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FLORA AUSTIIALIENSIS.
FLORA AUSTRALIENSIS :
A DESCRIPTION
PLANTS OE THE AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY.
GEOEGE BENTHAM, F.R.S., P.L.S.,
ASSISTEB BY
FEEDINAND MUELLEE, M.D., F.E.S. & L.S.,
GOVEKNMBNT BOTANIST, MBLBOUHNE, VICTORIA.
VOL. IV. STTLIDIEJE TO PEDJLINE^.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE SEVERAL GOVERNMENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.
LONDON : L. EEEVE & CO., 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COYENT G^RDEN.
1869.
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CONTENTS.
Page CONSPECTUS OF THE OrDERS . vii
Order LXIII. Stylidie^ 1
LXIV. Goodeuovieae 37
LXV. CampanulacetE 121
LXVI. Ericaceffi 138
LXVII. EpacrideEE 142
LXVIII. Plumbaginefe 265
LXIX. Primulaceaj 268
LXX. Myrsiaeffi 272
LXXI. SapotaceEe 277
LXXII. EbeuaccEe 285
LXXIII. Styracacese 292
LXXIV. Jasmineae 293
LXXV. Apocyneffi 801
LXXVI. Asclepiadetc 324
LXXVII. Loganiaceffi 348
LXXVIII. Gentianea; 369
LXXIX. Hydrophyllaceffi 382
LXXX. Boragiucffi 383
LXXXI. Convolvulacese 410
LXXXII. Solaneae 442
LXXXIII. Scrophularinete 470
LXXXIV. Lentibularieffi 523
LXXXV. Orobanchaceee 533
LXXXVI. Gesneriacea; 534
LXXXVII. Bignoniacese 536
LXXXVIII. Acantbacea; 541
LXXXIX. Pedaliuere 555
References omitted 557
CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS CONTAINED IN THE EOURTH VOLUME.
Class L DICOTYLEDONS.
SuBCLAss II. MONOPETAL.E.
(Contiuued from Vol. III.)
{Ocari/ biferiof in the first ihree Orders, iii sorne Ericacese, Myrsiuese, Styracaceas, and Gesneriacese, stqterior in the others.)
LXIII. Stylidik.-e. Herbs or rarely undershrubs. Leaves radical or scattered, or iu whorl-like clusters. Flowcrs irregalar or rarely regular, the fifth lobe of tiie corolla usually smallcr or difFerent from the other four. Stamens 2, the filanieiits cotinate ivith the style in a coliininfree from the corolla (anthers sessile on the top of the style). Ovary inferior, wholly or partially 2-celled. Seeds albuniinous.
LXIV. GooDENOviE.E. Hcrbs or shrubs. Leavcs alternate or radicaL Flowers more or less'irregular. Stamens 5. Ovary inferior, at least as to the corolla, 2-celled or rarely l-ceUed. Style with a cup-shaped or peltate indusium under the stigma. Seeds albuminous.
LXV. CAMPAXULACEiE. Hcrbs, usualiy with a millcy juicc. Leaves alternate. Flowers irregularor regular. CoroUa-lobes valvate. Stameus usuallyfree from the corolla, as many as its lobes aud altcrnating with tliem. Ovary more or less iaferior, with 2 to 5 mauy- ovulate cells. Seeds albuminous.
LXVI. Ericace^. Slirubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers regular. Stamens usually free fi'om the corolla, twice as many as its lobes. Anthers 2-celled, opening in terminal pores (except in Wittsteinia). Ovary inferior or superior, with as many cells as corolla- lobes (fewer iu Wittsteinia). Seeds albuminous.
LXVII. EPACRiDEiE. Shrubs. Leaves usnally alternate, rigid and striatc. Flowers regular. Stamens as many as corolla-lobes and alternate witli them, or rarely fewer. An- thers \-celled. Ovary superior, with 5 or fewer cells. Seeds albuminous.
LXVIII. Plumbagine^. Herbs or rarely shrubs. Leaves radical or alternate. Flowers regular. Calyx tubulai'. Stamens 5, ojjposite to the coroUa-Iobes or petals. Ovary I-cellcd, loith 1 ovule suspended from a free filiform placenta ; stgles or style- branches 5. Seeds rarely albuminous.
LXIX. Pkimulace^. Herbs. Leaves radical or alternate, rarely whorlcd. Flowers regular. Stamens as many as corolla-lobes and opposite to them. Ovary 1-celled, with peltate ovules attached to a free central placenta. Fruit usually dehiscent. Seeds albumi- nous.
LXX. MYRSINE.S;. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, usually dottcd. Flowers regular. Staniens as many as corolla-lobes and opposite to them. Ovary l-celled, with peltate ovules attachcd to a free central placeuta. Fruit succulent or hard, usually indehiscent. Seeds rarely without albumen.
LXXI. Sapotace.e. Treesorshrubs, the juicc often niilky. Leaves altcruate. Flowers regular. CoroUa-lobes as many or twice as many as calyx-segmcnts. Stamcns as many as corolla-lobcs aud opposite to them, or tvvice as many. Ovary 2- or more-cellcd, with 1
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ovulc iu cach ccU. Fruit succulcut or hard, usually iudcliisceut. Sceds vvith or wilhout albumeu.
LXXII. Ebenace^. Trces or shrubs, iiol milky. Leaves alternatc. Flovvers regular, usually dia-cious. Corolla-lobes 3 to 5. Stamens indctiuite (few or mauy). Ovary 3- or more-cellcd, wilh 1 or 2 ovulcs in each cell. Fruit succulcnt, usually indehiscent. Secds albumiuous.
LXXIII. STYKACACE.i:. Trces or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowcrs regular, hcrma- ])hiodite. CoroUa-lobcs as many or twice as many as caly.\-lobes. Stamcns usually more thau twice as many, rarcly twicc as inauy as corolla-lobes or fewer. Ovary, or at least the fruit, more or lcss infcrior, 2- to 5-cclled, with 2 or more ovules in each cclj. Fruit usually succulcnt aud indchisccut. Sccds albumiuous.
LXXIV. jASMiNEiE. Trees shrubs orclimbcrs. Leaves opposite or very rarcly alternate. Flowers rcgular. Corolla with 4, 5 or niore lobes rarely 2-petaled or nouc. Stamens 2, altcrnating v-ith the carpels. Ovary 2-celled, with onc or two ovules in each cell. Fruit succulcut or capsular. Sccds with or without albumcn.
LXXV. Apocyne.'F.. Trecs shrubs or twiuers, rarely percnnial herbs. Leaves opposite or rarcly seattcred. F^lowers regular. Stameus 5, alteruate with thc corolla-lobes ; anthers connivcut round the stigma. Ovary of two distinct earpels, the styles counected upwards, or rarely the carj)els united from the base. Fruit of 1 or 2 follicles drupcs or berrics. Seeds usually albuminous.
LXXVI. AscLEPiADE^. Tvviners or rarely herbaceous perennials or shrubs. Leaves op- posite. Flowers regular. Stamcns 5, alternate with the coroUa-Iobes ; anthers connate round thc stigma, 2- or 4-cel!ed ; polleti consnlidaied in 1 or 2 masses in each cell. Ovary of 2 distinct carpels ; the styles unitcd uj^wards. Fruit follicular. Sceds vvith little albumcu.
LXXVII. LoGANiACEiE. Trccs shrubs twiners or licrbs. Leavcs opposite, ofteu con- uccted by stipulcs or raised lines. Flowers regular. Stauiens as mauy as corolla-lobcs aud alteruatc with them. Anthcrs free. Ovary usually 2-ceIIed. Style single. Fruit a cap- sule or bcrry. Seeds albuminons.
LXXVIII. Gentiane^. Hcrbs with a bittcr taste. Leaves opposite or iu the Meny- uvthem alternate. Flowers regular. Stamens as niany as corolla-lobes and alternatc vvith thcm. Anthcrs free. Ovaiy 1-ceIIed with 2 or rarely more parietal placcutas rarcly coui- plctcly dividing it into 2 cells ; ovules numerous aud miuutc. Style single. Fruit a caj)- sule, rarely indehiscent. Seeds albuminous.
LXXIX. }Iyi>iiophyi.lace.e. Herbs or rarely undcrshrubs. Leaves alteruate or the lovver ones o])positc. Flovvers regular in unilatcral raccmcs or cymes. Stamcns as mauy as corolla-lobes and altcruate with theni. Anthers free. Ovary 1-ceIled with 2 parietal placeutas or rarely 2-ccIled. Sti/les or styte-Jjranches 2. Fruit a capsule. Sccds albumi- nons.
LXXX. Boraginf-t:. Ilerbs usually coarsely hirsute or iu drupaeeous gencra trees or slirnbs. Leaves usually alternate. Flcwers regular in cymes or unilateral racemes. Stamcns as many as corolla-lobes and altcrnate with thcm or very rarcly fewer. Ovary 2- or 4-ccI!cd with 1 ovulc in each ccll or 2-cellcd with 2 ])arallel ovules in each cell. Style single, entire or rarely forkcd. Fruit a drupc, or dry aud separating iuto 2 or 4 nuts. Secds with little or no albumcn.
IiXXXI. CoNVOLVULACE*. Twiucrs or rarcly erect herbs shrubs or trees. Leaves al- tcruatc. Flovvcrs rcgular, usually axillary. Corolla-Iiinb folded iu the bud. Stameus 5, alteruatc vvitli tlic corolla-Iobcs or aiiglcs. Ovary of 2 to 4 cclls or carpcls with 1 or 2 crect ovules in each. Stylc single aud cntirc or 2-l)rauchcd or 2 distiiict styles. Fruit capsidar or succulcnt and indchisccut. Seeds with little or no albumen ; cotyledons veri/ miich folded (or iuconspicuous in Ciiscuta).
LXXXII. SoLANEiE. Hcrbs shrubs or soft-wooded trces. Leavcs altcruate. Flovvers rcgular or nearly so. CoroUa-lobcs foldcd or rarcly imbrieate iu tlie bud. Stamens as mauy as eoroUa-lobes aud altcrnate vvith thcm. Ovai-y 2-cclIed or spuriously 4-cclled (rarcly 3- or 4-ceIIcd), vvith sevcial oviilcs iii cacli ccll. Style siuglc. Fruit a beriy or a capsulc. Sccds albuminous, tlic enibryo usually ciirvcd or annular.
- LXX.XIIl. ScKOPiiuLAiiiNi;/!''.. Hcrbs or raiely shrub.s or sinall trccs. Lcaves altcraatc or oi)positc. Flowcrs irrcgular witli thc coroUa-Iobcs bilabiate or imbricatc iu the bud or rarely nearly regular witli tiic corolla-lobcs foldcd. Pcrfcct staincns 4 in pairs or 2, tlie
CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS. IX
fifth rudimeutai-y or wantiiia;, or vcry rarcly perfcct. Ovary 2-celled vvith several ovules ia cach cell. Fruit a capsulc or very rarely a bcrry. Seeils albuminous ; cmbryo usiially straight.
LXXXIV. Lentibularie.e. Herbs either aquatic with floating capillary-divided leaves or terrcstrial with i-adical or without any lcaves. Flowcrs irregular, the coroUa 2-lipped. Stamens 2; authers 1-cellcd. Ovary \-celled, wifh fieltate ovules inserted oyi a free cen- iral placenfa. Fruit a capsulc. Seeds small, without albunicn.
L.\.XXV. Okobanchace^. Lcaflcss herbs, not green, parasites on roots. Flowers irregular. Stamcns 4, in pairs ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary l-celled, with 8 or 4 parietal placentas and vcry numcrous ovules. Fruit capsular. Seeds albuminous.
LXXXVL Gesnkiiiace.«. Herbs or when shrubby often epiphytical or ciiinbing, rarely erect shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers usually irregular. Perfect staniens 4 in pairs or rarely 2 only. Ovary 1-celled, with 2 parietal placentas and numerous ovules. Fruit a berry or capsule. Secds with or without albumen.
LXXXVII. BiGNONiACE^. Woody climbers trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, often compound. Flowers irregular. Perfcct stamens 4 in pairs or 2 only. Ovary 2-cellcd with 2 distiuct aud sometimes distant placentaj on the dissepiment in each ccll ; ovules usually nuraerous. 1^-uit a capsule usually long and narrow. Seeds winged, without albumen.
LXXXVIII. AcANTHACEJ^. Herbs or shrubs rarely twiners. Leaves opposite. Flowers more or less irrcgular. Perfect stamens 4, iu pairs or 2 only. Ovary 2-celled with 2 or more siiperposed ovules in each cell. Fruit a capsule opening elastically in 2 valves. Seeds without albumen, usually subteuded by hooked or rarely cup-shaped or minute retinacula.
LXXXIX. Pedaline.e. Herbs. Leaves opposite. Flowers irregular. Perfect stameus 4 in pairs or rarely 2 only. Ovary composed of 2, rarely 3 or 4 carpels, but divided (at least after flowering) into twice as many cells by spurious dissepiments. Ovules 2 or more or rarely I ouly in each spurious cell (half-carpcl). Fruithardand indehisccnt or capsular. Seeds without albumcn.
{Verbenacecs, Labiatm, and Plantaffinece, completing thc Monopetalec, will be given iu the fifth vokime.)
FLORA AUSTIULIENSIS.
OuDEii LXIII. STYLIDIE^.
Calyx-tube adnate to tlie ovary, the liiiib of 5 divisions, all free or inore or less united in 2 lips, tlie upper one consisting of 3, the lower of 2. Corolla usually irregular, deeply divided into 5 lobes, of which one (the lowest), called the lubellum, niuch smaller or very different froni tlie others, or rarely tlie corolla as well as the calyx regularly 5- or fi-lobed. Stamens 2, the fihv- ments connate with the style in a cokimn free from the coroUa ; authers sessile at the top of the cokunn, 2-celled, the cells at length divaricate. Style or stigma terminal, entire or 2-lobed, concealed between the antliers or protruding from them. Ovary 2-celled or 1-celled except quite at the base, with many ovules attached to the centre of the dissepiment, surmounted frequently' by 1 or 2 ghands at the base of the style. Capsule opening from the top dowmvards in 2 valves parallel to the dissepiment. Seeds uumerous or rarely solitary by abortion, very small, with a minute embryo iu a flesliy albumen. — Herbs or rarely undershrubs. Leaves radical or scattered or coUected in whorl-like tufts. Flowers hermaphrodite or very rarely uni- sexual, in terminal racemes or thyrsoid or corymbose panicles, rarely reduced to spikes or to single flowers, tlie primary inflorescence usually centripetal, tlie secondary often or sometimes the whole inflorescence centrifugah
A small Order, chiefly Australiau, a very few species being found in tropical Asia, or iu New Zealand and Autarctic Auierica, and these all belong to Australian geuera except tbe two species of Selophyllum, Hook. f. The Order is very nearly allied to Campamilacea, aud sonie species bave quite the habit of some Lobelias, but they constantly differ in the close union of tbe filaments with tbe style.
Corolla irregular, the 5th lobe or labeUum very differeut from the otbers. Column elongated and folJed (usually elastic). Labellum small or
,ia,.i-ow 1- Stylidium.
Cohuun erect, usually short, not elastic. Labenum witb a hood-
shaped lamina covering the authers or elasticully reflexed ... 2. Levenhookia. CoroUa regular or uearly so, the lobes all similar 3. Iorstkra.
1. STYLIDIUM, Swartz. (Forsteropsis, Sond.) Calyx-lobes 5, often more or less united in 2 lips. Corolhi irreguhar, 1
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2 LXiii. STYLIDIE.E. \_StyUdium.
of the lohcs or labclliim miicli smaller and tiiriied down or rarely nearly as lonL;^ and cnrved upwards, tlie otlier 4 ascending- in pairs. Column elongated and bent dowii or foldcd, elastic in most of ihe species if not in all. Stigma niidivided. Ovary 2-celled. — Ilabit and foliage those of the Order. Flowers in raccmes, panicles or corymbose cymes on terminal peduncles or radical scapes.
A genus coinprisiiiK nearly the wliole Order, and entirely Australiaa, with the exceptioa of oiie species exteiidiiig iiito tropical Asia, and aiiother P^ast Indian specics not yet identified wilh certainty with any Austi-aliaii oiie. The iiiajority of the species forin a rosette or !>preadiiig tuft of radical leaves, froin the inidst of which springs the scape. Soiiietiines the foliowing year the ncw lcavcs and scape are close npon the old oncs, forining a dense, tufted stock, the bascs of the lcavcssoinctiinesassuiuing a bulbous appearance ; in others, one or two short steins are fornicd above the oid luft, caeh crowned by a new rosette and scape, aiid sonie- times several suecessive tufts of leaves, sejiaratcd by short steins or branchcs, inay bc observed ; thcse are tcrined proiiferous stcras or branches, and occasioualiy einit adveutitious roots from scveral of the lower tufts. In a few spccics the lcaves are all, or only the sniall upper oiies, in alinost rcgular wliorls ; and in a few others they are altcrnate or scattcrcd without forniiiig tufts. Thc intloresceiice iii ditlercnt sjjccics shows every gradation, froin the siniple racciiie or racetnc-iikc panicle to thc coryinb or to the dichotonious cyinc with scssile or jiediccllate tlowcrs in tlie forks. Thc prccise forin of the corolla, the diiection of its lobcs iii the cxj)andcd tlower, and the sinall scalcs or glandular appendages in the throat or at the base of thc labclhmi iiiay bc constant iii inany cases, and iiiight serve for good specific cha- racters; but these parts are so delicate that there is grcat uncertainty iu describing them from dried speciinens. Diffcrciit botanists have describcd them differently in the saine spccies, and I havc mysclf fouiid considcrable discrej)ancies in this respect iu diftcrcnt iiowers cven of the saiiic spcciincns ; the characters founded on thein nuist therefore iiot be absolutely relied on. The coloiir of the fiower is also said to be constant in soine species, and has bcen made use of as a specific character since the time of Brown ; but it appears to be variable iii other sjjceies, and in most cases it is either unknown, or only givcu in vague and ol"ten contradictory uotes of collcctors. It is only a botanist resident ou the spot that can coinpletc tlie spccitic characters in the above respects.
Sect. I. Tolypangium. — Capsnle glohtdar-ovoid, ohovoid or ohlong.
