84 



Differt a Sm. anstrali R. Br. Prod. ed, germ. p. 149, 

 angl. p, 293. foliorum forrrica, a Sm. latifolia ejnsd, «an- 

 libiis aculeolatis nee angniatis. 



Caules striati; acnlei sparsi exigui a lateribns leviter 

 compressi pariitn cnrvali. Petioli 1 — 2 '/3 cent, iongi basi 

 semiaraplexicaules nsqne ad ^/3 alt. coriaceo - alati , caetemra 

 semiteretes, ad ^j^ alt. iitroqiie laterc cirrhiferi , cirrhis sim- 

 plicibus (an somper). Folia coriacea glaberrima, raajora 7 

 — 9Y2 cent. longa, 5 — 6 '/2 'ata, snmina fere diiplo mino- 

 ra, tasi pleruraque cordata lobis rolundatis convcrgentlbns 

 vel saltem lato- rotiindata, apice acutato leviler ciirvato spi- 

 noso -indurata, marginibus plana, pleraqne 5-nervia, nervo 

 medio valido, lateralibus multo teniiioribns, extimis tennissi- 

 mis prope marginem deciirrentibus; aliqnando juxta extre- 

 mnm marginem adhuc nerviilns nlrinqne decurrit nnde snb- 

 septemnervia; anastomoses primariac horizontales utrinque 

 varie reticulatae. PeduncuH axillares compressiuscnli 1 — 

 1 i/a cent. Iongi in recepiaculum obovafo -oblongnm termi- 

 nati, basi foliolo stipnlaceo (petiolo opposito) lato concavo 

 coriaceo, dorso nsqne ad apicem spinoso-indnrato sessili 

 amplcxi, et pauUo snpra basin bractea lata brevi- acutata 

 appressa muniti, multiBori (25 — phiriflori). Pedicelli e rc- 

 ceptaculo minute bracteolato, 1 cent, circiter Iongi tennes. 

 Flores mascnli: u4labastra anguste elliplica. Perigonii 

 segraeuta ejcteriora lineari-lanceolata obtiisa, interiora 

 multo angustiora fere linearia basi contracta, ad leutem ulrin- 

 qne nervoso- venosa. Stamina sex, tria interiora breviora, 

 AntTierae lineares. 



ASPARAGEAE, 



1. Eustrephus Watsonianus» Foliis clliptico - vel ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis aruminatis mnltinerviis, pedicellis aggrega- 

 tis quaterois raro solitariis snpra tnedinm articulatis, fila« 



