CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
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scuto exteriio multo brevior, vacuus, clausus. Semen (vix 
Tuaturum visum) : integumentum loculum implens, membra- 
naceum, medio ad latus internum chalaza notatum et bine 
intra condylum insinuatum : embryo cotyledonibus lineari- 
oblongis in albumine sepultus. 
Frutex Australice orientalis, scandens; folia petiolata, ovata, e 
basi 5-7 -nervia, supra glabra, nitida, subtus glauco-pruinosa ; 
panicula S axillaris, tomentosa : racemus ? axillaris et termi- 
nalis, sub-6-florus ; drupse glabrae. 
Legnephora Moorii, nob. ; — Coeculus Moorii, F. Mueller, Fragm. 
i. 162; — Pericampylus incanus, Benth. {non nob.) FI. Austral. 
i. 58 ; — ramulis teretibus, striatis, ad nodos compressis, pu- 
berulis ; foliis ovatis, imo obtusissimis vel truncatis, ultra me- 
dium curvatim angustatis, apice acute mucronatis, marginibus 
crispato-undulatis, e basi 5-7-nerviis, rigidulis, valde reticu- 
latis, supra nitentibus, subtus flavido vel albido pruinosis 
aut sordide glaucis, in nervis venisque prominulis ssepe pu- 
berulis ; petiolo tenui, puberulo, limbo breviore : panicula 
axillari, tomentosa, petiolo longiore, alternatim ramosa ; 
ramis ssepe 2-4, verticillatis, apice trichotome divisis, ramulis 
corymbuiosis, paucifloris; sepalis ellipticis, utrinque pube- 
rulis : racemo ? axillari vel terminali, paucifloro ; drupis sub- 
globosis, glabris. — In Australia : v. s. in herb. Hook. ^ , 
Wide Bay, Queensland (Oldfield), Macarthur (Baekhouse); 
? , Burnett River (Mueller) . 
This is a plant possessing much of the habit of Diploclisia : 
its leaves are 24-4| inches long, 2-4 inches broad, on a petiole 
2-3 inches long. Backhouse states that the leaves often 
measure 5^ inches long, 5^ inches broad, the floral leaves being 
usually 2^ inches long, 2 inches wide. The ^ raceme is about 
ineh long, its primary branches are 3 lines long, the secon- 
dary branchlets 2 lines long; the flowers, on very short pedi- 
cels, are 2^ lines in diameter when expanded ; the petals are 
one-fourth the length of the sepals, cuneate at base, hatchet- 
shaped, flat, with glandularly thickened sides ; stamens as long 
as the petals, and fixed to their claws, all rotately expanded. 
In the 5 flower the sepals are similar to those of the ^ ; no 
petals, six sterile stamens half their length, and three free pilose 
ovaries, forming a globular mass in the centre. 
40. Sarcopetalum. 
This genus was established by Dr. Mueller in his ‘ Flora of 
Victoria' (p. 26, tab. suppl. 3), where the typical plant is de- 
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