Seuies I. Squamosse. — Slock titfled, rareltj proliferous. Leaves radical, intermixed with lancevlate, scarious scales, v^hich are wanting in all the following sections. iScapes teajfess, except afew scattered bracts. — IVestern species.
Iiifloresceiice a loug raccine, simj)le or slightly branched at the base.
Leaves obovate or orbicular, not above 1 in. long. Scape
glabrous 1.5. carnosum.
Leaves liiiear or lanceolate, 4 in. to 1 ft. loiig. Scajjc hairy . 2. S. pilosum. Inllorescciice a loosc thyrsoid jjanicle. Lcavcs liiiear. Scapc haiiy.
Leaves usiially glabrous. Scapes (with thc inflorescencc) iniich
longcr thaii the leaves 3. S. reduplicatum.
Leaves pubcscent. Scapes but sh'ghtly excccdiug the Icaves . . 4. ^. scabriduin. Inflorescence short, coinpact and spikc-likc. Lcaves linear.
Sjjike oblong, hirsute as well as the scapc. Uracts sinall . . . 5. <?. hirsutum.
Sjjike contracfed iuto a depressed head. Bracts \ in. long with
scarious inargins &. S. crossocephahim .
(Iii a few of (hc Lineares and othcr series the bascs of the old lcavcs pcrsist on ihe stock in the form of scales, ahvays niiich shortcr and inore rigid than tlie true scales of the Stpi.amoscB^
Series II. Peltigerse. — Slock tufted or proliferous-branched. Leaves radicaJ. Flowers in a dense spike or cluster with numerous bracts produced beloio their insertion, the scapes otherwise leajless. — Western species.
Scapes erect and rush-like or long and twiniiig. Spike oblong.
Fiowers almost sessile .7. S.junceum.
StyHJinm.'] LXiii. STYLiDiE.ii. 3
Scapes 1 to 2 in. Flowers sessile in a terminal globular cliistor of
small, leaf-like bracts " 8. ^*?. gnUaiim.
Stock or stem proliferovis-branched and rooting at the tufts. ilowers pediceliate iu terminal, globular dusters of small, leaf-
like bracts 9. 5. repens.
Serif.s III. Iiineares. — Perennials with a tufled or shortly proJiferoiis stock or rarely annnals. Leaves radical, linear or rarely linear-Ianceolate. Scapes leafless except afeio scattered Iracts. Inflorescence racemose, panicnlate or corymhose.
Calyx-lobes united iu 2 lips. Inflorescencc nearly simple, long aud narrow. — Eastern specics. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 2 to 9 in. long. Fruit ovoid-
obloug • .... 10. 5. yraminifolium.
Lcaves linear-subulate, uuder 2 in. long. Fruit narrow-oblong.
Flowers small 11. iS'. lineare.
Calyx-lobcs all free. Inflorescence thyrsoid or racemose. Capsule ovoid or oblong. — Westcru specics. Leaves 2 to 6 in. iong. Scape hirsute. Inflorescenee thyrsoid . 12. S. elongatum. Leaves under 2 in. loug.
Leaves very narrow lincar, mucronate. Eaceme simple, loose,
glandular 13. S. spinulosum.
Leaves liuear but flat, obtuse or 7iiucronate-acute, densely
tufted. Kaceme loose, usually simple 14. S. ccespitosum.
Leaves linear or slightly cuneate, usually erect, obtuse or rather acute. Kaceme simple or uearly so. Stock often slightly elongated. Raceme nearly glabrous. Dowers purple or rarely yellow . 15. S. viulaceum. Raceme glandular-pubescent. Flowers usually yellow . . IG. S. luteum. Leaves densely tufted, linear or slightly cuneate, with a fine, usually hair-like poiut. Racemes mostly simple, slightiy glandular-pubescent . . 17- S. jiilifcrum. 1'anicle uarrow thyrsoid or rarely almost a simple raceme,
clothed with yellowish, glaudular hairs 18. S. ciliattcm.
Calyx-lobcs free. Intlorcscence corymbose-pauieulate. Capsule ovoid or oblong. — Eastern species. Perennial. Leaves in a deuse globular tuft, with 6ne, hair-like
poiuts. Capsule 2 to 2^ lines long 19. S. soholiferum.
Annual. Leaves linear-tiliform. Capsule 1 to I5 lines long . 20. .S'. Floodii. Calyx-lobes free. luflorescence corymbose-paniculate. Capsule
globular. AnnuaL Western species 21. S. dispermnm.
Series IV. Androsacese. — Small annuals, with radical rosulate leaves and feio- flnwered, leafless scapes, Lahellum long and ascending. Stigma stipitate belween the anthers (sessile in all other series). Capsule glohular. — Southern species.
Coroila-tube spurred 22. S. calcaratum.
Corolla without any spur 23. 5. perpusillum.
Series V. Spathulatse. — Ferennials loith a tufted or proliferous stock or rarely annuals. Leaves radical or terrninaI,from linear-spathulate to obovate. Scapes leafless except afew scattered bracts.
Tropical species. Leaves usually thin.
Stock thick and wooliy. Leaves pubescent, with a hair-like
point. Panicle iiarrow-thyrsoid 24. iS". eriorhizum.
Annuals or with a slender stem below the tcrminal tuft of leaves.
Eaceme long and simple 25. 5. dehile.
Panicle loose.
Scape with long, spreading, glandless hairs 20. S. florihundum.
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4 LXill. STYLIDIEJ^,. yStyliJium.
Scape glabrous or with short, glandahir hairs . . . . 27. 5. hptorhizitm. Western species. Pereunials with tirin leaves.
Leaves iincar-cuncate, thick and very obtuse. Panicle loosely
thvrsoid, glaudular-pubcscent • . 28. 5. assmnle.
Lcaves oblanceolate to obovate, spathulate, flat. Raeeme simple or ncarly so. Lcaves pubescent.
Stocli proliferous-branched. Leaves under i in. loug.
Scapes short, fcvv-flowered 29. 5. rupestre.
liCaves radical, \ to li. iu. long. Raccme long.
Leaves entire 30. 5. spathulatum.
Lcaves toothed 31. S. Barleei.
licavcs liirsute with long hairs. Raceme long 32. S. luteatum.
Leaves glabrous 33. 5. glaucum.
Seuies VI. Diversifoliae. — Perenniats withtufted or rosulate radical leaves. Scapes with 1, 2, 3, or 4 whorls of linear teaves, much smatter than the radicat ones. JFestern species.
Radical leaves spathulate, undcr 2 in. "Whorl-leaves very small aud few. Raceme simple or uearly so.
Leaves obscurely striate . . . . ' 34. -S. amcentim.
Leaves with mariied strise 35. 5. striatum.
Radical lcavcs obovate-orbicular, thick. Whorl-leaves subulate . 36. S. diversifotium. Radical ieaves narrow-spathulate, 2 to 4 in. Whorl-leaves narrow.
Pauicle compact, thyrsoid 37. 5. articutatum.
Radical Icaves lincar or oblanceolate.
Whoils scvcral 38. S. Brunonianum.
Whorls 1 or 2, very niinute 16. S. tiiteum.
Radical lcaves linear subulate. Whorl-leaves simihir but smaller . 39. S. ditiroides.
Seiues VII. Verticillatse. — Stems etongaled, simpte or Iranched. Leavesatt tinear iii distant whorts, without targer radicat ones. Western species.
Intlorescence glabrous or nearly so 40. S. srandens.
Intlorescence birsute, with spreading hairs 41. .S'. verticittatum.
Sekies VIII. Sparsifolise. — Undershritbs or shrubs, with tinear spreadiny teaves scattered atong the branches and not cottected in radical or terminal tnfts.
Western speeies. Branches covered with the aduate cartilagiuous
bases of the petioles 42. S. gtandutosum.
Easteru species. Petioles without aduate bases 43. 6'. taricifolium.
Series IX. Imbricatse. — Stems branching, stender but hard, covered with smalt im- bricate, atmost scate-ti/ce teaves, not cottected in radical or terminal tufts. JFestern species.
Leaves with scarious margins. Flowers few, sessile within the last
leaves. Bracts transparent. Corolla-tube short 44. 5. Preissii.
Leaves with scarious margins. Fiowers in a shoi t tcrmiual sessile
spike or raceme. Bracts ieaf-like. Corolla-tubc exscrted . . 45. S. imbricatum.
Lcaves withont scarious margins. Flowers few, in a pcdunculate
hei'd or short raceme. Bracts leaf-like. Corolla-tube short . 4G. S. adpressum.
Sect. II. Nitrang^ium. — Capsute tinear or very narroio-oblong.
Series X. Tenellse. — Stender annnats. Leaves smatt or thin, atternate or scattered, the tower ones sonielimes n-ore crowded but not dislincttij tufted or rosutate.
Leaves linear, ehicfly in the lower part of the stem. Bracts vcry smail. Capsule 2 to 4 lines long. Western species. Fiowers pedicellate.
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Corolla scarcely half as long again as the calyx-lobes. La-
bellum inappendiculate 47.-5. despectum.
Corolla twice as long as the calyx-iobes. Labellum appen-
diculate 48. S. utricutarioides.
Flovvers sessile. Corolla sraall 49. S. ivjgmmum.
Capsule ^ to 1 in. long.
Flowers pedicellate. Stems erect. Western species . . . 50. S. tongituhtim. Flowers sessile. Stems very slender or diffuse. Tropical species.
Capsule ^ in. long, not beaked 51. 5. diffusum.
Capsule f to 1 in. long, more or less distinctly beaked . . 52. S. fissitobum. Leaves scattered along the stem, contracted at the base, the lower ones not larger, the npper ones passing into the bracts. Tropical species.
f loral leaves or bracts opposite. Capsule sessile 53. S. atsinoides.
rioral leaves or bracts alternate. Capsule pedicellate . . . 54. S. tenerrimum.
Sf.kies XL Coryiubulosse. — Stender annuats or smatl perenniats. Leaves radicat, rosutate or tufted. Scapes rarety exceeding 6 in. Ftowers corymhose or sessite iu t/ie forlcs or atong the scape or its brancltes, or sotitary.
Leaves radical, very small, oblong-Iinear or spathulate, not forra- ing a bulb. Flowers corymbose. Capsule oblong-linear. Western species . 55. S. hracliypliyttum. Flowers 1 or 2. Capsule very narrovv-Iinear. Troincal species 56. S. caintlare. Leaves radical, not forming a bulb, the lamina thin, obovate-orbi- cular. Tropical species. Flowers in a loose, irregiJarly-eorymbose panicle. Capsule narrow-linear. Calyx-lips undivided, short and broad. Corolla-lobes nearly
equal h1. S. rotundifotium.
Calyx lower lip 3-partite. Corolla with 2 lobes much longer and bifid. Very slender, slishtly glandular. Flovvers white . . . 58. S. scliizanthum. Rather more rigid and glandular. riowers pink . . . 59. S. tobutiflorum. Flowers sessile along the scape or its branches. Capsule shortly
linear 60. S. utiyinosum.
Leaves radical, small, linear or spathulate, the dilated base of the petioles forming a little browu bulb. "Western speeies. Flowers in a smali rcguiar corymb. Capsule liuear .... 61. S. putchettum. Flowers in a loose, irregular corymb. Capsule oblong.
Scape without auy or very few seattered bracts below the in-
florescence 62. S. petiotare.
Scape with a whorl of minute bracts belovv theiuflorescence . 63. S. emarginatum. Leaves radical, linear, densely tufted, not bulbous, i to 2 iu. long. Western species. Flowers in a compact corymb, with the ceutral one sessile. Leaves not very narrow. Bracts oblong or ovate. Calyx-
lobes broad, very obtuse 64. S. corymhosum.
Leaves very uarrow. Bracts and calyx-Iobes linear . . . 65. <S. tepidnm. Flowers in a loose, divaricate, irregularly corymbose panicle . 66. S. streptocarpum.
Flowers solitary on each scape 67. 'S'. uniforum.
Stem shortly developed below the terniinal tuft of leaves and pe- duncles. Tropical species (except S. brachypliyttum).
Leaves linear-subulate. Peduncles 1-flowered 68. S. pedunculatum.
Leaves oblanceolate or spathulate. Stem thick and hard.
Flowers corymbose 69. 5. pachyrhisum.
Leaves petiolate, orbicular, membranous (J to 1 in.).
Flowers sessile along the branches of thc peduncles . . . 70. 5. muscicota.
6 Lxiii. STYLIDIE^. {Stylidlum.
Leavos vcry small, iianow. riowcrs pedicellate . . . . 55. 5. hraehyfhyllum. (See also 77. <S'. bulhifcrnm aiid 78. 5. hreviscapum, which have the iufloresceuce some- times almost corymbose, but a proliferous-brauched stock.)
Sekies XII. Thyrsiformes. — Pereimials with a tufted or inoUferous-hranched stock or stem, with radical ur terminal tufts of leaves. Floicers ia an. ohlong or elongated thyrsoid panide or raceme.
Stock hard, at length horizoutal. Leaves radical, elongated, thick, oblauceolate or spathulate. Scape 1 to 2 ft. high, glabrous at the base. lufloresceuce long
aud uarrow. Capsule 5 to 8 liues loug 11. S. crassifolium.
Scape 4 to 1 ft., glaudular-pubesceut or villous. lufloresceuce
thyrsoid. Capsule 9 to 10 liues loug 72. 5. pycnostachyum.
Stock tufted. Leaves iiuear.
Lcavcs ralhcr broaJ, with a very fine joint. lufloresccnce glan-
dular-pubcsceut. Capsule 4 to 6 liues long 73. S. jmbigerum.
Leaves uarrow-liuear, obtuse or shortly pointed.
luflorcscence uearly glabrous. Capsule 3 liues long . . . l^. S. canaliculatum. Inflorescence glaudular-pubesceut or villous. Capsule 4 to 6
lines 75. S. leptopkyllam.
Stock or stem proliferous-branched. Leaves narrow-linear.
luflorescence thyrsoid, many-flowered. Upperleaves 1 iu. long
or more 76. S. dichotomum.
lufloresceuce short, few-flowered or compact. Leaves under 4 iu. loug. Flowers few, loosely raccmose. Capsule long, lincar . . .77. 'S'. hulhiferum. Flowers in a compact cluster. Capsule lauceolate-linear . . 78. S. breviscapum. lufloresceuce uarrow-racemose. Brauches of the stem slender.
Leaf-tufts woolly at the base 79- <§. eglandulosum.
Sect. III. Rhynchangium. — Capsule lanceolate or linear, contracted into a slender beak. Perenniats. Leaves linear, scattered along the slem, the upper oaes usually forming a terminal tuft.
Both cells of the capsuie equal aud fertile 80. S. fasciculatum.
Uppcr celi of thc capsule scarcely half as broad as the more pcr- fect one. Capsule much falcate. Raceme usually simple. Raceme several inches loug. Beak of the capsule short . . .81. S.falcatum. Raccme sessile, scarcely exceeding the leaves. Beak of the
capsule long 82. 5. rhynchocarpum.
Upper cell of ihe capsule reduced to a filiform rib 83. S. adnatum.
(52. S.fissilobum, a slendcr auuual, with very small leaves, has also the linear capsiile more or lcss distiuctly bcaked.)
Sect. I. ToLYPANGiUM, Endl. — Capsule globiilar, ovoid, obovoid or oblong.
Seeies 1. Squamos.^. — Stock tufted, very rarely proliferous, tlie radical leaves intermixed witli lanceolate, scarious scales, ofteu enclosing the youug shoots, and which appcar to be aborlive petioles. Scapes leaflcss or with a few small, scattcred bracts.
1. S. carnosum, Benth. in Hiieg. Ennm. 71. Stock tufted, at length thick, but uot prolifcrous, with a few liucar-lanccohite, acumiualc, scarious scales botli outside and iuside ihe leaves. Leaves all radical, from obovate to narrow-hiuceolatc, obtuse, rather thick aud glabrous, from ^ in. to above 1 in. long, besidcs the loug pctiolc, which is more or lcss dilated aud
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scarious at tlie base. Scape 1 to 2 ft. lons;, glabrous below tlie inflorescence, with a very few sinall scale-like leaves or Ijraets, the upper half occupied by ihe slender, glaiulular-pubesceut racerae. Flowers small, on short pedicels or the lower ones 2 or 3 together on a short peduucle. Calyx about 2 liues long, the lobes free, lanceolate or linear, rather shorter than the tube. Corolla " whitish," the iipper lobes nearly 3 liues long, the throat with small glaudular appeudages, the labellum small, euding in a fine point, without appendages at the base. Capsule nearly globular, 1|- lines diameter. — DC. Prod. vii. 332; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 370; S. leptostachyum, Lindl. Swan Eiv. App. 28 ; Soud. 1. c.
TV. Australia. Kiiig George's Sound to Swan River, Hupgel, Dmmmond, \st CoU. n. 530 ; Preiss, u. 2233, 2234, Oldjield. Thc speoics has much of the aspect of 6". diver- sifolium, from which it differs in the presence of the searioiis scales on the stock, in the less bulbous appearance of the base of the leaves, aud in the small leaves ou the scape very fcw and uot collected in whorls.
2. S. pilosum, Lahill. Pl. Nov. IIoll. ii. 63. t. 213. Stock tufted, at length thick but not proliferous, with lanceolate, scarious scales, 1 to 2 in. loug, intermixed with the leaves. Leaves radical, broadly linear or lanceolate, acute, nearly flat, of a firm consisteuce and glabrous, from 4 or 5 in. to 1 ft. long, including the long petiole, which is not dilated at the base. Scapes leafless, except the bracts, 1 to 2 ft. long, more or less clothed with loug spreading hairs, intermixed in the inflorescence with short glauduLir ones, the upper moiety forming a long racerae, siinple or shorlly branched at the base. Flowers rather hTrge, all pedicelhite. Calyx about 3 hnes long ; lobes shorter than the tube, free. Corolla-lobes 3 to 4 lines long, the throat with clavate appendages ; labellum sraal), obtuse, with basal appendages. Capsule ovoid, glandular-villous, 4 to 6 liues long. — R. Br. Prod. 567 ; DC. Prod. vii. 332 ; Candollea pilosa, LabiU. in Ann. Mus. Par. A'i. 453. t. 63 ; S. longifolium, Kicb. in Pers. Syn. ii. 210; 8. piantaijineiim, Sond. in Pl. Preiss.'i. 371.
