Red Knot (Calidris canutus) from Slater, P., Slater, P. & Slater, R. (2001) The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds (Reed New Holland: Sydney)
Discaria pubescens (Brongn.) Druce from Walsh, N.G. (1999) Rhamnaceae, in N.G.Walsh & T.J.Entwisle, Flora of Victoria Volume 4, Dicotyledons, Cornaceae to Asteraceae (Inkata Press: Melbourne) |
<NaturalLanguageDescriptions> <NaturalLanguageDescription id="nat1"> <Representation> <Label>Acalypha L.</Label> </Representation> <Scope> <TaxonName ref="t1"/> </Scope> <NaturalLanguageData> <Text>Herbs, shrubs; or trees, monoecious or rarely dioecious. Leaves alternate, margins usually dentate or crenate. Flowers small, males and females in separate axillary spikes or females solitary in separate axils or one or more at or near base of male spikes; male flowers clustered in axillary spikes with small bract under each cluster, perianth of 4 segments, glands absent, stamens 8 or rarely 8-16 inserted on a raised central receptacle, filaments free; female flowers 1-4 together within a leafy bract, bracts solitary or in spikes, perianth of 3 segments, rarely 4, styles distinct, finely branched. Fruits capsules.</Text> </NaturalLanguageData> </NaturalLanguageDescription> <NaturalLanguageDescription id="nat2"> <Representation> <Label>Acalypha australis L.</Label> </Representation> <NaturalLanguageData> <Text>Herb up to 30 cm tall, stems and leaves often pink or red. Leaves with petioles 1-2 cm long; blades ovate or subrhomboid, apex acuminate, base acute or obtuse, margin serrulate-crenate, 2-6 cm X 1-3.5 cm. Spikes short, 1-3 per axil, peduncles ca 0.5-1 cm long or longer; bracts up to ca 1.5 cm long.</Text> </NaturalLanguageData> </NaturalLanguageDescription> </NaturalLanguageDescriptions> |