80 GENERAL REMARKS ON THE 



Franklandia fucifolia. Tah. 6. 



Franklandia fucifolia, Linn. soc. tmiisad. 10, p. 157. Prodr. fl. nov. holl. 

 370. 



In moist heaths near the shores of King George's Sound, on the south west 

 coast of New Holland, found in flower and with ripe seed in December, 

 1801. 



DESC. Vruiex ereotus ramosus 2-3 pedes altus glaber, glandulis pustuli- 

 formibus aurantiacis undique conspersus. Hami teretes striati, epidermide 

 tenui cinerea. Folia alterua triuncialia filiformia, basi per spatium semunciale 

 indivisa, deiu dichotoma, laoiniarum apicibus fastigiatis, ultimee diehotomiae 

 ramulo altero bifldo altero simplioi. Spicm axillares solitarise simplioissimse 

 rarse pedunculatae ereotse, foliis parum longiores : pedicellis alternis basi uni- 

 bracteatis ; bradea ovata obtusa concava sesquilineam longa, post lapsum 

 periauthii fruotiferi persistent!. Periauthium luteum fere biunoiale, extus con- 

 spcrsum pustulis rufesoentibus : Ungues in tubum cylindraceum oohserentes, 

 extra medium pappo caryopsidis expandentisolubiles et decidui; inferne arctius 

 conuati indurati persisteutes : Lamirue tubo breviores, iequales lanceolatfe, 

 disco piano, marginibus adscendentibus parum undulatis vividiusque coloratis, 

 sub sestivatione induplicatis. Stamina 4, inclusa, antherarum apicibus faucem 

 semiclaudentibus : Filamenta medio tubo perianthii quasi inserta, laciniis 

 opposita et iisdem longitudinaliter arete ooliaerentia : Anlhera lineares dimidio 

 superiors filamenti in mucronulum ultro producti adnalse, loculis appositis 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus : Pollen flavum subglobosum obsoletissime tri- 

 gonum Iffive. Faginula dimidio inferiore tubi perianthii arctissime adnata, ita 

 ut quasi ad eandem altitudinem'ao fliaraenta inserta, superne soluta quadri- 

 dentata, demum inorescenti caryopsidi quadrifida, laciniis subulato-linearibus 

 cum staminibusalternantibus. OiiaWwOT teretiusculum, monospermum : dimidio 

 inferiore barbato pilis striotis copiosis, teuuiore et in pedicellum sensim angus- 

 tato : superiore fusiformi glabro striato : apice coronatum Pappo sessiii ca- 

 piUari e pilis strictis acutis formato, ipsum ovarium aliquoties superantc. 

 Stylus filiformis erectus altitudine staminum lanatus apice glabro. Sdgmu, 

 606] turbinatum iudivisum glabruin, apice depresso. C«.ryojci«M Crustacea, dimidio 

 inferiore persistenti indurate tubi perianthii inclusa, striata apice dilatata in 

 vaginulam brevem subcyathiformem extus pappigeram intus glabrani. Semen 

 I'usilorme, membrana propria tenuissima apice chalaza fusca insignita. Al- 

 bumen nullum. Embryo erectus subcylindraeeus albus ; Cotyledones brevissinise 

 semiorbioulatse ; Radicula maxima elongato-turbinata teres acuta; Plumula 

 inconspicua. 



Obs. Franklandia, though evidently belonging to Pro- 

 teaceae, differs from the whole of that family in at least 

 three points of structure, any one of which may equally be 

 assumed as the essential character of the genus ; namely, 

 in the anthera3 being fixed through their whole length to 

 the lacinise of the perianthium; in the squamee which 

 alternate with the stamina so intimately cohering at their 

 base with the lower half of the calyx that they appear to 