TV. Australia. Kiug George's Sound, Labillardiere, R. Brown, and others ; Preiss, n. 2298 ; Brummond, n. 79, 2nd Coll. n. 263, hth CoII. n. 350, also, perhaps, n. 351, in which the raceme is shorter, but it seems to belong to this rather thau to S. redujilicatim.
8. S, reduplicatum, M. Br. Prod. 568. Stock thick, rarely proliferous, with broadly Lauceohxte scarious scales roimd the leaves. Leaves all radicah linear, acutely acuininate, narrowed into a long petiole not dilated at the base, from rather broad and nearly flat to very narrow with revohite margins, glabrous or uiinutely glandular-pubescent, 3 or 4 in. to nearly 1 ft. loug. Scapes leafless, -g- to 1 ft. or rarely l^ ft. loug, with more or less of spread- ing hairs iutermixed on the inflorescence with ghiuduhir pubescence. Flowers o^ S.piiosum but usually larger, of a yellowish-white or pale piuk, iu a short loose raceme, sometimes reduced to 3 or 4 flowers, the lower ones on loug pedicels, soraetimes numerous iu a shortly pyramidal or ahnost corymbose panicle. Calyx of S. pilosum. Corolla-Iobes more unecpTal, the 2 larger ones from 6 to 9 liiies long, connate to the niiddle. Capsule ovoid, usuallv much sraaller than in S. pilosum (2 to 3 lines loug). — DC. Prod. vii. 332 ; S. schoenoides, DC. Prod. vii. 782; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 372; S. het)egy- num, DC. Prod. vii. 782 ; S. caricifolimn, Lindl. Swan liiv. App. 28 ; Sond.
8 LXlll. STYLIDIE.K. \_StyUdiuin.
1. c. 372: S. pilosim, Sond. 1. c. 371 ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 184.2, t. 41, not of Labill. ; -S". qffine, Sond. 1. c. 371 ; S. Drummondii, Grah. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. xxx. 208, and in Maund. Botanist, v. t. 213.
W. Australia. Frora King George's Sound to Swan River, Baxter, CoUie, Oldfield, Preiss, >i. •2i'i\, i2'i2, Drummo)id, n. 7, 525, 526, 2«rf Coll. n. 276; and eastward to Luciiy Bay, R. Broicn ; aud Cape Le Graud and Cape Arid, Maj-weII.—']^\\<i Swan River speciniens are usually larger, and have ofteu broader and liatter leaves ; tliose froni the eastern drier parts o'f the area are usually smaller, with narrower, raore revolute, ahnost terele leavcs, and fewer larger flowers, but cxceptious are fouud to both. lu some easteru specimens there is a tendeucy to prolification of the stock. Some of ihe smaller spccimeus, when rcduced to very few flowers, have almost the aspect of S. hirsutum, but with mucli larger flowers.
4. S. scabridum, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 28. Yery closely allied to thc pnbesccnl foriiis of -S'. reduplicatum., and perhaps a variety of tliat species. It is a smaller phint, the leaves rarely above 3 iu. long^, with shorter points aiid always pubescent ; the scape soinetimes not exceeding the leaves, rarely twice as long, with a loosely coiymbose paiiicle, the pedicels and calyxes often verj' hirsute, the bracts and calyx-lobes narrow-linear or subulate ; the flowers smallcr thaii in S. reduplicatum, and the capsule shorter. — Soiid. in Pi. Preiss. i. 372 ; S. laxifiorum, DC. Prod. vii. 7S2 ; -S^. leptocalyx, Sond. iu Pl. Preiss. i. 373.
W. Australia. Swan Rivcr, Brummond, \st Coll. n. 532, 533 ; rriucess Royal Harbour, Preiss, n. 22S9 {Soiider) ; also Bnanmond, n. 402.
5. S. hirsutum, li. Br. Prod. 568. Stock tufted, not so thick as in S. reduplicatuta, with narrow-lanceolate, scarious scales amongst the leavcs. Leaves narrow-lincar, acutely acuminate, sometimes all under 2 in., some- times 6 to 8 in. long, ghibrous or glandular-pubescent. Soapes 6 in. to above 1 ft. high, leafless, with spreading hairs often interiuixed on the inflo- rescence with glandidar pubescence. Plowers nearly sessile, formiug a dense, oblong, spike-like raceme, rarely above 1 in. long aiid very hairy. Calyx about 3^ lines long, tlie lobes free or the 2 lower broader ones united at the base. Corolla pink or red, the larger lobes nearly equal, tlie throat appen- dages conspicuous ; labellura lanceolate, witli crisped margins and short appendages or sometimes none. Capsule ovoid, from 3 to 4 lines long. — DC. Prod. vii. 332; Sond. in Pl. Preiss". i. 372 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3194.
\ir. Australia. King Georgc's Sound aud adjoining districts, R. Brown and olhers, Brifmmond, n. 113, Zrd CoII. n. 166, 5//< Coll. 353 (or 339 ?), Preiss, n. 2294 ; also Swan Rivcr, Drummond, \st CoII.
6. S. crossocephalum, F. Muell. Fragm.. vi. 5. Stock ttiftod, with a fcw long lanceohite scalos intermixed with the leavos, oither entirely scarious or with a leaf-Iike centre. Leaves radical, narrow-linear, aoute or alniost obtuse, scabrous-pubescent like those of S. scabridum, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 in. long. Scapes siraple and leafless, quite glabrous, longor than the leaves. Flowors sossile, in a short, dense, depressed head, surrounded by lanceolate- acurainate bracts, about ^ in. long, very fine-pointed, with rather broad, scarious, slightly-ciliate margins. Flowers only seen in bud, and then not so long as the bracts. Calyx-lobes linear, acuminate, with scarious margins, the 2 lower ones united to the middle, the others free. Corolla with broad
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appcndages to thc tliroat opposite the larger lobes, and very small ones opposite to tlie smaller lobes ; labellum linear-lanceolate, with a few glan- duiar hairs. Ovary 1-celled, with several ovules on a short, basal placenta. W. Australia, Drummond.
Series 2. Pelttger^. — Stock tufted or proliferous-branched. Leaves radical, linear. Plowers in dense spikes or clusters, the bracts numerous, and more or less produced below their insertion into a short spur or appendage.
7. S. junceum, R. Br. Frod. 569. Quite glabrous or with a very iaw glanduh\r hairs on the ovary. Stock at length thick and ahnost woody. Leaves radical, linear, acute, 1 to l^ in. long, soinetimes all Avithered away at the time of flowering. Stem or seape erect and rush-like, and i to |^ it. higli, or more or less tlexuose or twining, and then lengtliening to 2 or 3 ft, or more, leafless except tlie bracts. Flowers small, nearly sessile in a sliort, dense, spike-like raceme. Bracts lanceolate, aeute, with scarious margins, produccd at the base below their insertion, imbricate before flowering. Calyx- lobes narrow and very acute, all free. Corolki white, pink or pale yellow, with small, glandular appendages to the throat, the labellum lanceolate, without appendages. Capsule ovoid, the calyx-lobes more deciduous than in most species, and with a prominent rib on each side at the suture of the valves. — DC. Prod. vii. 334;; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 377 ; 'S'. scariosnm, DC. Prod. vii. 783.
TV. Australia. Tn very wet places cominon from King George's Sound to Swan River, R. Brown, Huegel, aiid others, Drumtnond, \st Coll. n. 539, 'ird Coll. n. 179, aho 26, 41, 132, and in. some sets 171, Preiss, n. 2264. To the eastward, near Lake Leven, Maxwell, these speciiiiens more elongated and twiuing, with rather larger fiowers thau aiiy others, although some of Drummoud's are nearly as much so.
8. S. guttatum, R. Br. Prod. 571. Quite glabrous, except a few glandular hairs on the inflorescence. Stock tufted or very shortly proli- ferous. Leaves all radical, narrow-linear, acute or obtuse, |- to 1 in. long. Scape \\ to 2 in. long, leafless below the inflorescence, bearing a cluster or head of sessile flowers surrounded by and intermixed with numerous oblong- linear, leaf-Iike bracts, which are shorter than the calyx-tube, and shortly produced at the base below their insertion. Calyx about 2^ lines long, the lobes free, rather acute, as long as the tube. Corolla wdtli appendages to thc throat and to tlie very narrow, acute labellum. Capsule narrow-obloiig, contracted at the top, about 2 lines long, but not seen quite ripe, and tlieu perhaps broader. — I)C. Prod. vii. 336 ; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 387 ; S. an- drosaceiim, DC. Prod. 783.
W. Australia. From King George's Sound, R. Brown and others, to Vasse river, Preiss, n. 2243, and Swan Rivcr, JDrummond, \sl Coll. n. 540, also n. 33 and 40, and eastward to Cape Arid, Maxwell.
9. S. repens, 72. Br. Prod. 571. Quite glabrous. Stock forming very slender prohferous branches, and oiten rooting at the tufts. Leaves at th.e base and ends of the branches densely tufted, linear, acute, under ^ in. long, with a few also scattered along the branches, the floral ones or ncarly all
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10
shortly produced at tlie base below their insertion, and often with scarious niaroiiis. Flowors small, intermixed with the leaves or bracts of the ter- uiiual tufts, on slender pedicels of 2 to 4 lines. Calyx-lobes free, very acute. Corolla red or wliite, with appeuda^es to the labellum aud not to the throat iu tlie specimeus examined, but just tlie contrary as observed by Brown. Capsule narrow ovate, 1 line loug.— 13C. Prod. vii. 336 ; S. radicuns, Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 3S1.
W. Australia. King Gcorge's Sound, R. Brown and others, to Swan lliver, Preiss, n. 22'jy, 23U0, also Drummond, 2iid Coll. n. 212, 273, Srd Coll. n. 171.
Skries 3. LiNEARES. — Leaves liuoar or rarely linear-Ianceolate, all radical or in a tuft at tiie end of a short, proliferous stem, without inter- mixture of scarious scales. Scape leatlcss, exccpt the small braets of the iiitiorescence, and sometiraes a very few, small, bract-like leaves scattered beiow the iutiorescence.
10. S. graminifolium, Swartz ; DC. Prod. vii. 333. Glabrous or nearly so, except the glanduhu--pubescent inflorescence. Stock tufted or shortiy proliferous, rarely lengtheuiug to 4 or 5 in. Leaves linear, rather rigid, acute or obtuse, nearly flat, varying much in breadtli, the margins entire or with miuute, cartihiginous deuticulations, dilated and niore or less scarious at the base, sometimes not exceeding 2 in., iu luxuriant speciraens 6 to 9 in. loug. Scapes from ^ to l^ ft., the upper i to ^ occupied by a narrow, simple raceme or iuterrupted spike. Bracts small. Flowers nearly sessile or sliortly pedicellate. Calyx 3 or 4 liues long, the lobes broad and obtuse, uuited nearly to the top into two lips. Corolla-lobes nearly equal, the labellum rather long, obtuse, the appcndages variable. Capsule ovoid- oblong, i to nearly \ in. long.— II. Br. Brod. 508 ; Labill. PI. Nov. Holl. ii. 65. t. 215; Ilook. f. Fh Tasm. i. 235 ; Bot. Eeg. t. 90; Bot. Mag. t. 1918; Candollm serndatn, Labill. in Anu. Mus. Par. vi. 454. t. 64 ; Sli/lidiam serridatiiin, Rich. in Pcrs. Syn. ii. 210 ; Fentenatia major, Sm. Exot. Bot. ii. 13. t. 66; S. canaUculatiim, Poir. Dict. Suppl. v. 412.
Queensland. Moretoii Bay, A. Cunningham.
N. S. 'Wales. CoMunonin grassy lands Port Jackson to tlie l?lue Mouutains, R. Brown, Sii'f/i'r, n. 2'i'i, and otliers ; northward to Ilastiiigs and Clarence rivers, Beckler ; New Eniiland, C. Sluarf ; and southward to Illawarra and Twofold Bay, A. Cunninyham.
Victoria. Froni Port Philiii) to tlie Australian Alps, /''. Muefler and others ; Portlaud, Affiff ; Giriiclg rivcr, Ruberfson; Wimnicra, Daffacliy.
Tasmania. Very abundant throughout tlic colony, from the lcvel of the sca to an elevation of 1000 ft.,V. D. Uooker.
S. Australia. Port Adclaide, ^/a«6?(;a'.s/i-_y ; foot of Mount Barker, Whiffaker ; Loft.y Range, /''. Muetfcr.
S. armeria, Labill. PI. Nov. Holl. ii. 66. t. 216 ; DC. Prod. vii. 333 ; Lem. Jard. Fleur. iii. t. 280 ; Candoffea armeria, Labill. in Anu. oMu.s. Par. vi. 455, is the same plant with rather broader leaves. /S. mefasfachys, R. Br. Piod. 568 ; 1)C. I. c. 333, scparated at first 011 aeeount of thc leaves being almost entircly witlioiit the minute deuticulations, is uot dis- tinguisliable even as a variety, the leavcs varying iu tliis respect on the same specimen.
6'. umfjeffatum, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. ii." 06. t. 217; UC. Prod. vii. 332; Candotlea nmbettala, Labill. in Anu. ^Ius. Par. vi. 450 ; S. poti/stachi/um, Kich. iii Pers. Syn. ii. 210, is probably, as suggcsted in Ilook. f. FI. Tasin. i. 235, au accideutal monstrosity of S. yraminifolium.
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11. S. lineare, Sicart: ; DC. Prod. vii. 333. Glabrous, except the in- florescence, like S. graminifolUun , iuid resembles that species iii its linear leaves, dilated towards the base, racemose infloresceuce aud uudivided calyx- lips, but it is a siualler species, the leaves very uarrow, acute, usually iucurved, uot exceeding 2 in. aud often much shorter. Scapes sleuder, the raceme 2 to 4 in. long, and much looser than in S. (jraminifoVunn. Flowers smaller, on pedicels of 1 to 2 linos, the calyx-tube linear, and the ripe cap- sule much narrower thau in that species. — E. Br. Prod. 5GS; Ventenatia minor, Sm. Exot. Bot. ii. 15. t. 67 ; 'S'. planifoUiim, Poir. Dict. Suppl. v. 412.
N. S. ^Vales. Marshes about Port Jackson, R. Broicn and others ; Blue Mountains, A. Cmningham. F. Mueller proposes to uuite this with S. qraminifotium.
If the calyx-lips-of S. setaceum, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. ii."65 ; DC. l.c. 333; CundoUea setacea, Labill. in Auu. Mus. Par. vi. 455, from the Terre Van Leeuwin, are really uudi- vided as described, they would indicate a species allied to S. lineare ; iu other respects his description answers to 5. sjnnulosum.
12. S. elongatum, Bmth. Stock tufted, the broad bases of the old leaves giving- it at leugth a bulbous aspect. Leaves all radical, linear, acute or nearly so, flaccid, 4 to 8 in. long, usually glabrous. Scape rarely twice as loug as the leaves, hirsute, with spreading hairs interuiixed on the inflores- cence with glandular pubesceuce. Panicle long and narrow, but many- flowered, ahnost all the peduncles 3- to 7-flowered. Calyx-lobes free. Corolla without any appendages to the throat, but loug ones to the labellum. Capsule ovate.
^V. Australia, Brummond ; Champion Bay, Oldjield. Dmmmond^s 'kth CoU. n. 170, appears to be the same species, but with a shorter, looser pauicle, almost like that of S. assimile. lu the ripe capsule there are usually ouly 1 or 2 perfect seeds in each cell.
13. S, spinulosum, U. Br. Prod. 569. Stock tufted or shortly proli- ferous, more slender thau iu S.ccespitosum. Leaves very narrow-linear, uuicro- uate, bordered by miuute, cartilaginous serratures or short luiirs, mostly uiKler 1 in. long. Scapes about 4 to 8 in. high, sprinkled with a few glanduhar hairs from tlie base. Eacemes usually simple, loose, ghmdular-pubescent or sometimes ahnost villous, resembling those of S. ccespitosum. Plowers white, with red streaks outside like those of S. ccespitosum, but the appendages of the throat of the coroUa promiuent, and noue on the htbellum according to Brown ; these characters, however, may not be constant. Capsule rather narrower than in S. ccespitosum. — DC. Prod. vii. 333 ; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 373.
TV. Australia. Kiii'.; Gcor!;e's Sound and adjoining dishicts, li. Broicn, Baxler, Preiss, n. 2279, Drummond, Srd^CoU. n. 176, F. MueUer.
S. aciculare, Sond. iu Pl. Preiss. i. 373, from D'Urville's collection, which I have not seeu, appeai-s from the character givea to be the same species. The character given of S. setaceum, Labiil, above quoted, appears also to answer to that of S. spinulosum, except that the calyx-lips are said to be undivided as in S. graminifolium.
14. S. caespitosum, P. Br. Prod. 569. Glabrous, exccpt a ^itw glau- didar hairs ou the calyx aud sometimes on the pedicels, more rarely on the foliage. Stock tufted, scarcely proliferous. Leaves uarrow-linear, obtuse, acute or with a short point, which is fluc but uot hair-like as iu S.piUferum, mostly
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1 to H ii^- long, more crowded and spreading than in ^S'. violaceum, broader and flatter than' in S. spinulosum. Scapes slender, 6 in. to nearly 1 ft. high, tlie racenie loose, mostly simple, biit the pedicels bracteate at or above the iiii(hlle, and soinetimes 2- or 3-flowered. Flowers sinall. Calyx-lobes free, obtnse. Corolla " yellow or nearly white," tlie labclluni with appcndages, thc throat usnallv without. Capsule ovoid, in the ordinary form 3 lines long. — 1)C. Prod. vii.' 333 ; Sond. in Pl. Prciss. i. 373.
W. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoininfi districts, R. Broicn, A. Cioinhig- ham, aiul othcrs, Preiss, n. 2275 ; Dnmmond, n. 46, 49, 126, 132, ^rd ColL n. 168.
Var. ? subbulhosum. Stock lliicker, almost l)iilbous froni the persistent bases of old lcaves. Lcaves usually ciliate, with a fcw long plaudular hairs. Kaceme more stout. Capsule ovoid-oblong,"3 liues long. Swan Rivcr, Drummond, \st CoU. aud Zrd CoU. n. 172. S. squameUosum, DC. Prod. vii. 782, Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 377, is probably this variety.
Thi"s and the two foUowing species, which may be really very distinct and readily recog- nized in the frcsh state by the colour and form of the corolla, are very dilScult to charac- terize froin dried specimens.
