84 J- Mildbraed. — Stylidiaceae. 



85. St. divaricatum Sond. in Lehm. PI. Preiss. I. («844 — 45) 385. — St. 

 streptocarpum var. tenellum Benth. FI. austral. IV. (1869) 28; E. Pritzel in Engler's 

 Bot. Jahrb. XXXV. (1904) 594. — St. gtjpsophiloides Sp. Moore in Journ. of Bot. XL. 

 (1902) 27. — Perennis fere glabra, caudice plerumque breviter suberecto-prolifero. 

 Foha radicaiia, rosulata, angusle hnearia, flaccidiora et sublus minus manifeste bisulcata 

 quam in St. streptocarpo^ apice breviter mucronato-acula vel obtusiuscula, 3 — 9 cm 

 longa. Scapi complures vel solitarii, magnitudine valde variabiles, mox paulo supra 

 basin in paniculam peramplam multifloram late corymbosam ramis ilerum aUjue iterum 

 in dichasia divaricato-ramosis divisi et usque 20 cm alli, «lox corvmbum paucifloinim 

 gerentes et 5 — 10 cm allitud. tantum aequantes; bracleae lineares apicem versus decres- 

 centes, inferiores 1 — 2 cm longi. Flores minuti in bifurcatlonibus dichotomis sessiies; 

 calycis tubus apicem versus tantum glanduloso-pubescens perangustus linearis ca. 1 cm 

 longus, pedicellum simulans, lobi glabri omnes subcampanulato-infundibuliformes, apice 

 valde obtusi. Corollae albido-flavescentis tubus lobos calycinos paulo supcrans, laciniae 

 e basi angusta obovatae, subaequales; appendices faucis miUae praeter 2 filiformes 

 laciniis dimidio vel vix breviores basi laciniarum anteriorum insertas; labellum minutum 

 obtusum illi St. streptocarpi simile sed basi appendiculis 2 longissimis filiformibus 

 labellum ipsum 3 — 4-plo superantibus instructum. Capsulam maturam non vidi. — 

 Fig. i3A, D, F. 



West-Australien: Distr. Darling; Swan, Midland Junction , thonig-sandiger 

 Boden unter niederem Gebüsch (blühend im Oktober 1901 — L. Diels n. 5860!); 

 Murray, Cockburn Sound südöstlich von Serpentine, überschwemmt gewesene Stellen mit 

 lehmigem Sandboden (blühend im Dezember 1900 — L. Diels n. 1848!, E. Pritzel 

 n. 116!); Distr. Warren: Sussex, Vasse River auf schlammigem Boden (blühend 

 im Dezember 1839 • — Preiss n. 2274!). 



Nota. Species proxima St. streptocarpo Sond., sed habitu, labello longissiine appendi- 

 culato et appendicibus faucis conspicuis a cl. Sonder praetervisis sed a me in omnibus specimi- 

 nibus supra citatis repertis saus distincta. 



Sect. 2. Appressae Mildhr. 



86. St. appressum Benth. Fl. austral. IV. (1869) 22; E. Pritzel in Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. XXXV. (190 4) 594 ex pte. — Perennis, mox fruticulum minimum innovationibus 

 fere erectis efformans, mox modo St. repentis stolonifera, radicans. Innovationes im- 

 bricato-foliatae vetustiores efoliatae. Folia subappressa vel dt erecto-patentia, rigida, 

 lanceolata vel anguste lanceolata, acuta vel mucronala, basi ut in St. repente infra 

 Insertionen! in processum obtusum cauli appressum mox satis conspicuum mox obsoletum 

 producta, margine interdum minute scarioso-limbata ciliolataque, innovationum apice paulo 

 majora obsolete rosulata, 2 — 4 mm longa. Flores in inflorescentiam paucifloram cymo- 

 sam laxe capituliformem cum pedunculo brevi quam summa folia 2 — 3-plo tantum 

 longiore breviter glanduloso-pubescentem dispositi; bracteae prophyllaque foliis caulinis 

 similes sed minores et extus dz glauduloso-pubescentes. Calycis glanduloso-pubescenüs 

 tubus lobos breviter lanceolato-lineares mucronato-acutos supcrans. Corollae >albidae< 

 (Diels) tubus lobis calycinis subaequilongus, postice pi'ofundius incisus quam lateribus; 

 laciniae tubo paulo longiores obovato-oblongae, extus glanduloso-pubescentcs; appendices 

 faucis 6 subulatae, inac ante lacinias anteriores, siqgulae ante posteriorum latus exterius; 

 labellum medio tuhi inserlum triangulari-subulatum basi appendiculis dimidio usque tertio 

 brevioribus subulatis instructum. Capsula ovalo-lancenlata brunuea a lateribus valde 

 compressa; semina submatura in utroque loculo uniseriatim marginibus placentae itidem 

 comprcssae affixa. — Fig. HA — F. 



West-Australien: Ohne Standort (Drummond 11. Coli. n. 38, III. n. 182!); 

 Distr. Irwin, Greenough River auf Sandboden (blühend Ende September 1901 — 

 Diels n. 4202!). 



