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pctalis inscrta iisquc altcrna; (ilaraonta brcvissima, ccruiia; 

 anthcrac bilocularcs, loculis discrctis opposilis biloccllatis c 

 connectivo prouo ohIongo glaudulaque (crminato pcodulao, 

 locellis poro froutali pollcn cmittcutibus. Ovariura propc vcr- 

 ticcni tubi calycis in frcla spongiosa coiisituni, miimtc globo- 

 suin, oviilis biuis basilixis. Stylus Gliforrais, audroeccam ac- 

 quans; sligraa punctiforme, laovc. Fructns .... Geuiis 

 insiguc, floris fabrica Actinodio affiuc, iufloresccntia tarnen 

 et habitu valde alicuum. 



P. Mitchelliana Schauer. BaecTcea calycina Liudl.! 

 Mit»h. Exped. (Ann. sc. nat. Janv. 1841. p. 57.) 



In Nova Hollandia interioii (Major Mitchell.). V, s, 

 a. cl, Lindley comm, in Herb, Caes. Mus, Vindob. 



Frutex videtur Talidns, ramosus, ramulis virgalis pa- 

 tcntibus. Folia opposita, 4-faria, conferta, patula, coria- 

 cea, plana, subcnneato-oblonga, brevitcr petiolata, cartila- 

 gineo-marginata, acuta mutica, uriinervia, glaberriraa, nili- 

 dula, perforato- punctata, laete viridia, 4 — 6 lin. longa; 

 phyllopodia angusta vix raargiuantia. Stipulae iutrafollaceac 

 setas valde minutissimas exhibentes. Pedunculi ad apicem 

 ramulorum, foliis rainoribus sablensi, singuli vel geraini, fo- 

 lio breviores. Bracteolae hyalinae, uitentes, disco resinoso- 

 punctatae, dorso citra apicem breviter corniculatae, fugacissi- 

 mae. Flores fere 2 lin. long!, in tubum et limbum dimi- 

 diati; ille purpuratus, firmae substantiae; hic subs(antia et 

 colore albo cum petalis couvenieus, lobis oblongis obtusissirais; 

 strictura calycis sub limbo prirao obtntu vix conspicua pro- 

 pter limbum implicatura tubo arctc insidcntem. Pctala lobis 

 calycis fcrc duplo brcviora, orbiculata, scssilia. Stamina 

 conniventia, faucem claudcutia; conuectivnm ccraceum; an- 

 thcrac fusco-rnbrae; poUco fulvum. 



