MONOTAXIS OLDFIELDI

M. (Hippocrepandra) rhizomate erasso lignoso ; ramis lignosis erectis ; foliis lanceolatis coriaceis crassis integerrimis; margine reflexo ; floribus maseulis longe pedicellatis; petalis calyce longioribus unguiculatis; limbo obovato basi auriculato.

Fruticulus rhizomate horizontali (ad 1 cent. crasso) extus suberoso profunde et inæquali striato. Rami e rhizomate orti erecti virgative (ad 25 cent. alti) teretes angulative rigidi glabri gemmis remotis notati. Ramuli in summis ramis subverticillati lignosi subangulati (5, 6 cent. longi). Folia sessilia oblongo-lanceolata integerrima coriacea crassa glaberrima; margine arcte reflexo v. subrevoluto; purpurascentia (ad 1 5 cent. longa, { cent. lata). Stipulæ brevissimæ subulatæ caducæ. Flores (masculi tantum noti) ad ortum ramulorum cymosi; pedicellis capillaceis flore multo longioribus; calycis foliolis 5 ovato-acutis brevibus; petalis calyce multo longioribus unguiculatis; limbo membranaceo fragili late obovato, apice rotundato, basi auriculis 2 brevibus obtusiusculis munito; staminibus eis M. occidentalis subsimilibus.

Exs. Oldfield, Murchison river, Austral, austr.-occ. (herb. F, Muell.!)