, 

 femineae dz 70 mm longae et db 2 mm latae; axis subteres, viridis, glaber. Florum 

 masculorum pedicelli dz 2 mm longi, subteretes, cylindrici, bracteis parvis dz 1 mm 

 longis, lanceolatis, basi dilatatis, apice acutis, viridibus, subcarnosis suffulti; perianthium 

 disciforme, irregulariter 5 — 1 0-partitum, viride, lobis apice acuminatis, pauUo concavis; 

 stamina 13 — 18 uniseriatim inserta, sessilia; antherae basifixae, lineari-cuneiformes, 

 apice paullo incisae, dz 1,5 mm longae; ovarium fere omnino abortivum; florum femi- 

 neorum pedicelli dz 8 mm longi, subteretes, cylindrici, bracteis sicut in masculis for- 

 matis suffulti; perianthium masculo isomorphum, fructiferum auctum, coriaceum, planum; 

 stamina omnino abortiva; ovarium oo (dz 30)-carpellatum, subgloboso-obovatum, car- 

 pellis omnino connatis, compressis, viridibus; styli tot quot carpeila, cycHce inserta, 

 recurvata, subulata, papulosa, dz 1,5 mm longa. Fructus obconicus campanuliformis, 

 dz 12 mm longus et dz 12 mm latus, carpellis evolutis oo (dz 30) axi lignescenti 

 apice paullo dilatato affixis; semina dz 3,5 mm longa, glabra, fusca. 



Süd-Australien: Eiders Range (F. Mueller!); Mt. Lyndhurst (Koch n. 79!). 

 Im Innern (Macdonneil Stuart). — Blüht im August — Herb. Berhn, Wien, Peters- 

 burg. DG. 



2. C. attenuatus (Hook.) H. Walt. — C. australis A. Cunn.! ex Hook. Bot. 

 Mise. I. (1830) 244; Moq. in DG. Prodr. XIII. 2. (18 49) 39; Benth. Fl. austral. V. 

 (1870) U8. — Gyrostemon attenuatus Hook.! Bot. Mise. I. (1830) 243 t. 53. — 

 Arbor ramosissima, omnibus partibus glaberrima, ramulis gracilibus, subteretibus, 

 laevibus, adultioribus subochraceis, junioribus viridibus. Foliorum petiolus gracihs, dz 

 20 mm longus, subteres, basi stipulis minutissimis, tuberculiformibus auctus; lamina lan- 

 ceolata, basi acuta et in petiolum decurrens, apice acutissime acuminata, zb 60 mm 

 longa et dz 1 5 mm lata, subtus nervo medio paullo prominente praedita, integerrima, 

 chartacea, margine zonula angustissima ob lucem visa pellucida cincta, punctis pellu- 

 cidis destituta. Flores dioici, masculi ignoti, feminei ad ramulorum basin in axillis 

 foliorum normalium axillares, inflorescentias laxiuscule racemosas dz 150 mm longas 

 efformantes. Florum femineorum pedicelli graciles zb 30 mm longi, cylindrici, apicem 

 versus incrassati; perianthium disciforme, irregulariter 7 — 9-dentatum, lobis late acutis ; 

 stamina omnino abortiva; ovarium 40 — 50-carpellatum. Fructus obconicus, campanuli- 

 formis, zb 12 mm longus et ziz 13 mm latus, carpelHs evolutis oo axi lignescenti 

 apice maxime dilatato affixis; semina umbrino-nigrescentia, striato-tuberculata , zb 

 2,5 mm longa. 



Queensland: Moreton-Bay (A. Gunningham!, Lindsay n. 20 !, Fräser). 

 Neu-Süd-Wales: Bruchy Mts. (Maiden!); Richmond-River (Fawcett). — Blüht 

 im August. 



3. C. cotinifolius (Desf.) F. Muell.! PI. Vict. I. (1860) 200; Benth. Fl. austral. V. 

 (1870) 148; Diels et Pritzel in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXV. (1905) 195. — Gyrostemon 

 cotinifolius Desf.! in Mem. Mus. Par. VIII. (1822) 1 16 t. 10; Moq. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 2. 

 (1849) 39.— G. pungens Lindl.! in Mitch. Three Exped. Austral. II. (1839) 121. — 

 G. acaciaeformis F. Muell.! in Linnaea XXV. (1852) 439. — Arbor vel frutex 3 — 5- 

 metralis (ex cl. Diels), omnibus partibus glaberrimus, ramosissimus, subconicus (ex cl. 

 Diels), ramulis gracilibus, subteretibus, viridibus, laevibus, horizontaliter dispositis (ex 

 cl. Diels). Foliorum petiolus gracilis, zb 1,5 mm longus, subteres, stipuhs minutis- 

 simis, tuberculiformibus auctus; lamina elliptica vel late lanceolata, utrinque acuta, zb 



