FIELDIA AUSTRALIS. 
New H olland FE veldra. 
: DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nar. Orp. BIGNONIACE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Cal. duplex, ext. (bractea) spathiformis, profunde fissus, 5-par- 
titus, persistens. Cor. tubuloso-ventricosa, limbo 5-lobo, eequali, sub= 
bilabiato, rudimentum filamenti quinti inter stamina longiora. Stigma — 
bilamellatum. Bacca (alba) spongiosa, carnosa, 1-locularis. Semina 
numerosa, al idulantia. —CUuNN. 
e Fieldia australis. ; i ee 
3 F. australis, Cunninonam, in Field’s Mem. of N.S. Wales, p: 564. Gath a 
~ figure). | 
Somewhat shrubby. Stem: climbing and rooting, so as to be almost para- 
sitical upon the trunks of trees, branched, with the branches, especially 
the younger ones, clothed with a dense ferruginous down ; the older - 
ones and stems nearly glabrous. Leaves opposite, remote, very unequal 
in size, generally a small one being placed opposite the larger, elliptical, 
acute at both beni deeply serrated in the upper half, “ entire in 
the old ones ;’ ’ downy on each side, the upper of a dark green colour, 
the under side pale rusty. Ves obscure. Petiole very short and downy. 
Peduncles axillary, solitary, about an inch long, terminated by a solitary 
pendulous. flower. Exterior calyx (bractea) spathiform, ovate, deeply « cut 
into two equal lanceolate segments : inner calyx 5-partite, segments lan- 
ceolate, and, as well as the outer calyx, downy. Corolla greenish-white, 
about 2 inches long, slightly pubescent and ° veiny, tubular and ventri- 
cose, the limb cut into 5 short, nearly equal, rounded segments, scarce- 
ly 2- lipped. Stamens inserted into the base of the corolla, 4 perfect, 
nearly as long as the the corolla, scarcely didynamous, and a fifth small, 
imperfect one: Filaments much dilated at the base: Anthers 2-celled, * 
roundish. Pistil about as long as the corolla: Germen ovate : _ style fili- 
form: stigma capitate, bifid. Fruit an elongated oblong Berry; longer ‘ than 
the persistent calyx, between fleshy and spongy, terminated by the style. 
Seeds oblong, dotted, very minute, attached apparently to two feehy 
bilamellated parietal receptacles. 
With the present subject, 1 terminate, with some regret, 
the Hwotic Flora; for, though attended by no little toil and 
anxiety, it has been productive to me of much and lasting plea- 
sure. It has been the means of procuring me the friendship 
or correspondence of many whose pursuits and tastes are simi- 
lar to my own,—of recording their discoveries and their zeal in 
the cause of science,—and thus, by commemorating their names, 
to connect them in some measure with my own. ‘To this work 
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