15 
= Se attaining 3 or more —— in iene, and a diameter of 13 im, 
bracteoles not so dark and rather less than the bracts. Perianth 2-in. 
long, the tube slightly turbinate, very short, hirsute with long a 
outside ; segments narrow, rigid, with obtuse glabrous rosy tips abou 
a line in length, the remainder plumose outside with long eee 
lin, the hairs of the margins near the base very one an a 
covering the inner surface, which, however, is glabrous. Filam 
dilated at the base but not is es above the arian tae in aif "of 
the flowers examined, 2 reduced to staminodia. thers rather 
large, oblong. Ovary aces pe glabrous except the top, 
which is woolly-hairy. Style excentrical, quite glabrous, pink towards 
the small brown stigma. Seed glossy. 
ea ae Georgina se R. C. Burton. 
grown side i fhe “a so that shies “life histoy might be studied, and distinctive 
characteristics n 
Order POLYGONACEZ. 
RUMEX, Linn. 
R. bidens, R. Br. ; Fl. Austr. v. 265. A perennial with a thick 
stem, ouns at-the joints and creeping in the mud, throwing up 
numerous erect crane ra ee of 1 to 2 ft. Leaves lanceo- 
late, the lower ones often n. long, rather broad and obtuse, 
the upper ones narrow ne more fore passing into the small almost 
linear floral leaves. Flowers detiosly calibee ees unisexual, but the 
two sexes mixed in the same clusters, the lower ones chiefly females, 
the upper ones chiefly or entirely males. Perianth- segments at the 
time of flo owering almost petaloid and not very unequa al. Inner 
segments of the fruitin g Ape variable in size, usually 2 to 3 lines 
ue very broad, with 1 to 2 rigid teeth on each side near the base, 
the midrib more or less thickened into a tubércle.-—Benth. l.c. 
oe Sie , 1875. Overlooked in compiling the Synopsis of Queens- 
Order LAURINEZ. 
C. ins Signis (n. sp.) A tree of large size, the branchlets bluntly, 
angular, and densely foitn gintros-toudlen ntose. Leaves ovate, obtuse, 
emarginate or shortly and bluntly acuminate, tapering at the base to 
4 petiole of about 1 in:, margins entire, upper surface glabrous, under 
m 
i. the midrib, oil-dots numerous, but only visible under a strong lens, 
Primary veins few and distant, alternate or nearly —* about 5 
bak? the cross _ almost parallel and ene Fruit hae 
eae, mewhat aap about 2b in —_ me in. 
