(30 Anton K. Schindler. — Halorrhagaceae. 



57. H. stricta R. Br. ex Benth. Fl. austral. IL (1864) 482. — Suffrutex erectus 

 vel arcuatim ascendens, foliosus, cylindricus, angulis decurrentibus minute 4-lineatus, 

 dz 0,3 m altus, breviter maximeque dense patulo-pilosus. Folia opposita vel prae- 

 sertim fertilia subopposita vel alterna, basi angustata sessilia, lineari-lanceolata, serrata, 

 mucronata, usque ad 35 mm longa et ad 5 mm lata, coriacea, marginibus recurva, 

 maxime dense dentato-rugulosa, praesertim subtus nervis hispida. Flores hermaphroditi, 

 in foliorum superiorum axillis dichasium 5 — 2-florum constituentes breviter pedicellati, 

 pedicello dz 0,6 mm longo tereti piloso, bractea bracteolisque 2 minutis ovatis et acu- 

 tiusculis pilosis praediti; calycis tubus obovoideus, 8-nervi-costatus, dr 0,5 mm longus 

 et rb 0,7 mm diam., maxime dense pilosus, lobis 4 anguste triangularibus acutis basi 

 tota praesertim angulis gompho minuto ovarii apici adpressis ex arcuato erectis, ±4,0 mm 

 longis et 0,6 mm latis, adpresse pilosis; petala 4, breviter unguiculata, ungue dz 0,3 mm 

 longo, anguste navicularia, apice acuto et patulo, =t 3,1 mm longa et latere visa rb 

 0,7 mm lata, dorso nervo pilosa; stamina 8, filamentis dz 0,5 mm, antheris ± 2,3 mm 

 longis et 0,3 mm latis; stjli 4, erecti, subcylindrici , apicem versus minute angustati, 

 paullo apice stigmatosi ; ovarium 4-loculare, 4-ovulatum. Fructus 4-alatus, tubo basin 

 versus maxime prolongato et apicem versus cum loborum gomphis inflato, lobis rhombi- 

 formiter tenuibus nee inflatis, l-locularis, 1-spermus; semen albumine carnoso, radicula 

 tereti longa ereeta. — Fig. 1 7 C. 



Australien: Queensland, Broad Sound (R. Brown); Rockhampton (F. v. Müller). 

 — Herb. Götting., Petersb. 



58. H. panniculata R. Brown ap. Benth. Fl. austral. IL (1864) 481. — Ereeta, 

 tenuis et infra inflorescentiam non nisi parce ramosa, glabra vel leviter pilosa. Folia 

 caulina opposita, pauca, per paria distantia, linearia, obtusa, 1,2 cm vel ultra longa, 

 integerrima vel obscure crenata, basin versus angustata nee petiolata, superiora florigera 

 in bracteas minutas alternantes redueta. Racemi graciles, divaricati, in panniculam 

 laxam terminalem collati, floribus minutis, solitariis vel geminis; tubus calycis 8-costatus, 

 breviter ciliatus, lobis ovatis nee cordatis, glabris; petala 4 ad 1,2 mm longa; stamina 8; 

 styli ovulaque 4. Fructus non nisi juvenilis cognitus. — (Diagn. ex Bentham, 1. c). 



West- Australien: King Georges Sound (R. Brown, Harvey). 



Nota. Species a me non visa; sec. descriptionem pertinet ad Euhalorrhagis, sect. Pleiantluis 



59. H. lanceolata R. Br. ap. Benth. FL austral. IL (1863) 482. — Annua, 

 diffusa, glabra, habitu H. hexandrae, ramis tenuibus adscendentibus raro ultra 7 vel 

 10 cm longis. Folia caulina opposita, oblonga vel lanceolata, 1 — 2 cm longa, fere 

 integerrima, basi angustata, crassiuscula; florigera valde redueta alternantia omnia 

 flores (perfectos ignotos) superantia. Racemi fruetiferi graciles , terminales , foliosi. 

 Fructus H. micranthae magnitudine, breviter pedicellati, cujusque bracteae in axilla 

 bini vel terni, reflexi, ovoidei, quadrangulares vel subteretes, calycis lobis 4 coronati. — 

 (Diagn. ex Bentham, 1. c). 



West-Australien: King Georges Sound (R. Brown). 



Nota. Species mihi ignota; pertinet sec. descriptionem ad Euhalorrhagis sect. Pleianthus. 



Species omnino dubiae, certe exeludendae. 



Halorrhagis capensis Nois. ex Colla, Hort, ripul. (1824) 63. 

 Halorrhagis cyathiflora Fenzl in Enum. pl. Hügel. (1837) 44. 



3. Meziella Schindler nov. gen.*) 



Flores hermaphroditi. Calycis tubus obeonicus obpyramidalis , lobis perlongis tri- 

 angularibus acutis tubo multo longioribus. Petala 4, cucullata. Stamina 4, episepalea, 

 filamentis longis, antheris late linearibus. Ovarium 4-loculare, 4-ovulatum, putamine 



*) Genus dicatum magistro carissimo C. Mez, professori Halensi. 



