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oblongis corolla duplo brevioribus, petalis ovatis subsessilibus sta- 
mina vix superantibus, staminibus 6-8, antheris erectis basifixis 
lineari-oblongis basi bilobis filamento fere duplo longioribus, stylo 
demum elongato, stigmate subpeltato, capsula sessili, valvis lan- 
ceolate -linearibus, seminibus globoso - reniformibus punctulato- 
scabridis nigrescentibus. 
In locis glareosis planitierum secus ripas fluvii Victoria su- 
periores, nec non juxta Sturt’s Creek. 
Herbula pulchella Oxalidem mire simulans non glutinosa, sesqui- 
pollicem ad digitem raro spithamam alta, interdum diffusa. Radix 
tenuis pallida simplex descendens parum flexuosa. Foliola ple- 
raque 3-6'" longa interdum majora, obtusa, plana, saspius in 
Oxalidum morem purpurascentia. Pedunculi lseves. Petala di- 
lute rosea, utplurimum 2-3"' longa, integerrima, tenera, in var. 
grandiflora duplo majora. Capsula polysperma, longitudine J-l|" 
varians. Valvas enerves reticulatim venulosge. Semina vix J'" 
longa e viridi-fusco nigrita. Stropliiola nulla. 
In Cleome (Polanisia) flava nullam strophiolam reperi, qua3 
autem in Cleome (Siliquaria) tetrandra membranulam efformat. 
Genus hac ratione forsan dividendum. 
Pittospore^e. 
Pittosporum melanospermam. 
Arboreum, ramulis apice cum petiolis pedunculis pedicellisque 
subpuberulis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis undulatis alampris glabris 
margine planis, paniculis terminalibus, capsulis globoso-pyriformi- 
bus, seminibus in loculis subgeminis lucenti-nigris. 
In collibus humilibus petrasis inter flumen Victoria et sinum 
Gulf of Carpentaria. 
Arbuscula, cortice sordide cano scrobiculato, ligno flavescente, 
omnibus partibus minus intense quam in congeneribus amara. 
Folia interdum ovato-lanceolata utplurimum 1 J-2J" longa, ^-1" lata, 
leviter undulata ceteroqu^i plana acuminata subtiliter penninervia 
venulosa, subtus vix pallidiora, utrinque glabra nisi secus costam 
marginesque parcissime puberula. Petioli semiteretes 3-6'" longi 
indistincte canaliculati. Flores nondum reperti. Fructus paniculati, 
globoso-pyriformes nitentes dilute vitellini, perparum compressi, 
stylo rostellati, 6-9'" longi, pedicello paulo usque duplo breviore 
insidentes, imperfecte biloculares. Valvse recentes carnoso-coriaceas 
intus saturatius vitellime, nec glutinosa, neque lignescentes. Gem- 
mulas plures margini septorum biseriate affixfe. Semina funiculis 
brevissimis affixa, in loculis gemina rarius solitaria vel terna, septo 
inferne juncta erecta vel adscendentia oblique rotunda vel ovata 
compressa irregulariter angulata vel plicata 3-4'" longa. Testa 
tingens e purpureo lucenti-nigra lasvissima. 
P. tetraspermo affine. 