15. S. violaceum, R. Br. Prod. 569. Quite ghabrous or with a fcw ghuiduUir hairs on the calyx. and pcdiccls. Stock simple or tufted, but more slcnder thaii in S. ccEspitosum, and sonietimes proliferous or slightly elongatcd below the terminal tuft. Leaves narrow-lincar, obtuse or rather acutc, but without fine points, erect or slightly spreading, 1 to 2 in. long. Scapc often above 1 ft. long, wdth or rarely without small, scattered, bract-like leavcs. Raccme loose, 2 to 6 in. long, simple or compound, the peduncles bcaring above the middle a small bract, aud sometimes 2 or 3 pedicellate flowers. Flowers small, violet-purple or rarely " variegated or yellow " (Preiss). Clalyx-lobes free, as long as the tube. Corolla with small appendages tothe throat, but none to the labellum. Capsule small, ovoid-globular. — DC. Prod. vii. 334 ; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 377 ; Bauer, lllustr. t. 5.
TV. Australia. King George's Souud and adjoining districts, B. Broivn and mnuy othcrs, Drummond, 'ird CoU. n. 173, 174, 175, and Huppl. n. 79, 81, 82. It is possible that the spcciiuens said to have variegated flowers may be hybrids.
16. S. luteum, 7?. Pr. Prod. 5 70. Very near S. rio/rtfmn??, with ncarly the sami; habit aiid foliage, but rather more slender, and the inflorcscence and sometimes also the base of the scapes aiid folinge inore or less glandular- piibcsccnt ; thc ininute leaves on the scape sometimes but not ahvays col- lcctcd into 1 or 2 miiiute whorls, thus coniiecting this series with the next, the flowers yellow and sometimes rather largcr than iii S. violaceum, thecap- sule also larger and glandular-villous. — DC. Prod. vii. 334.
TV. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, M^Lean, Drummond, n. 112, F. M/"'Uer. Whcn the minute whorled leaves ou thc scape are prcscut, this species may bc distinguishcd froni S. nmwnum by the narrow leavcs, from 8. Brunonianum by the minntc- ncss of thc whorl. It will, howevcr, proliably prove to bc not specifically distinct froin S. violaceum, aiid possibly thc largcr-fruitcd spccimeus which 1 have hcre incliidcd, may bc rather rclcrable to S. ecFspitosnm, but the limits of this species can only bc dctermincd by the examiuation of frcsh flowers.
17. S. piliferum, R. Br. Prod. 569. Glabrous or with shnrt glandu- lar hnirs on the inflorcscence, and somctimes on the margins of the lcavcs. Stock tiifted, not proliferous. Lcavcs all radical in a dcnse tuft, which is
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almost globular vvlien tliey are small, linear or narrovvly linear-spatliulate, cnding in a fine often long- aud hair-like point, about ^ in. long in tlie smaller specimens, l^ in the luxuriaut forras. Scape from 3 or 4 in. to above 1 ft. high, the upper portion occupied by a loose, simple or slightly-branclied raceme, the peduncles always beariug 1 or 2 bracts. Calyx-lobes free. CoroUa variable in size, yellowish or according to others vvhite tiuged with purple or pink, with appendages to the labellum but none to the throat. Capsule obovoid, about 2 lines long. — DC. Prod. vii. 333 ; S. /jicolor, Lindl, Swau Riv. App. 28, Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 374.
W. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, Baxler, A. Ciinninghain ; Stirliug raii,i;-u and U])per Kalgan, F. Maeller ; Svvau River, Brummoncl, \st Coll. n. 545 in sonie coUuctions, 54ti iii others, Preiss, n. 2276. DrummoiuVs athColl. Suppl. n. 97 is a rather broader-leaved form, which we have also from Swan River, Collie, aud Brummond^s 2nd Co/t. n. 277, has a morc brauchiug raceme, like that of S. citiatum, but uearly glabrous.
18. S. ciliatum, Lindl. Swaii Riv. App. 28. Resembles S. piHferum, and perhaps a variety distinguished by the longer and more copious yellowish glaudular hairs vvhich clothe the inflorescence and soraetimes also the base of the scape aud foliage. Stock tufted. Leaves iinear, 1 to l^ in. long, ter- miuating iu a liair-like poiut. Scape 6 in. to 1 ft. high. Panicle or racerae from shortly pyramidal to narrow and 3 or 4 in. long, the peduncles mostly brauched, but uot really corymbose as in S. soboUferum. Calyx-lobes free. CoroUa more or less yellow (or sometiraes vvhite or piuk?), variable iu size, the appendages of the throat aud labellura small or wanting. Capsule ob- ovoid, turbinate, 2 to 2^ lines loug. — Bot. Mag. t. 3883, Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 374; -S'. saxifragoides,ljm(\\. Swau Riv. App. 28, Bot. Mag. t. 4529, (copied iu Lem. Jard. Fleur. t. 34), Soud. l.c. 374 (with rather broader leaves) ; S. hispidum, Lindl. I. c. 29, Sond. 1. c. 375 ; S. setigerum, DC. Prod. vii. 782.
Vl^. Australia. Swan River, Drnmrnond, Ist Co/t. n. 544 iu sonie collectious, 545 iu others ; Freiss, n. 2269, 2277. Tone and Murcbison rivers, 0/dJie/d, Mougerup aud eastward to Cape Le Graud, 3Ia.vwe//. There seenis at first sight cousiderable differeuce between the two forras figured in the ' Botanical Magazine,' but there are too mauy inter- mediates to admit them as distiuet varieties, aud, probably, the whole must be reduced to S. ju/iferum. The S. pubigerum much resembles this species, but may be rendily knowu by the liuear ovary and capsule.
19. S. soboliferum, F. Muell. in Hook. Kew Journ. viii. 162, and in Trans. Vict. lust. 131. Stock small, densely tufted. Leaves all radical, forming au almost globular tuft, linear or uarrow linear-cuneate, rarely ^ in. long, endiug iu a long, hair-like poiut, glabrous. Scapes slender, leatless, 3 to 6 in. loug, glabrous at the base or vvith a fevv glandular hairs. Flowers all pedicellate, in a loose, almost dichotomous, glaudulnr-pubesceut corymb, reduced sometimes to 3 or 4 flowers. Calyx 1|- lines loug ; the lobes free, obtuse, as long as tlie tube. Corolla " pale piuk or white," the throat naked or with very small stipitate glauds ; labellura obtuse, with small appeudages. Capsule ovoid, 2 to 2| lines long.
Victoria. Sandy, stouy deelivities of the Grampians, Serra, aud Victoria ranges, F. Mne//er aud others. The foliage is that of the small specimens of S. pi/iferum, but the iutloresceuce differeut.
20. S. Floodii, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 149. A sleuder aunual, some-
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t.imrs sliortly prolifcrrous at tlie basc. Leavcs all radical or in a second tuft at the end of tlie short stem, very narrow-linear, alraost filiforra, obtuse or acute, l^ to 1 in. long, jijlabrous or sprinkled with a few liairs. Scapes or peihinclcs nsually several, leafless, slench-r, 3 to 6 in. high, nsually sprinklcd with a fcw hairs at the base, the inflorescence jclanduhir-pubescent. Flowers vcry small, in loose, more or less corymbose paniclcs, all pedicelhite. Calyx a little more than 1 line long, the lobes short and obtuse, free or tlie 2 lower ones united. Corolla " piuk," the tube longer than the calyx-lobes, the lobes unccpial, the throat Avith or without smail appendagcs, the labellum without aiiy. Capsule ovoid, 1 to 1|- lines long.
N. Australia. Gravelly banks of tlie Upper Vicloria and Roper rivers, F. Mueller. Queensland. Soiirccs of Cape river, Bowmayi.
21. S. dispermum, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 93. Stock thick, crowncd by a sort of l)ull) foruied l)y the bases of old leaves. Leaves all radical, linear, mncronate, rather rigid, 1 to 2 in. long, glabrous and smooth or with sca- brous margins. Seapes glanduhu"-pnbescent, 4 to 6 in. high, leafless except tlie bracts. branching from near the base into a broad, alraost corymbose, glaiidular-pnbescent or villous panicle. Flowers shortly pedicellate, very small and numerous. Calyx-lobes free, as long as the tube. Corolla with
2 prominent, fiinged, glandular appcndages, which appear to be oneaeh side of tlie labellum (in the throat, F. Mueller). Capsule globular, about 1 line diameter. Ovules 6 to 8 in each cell of the ovary, crowded near the top of tlie dissepimeiit, but only 1 or 2 in each cell come to maturity.
V/. Australia. iMoist, gravclly plaees, Murchison river, Oldfield.
Series 4. AxDiiosACEJE. Slendcr annuals, with small, rosulate, radical leaves, and few-flowered, loosely-corymbose panicles. Labellum long, ascending. Stigma stipitate betweeu the anthers. Capsule globular.
22. S. calcaratum, R. Br. Prod. 570. A slender annnal, sprinkled with glandular hairs, especially on the inflorescence. Leaves all radical, rosnlate, ovate or orbicular, 1 to 3 lines long, on short, slender petioles. Scape usuully 3 to 4 in. high, bnt sometimes not 1 in., simple and 1-ilowered or raore frequently branched at the top into a very loose, irregular corymb of 5 to 9 pink flowers, with small bracts under and sometimes on the branehes or long pedicels. Calyx-tube almost globnlar, about 1 line long, the lobes as long, free, oblong, obtnse. CoroIIa-tube very short, produced 011 the side opposite the labellum iuto a slightly incurved spur, usually nearly as long as the calyx-lobes, soinetiraes longer than them or very short and rcduced to a small protuberance. Corolla-lobes uearly ecjual or 2 rather shortcr ; tlie labellum scarcely shorter, narrow, coucave, ascending, more or less denticulate at the cnd or rarely quite entire, and no appendages to the throat. Stigma bearded and stipitate bctween tlie anthers. Capsule ncarly globular. — DC. 1'rod. vii. 335 ; Bauer, lllustr. t. 15 ; S.androsncenm, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 29 ; -S'. Liudleijaniim, Sond. iii Pl. Preiss. i. 390.
Victoria. Graiiipians, F. Mueller.
S. Australia. Ncar Echnnga, F. Miieller.
W. Australia. King George's Sound aiul adjuining dislricts, F. Brown, Oldfield, F. ]\fnellcr, and olhers, to Swan River ; Drummond, ist Coll. n. 511, 512, 513, 571, ^nd Coll. n. 279, 280 ; Preiss, n. 2245.
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23. S. perpusillum, IIou^: f. hi Ilook. Z,ond. Jonrn. vi. 266, and Fl. Tasm. i. 235. A sleiuler aiimial of 1 to 2 in., spriiikled witli glaiidular liairs, olosely resembling the smaller fornis of S. calcaratinn, but witliout any spur or protuberance to the tube of the corolLT. Leaves rosulate, linear-spathuhite or obovate, rarely above 1 line long. Flowers small, few, iu a loose corynib or solitary. Calyx and capsule of S. calcaratnm and corolh» also the same, except the absence of the spur. Stigma bearded and stipitate. — S. permbiiitum, F. MucU. Fragm. vi. 78.
Victoria, Scrra Ranges aiid Mount M'Ivor, F. Mueller ; near Portluni], AlUlt. Tasmania. Wet, saiuly soil, Georgetown, Giani.
W. Australia. Salt lake, jMiddle Island, Maxwell ; sandy swanips and wet rocks between King George's Sound and Mouut Perongerup, F. Mueller.
Sekies 5. Spathulata;. Tufted or proliferDus perennials or annuals, Leaves all radical or in terminal tufts, froin linear-spathuhite to obovate, Stigma concealed between the anthers. Capsule ovoid or obloug.
2-i. S. eriorhizum, R. Br. Prod. 569. Stock tufted, the base of the leaves wheu old enveloped in a short, dense wool. Leaves all radical, from obovate to narrow-spathulate, from 1 to 2 or rarely iiear 3 in. long, rounded at the end, but with a fine, sometiraes hair-like point, edged with a short, woolly pubescence, otherwise ghabrous or spriukled with a few short glandu- lar hairs. Scapes ghindular-pubescent, 4 to 8 in. high, the greater part occupied by a loose but narrow panicle. Calyx-lobes cohering at the base into 2 lips. Corolla small, " piuk or nearly whitc ;" the hibellum convex with verv short appeudages, the throat without any. Capsule narrow-ovoid. — DC. Prod. vii. 334-; F. Muell. Fragm. i. 147.'
Queensland. Shoalwater Bay, 7?. Brown ; Suttor river, F. Mueller; Eockingliam Eay, Dallachij ; Broad Souud, Couuor aud Isaacs rivers, Bowman ; Dogwood Creek, Leich- hardt.
25. S. debile, -F. JSIncU. Tragm. \. 149. Glabrous or with a very slight glandular pubescence on the iuflorescence, and apparently anniial or perhaps with a very slender rootstock. Stems sleuder, often 4 or 5 in. long, bearing a few leaves below the terminal tuft or rosette. Leaves obovate oblanceolate or spathulate, mucronate-acute, -g- to 1 in. long, including the petiole, usually thin. Scape filiform, from a few in. to 1-^ ft. long, the greater part occupied by a slender raceme, cpiite simple, or the Icwer peduncles rarely 2-flowered, tlie pedicels all short, with 1 or 2 bracts. Calyx-lobes short aud veiy obtuse, the 2 lower ones often united. Corolla-lobes unequal, undivided, without appendages to the throat but witli sraall ones to the labellura. Capsule narrow-oblong, about 4 lines long.
Queensland. Brisbane river, Moretou Bay, F. Mueller ; Port Curtis, M'GUru-ray. N. S. "Wales. Hastings y\\cv, Beckler ; Kichnioud riv cr, Fawcett ; New Englaud, C. Stiiart.
The species has very nnich the aspect of a Lobelia.
20. S. floribundum, R. Br. Prod. 569. Apparently annual. Leaves radical, rosulate, petiolate, oblong oblanceohite or spathulate, acute or obtuse, i to \\ in. loiig, thin and glabrous. Scape filiform, i to 1 ft. long, clothed with long spreading glandless bairs, nearly siniple or paniculately branched ;
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leafless except llie minute braets. Flovvers sraall, on slender pedicels. Calyx scarcely 2 liiies long, the lobes free, narrow and very small. CoroUa scarccly twicc as loiig as the calyx-lobes ; the labellum with 2 small appenchiges, but nonc to the throat. Capsule oblong-clavate, 2 lines loiig. — DC. Prod. vii. 33i; F. Mucll. Fragm. i. 148.
N. Australia. Islaiuls of the Giilf of Car|)cntaria, E. Broicn ; moist, shady placcs at the sourccs of Wcntworlh river, aud ncar M'Adam range, F. Mueller.
27. S, leptorhizum, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 148. Apparently annual, but the shMuler stem sometimes 1 to 3 in. long, bearing a few leaves below the termiual tuft or rosette, quite glabrous as well as the leaves, or sprinkled with a few sliort gLanduLnr hairs. Leaves rosuhite, from oblanceohite to ob- ovate or spathulate, obtuse or mucronate-acute, tliin and membranous, often abnost glaucous, ^ to 1 or rarely 2 in. long, including the petiole. Scape sh'uder, lcaHess, except the minute bracts, from 2 or 3 iu. to l^ ft. long, ghibrous or ghmduhu- hairy. Flowers small, in a slender, very loosely- l)rauched pauicle or raceme along its branches, with or without one iu the fork, all on rather long slender pedicels without bracteoles. Calyx-lobes free, narrow aud suiall. Corolhi-lobes uuequal (the 2 uppermost more uuited ?), the hibelluin witii 2 appendages, but none to the throat, or, according to F. ]\[ueller, the appendages to the throat aud not to the labelium. Capsule ob- loiig-clavate, 2 lines long. — S. semipartitum, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 147.
N. Australia. Grevillc's Island, Regent river, N. Coast, A. CunmiKjliam (in Ilcrb. Tv. lir.) ; dry pa3tures on the Victoria rivcr aud betwecn M'Adam llange and Providence Hill, F. Mneller ; Port Essiugton, Armstrony. The glandular hairs ou the staminal coluinn mentioned by F. Mueller appear to be very inconstant, somctiines rather copious, sometimes very few or noue.
Var. pilosum. Leaves, scapes and inflorescence glandular-hairy. — Van Dicmen's Gulf, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningliam.
28. S. assimile, R. Br. Proil. 569. Gkbrous, except the ghuidular pubesceut intlorcbceuce. Stock tufted, rather thick. Leaves all radical, oblong-spathulate to ahnost linear, very obluse, thick and turning black when dry, ofteu glaucous underiieath. Scapes solilary or several together, from 3 or 4 in. to nearly 1 ft. high, divided from below the middle into a loose, pyramidal panicle. Flowers sinall. Calyx-Iobes free. Corolla " with appendages to the labellum but noue to the throat." Capsule ovoid, rather nanow.— DC. Prod. vii. 333 ; Soud. in PI. Preiss. i. 377.
V^. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoining districts, R. Broicn and others, Drummond, hth Coll. n. 346 and Suppl. n. 80, Freiss, n. 2272 ; Fitzgerald Kanges, Espe- rance Bay, and Capc Paisley, Maxwell.
29. S. rupestre, Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 375. Very closely allied to S. spathidatum, with the same pubescent, spathulate leaves, simple inflores- eeiice and tlowers, but the stock is always proliferous-branched, the leaves niiich smaller, not exceeding \ in. in length, in dense, rosulate, termiual tufts, and the racemes very loose, usually reduced to 2 or 3 flowers ou loiig ])edicels. — iS'. (jlaucnm, 11. Br. Prod. 5G9, uot of Labill. ; S. glaucum, fi? Broicuei, 1)C. Prod. vii. 334; ^S". Lehnanuianum, Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 375.
W. Australia. King George's Sound, Baxter, Freiss, n. 2261, and eastward to Cape Kiche, Freiss, n. 2262, Drummond, bth Coll. n. 352; Lucky Bay, R. Brown ; Cape Arid
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aiul Capc Paisley, 3Ia.riceU. Tliis will probabiy prove lo bc a variety oiily of S. spalhii- latum.
30. S. spathulatum, 7?. Br. Prod. 569. Stock tiifted or sliortly pro- liferous. Leaves radical, rosulate, from obovate to ol)loii<i;-s])atliulate, obtuse or acute, more or less pubescent or sprinkled with glanclidar liairs oii botli sides, \ to l^ in. long including the petiole. Scapes glabrons or pubescent, from a few inches to l^ ft. high, including the loose, elongated, simple raceme. Flowers sniall, pedicellate. Calyx-lobes free. Corolla pale yellow, with appendages usnally both to the throat and the labelluin. Capsnle narrowlyobovoid-obloiig. — DC. Prod. vii. 333 ; -S'. bdlidifoUnm , Sond. in Pl, Preiss. i. 376.
TV. Australia. Kin^ George's Sound aml adjoining districts, R. Brown and others, Briniimond, n. 130, 'ind Coll. n. 273, 'ird CoH. n. 167, 177, ^th Coll. n. 332, Preiss, n. 2259.
31. S. Barleei, F. MneU. Fragm. vi. 5. t. 69. Stock tnfted or shortly proliferous. Leaves rosulate, ovate or spathulate, sti'iate and prominently bnt irregularly toothcd, glandular-pubescent on both sides, 1 to l^ iu. long including the long petiole. Scape slender, often above 1 ft. long, glandular- pubescent, bearing occasionally 2 or 3 small, scale-like leaves below the inflorescence. Kaceme long, loose, simple, with small, linear bracts, the pedicels louger than the calyx. Calyx not 3 lines long, the lobes free, as long as the tnbe. Corolla small, with glandular appendages to the throat ; labellum ending in a fine point, without appendages at the base. Capsule ovoid, oflen oblique, scarcely l^ lines long.
TV. Australia, Brummond, n. 129, Inrl Coll. n. 214:. The toothcd lcavcs, exceptioual in the genus, if constant, readily distinguish this species, which is othervvise very ncar <S. spathulatum.
32. S. lineatum, Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 376. Stock hard, tufted. Leaves rosulate, obovate or spathulate, obtuse, striate, sprinkled upon the upper or both surfaces with long, glandular hairs, rarely exceeding 1 in. including tlie petiole. Scape 1 to 1|- ft. high, with a few, scattered, scale- like leaves below the inflorescence, glabrous or glandular-hairy. Eacemes rather long and loose, sim]ile or the lower peduncles with 2 or 3 tlowers, all the pedicels longer than the calyx. Calyx-Iobes free, longer than the tube. CoroUa with very conspicuous appendages to the throat, but none to the sinall, convex labellum. Capsnle ovoid, but not seen ripe.
W, Australia. Swau River, Brummond, \st CoU.
33. S. glaucum, LahiU. Pl. Nov. HoU. ii. 64. t. 214. Quite glabrous or very slightly glandular-pubescent, especially the inflorescence. Stock tufted or rarely lengthening out into a leafy stem of 2 or 3 in. Leaves radical and rosulate or tufted at the end of the stock, from obovate to oblong-spathulate, sometimes rather narrow, obtuse or niucronate-acute, often glaucous underneath, mostly 1 to l^ in. long including the petiole. Scape i to about 1 ft. high, often with a few, very sraall, scale-Iike leaves below the inflorescence, but scattered and not in whorls. Flowers rather sniall, in a long, simple, loose raceme. Calyx-Iobes free. CoroIIa with appendages
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both to tlie tliroat and labellum. Capsule sliortly ovoid. — DC. Prod. vii. 33-4 (excl. var. /3.) ; Canchllca (jhrnca, Labill. iii k.\\\\. Mus, Par. vi. 454. t. 64 ; S. uuduiii, Lindl. Swan Kiv. App. 29.
W. Australia. King George's Souiid aiid adjoining districts, A. Ctinmngliam. Mac/eaii, ILarcey, Drumniond, Mh Coll. n. 174, ird Coll. n. 178. Our specimen of Preiss's II. 2237, referred l)y Soiider, Pl. Preiss. i. 37B, to S. amcsnum, has not the verticillute leaves of that species, and seems to belong to S. glaucum. This, the chief character which separates the two species, may not, howcver, bc coustaut.
Series 6. DiVEUSiFOLiiE. Leaves rosulate or tufted on tlie stock or sliortly proliferous steni, witliout interiuixture of scarious scales, but with the addition of 1,2 or more whorls of smaller narrow leaves on the scape below the inflorescence.
34. S. amoenum, R. Br. Trod. 570. Glabrous, except the glandular- pubesccnt intlorescence. Stock tufted or shortly proliferous. Kadical leaves oblanceolate spathulate or almost obovate, mucronate-acuminate, f to \\ in. lono^ includini;- thc petiole, rather thick, scarcely striate, often glaucous undcrneath, quite entire or slightly denticvdate at ihe end. Scape \ to l^ or even 2 ft. higli, witii a single whorl of small, uarrow, acute leaves above the middhi. Eaceme rathcr loose, 2 to 4 in. lono:, simple or very rarely the lower peduncles 2-flowered. Pedicels longer than the calyx. Calyx-lobes Iree. Corolla " bhiish " or " pink," usually violet when dry, the throat with very few appendaoes, the labellum without any, but ending in a tine point. Capsuli; ovoid-globular, about i| liues long-.— DC. Prod. vii. 334.
^V. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, Baxter ; Cape Naturaliste and Biackwood river, Oldfield; Stirling Rauge and Toolbrunup Lake, Ma.rwell. Drummond's Zrd Coll. n. 178, seems also to be thc sauie s])ecies, which scarccly ditfcrs from S. glaucum, cxccpt in the whorl of leaves on the scapc, aud eveu tliis is sometinics very miuute so as to bc easiiy overlooked.
Var. caidescens. Stock shortly prolifcrous or lcngthening out below the tcrniinal tuft into a leafy stem of 1 to 2 in. — k caulesceus, Lindl. Swan Hiv. App. 29; DC. Prod. vii. 782 ; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 378.— Swau Kiver, Drummoud, \st Coll. n. 528, also n. 27.
35. S. striatum, Llndl. Swan Rlv. App. 28. Glabrous or thc iiiflo- rescence slightly glandular-pubcscent. Stock densely tufted or slightly pro- liferous. Leaves oblanceoUite or oblong-spathulate, acute, rather rigid, pro- minently striate and slightly glaucous in the typical form. Scapes 1 to 2 ft. ln'gh, usually with a single wiiorl of very small, oblong-linear leaves above the middle, which, however, is wanting in a few of the smaller specimens. lUicemes 3 to G in. long, rathcr loose, simple or the lower peduncles slightly branched, the pediccls longer thau the ovary. Calyx-lobes free, longcr thaii the ovary. ('orolla with appeiuhiges to the throat but none to thc labelluni. Capsulc shortly ovate, but not seen ripe.
W. Australia. Swan River, Drnmmond, \st Coll. and n. 123 ; n. 25 and Ind Coll. n. 278 are iarger sjiecimens, often with 2 wliorls on thc scapc.
\-AX. glauciim. Leaves less rigid, niore obtuse, oftcu longcr, glaucous underneath, those on the scape broader than in the typical form, the raceme looser,"ofteu branchcd. — 5. stria- tum, Soud. in Pl. Preiss. i. 379.— Swan Rivcr, Freiss, n. 2238 ; Swan and Vasse rivers, Oldfield, also Drummond, hth Coll. n. 848, 3tU.
36. S. diversifolium, R. Br. Prod. 570. Glabrous, except tlic more
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or less glaiidular-pubescent inttoresceuce. Stock tufted, usually crowned by the bulb-like, persistent bases of tlie leaves. Leaves radical, from broadly obovate or orbicular to ovate or spathulate, 1 to 3 in. lojij;; including the rather long petiole, obtuse, thick, often glaucoiis underneatli. Scapes 1 to 2 ft. long, with 1, 2, 3 or rarely 4 whorls of small, narrow, acute leaves. Ilaccme slender, simple, 2 to 4 in. long, the pedicels all short and 1-tlowered or rarely the lower ones 2-flowered. Calyx-lobes free, longer than the ovary. Corolla ahnost without appendage, the labellum ending in a fine point, Capsule nearly globular, not above l^ lines long. — DC. Prod. vii. 334 ; S. marginalum and S. pruinosum, Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 379.
Mr. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brovm, Baxter, Preiss, n. 2236, to Svvan Rivcr, Drummond, \st CoU. n. 529, Preiss, 7i. 2232, and Vasse river, Oldfiald. The specics may be eonlbunded at first sight with S. carnoswm, bnt is readily distinguished by the absence of the scarious scales ou the stock, and the presence of veiticillate leaves on the scape.
37. S. articulatum B,. Br. Prod. 570. Glaljrous, except the glan- dular-pubescent inHoresceuce. Stock tufted, ofteu very thick or niore or less proliferous. Eadical leaves obloug-spathulate, obtuse or mucronate-acute, narrowed into a long petiole, attaining with the petiole 4 in. in the larger specimens, 2 in. in the smaller ones, rather tliick, glaucous underneath. Scape varying from \ to 1-^ ft. high, but usually rather sliort, stout, beariug
1 or 2 whorls of small, liuear or lanceolate leaves. Eaceme or panicle dense,
2 to 4 in. long, the . peduncles short, but the lower oues often with 2 or 3 flowers. Calyx-lobes free. Corolla rather large, the appeudages of the throat very prominent, the labellum apparently without any. Capsule ovoid- oblong, fuUy 3 lines long. — DC. Prod. vii. 334.
TV. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, Baxter, DrionnTond, ^th CoU. n. 173. Readily known by its stout habit, short inflorescence, and large capsule.
<S. rotiusturn, Sond. iu Pl. Preiss. i. 378, from Sussex district, Preiss. n. 2235, which I have not seen, is probably, as he snggests, a very tall specimen of this species ; he describes the capsule, however, as only 2 hnes long.
38. S. Brunonianum, Benih. inllueg. Enum. 72. Glabrous and often glaucous, even tlie intiorescence scarcely glandular. Stock tuited or rarely shortly proliferous. , Eadical leaves from linear to oblanceolate, acute or rarely almost obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long or even longer, rather flaccid and scarcely striate. Scapes 1 to l^ ft. long or rarely uuder 1 ft, with 2 to 5, usually 3 or 4, whorls of narrow, acute leaves. Eaceme loose, 2 to 4 in. long, with numerous small flowers, the pedicels usually bracteate but rarely 2-fiowered, the lowest often collected in vvhorls. Calyx-lobes free. CoroUa with appendages to the throat, the labellum without any or with very small ones. Capsule sraall, globular. — DC. Prod. vii. 334; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 380; Bot. Eeg. 1842, t. 15 ; S. compressum, Lindl. Svvan Eiv. App. 29.
W. Australia. Swan lliver, Drvmmond, Ist Coll. n. 521 or 527, atso n. 13 and Zrd Coll. n. 176; Murchison river, Oldfield.
Var. minor. Smaller, with sniall, vei'y acute leaves, i to j iu. long. — S. tenne, Sond. ia Pl. Preiss. i. 380. — Kalgan and Harvey rivers, Oldfield ; foot of Stirliug Ranges, F. Miieller, also Dnimmond, {Mh Coll. ?) n. 170. This variety almost connects the species wilh »S. diuroides. The flowers are piuk (F. Mueller).
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39. S. diuroides, Lindl. Swan Riv. Jpp. 29. Glabrous, except tlie slightly iilaiuliilar inflorescence. Stock tufted or rarely shortly proliferous, (lensely covered with the persistent bases of old leaves. Kadical leaves densely tufted, linear-subidate, acute or almost obtuse, the base scavcely dihded, usually abont 1 in. long. Scapes 4 to 8 in. high, with a single whorl of setaceous leaves. llaceme loose, 1 to li in. long, the lower pedi- cels rather long and bracteate but rarely 2-flowered. Fiowers small. Calyx- lobes free, narrow. Corolla with siiort, broad appendages to the tliroat, but none to the acuniinate kbellum. — Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 380,
W. Australia. Swaa River, Drnmmoud, \st Coll. n. 536, 537, ^rd CoU. n. 170.
Sektes 7. VERTiciLLAT.i;. Stems elongated, simple or branched, tlie leaves ali iu distinct, whorl-lilie tufts, the lower ones not larger.
40. S. scandens, R. Br. Prod. 570. Quite glabrous, the stems in sniall speriniens sleiuler but nearly erect and simple, when luxuriant very flexuose or cliuibing to the height of 2 or 3 ft. and branching at some of the nocles. Leaves all coUected in dense, whorl-lilce, distant tufts, without scattered ones between the tufts, linear, 1 to 2 in. or even longer when luxu- riant, with a hooked or involute point. Eacemes terminal, solitary or 2 or 3 together, shovtly pedunculate, loose but few-flowered, and almost always simple. Pedicels bracteolate, longer than the calyx. Calyx-lobes free, as long as the ovary. Corolla pink, with more or less prominent appendages to the throat aud labellum. Capsule broadly ovoid or globular. — DC. Prod. vii. 334. ; Sond. iu Pl. Preiss. i. 381 ; Bot". Mag. t. 3136 ; Paxt. Mag. xv. 149, with a figure.
TV. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoiniug districts, R. Brown and others, anJ thenie to Vasse river, Oldfield, and eastvvard to I\Iount Bland, Maxwell, also Drum- mond, n. 5, 111, 123, 2nd Coll. n. 275, 4/A Coll. n. 49, Preiss, n. 2205, 2296.
41. S. verticillatum, F. Mudl. Fragm. iv. 94. Glabrous, except the infloresccnce. Steuis sleuder, elongated, flexuose or climbiug and branching at tiie nodes as in S. scandens. Leaves all coUected in dense, whorl-like, distant tufts without scattered ones between the tufts, narrow-linear, acute, not niuch exceeding \ in. Peduncles hirsute with long, spreading, glan- dular hairs, bearing a loose cyrae or short raceme of few flowers. Calyx- lobes free, as long as the tube, very narrow. Capsule ovoid, hispid, about 2 lines long.
W. Australia, Driimmond, ». 93 ; Stirling Range, Majrwell. Scarcely differs from the sraaller forms of S. scandens, except iu the hirsute inflorescence.
Series 8. Sp.\rsifoli.e. Undershrubs or shrubs, with linear, spread- ing leaves scattered along the branches, and not coUected in radical or tenninal tufts.
42. S. glandulosum, Sulinh. Parad. Lond. t. 11. An erect or spread- ing undershrub or sluub, ^ to l^ ft. high, the branclies covered with the cartilaginous, adnate bases of the petioies. Leaves scattered, but rather ciowded along the branches, not collected in terminal tufts, linear, mucro- nute, under 1 in. long, glabrous or, especially the upper ones, slightly glan-
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dular-pubescent. ranicles terminal, loosely branclied, copiously glandular- pubescent, pedunculate or the lower branclies proceeding from tbe base. Pedicels sliort. Calyx-lobes sliorter than the ovary, free or shortly united in 2 lips. Corolla witliout appendages to the throat, but with linear ones to the labellum. Epigynous glands more prominent than in most species. Capsule ovoid, rather narrow, nearly 3 lines long. — S. friiticosum, R. Br. Prod. 570; DC. Prod. vii. 335.
W. Australia. Lucky Bay, Broicn, Baxfer.
43. S. laricifolium, Bich. in Pers. Syn. ii. 210. An undershrub with elongated leafy branches, rarely exceeding 1 ft. without the inflorescence, quite glabrous or the intiorescence sparingly glandular-pubescent, and some- times a few hairs sprinkled on the foiiage. Leaves scattered but rather crowded along the branches, not collected in terminal tufts, narrow-linear, mucronate, usually -1 to 1 in. long, not leaving the adnate bases of those of S. f/Iandulosum. Panicle or raceme loose, pedunculate, often above 6 in. loiig. Pedicels longer and the ovary more attenuate at both ends than in S. glandulosum. Calyx-lobes free, shorter than the ovary. CoroUa with appendages to the labellum, but usually without any to the throat. Capsule oblong-turbinate, 4 to 6 lines long. — DC. Prod. vii. 335 ; Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. xviii. 19. t. 3 ; Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 32 ; Bot. Reg. t. 550; S. tenui/Qlium, K. Br. Prod. 570; Link et Otto, Pl. Sel. t. 26; Bot. Mag. t. 2249.
N. S. Wales. Port Jackson to tlie Bhie jMountains, R. Broivn, Sieber, n. 172, and others ; nortliward to New England, C. Stiiart ; southward to Illawarra, Sheiiherd ; the latter luxuriant specimens with leavcs 1 to 2 iu. loug.
Series 9. Imbricat^. Stems slender, branching but hard, covered with small imbricate, almost scale-like leaves, not collected in terminal or radical tufts.
44. S. Preissii, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 122. Stems simple or dichoto- niously branched, often flexuose, rarely above 3 in. high, completely covered with the closely-imbricated, scale-like leaves. These are ovate-lanceolate, acute, ^ to |- liue long, with broad scarious, more or less ciliate margins and tips. Plowers 2 to 4, sessile within the last leaves, surrounded by scarious transparent bracts. Calyx \\ lines long, the lobes broad and very obtuse, mucli longer than the tube, free or nearly so, but very much imbricate, the ends scarious and streaked with red. CoroUa-tube sliorter than the calyx- lobes, the throat without appendages, but the hibellum fringed with long hairs. Capsule not seen. — Forsteropsis Preissii, Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 393.
W. Australia. lirummond, Wi Coll. n. 347 ; Cape Riche, Preiss, n. 438 ; fromthe Fitzgerald Ran^e to Cape le Grand, Maxivell. This and the two foUowing species have a very pecnliar habit, aud Souder proposed the present one as a distiiict genus, characterizing it by the ovary and capsule 1-celled, with a central placentfc. The ovary nppears to me, however, to be in fact 2-celled, bnt the very thin dissepiment splits very readily on each side of the placenta, which is thus left free as the capsule dries, but this is the cuse wiih several other Sti/lidia ; and the striicture of the tlowers, as well as of the fruit of Forsteroysis, ap- pear to me to be cutirely those of Stijlidiim.
45. S. imbricatum» Bentk. in Hueg. Enum. 73. Stems hard but
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slender, simple or branched, erect or flexuose, | to l^ ft. liigh, entirely covered with closely-iuibricated, scale-like leaves. These are ovate, mucro- nate or aristate, with more or less scarious margins, ^ to 1 line long, the upper ones narrower and raore acuminate. Raceme termiiial, sessile, simple or scarcely componnd, | to 1 in. loug ; tlie almost sessile flowers iutermixed with scalc-like bracts similar to the leaves, but more acuminate, with usually a few woolly hairs on the rhachis and a fevv glandular ones on the caiyx. Calyx \\ lines long ; the lobes obtuse, free or nearly so, rather louger than tlie tube. CoroUa-tube longer than the calyx-lobes, but not always twice as long ; the throat with small appendages ; the labellum ciliate. Capsule ap- parently ovoid, but not seen ripe. — DC. Prod. vii. 337.
W. Australia. King George's Sound, Baxter, Huegel, towards Cape Riche, Uarvey, Majewell.
46. S. adpressum, Benth. Stems simple or slightly branched, in our speciraens 2 to 3 in. Iiigh, eovered with the small irabricate leaves. These are lanceclate, concave or triangular, rigid, acute or raucronate, about 1 line long, glabrous or scarceiy ciliate, less closely appressed than in the preceding two species. Peduncles termiual, glandular-haivy, 2 to 3 lines long, bearing a short compact raceme or head of 3 to 6 small flowers, surrounded by a few small rigid bracts. Calyx glanduUu--]iispid, tlie lobes acute, free or nearly so, rather longer than tlie tube. Corolhi-tube not exceediug tlie calyx-lobes, the appendages apparcutly as in S. imbricatum, but not seen very distinctly. Capsule ovoid, small, but not seen ripe.
'W. Australia, Brummond, %id CoU. n. 38, ?>rd Coll. n. 182 (iu soine sets).
Sect. II. NiTRANGiuM, Eudl. Capsule linear or very narrow-oblong.
Series 10. Tenell.e. Slender annuals. Leaves small or thin, alteruate or scattered, the lower ones soraetimes more crowded, but not disiinctly tufted or rosulate.
47. S. despectum, R. Br. Prod. 571. A little ercct glabrous annual of 1 to 3 cr 4 iu., sometimes very slender, soraetimes rather tirmer and brancliing in tlie ."pner part. Leaves small and scale-like, few and scattered, not rosulate or rarely a few longer uarrow ones gathered together in a little loose tuft uear the base, ';he others varying frora ovate and under 1 line to lanceolate or linear and 2 o: 3 lines long. Flowcrs pink, few, shortly pedi- cellate, forming an irregular corymb. Calyx abont 2 liues long, the loi)es vcry short, the 2 lower ones ra-^re or less united. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx-Iobes, without append.ries to the throat. Capsule lincar, 3 lines long.— 1)C. Prod. vii. 336 ; llook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 235 ; S. inundaium, E. Br. Prod. 571 ; DC. Prod. vii. 336 ; Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 385.
Victoria. On thc Yarra and Mount M'Ivor, F. Mueller ; Mount Eniu, Whan.
Tasmania. Vwi\)\\\\-^\w\\\c,R.Broion; Westera Plaius, ^BacMoMSi? ; George Town, Gdiin ; King's Island, M'Omcan.
S. Australia. Mount Muirhcad and St. Vincenfs Gulf, F. Mueller.
TV. Australia. Kiiig George's Souiid, R. Broivn, F. Mueller ; Gordon, ^lurray, and Twced rivtrs, Oldjlehl. The lattcr spccimcns bclong to a loiig, slcnder-varicty. Brown's aiid Mueller's King Gcorge's Souud speciincns liave the sauic hubit as the Port Dah-ymple ones.
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48. S. utricularioides, Benth. iii Himj. Enum. 73. A slentleranmial, glabrous or uitli a slight glanilular pubescence on the inflorescence, 1 to 3 in. high, siniple or scarcely branched at the top. Leaves seattered, linear or hmceolate, 1 to 2 lines long, the lower ones sonietimes approximate but not rosulate. Flowers very fcAv or solitary, pediceUate. Bracts small, setaceons. Calyx about 3|- lines long, the lobes narrow, much shorter than the tube, free or more frequently partially united in 2 lips. CoroUa-lobes fully twice as long as the calyx-limb, without appendages to the throat or to the label- lum. Capsule linear, 3 to 4 lines loiig. — DC. Prod. vii. 336 ; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 386.
W. Australia. Swaii River, Hnef/el, Preiss, n. 2246. Very iiear the slender forms of S. despeciaiii, but the flowers are larger aud the eapsule longer.
49. S. pygmseum, R. Br. Prod. 571. A slender annual, glabrous or with a slight glanduhu- pubescence on the inflorescence, 1 to 3 in. high, simple or scarcely branched at the top. Leaves scattered, linear or lanceo- late, 1 to 2 lines long, the lower ones sometimes approximate but not rosu- late. Flowers 1 to 3, sessile or very nearly so. Calyx about 2 lines long, the lobes free, narrow, abont lialf as long as the tube. CoroUa raore thau twice as long as the calyx-lobes, without appendages to the throat or labeUum. Capsule oblono--Unear, scarcely 2 Unes long. — DC. Prod. vii. 336 ; Bauer, lUustr. t. 15 ; 'Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 387 ?
W. Australia. King Gcorge's Sound, R. Browii, Harvey. Vcry near the slenderest forms of S. despectum, but readily known by the sessile flowers aud shorter broader capsule.
50. S. longitubum, BentJi. in Hiieg. Enum. 73. An erect ghibrous annual, resembling the hirger forms of *S'. despectiim, but at once known by the larger flowers and longer capsules. Steras 3 to 5 in. high, paniculately branched above the middle. Leaves scattered, mostly near the base of the stem, but not rosuhite, the lowest sometimes very short and ovate, the others oblong or Hnear, 1 to 3 lines long. Plowers aU pediceUate, in a somewhat corymbose, loose panicle, the bracts very narrow and acute. Calyx-tube, at the time of flowering, 3 to 4 Hnes long, the lobes narrow, more or less united in 2 lips. CoroUa at least twice as long as the calyx-lobes, with ap- pendages to the throat. Capsule Hnear, 7 to 9 Hnes long. — DC. Prod. vii. 336 ; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 386.
■W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, \st Coll. n. 519 ; Sussex district, Preiss, n. 2231 ; Serpentine river, Olclfield. Tbis species closely resembles the E. Indian *S'. tenellum, Swartz, but the inflorescence is more corymbose, tlie flowers all pedicellate, the bi'acts broader, aud the corolla hirger.
51. S. difFusum, R. Br. Prod. 571. A very slender, usuaUy branched annual, glabrous or the inflorescence sUghtly glandular, erect and only 1 to 2 in. high or much longer and diftuse. Leaves very smaU, the lower ones ap- proximate but not rosuhite, Unear or oblong, 1 to 2 Hnes long, the upper ones stiU smaUer and narroAV. Elowers hiteral and sessUe or terminal, the smaU bracts not opposite. Calyx-tube 4 to 5 Hnes long, the lobes free, narrow, not 1 line long. CoroUa scarcely exceeding the calyx-lobes, the 2 larger lobes bifid. Capsule Unear, often incurved, | in. long or rathcr more. — DC. Prod. vii. 336.
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Queensland. Slioalwater Bay, R. Broicyi. This may provc to be a vcry slenJcr, usually difTuse varicty of S. tenellum, Swartz.
52. S. fissilobum, F. Mucll. Fragm. i. 154. A weak, filiform annual of \ to I2 l't., paiiiculately brancUed at tlie top, glabrous or witli a few small glaiidular liairs on tlie inHorescence. Leaves very sinall and scattered, tlie lower ones niore approximate but not rosulate, 1 to 1;V lines long-, all linear- subulate. Panicle loose and somewhat coryrabose. Flowers sessile. Calyx- tube long and filiforra, tlie lobes linear-lanceolate, often partially nnited in 3 lips. Corolla twice as long as the calyx-lobes, the larger lobes bifid, with appendages both to the throat and labellum {F. Mueller). Cajjsule narrow- linear, f to 1 in. long, very slender and beak-like at the end.
N. Australia. Grassy, iuundated places ou the Victoria river, betvvecn Main Camp aud .Steep llcad, F. Mueller.
53. S. alsinoides, R. Br. Frod. 572. A glabrous and weak but usually crcct and Ijranching annnal of \ to nearly 1 ft. Leaves alternate or scattered below the inflorescence, sliortly petiolate, broadly ovate, 2 to 4 lines long, obtuse and thin, the upper ones passiiig gradually into the narrow, acute, sessile fioral leaves or bracts, which are almost always opposite. Flowers sessilc in one axil of each pair of bracts. Calyx-tube linear, nearly \ in. long, the lobes narrow, not 1 line long, the 2 lower ones more or less united. CoroUa very small, the lobes united at the base in pairs (without appendages?). Capsule linear, 8 to 9 lines long. — DC. Prod. vii. 337 ; F. Muell. Fragm. i. 151.
N. Australia. Victoria river towards Stokes Rauge (starved, with narrow leaves) and ■Wici<ham rivcr, Gulf of Carpeutaria, F. Mueller.
Queenslaud. Eudcavour river, Banks and Solander, A. Cunninghaw ; Lizard Island, M'Gillivrai/ ; Kockingham Bay, Dallachi/.
S. mitrasacmnides, P. Mucll. Fragm. i. 150, from Palm Islaud, ^^ictoria river, F/ood, secms to be a small, starved specimeu of S. alsinoides ; the bracts, as in the typical form, are mostly opposite.
54. S. tenerrimum, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 150. A little glabrous annual, with weak, filiforin, simple or slightly-branched steras of 1 to 3 in. Leaves scattered, lanceolate, aciite, narrowed at the base, 1 to \\ lines long, the lower ones not morc approximate and usually smaller. Flowers small, on rather long axillary and terminal pedicels. Calyx about 2 lines long, the lobes free, shorter than the tube. Corolla small, wliite, the lobes entire, with a dark spot at the base of each {F. Muelhr). Capsule narrow-obloug or lincar, contracted at the base, 2 to 3 lines long.
N. Australia. I\largins of swamps between M'Adam Range and Provideuce Hill, F. Mueller.
Series 11. CoRYMBULOS^. Slender annuals or small perennials. Leaves radical or at the ends of the short stems, rosulate or tufted. Seapes leafless cxccpt the braets, rarcly excecding 6 in. Flowers corymbose or sessile in thc forks or along the scape or its branchcs, or solitary.
55. S. brachyphyllum, Suiid. in Pl. Preiss. i. 386. A slendcr (annual?), glabrous except the slightly glandular inflorescence. Leavcs rosulate or
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forming a little tuft, but not bulbous, radical or at the top of a loosely- sheathed stem of 3 or 4 lines, linear, tiaccid, 2 to 4 lines long. Scapes 2 to 4 in. high, branchiug upwards iuto a loose, irregular, almost corymbose panicle. Flowers all pediceUate. Cnlyx about 3 lines lono;, the lobes uarrow, much shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones soraetimes united. CoroUa twice as long as the calyx-lobes (without appendages ?), the tube very short. Capsule narrow, about 3 lines long.
W. Australia. Swan River, Brummond, \st Coll. n. 518, 519, 523 (oftcn niixed with S.pefiolare),Preiss, n. 2248 (the specimeu seen iu Herb. F. Mueller, a very reduced slender torm), Toue river, Oldjield.
56. S. capillare 11. Br. Prod. 570. A little slender, glabrous annual. Leaves radical, rosulate, like those of S. brachjpliyllum or more spathulate, 2 to 3 lines long. Scapes capillary, 1 to 2 in. high, bearing 1 or 2 pediceUate flowers. Calyx-lobes free, very narrow. Corolla small, the 2 larger lobes more united, with appendages to the throat but none to the labelhim {R. Brown). Capsule long and linear. — DC. Prod. vii. 335.
Queenslaud. Endeavour river, Banks and Solander.
57. S. rotundifoliuin, R. Br. Prod. 571. Glabrous, except a few glandular hairs on the intiorescence. Leaves radical, rosulate, obovate or orbicular, shortly petiolate, 2 to 3 lines long. Scapes tiliform, 6 to 8 in. high, with a few, miuute, scattered, narrovv leaves, loosely corymbose at the top. Flowers small, shortly pedicellate or nearly sessile. Calyx-Iobes united iu 2 short, broad, entire lips. Corolla-Iobes nearly equal, entire or emarginate, without appendages to the throat. Capsule liuear, 5 to 8 lines long.— DC. Prod. vii. 335 ; F. Muell. Fragm. i. 151.
N. Australia. Plains at the foot of M'Adam Range, F. Mueller; Huuter's River, York Souud, A. Cunninyham.
Queensland. Endeavour river, BanJcs and Solander; Shoabvater Bay, R. Broicn.
The species is very near S. uUginosum, but the flowers are uot so closely sessile, aud the capsule nmch louger.
58. S. schizanthum, F. Muell. Fragm.i. 152. A slender annual, with rosulate, radical leaves, closely resembling S. rotundifolium in foliage, inflo- rescence, and iu the slender, linear capsules, but the calyx-Iobes are linear and free, at least the 3 upper ones, and the corolla-lobes are larger and more deeply bitid, the 2 larger ones more divided, and united at the base into a kind of lower lip. Capsule above \ in. long.
N. Australia. Moist pastures ou the Victoria river, F. Miieller. This species has the calyx and corolla uearly of S. iiUt/inosam with the capsule of S. rolundifolium.
59. S. lobuliflorum, F. Muell. Fragm.. i. 153. A slender, erect annual, with the habit of *S'. schizanthum., but rather more rigid and niiuutely glandular-pubescent from the base of the scape. Leaves petiolate, rosulate, broadly obovate or orbicular, :y to ^ in. long, glabrous, rather tirmer than in S. schizanthum. Scapes about 6 iu. high, iDranching in the upper part into a loose, almost corymbose panicle. Flowers nearly sessile in the forks or terminating the branches. Calyx-Iobes liuear, much shorter than the slender tube, the 2 upper ones more or less united, the others free. Corolla with the 2 larger lobes bifid. Capsule linear, \ in. long or rather more.
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N. Australia. Moist sandy pastures on the Vietoria river, near Steep Hcad, F. Muellcr. Tliis sectiis to rae to be a more glaiidulai* varict)- of S. schizatitkam. I do not quilc undcrstand the diffcrcaces descrihed in the forni of the corolla. As far as I can ascer- taiii from tiic dricd specimens, it seems to me to bc the samc iu hoth.
60. S. uliginosum, Sxoartz ; BC. Prod. vii. 3.36. A small, slender anniial, glabrous or witli a very few small, glandular iiairs on the inttores- cence. Leaves radical, ovate or orbicular, 2 to 5 liues long. IScape erect, 3 to 5 in. liigli, simple or slightly brauclicd. Flowers sessiie along tlie scape or its brauches, each in the axil of a small bract. Calyx about 3 lines long, the lobes liuear, free or shortly united in 2 lips, half as long as the tube. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx-lobes, the upper lobes rather longer and bitid. Capsule liuear, about 3 liucs long. — Benth. n. Hongk. 195; S. tettellnm, R. Br. Prod. 571, not of Swartz ; S. tenerim, Spreug. Syst. iii. 749; DC. Prod. vii. 335.
Queensland. Eudeavonr river, Banks and Solander ; Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown. This spccics is aiso in (Jeylon aud South China, aud a rather more robust variety in Silhet, Chittagonix, auil the Malayan peuiusula.
61. S. pulchellum, Sond. itt Pl. Preiss. i. 38 1. Glabrous, except a minnte and rare ghui(hdar pnbescence on thc infl»rescence. Stock very sniall and slender, but slightly bulbous witlt the dihated, scarious, lanceolate bases of the petioles. Leaves few, radical, with an obovate, oval or oblong obtuse lamina of 2 or rarely 3 lines. Scape filiform, 2 to 4 in. high, leafless, bear- ing a loose, corymbose pauicle of |- to 1 in., with small, narrow, obtuse bracts. Flowers pedicellate. Calyx 2 to 2^ lines long, the lobes free, narrow, shortcr than the ovary. Corolla-tube nearly as long as the calyx- lobes, without appeudages to the throat or to the siuall, obtuse labellum. Capside linoar, about 2 lines long, but not seen qiute ripe. — S. coryitibosum., Benth. in Ilucg. Euum. 72, not of K. Br.
^(V. Australia. King Georg;e's Sonnd, ^«.r/tv; Swan K\vcy, nuegel, Drinnmond,\st Coll. n. 520, 'ird Coll. n. 180 ; Buirs Creek, Vreiss, n. 2242 ; Tone aud Murray rivers, Oldfield. Very closely allied to S. petiolare, aud perhaps a variety, but the flowers appear to be smailer aud more regularly corymbose, and the capsule narrower.
62. S. petiolare, Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 382. Glabrous, except a very fcw suiall, glaiitlidar hairs on the inflorescence. Stock sinall and slender, l)ut the dilatcd bascs of the petioles form a little bulb, at first ovoid and pale browii, in the oldcr plants niuch darkcr, and attainiug 3 lines diameter. Leavcs radical, the laraina from oblong-Iinear to ovate, obtuso, usually 2 to 3 lines long. Scape slender, 2 to 4 or rarely 5 in. higii, leafless except the snuill bracts, brauchiug in the upper part into an irrcgular corymb or rarely reduced to a siugle llowcr, thc pedicels loug and sletuler. Calyx 2| to nearly 3 lines long, the lobcs much shortcr thau the tube, obtuse or acute. CoroUa pink, largcr thau iu the allicd specics, the tube as long as the calyx-lobcs, the lobes entire or slightly einargiuate, tlie throat with suudl appendages, the labclhnu without any. Capsule narrow-obloug, about 2 lincs loug. — *S'. odtu- satum, Soud. I. c.
^V. Australia. Swan River, I)rt(mwni/d, Isf Cnll. n. 522, .52.3, 524 (somctimes mixcd with S. i'iiinr(/>iiitfin)i). Preiss, n. 221-t ; Dandcnonp;, Oldjield ; Stirlinp; Raniie, F. Mitellcr. Druwunonds 2nd Coll. n. 281 is pcrhaps (iie same, bnt the specimcns arc im-
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perfect. Sonder distinguishes his fwo sprcies chiefly hy the form of the calyx-lohes, which are certaiuly in sonie specinieus hroad and vcry ohtuse, in othcrs narrow aud alniost acute, hut thcre arc maiiy intcrmcdiatcs. lu both, the hibenum is said in the diaguosis to be iuap- peudicuhite, iu the description to be appendiculate. I have uot ibund auy appcudage to the labellum, but sraall, glandular ones to the throat.
63. S. emarginatum, Sond. iu Pl. Preiss. i. 383. A small, slender plant, with the little, brown, bulbous stock and small, petiolate, radical leaves of S. petiolare, but readily known by a minute whorl of 3 or 4 leaves below the inflorescence. The scape, 2 to 3 in. high, bears usually only 1 or 2 flowers, and is more ghuiduUir than in S. petiolare, the calyx and corolha very nearly as in that species, of which this one may prove to be a variety only ; the lobes of the corolla are, however, said to be more deeply emarginate.
W. Australia. Swan River, Dnimmond, n. 521, 524. (partly) ; Victoria Plaius, Oldfeld ; towards the Great Bight, Ma.rtvell (with almost orbicular leaves).
6-i. S. corymbosum, R. Br. Prod. 571. Glabrous, except a few glandukr hairs on the iutiorescence. Stock densely tufted. Leaves radical, iinear, sometimes rather broad, rigid and incurved as in S. piliferim, rarely above f in. loiig, terminating in a fine, almost hair-like point. Scape leaf- less, 3 to 6 in. high, bearing a dense, more or less corapound corymb. Bracts small, rather thick, ovate or oblong as in S. guttatiim, but not pro- duced below their insertion, and sometimes narrow. Flowcrs sessile or nearly so. Calyx about 3 lines long, the lobes free, ratlier broad, very obtuse, scarcely half as long as the tube. CoroUa-tube short, thc throat without appendages, the labellum uarrow, acuminate, ciliate and appendicu- late. Capsule rather broadly liuear, contracted at the top but not beaked, 4 to 5 lines loug. — DC. Prod. vii. 335.
TV. Australia. Lucky Bay, R. Brown ; King George's Sound or to the eastward, Ba.tter ; margiiis of swamps inlaud from Cape Le Grand, Maxwell ; aho Brummond, Zrd Cotl. n. 163 (or 195?), 172.
Var. ? protifei-um. Stock more or less proliferous. — Rocks of Mount Perongerup, F. Muetler. The specimens are not qnite in flower, hut prohably helong to this species.
65. S. lepidum, F. Muell. Herb. Glabrous, except the slightly glan- didar-pubescent or hirsute inflorescence. Stock tufted. Leaves radical, linear, narrow but flat, with a short, fine point, 5 to |- in. long. Scape leaf- less, slender, ahnost filiform, 2 to 3 iu. long, bearing a small cyme of 3 to 5 flowers, rarely reduced to a single flower. Bracts small, linear, mucronulate. Flowers sessile or nearly so, like those of aS^. corymhosum, but the calyx-lobes narrower. Capsule narrow-oblong, 3 or rarely 4 lines long.
W. Australia, Drnmmond, n. 114, %rd Cotl. n. 181 ; Tone and Blackwood rivers, Otdfietd. This ditiers from S. corymtiosum chiefly in the small uarrow leaves, the uarrow acute bracts, and the narrow calyx-lobes.
66. S. streptocarpum, Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 385. Quite glabrous. Stock densely tufted or rarely shortly proliferous, or at length i to 1 in. long belovv the tuft of leaves. Leaves radical, narrow-liuear, 1 to 2 in. long, usually mucronate. Scapes several, divaricately branched from below the middle, forming a broad, more or less corymbose panicle, 6 to 8 in. high, in the smaller specimens reduced to a small, few-flowcred cyme. Bracts small,
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oblong. obtusc. riowers nearly sessile. Calyx nearly | in. long, the lobes very sliort, broad and obtuse, cohering more or less in two lips. Corolla without appenchigcs to the tliroat, tlic hibcllum vcry short, vvithout any or with 2 siiort appendages. Capsule liueur or linear-lanceohite, about | in. long or more.
W. Australia. Swan River, Preiss, n. 2273 (iii fruit), Drummond, n. 29 (a siiisrle speciinen in tlower). Sonder describes the calyx-lobes as acute, but probably by mistake, as in both the above specimens they are rcmarkabiy obtuse.
Var. teneUum. Smaller and more sleuder, but cqually divaricate and dichotomous.— S. divaricalum, Sond. iu Pi. Preiss. i. 385. — Vasse river, Freiss, n. 2274.
Var. ? macrocarpiim. Panicle less divaricate and not so corymbose, the lower branches being sonictimes shorter. Capsule sometimes \ in. long. — Swan River, Collie ; Murchison river, Oldfwld, also Drummond, n. 131,' '2nd Coll. n. 271-
S. rif/idulum, Sond. iu Pl. Prciss. i. 389, whieh I have not seen, and of which the precise locality is uot given, may be a small form of this spccics with the stem or stock 1 iu. long below the leavcs, and the llowers reduced to very few.
67. S. uniflorum, Sond. hi Pl. Preiss. i. 381. Stock densely tufted or shortly proliferous. Leaves radical, very narrow-lincar, 1 to 2 in. long, glabrous and sinooth or with cartilaginous-serrulate margins. Scapes slender, 1-ilowered, scarcely exceeding tlie leaves or rarely 3 or 4 in. high, ciliate-hirsute, leafless except a small bract nndcr the flower. Calyx hairy, but scarcely glandular, about 4 lines long, the lobes free, short, and narrow. Corolla pale flesli-coloured, tlie tubc vcry short ; lobes unequal, with appen- dages to the laljcllum but scarcely any to the throat. Capsulc lincar-falcate, contracted towards tlie end, 5 to 6 lines long.
MT. Australia. King Gcorgc's Sound, Druinmoiid ; Hay district, P/ew.?, «. 2253 ; Tone and Blackwood rivers, OJdJield ; Upper Kalgan river, F. Mueller.
68. S. pedunculatum, R. Br. Prod. 571. A perennial, sprinkled with a few hairs, forniiug a short, leafy stem of aboiit \ in. below the terminal tuft. Low(;r lcaves rosulate at the base of thc stem but oflen soou disap- pearing, oblong-lanceolate or almost ovate, 1 to 3 lines long, narrowed into a short petiole, thoseof the stem fcw, scattered and linear, those of the terminal tuft numerous, narrow-linear, terminating in long, hair-like ])oints. Scapes or peduncles amongst the tcrmiiuil leaves numerous, filiform, 1-flowcred, 1 to 2 in. long. Calyx-lobes very small, the 2 lower ones united at first, all at length free. Corolla very small, the lobcs unetiual, without appendages to the throat or lal)ellum {R. Brown). Capside glahrous, linear, 3 to 4 lines long.— DC. Prod. vii. 337 ; S. bryoides, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 91.
N. Australia. Port Essington, Armstrong.
Queenslaud. Endeavour river, Banks aiid Solander, A. Cunninylufni ; Rockiuiiham ]]ay, Dulluchy.
69. S. pachyrhizum, P. Muell. Fragm. i. 1,52. Glabrous. Stem or stock thick, ereet, 1 to 2 in. high, branching at the top. Leaves few, seat- tered, more crowdcd under the scapcs, petiolate, oblanceolatc or spathuhite, rather thick. Pedimcles or scapes several, 3 to 6 in. long, brauchiug from near the base into a loose, spreading, corymbose paniele. Flowcrs sessUe in the forks or terminating the branchcs. Calyx-lobes linear, free br the lower oncs more or less united, much shortcr than thc slender tube. Corolla
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small, the lobes nearly equal, tlie throat with sinall appendages, but none to the oblong labelluni. Capsule linear, 4 to 6 liues long.
N. Australia. Pasliiies betvveea Providence liill and M'Adam Ratige, F. Mueller. The speciuieiis not in good foliage.
70. S. muscicola, F. Muell. Tragm. i. 153. Stems simple, erect, her- baeeous but rather rigid, 1 to 4 in. high, with a few scattered leaves, and crowned by a spreading cluster of orbicular, membranous leaves on rather long petioles, the LTuiina \ to above l iu. diameter, usually ghibrous. Peduncles several from amongst the terminal leaves and exceeding them, but flowering from near the base. Flowers sessile, in the axils of minute bracts, formiug interrupted, more or less ghuiduhnr spikes. Calyx-tube very slender, lobes small, narrow, the 2 lower ones more or less united. CoroUa very small, the 2 larger lobes emarginate, the throat without appendages. Capsule very narrow-linear, 8 to 10 lines long.
N. Australia. Iii tufts of moss near springs and eataracts on tlie Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller, also from King's voyage in herb. R. Brown. This species has nearlj' the infloresceuce of S. uligmosum, with a very peculiar habit aud foliage.
Series 12. Thyrsiforjies. Perennials, with a tufted or proliferous- branched stock or stem, with radical or terminal tufts of leaves. Flowers in an oblong or elongated thyrsoid panicle or raceme.
71. S. crassifoliunij R. Br. Prod. 571. Usuallyglabrous, except the glandukr-pubesceut iuHorescence. Stock short, thick and hard. Leaves radical, dikted at the base, but not forming persistent bulbs, lanceolate or almost linear, 4 to 6 iu. long, inchidiug the long petiole, rather thick and turning black in drying as in S. pycnostacJii/mii. Scape 1 to 2 ft. long or even more, including tlie long raceme-like panicle. Bracts small, lanceolate. Peduncles very short, mostly 2- or 3-tlovvered. Calyx-lobes short, acute, free or shortly united in 2 lips. Corolla pink, without appendages or with very sraall ones to the labelhim. Capsule hnear or obloug-hnear, 5 to 8 lines long. — DC. Prod. vii. 335 ; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 384 ; S. leptobotrys, DC. Prod. vii. 783 ; Sond. L c. 384 ? ; Dampiera ? inundata, De Vr. in PL Preiss. i. 404.
^V. Australia. King George's Sound, U. Brown, Ba.xter and others, to Swan and Vasse rivers, Collie, Brurmnond, Oldjield, Preiss, n. 1523, and others, eastward to PhiUips Flats, Maxicell.
72. S> pycnostachyum, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 29. Stock tufted, the persisteut bases of the petioles formiug a bulb. Leaves radical, from obovate-spathulate to obhmceolate, mostly 3 or 4 in. long, inchiding the long petiole, more or less sprinkled vvith ghuidular hairs. Scape ascending, glan- duUu"-pubesceut or villous, 6 iu. to nearly 1 ft. high, the thyrsoid panicle occupying about one-half. Bracts lanceolate. Pedicels very short. Calyx- lobes hnear, free. CoroUa without any appendages or only very sraaU ones to the hibeUum. Capsule hnear, 9 to 10 hues long, shghtly contracted at the top, but not seen quite ripe. — *S'. tkyrsiforme, DC. Prod. vii. 783 ; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 384.
TV. Australia. Swan River, Brummond, \st Coll.n. 531.
30 LXiii. STYLIDIE.^^. [SlyUdium.
73. S. pubigerum, Sond. in Tl. Preiss. i. 383. Glabrous or nearly so, excipt the yellowibh glandular-pubescent or villous inflorescence. Stock deiiselv tuftedor very shortly branched. Leaves radical, linear, flat, and often dilated upwards, ratlier rigid and curved inwards, | to 1 in. long, ending in a lonii- liair-like point. Scapes 3 to 6 in. liigh, including the ob- long Uiyrsoid panicle of 1 to 3 in. Bracts, sniall, narrow, and acuie. Flowersshortly pedicellate. Calyx about 4 lines long, the lobes obtuse, not half so long as the tube, more or less united in 2 bps. Corolla-lobes nearly equal, without any appendages to the throat or labellum. Capsule linear, 5 or 6 lines long, but not seen quite ripe.
W. Australia. Svvan Rivcr, Dnmmond, \st CoU. n. 543, 546, also n. 25 ; Preiss, n. 2278. AVitli tlic exccption of the liuear ovary aud capsule, the specics much resemblcs iS. ci/M(/tiii.
74. S. canaliculatumj Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 29. Glabrous, except a very few small ghuiduhu- hairs sprinkled on the inflorescence. Stock denseiy tufted, not proliferous, the base of the petioles somewhat bulbous. Leaves narrow-linear, scarcely pointed, rather flaccid, 1 to 2 or rarely 3 in. long. Scape \ to nearly 1 ft. long, the panicle 1 to 3 in. long, loosely thvrsoid, inost of the peduncles or branches 3-flowered. Bracts stnall, linear. Flowers all pedicellate. Calyx 2^ lines loiig, the narrow acute lobes as long as the tube and free. CoroUa with very sinall appendages to the throat, the labellum narrow, acuminate, without appendages. Capsule ob- long-Hiiear, about 3 liues long. — S. thesioides, DC. Prod. vii. 783 ; Sond. in Pl. Prciss. i. 383.
W. Australia. Swau River, Drummond, \st Coll. n. 538, also n. 28 ; Preiss, n. 2257, 2258.
75. S. leptophyllum, DC. Prod. vii. 783. Stock densely tufted. Leaves narrow-lincar, flaccid, H to 3 or even 4 in. long, shortly mucronate, o-Labrous or nearly so. Scapes 6 to 8 in. high, usually hirsute with spread- ing liairs from the base. Panicle thyrsoid or narrow aiid raceme-bke, glan- dular-pubescent, the hairs often yellowish. Bracts narrow, small. Flowers very shortly pediccUate. Calyx about 3 bnes long, the lobes free, narrow, obtuse, ratJier shorter than the tube. Corolla without appendages to the throat. Capsule linear, about 4 lines long. — Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 384.
W. Australia. Swan River, Dncmmond, \st ColL, Preiss, n. 2254. Scarcely differs from S. dichoiomum, except in the short not proliferous stock.
Var. mucronifolitim. Leaves rathcr sliorter, wilh a fine point. — Blackwood river, Old- field ; Sterlinir aud Plantagcnct ranges aud Phillips river, Maxwell. S. mucronifolium, Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 383, from PiaQtageuet, Preiss, n. 2256, is, from the description, evidcntly this variety, but I have not scen thc specimen.
76. S. dichotomum, DC. Prod. vii. 783. Very closely allied on the one hand to S. leptopJiyllum., on the other to S. bulbiferum, difl"ering from the former chiefly in the proliferous-branched stock, often 2 to 3 in. long, froin >S'. bulbiferum in the longer leaves and more numerous flowers. Leaves crowded ;it the base and ends of the branches and scattered between the tufts, attaining sometimes 1 in. or more, narrow-Iinear and actite. Scapes 2 to 4 in, high, glandular-pubescent. Panicle or compound racerae more or
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less thyrsoid and filaiidular-hairy like that of 8. leptophijllum, the flowers vather numerous. Capsule linear, 3 to 4 lines loug. — Soud. in Pl. Preiss. i. 387 ; 8. mncronifoViim, Hook. Bot. Mag-. t. 4538 (copied in Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 59, and iu Fi. dcs Serres, vi. t. 606) ; 8. Hookcri, Planch. iu Fl. des Serres, vi. 2;i9.
"W. Australia. Swan River and adjoining districts, Brunnnond, \st Coll. n. 534 (referred by Soiider to S. leptopJn/llum), 535, also n. 18, 19, ?>7-d Coll. n. 169; Preiss, n, 2284, 2285 ; PhiUips Range, Majcwell.
77. S. bulbiferum, Benth. in Hneg. Enum. 73. A small much- branched proliferous species, erect or rootiug at the lower tufts. glabrous except the ghiiidular-pubescent scapes and inflorescence. Leaves very narrow-linear, scarcely acute, froni about ^ to above ^ in. long, densely tufted at the ends aud bases of the branches, witli a few smaller intermediate ones, the bases of the old tufts often bulb-like. Scapes or peduucles \ to about 2 in. long, with a loose abnost corymbose raceme of 3 to 7 flowers, rarely reduced to a single one. Bracts short and very narrow. Calyx-lobes free, very obtuse, not i the length of the tube. CoroUa without appendages to the throat. Capsule narrow, slightly contracted upvvards, but not beaked, iinder \ in. long in the normal form. — DC. Prod. vii. 336 ; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i" 388 ; S. proUferum, DC. Prod. vii. 783.
TV. Australia. Swan River and adjoining districts, Drummond, \st Coll., also n. 171 ; Treiss, n. 2281, 2283, Oldfield.
Var. macrocarpum. Capsule almost sessile, 8 to 9 lines long. — S. recurvum, Grah. in Bot. Mag. t. 8913.— Harvey river, Oldfield.
Yar. ciliatum, Sond. Leaves ciliate-hirsute. Peduncles all or nearly all 1-flowered. — Swau River, Drummond, \st Coll. n. 541.
78. S. breviscapum, Br. Prod. 572. A small, much-branched, pro- liferous spceies, the stock or stem and foliage glabrous. Leaves very narrow- linear, scarcely acute, about \ in. long, densely tufted at the base and ends of the branches, with a few scattered ones between the tufts. Panicles ovoid and very compact, on very short scapes or peduncles clothed with spreading white hairs. Flowers in nearly sessile clusters, intermixed with small leaf-like bracts. Calyx-lobes very short, obtuse, with scarious margins. Corolla-Iobes narrow, the throat without appendages, the Ial)ellum very small. Capsule linear-lanceolate, glandular-pubescent, 3 to 4 lines long, slightly contracted at the top, but not beaked. — DC. Prod. vii. 337 ; S. erio- podum, DC. Prod. vii. 784 ; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 388.
W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, \st CoU. n. 547, also «. 21 ; Darling Range, Collie ; Gordon river, Oldfield ; near Maddington, Prtfm, ?z. 2282; King George's Sound, A. Cunninr/ham ; Lucky Bay, R. Brown (specimens in fruit aud very near the following variety) ; base of Stirling Range, F. Mueller.
Var. erythrocahjr. Inflorescence not so dense. Peduncles or scapes less hairy. Calyx very red. — 6'. involucratum, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 154. — Fitzgerald Ranges aud Cape Arid, Maj-well.
79. S. eglandulosum, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 150. Stems rather sleuder, more or less proliferous-branched, froni a few inches to a foot long or more, glabrous, except a dense cottony wool about the old leaf-tufts, scarcely per-
32 LXIII. STYLIDIE.K. [S/l/lidiu7)i.
ceptible oii the youiis: ones. Leaves iiarrow-linear, acute or mucronate, usually ulabrous, crowded in dense tufts at the base and ends of the branches, with scattcred iutermediate ones. llacemes from 2 to 4 in. or rarely 5 or 6 in. loni;:, inchulini;- the very short peduncle, pubescent, but scarcely or notat all ghnuhdar, siui])le or nearly so, the pedicels all short, the lower ones rarely 2- or 3-flowered. Calyx-lobes free, narrow, not hulf so long as the tube. Corolla small, white with purple spots, the throat without appendages. Capsule oblong-linear, about 3 lines long.
