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Darwinia Biflora
''Darwinia biflora'' is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is Endemism, endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect, often straggly shrub with flattened, wikt:glabrous, glabrous leaves, and flowers which are arranged in pairs. The flowers are greenish in colour but each is surrounded by two purple-red Bract#Bracteole, bracteoles and have a long yellow-green Stigma (botany)#Style, style projecting out of the flower tube. The species only occurs in the Sydney region in a few places where shale-capped ridges intergrade with Sydney sandstone, Hawkesbury sandstone. Description ''Darwinia biflora'' is an erect, sometimes spreading, often straggly shrub which grows to a height of . The leaves are glabrous and arranged in a Decussation, decussate pattern along the branches. The leaves are long, flattened and often pressed against the branches. The flowers are arranged on stalks less than long near the ends of the branches, usually in pairs. When they open, the flowers are tub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Cheel
Edwin Cheel (14 February 1872 – 19 September 1951) was an Australian botanist and collector. Before being appointed as a staff member of Centennial Park in 1897 he was a gardener in New South Wales and Queensland. Later he transferred to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. In 1908 he joined the National Herbarium, and was appointed Chief Botanist and Curator from 1933 to 1936. He described plants in the Myrtle family such as ''Melaleuca howeana''. Apart from the myrtles, his other main botanic interest were the lichens. :fr:Edwin Cheel He traveled extensively in collection of botanical specimens, which are lodged in New South Wales. He has a street named after him in the suburb of Farrer, in the Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |