Homalanthus. 



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losae; glandulae ellipticae, a bractea longius superatae; pedicelli (^ 2 mm longi, Q 

 elongati, filiformes, sub fructu 2 — 4 cm longi, ad basin inflorescentiae pauci vel plures. 

 Sepala (j* 2, subaequalia, i Y2 mm fere longa, reniformia, oblusa, denticulata; stamina 

 5 — 6; calyx Q minutus; ovarium ellipsoideum; Stylus brevissimus; Stigmata subtus 

 eglandulosa, indivisa. Fructus i mm lati, 9 mm longi. — Fig. 7. 



Australien, von Nordaustralien bis Viktoria. 



Austromalayische Provinz: Nordaustralien, Port Darwin (Holtze n. 22!). 



Ostaustralische Provinz: Queensland, Shoahvater Bay (R.Brown), Moreton 

 Bay (F. v. Müller!), Crocodile 

 Creek (B w m a n) , Rockhampton 

 und Rockingham Bay (Dal- 

 lachy), Brisbane (Baileyl, A. 

 Dietrich!), Howes Island (F. v. 

 Müller!), Sandy Island (ohne 

 Sammlernarae!). — Neusüd- 

 wales, Port Jackson bis zu 

 den Blue Mountains (R. Brown, 

 Sieber n. 640!), Clarence Ri- 

 ver (Beckler!), lUawarra (Cun- 

 ningham, Lownes), Twofold 

 Bay (F. v. Müller!), Sidney 

 (Betche!, Camfield!). — 

 Viktoria, Gripps Land (F. v. 

 Müller). 



In europäischen botani- 

 schen Gärten in Kultur! 

 1824 schickte Fräser Samen 

 aus Australien an Graham in 

 Edinburgh; die aus ihnen er- 

 zogenen Pflanzen blühten 1827. 



Nota. Species valde affinis 

 est H. populneo, sed optime di- 

 versa staminibus paucioribus, stylis 

 subtus eglandulosis fructibusque 

 majoribus. — H. populifolius 

 Graham certissime sistit plantam 

 australiensem et omnino cum C. 

 Sieberi quadrat. Infeliciter cl. 

 Müller Arg. speciem Grahamia- 

 nam cum planta javanica et philip- 

 pinensi conjunxit, i. e. cum H. po- 

 pulneo, et Graham ipse species 

 duas confudisse videtur. Fig. 7. Homalanthus popuHfolius Graham. Ä Ramulus 



5. H. brachystachys Pax floriger. B Inflorescentiae (5 pars. C Flos Q. — Icon. sec. 

 et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Arbor W. J. Hooker ex Pax in Engler u. Pranll, Pflzf. III. 5. Oö. 

 parva, tota glabra. Petiolus 



2 — 5 cm longus, gracilis, apice supra glandula submajuscula auctus; limbus G — 9 cm 

 longus, 4 — 6 cm latus, membranaceus, rhombeo-ovatus, basi rotundatus, obtusus, integer, 

 apice breviter acuminatus, subtus canescens, glaber. Racemi 2 — 2V2 cm longi; bracteae 

 Q^ 3-florae, latae, denticulatae, basi biglandulosae; glandulae ellipticae, a bractea longius 

 superatae, subrugulosae ; pedicelli (^ 2 mm longi vel breviores, Q elongati, filiformes, 

 sub fructu lV2~3 cm attingentes, ad basin inflorescentiae 3 — 4. Sepala (^ 2, sub- 

 aequalia, 1 mm fere longa, reniformia, denticulata, hinc inde posterius obsoletum ; sta- 

 mina 5 — 6; calyx Q minutus; ovarium ellipsoideum; Stylus brevissimus; Stigmata subtus 

 eglandulosa. Fructus subglobosus, 6 mm longus et latus. 



