Line engraving by Gabriel Smith, after
Sydney Parkinson (1770) and J.F. Miller
(1773).

Plate 250

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Banks Florilegium, Part 12, Plate 250

Pseuderanthemum variabile (Acanthaceae)

Line engraving by Gabriel Smith, after Sydney Parkinson (1770) and J.F. Miller
(1773).

Joseph Banks and his party saw this species at:
Bustard Bay, Australia (22 May - 24 May 1770)
Thirsty Sound, Australia (29 May - 31 May 1770)
Endeavour River, Australia (17 June - 4 August 1770)

This species with its white-to-pink flowers, which impressed Solander with their
shape, occurs widely in eastern Australia and extends accros into the Northern
Territory. The plants have an underground root-like stem system from which
several short flowering branches arise.

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