Queensland. Arid hills betwcen the Suttor, Belyando, ^lackenzie, and Burnett rivers, F. M /(>■//,■>■: Alice rivcr, Mi/r/i>'// ; Dogvvood Creek, Leic/i/iardt.
N. S. TVales. Uarliiiir Downs, ]Voo//s ; N.W. interior, probably on the Bogan, Milc/iel/, \st E.rpi'di/io)i (1831). These speciinens were determiued as a new species by Liiidley and distribiited as S. taricifo/iiim, Liudl. (not of Rich.), but never described (the S. laricifolium attributed to Lindley, iu Walp. Rep. ii. 704, being a mispriut for S. caricifo- tiiim) ; without the basal woolly tufts the specimens are not uulike those of S. taricifotium, Rich., bnt readily distiiiguished by thc short pediccls, uarrow capsules, aud almost total want of glaudular hairs.
Sect. III. Rhynchangium. Capsule lanceolate or linear, contracted into a slender beak. Perennials. Leaves linear, scattered along the prolife- rous-branched stock or stem, the upper ones usually crowded into terminal tults.
80. S. fasciculatum, 7?. 5/-. Pvot?. 572. Glabrous ortlie inflorescence gbnduhir-puheicent. Leaty stems usually elongated, sometimes attaining 1 ft., simple or slightly proliferous-branched. Leaves scattered along the stems, the upper ones coUected in a teriniiuil whorl-like tuft, linear, aeute or ahnost obtuse, narrowed below tlie middle, the longer ones frora 1 to 2 in. Spike-like panicles or compound racemes varying from ahnost sessile and 2 or 3 in. long to pedunculate and 10 in. long, tlie flovvers more or less ehis- tered ah)ng the rhachis on very sliort peduncles or almost sessile. Bracts small, hinccohite or liuear. Calyx-tube long aud linear, the lobes small and iree. Capsule membranous, hT,nceohite or linear-hinceoLate, straiglit or slightly falcate, but both valves perfect and nearly equai, ending iii a slender beak, \ to nearly f in. long, including the beak.— DC. Prod. vii. 337.
^V. Australia. Kiiig Gcorge's Sound, K. Brown, also Drummond, n. 128, aud 2nd Cott. >i. 2'iO, tlie typical forni with short proliferous stems and short intlorescence. — S. cicalricosnm , Soud. iii Pl. Prciss. 1. 3'JO, is probably the typical S. fasciculatum. It can- not be S.adnatum, v&r. propinquum, for thc capsule is described as " subffiquivalvis."
\&v. etongatiim. Stems elongatcd ; racemes 6 to 10 in. long.— riiuders Bay, Collle, also Drimmond, n. 127 aud 27id Co//. n. 269 (in some sets).
The species dilfcrs from S. adnatum only in the capsule.
81. S. falcatum, B. Br. Prod. 572. Very near S. faaclcidatnm, with the saine Hucar lcaves and elongated or prohferous stem, leafy below the terminal tuft ; but tlie stem as well as the rhacliis of the inflorescence is puliescent. Eaceme 4 to 6 in. long, shortly peduncuhite or nearly sessile, siniple or uearly so, the pedicels very short, and all 1-flowered or very rarely 2-flo\vered. Capsule lanceohite, falcate, curviug downwards, the upper ceil aud valve much narrower thau the lower one and semi-abortive, the beak short but slender.— DC. Prod. vii. 337.
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\jr. Australia. Kiiig Goori;e's Somid, R. Brotini, Ohlfield.
S. Lessoiii, DG. Protl. vii. 337, from thc incoiiiplete diasjnoscs given, and Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 388, from the more detailed character, seems to be this species, as suggested by Souder.
82. S. rhynchocarpum, Sot/d. in VI. Preiss. i. 389. This iikiy be a vjiriety oi' S. falcatnm correspoudino- to tiie abbreviated form of S.fascicula- tiim and S. adnatum, bnt 1 have seen no iutermediates. Leafy stems rarely above 6 in. loiig, proliferous-branched, witli the linear leaves of the allied species. Spike compound but reduced to a sessile cliister, concealed in the termiiial tuft of leaves from which the sumniits of the flowers alone ])rotrude. Capsule falcate as in S. falcalum, with the upper cell narrow and the lower oue broad, but the slender beak is much longer than in that species.
W. Australia. Biummond, \st Coll. n. 542, also n. 128.
83. S. adnatum, R. Br. Prod. 572. Glabrous, except the more or less ghmduhir inflorescence. Leafy stems simple or proliferous-branched as iu S.fusciculatnm, varying from 2 or 3 in. to nearly 1 ft. long. Leaves scattered along the stem, the upper ones crowded in a terniiual whorl-like tuft, liuear biit sometimes all very narrow, in other specimens all ratherbroad, and fiom -1- to 1| in. long. Spike-like panicles or compound racemes dense, usually rather short and nearly sessile, but sometimes as long as in the long variety of S. fasciculatnm. Flowers, as iu that species, in nearly sessile cUisters along the rhachis. The sole diflerence is in the capsule, which is lanceolate or linear, and beaked as in that species, but usually narrower and niore falcate (curving upwards), and the upper cell is entirely abortive, the valve being reduced to a filiform rib on the upper side of the lower perfect cell. Tlie leugth varies fiom about \ iu., including the rather !ong beak, to nearly 1 in., inchtding the short beak. — DC. Prod. vii. 337; S. fascicula- 2!M;w,Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. t. 1459 ; Arn. in Bot. Mag. t. 3816, not of R. Br.
W. Australia. Goose Island Bay, R. Brown ; King George's Sound and adjoiuiug districts, Oldjield and others, Drummond, n. 139 ; Sait Lake, JMiddle Islaud, Maxwell. These all belong to the commouer form with uarrovv leaves, the iuflorescence from 3 to near 10 in. long.
Var. abbreviatum. Leaves narrow or broad. Infloresceuce rarcly above 2 iu. long and very deuse. — 5. propinqninn, R. Br. Prod. 572; 1)C. Prod. vii. 337 (with uarrow leaves) ; S. adnatum, var. Br. in Bot. Mag. t. 2598, Bot. lleg. t. 914 (with broader leaves). — King George's Souud, R. Brown aud others.
2. LEVENHOOKIA, E. Br.
(Coleostylis, Soiid.)
Calyx-lobes 5. Corolht irregnlar, 4 lobes nearly equal, more or less con- tracted at the Ijase into chiws, the 5th or hibellum usually sliorter, with a very concave or hood-shaped htmina, euveloping the top oi' tlie cohimu or elastically thrown back. Cohimn short and erect, adnate at the base to one side of the calyx-tube. Stigma 2-lobed or undivided. Ovary l-ceUed, with a basal phicenta more or less connected with the sides by a short, incomplete dissepiraent. Capsule globular, crowiied by the calyx-lobes. Seeds feAV. — Small, erect, siraple or coryuibosely-branched aunuals. Leaves sraall, alter- nate, not rosulate. Flowers crowded in short racemes at the ends of the
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3<l. LXiil. STYLiniE.E. [^Levenhookia .
slcm 01- l)r;vi)clu*s, (■lu-li onc pedicollatc iii tlic tvxil of a sniall, lcaf-like bract. Capsule glandiilar-liispid in all tlie species.
The gcmis is liiiiited to the southern colouies and chiefly "West Australia. Although verv uear Sti/Hdiiim, witii the foliage and hahit of some of the series Tenelltc, it is curiously distin'niishcd by tiie irritahility residiiio; in the hood-shaped labellum, whilst the column is erect aiid iinmovable, whereas in St>/lidium the irritahiiity is in the loiig, foided column. De Caudollc altered thc name into LeenwenJiOfkia, in conformity with the Dutch ortho- graphy of tlic iiainc of thc iiatural philosophcr Leeuwenhoelc, to whoni it is dedicatcd ; but, m tralisfcrriiiij; that nauic into Latin, or rathcr in uial<iiip; a Latin word out of it, the modi- fied spclling used by Browii for euphony's sake is in strict conformity with thc practice of Liiiuicus and his immcdiate foliowcrs in siniilar cascs, and gives a proutinciation much easier, and, at the same time, uearer to the true one, thau if the origiual J)utch letters were preserved in languages where they have not the same value. Labcllum short, nearly scssile at the throat of the corolla or on a short, broad claw. Style without any (or rarely with a small) appendage uiider thc anthers. CoroUa-tube much shorter tlian the calyx-lohes, and the lobes not as long again. Glahrous except the calyx-tuhe. Flowers in a deuse, leafy corymb.
Stylc-lolies 2, liuear 1. L. pusilla.
Glaudular-pubcscent. Inflorescence simple or nearly so.
Lahclluui scarcely coloured. Style entire 2. Z. dubia.
Labellum dark purple. Style 2-Iobed 3. Z. Sonderi.
CoroUa-tube as loug as or longer than the calyx-lobes.
Corolla-tube not much exceeding the calyx-lobcs; lobes 3 lines
loiig. Style 2-Iobed 4. Z. paucijlora.
Corolla-tube slender, twice or thrice as long as the calyx-Iobes.
Style entire 5. Z. leptant/ta.
Lahellum ou a long clavv and nearly as long as the other petals. Co- luinn with a liuear appendage uuder the anthers.— Coleostyles, Sond.
CoroUa-tube very short 6. L. sfipitaia.
CoroUa-tuhe from a littlc shortcr to rather longer than tlie calyx-
lohes 1. L. Preissii.
1. L. pusilla, R. Br. Prod. 573. Glabrous e.Kcept tlie calyx-tiibe and capsule, 1 to 2 in. or rarely 3 in. hisfli, densely corymbose in tlie upper part. Leaves obovate or oblong--spatluilaie, obtiise, rather thick, rarcly above 3 lines louj>' inclndiiig the petiole, the leafy bracts siiuilar or narrower, exceed- ing the flowcrs iii some spccimeus, vather shorter in others. Pedicels short. Calyx rarcly 1 line loug, the lobes rather unequal, but variable in breadth aud proportion. CoroUa-tube very short, 4 lobes having each a short, linear claw and obovate white lamina scarcely above ^ line diaraeter, the 5tli or labcllum piirple, nearly as loug as the other lobes, but the claw broad and coiicave, shorter than the hood-shaped laraina. Style with 2 linear lobes protrudiug frora the anthers. — Bauer, Illustr. t. 15; DC. Prod. vii. 338; Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 392.
W. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoiiiiiig districts, R. Brown, Baxter, and many otlicrs, aiul thcuce to Swau River, Druminoiid, \st ColL, P/m^, ». 2241, 2247 ; caslward to Capc .\iid, Mu.rwell.
2. L. dubia, Soiid. in Pl. Preiss. i. 392. Glandular-piibcsceut or hir- sute, l to 2 or rarely 3 in. high, simple or branched but not socorymbose as L. p'tsi//a. Leavcs obovate-oblong or ovatc, 2 to 3 lines long including tlie
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petiole, tlic leafy bracts siiiiilar or rather nnrrower. Pedicels sliort or scarcely exceedinji; the leaves. Calyx a little more than 1 line loiig. CoroHa-tubo shorter than the calyx-lobes (longer, SonJe?') ; lobes obovate, contracted at the base but scarcely clawed, about 1 bne long, equal (or 2 sliorter, Sonder), apparently vvhite, with a yellow, somewhat glandular throat ; hibelUim on a short claw, the small, hood-shaped, pale or slightly-coloured hamina much shorter than the lobes. CoUimn slender. Stigma obovate, eutire (2-lobed, F. Mueller).—L. creberrima, F. MueU. Fragm. iii. 121.
Victoria. Vcry comnion in pastnres, both in the plains and in the monntains, from the ■WTstern limits of Gipps' Land, ¥. Mueller.
S. Australia. Very common ronnd St. Vincent's Gulf, F. Mueller.
TV. Australia. Swan Eiver, Drummond, \sf Coll. n. 516, Pz-^^m, n. 2252; Stirling Range, F. Mueller. I can discover no ditference whatever betweeu the W. Australian aud the Victoriau specimens, nor have I been abie to trace the 2 lobes of the style described by r. Mueiler ia the latter. There may be, however, in this respect some slight sexuai ditference.
3. L. Sonderi, jP. Mnell. Traym. i. 18. GlanduLar-pul)escent, 1 to 2 in. high, siinple in all the specimens seen. Leaves petiolate, orbicular, 1 to 1|- lines diameter, the leafy bracts rather smaller and narrower. Calyx about 1 line long. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx-lobes, and the lobes but little exceeding them, obovate and nearly equal. Labellum with a very short claw, the hood-shaped laniina of a deep purple and nearly as long as the lobes. Style distinctly 2-lobed. — Coltoatylen Sonderi, Y. Muell. in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. i. 46.
Victoria. Violet Creek, Wilhelmi. Scarcely ditfers from L. dubia in the larger deep- coloured hibellum.
4. L. pauciflora, Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 74. Glandular-pubescent, especially iu the upper part, 2 to 3 in. high, simple in all the specimens seen. Leaves very few and small, petiolate, ovate or orbicular, the leafy bracts oblong-spathulate and still smaller. Flowers few, on rather long pedicels, in a very short, terminal raceme. Calyx nearly 2 lines long. Corolla-tube exceeding the calyx-Iobes ; lobes white, streaked with red, obovate-oblong or spathulate, 2 of them 3 lines long, the 2 others rather shorter ; labellum on a short claw, the lamina much shorter than tbe other lobes, broadly hood- shaped, of a deep purple, with long, entire, uncoloured appendages at the base and a fringed appendage in the terminal notch. Style shortly 2-Iobed or quite entire, the column usually with a merabranous dilatation imme- diately under the anthers. — DC. Prod. vii. 338 ; L. stylidioidts, F. Muell. Fragin. vi. 77.
■^V. Australia. King George's Sound to Stirling Kange, Huegel, CoUie, Oldjleld, F. Mueller.
5. Ij. leptantha, Benth. Very slender, 1 to 3 in. high, usually simple and hirsute with a few small scattered hairs. Lower leaves obovate, upper ones lanceolate, 1 to 2 lines long, narrowed into a sliort petiole. Flowers very fevv, in a short, simple raceine or cluster. Calyx scarcely above \ line long. CoroIIa-tube slender, nearly 2 lines long, the lobes obovate, about 1 g- lines long, narrowed into a short claw ; labellum very short, thepurple hood- shaped laraina deeply notched. Column very sliort. Stigiua entire, not exceeding the anthers.
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36 LXin. STYLIDIE.TE. \^Levenlioolcia .
W. Australia, Dniwmond, n. 128, 175, 282; ('liiimpioii Bny aud jMurchisou river, Oldjield ; also a few speciniens mixcd iii Preiss's u. 2249 from Sussex distriet.
6. Ij. stipitata, F. MneJl. Fragm. iv. 94. Glanclular-puhescent or liirsute, i to -t iii. liijili, usually branched. Leaves linear or tlie lower ones obovate, tlie uppcr tloral ones or bracts very narrow. Flowers sniall, luinie- rous, on long- and slendcr pedicels, tlie upperniost almost unibellate. Calyx scarcely 1 line long, tlie narrow lobes longer tlian the tube. CoroHa-tube scarcelv anv ; lobes obovate, nearly 2 lines loug, narrowcd into claws ; labenmn nearly as long, ou a slender claw, the lamina broadly hood-sliaped, wilh broad auricles or appendages at Ihe base of the limb, aiid an a])pendage iii the deep, terminal notch, sometimes short and purple like the hmb, some- times long and narrow. Cokimu eloiigated but straight, with a reflexed, linear-lanceohite appendage immediately under the anthers. Stigma entire, very shoit, and rounded. — Stylidlum stipitatiim, Benth. in Hueg. Eiinm. 72 ; DC. Prod. vii. 335 ; Coleostylis umbellulata, Sond. in Pl. Preiss. i. 391.
\ir. Australia. Swan River, Brvmmond, \st CoU. n. 514, Preiss, n. 2240 (partly) ; Mounl liarkcr, Oldficld ; Clianipioii Ray, Walcoit. I cannot tind, either in this or in <S. Freissii, flic adnate sheath at the base of the column desrribed by Souder, and IVom which he took the proposcd generic nanie Coleosti/lis. In llucj;ers 'Euumcratio' I had myself niisdescribcd the petals ; fhcre are 4, not 2, vvith obovate iamina, and ouly 1, the labcllum, «itii a slcnder claw and cordafe (coucavc) lamina.
7. Ii. Preissii, F. Mvell. Fragm. iv. 94. Pubescent or hirsule with sliort, glaiiduUir liairs, sometimes simple and 2 to 3 in. higli, more fiequently corymbosely-brauclied and 3 to 5 or even G in. high. Leaves from oblong- spathulate to linear, rarely exceeding \ in., and usually much shorter. Flowers pedirellate, in short, terminal raceines. Calyx a little niore tlian 1 line long, witli narrow lobes. CoroHa-tube from nearly as long as to rather loiiger tlian tlie calyx-tube ; lobes obovate, abont 2 lines long iucluding the claw ; labellura as long as the lobes, with a similar claw, but the lamina broadly hood-sluiped, with an oblong-spathulate appendage in the deep, ter- minal notch, aud a yellow appendage on each side at tlie base of the lamina. Columu slender, rather longer than the claws of the petals, biit not folded, with a linear appcudage immediately under the antliers. Stigraa entire, very short, and rouuded. — Coleostylis Preissii, Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 39L
W. Australia. Swan Rivcr aud adjoining districts, Drummond, \st Coll. n. 515, Pieiss, n. 224'J, 2250 (a few speeimens of L. leptantha mixed uuder n. 2249).
^ 3. FORSTERA, Linn. f.
Calyx.-lobes 5, nearly equal, 2 sometimes more united. Corolla ncarly regular, fuiincl-shaped or almost canipaimlate, the 5 lobes nearly ecpial or 2 rallier hirger. Columu free from the calyx-tube. Ovary impeifectly 2-ceIle(l at the base. Stigma 2-Iobed. Capstile i-celled. — Small pereniiials.' Leaves eiitire, crowded on tlie tufted stock or short sterns, or imbricated along the dcnsely tufled branclies. Scapes or peduncles terininal, bearing 1 or rarely 2 or 3 flowers, which are oflen more or less unisexual.
The gcnus eontains, besidcs the Australian species which is endemic, a-few othcrs from New Zeahiud and Antarctic America. \Vith the pcculiar genital coluniu of Stylidiea, it has the fluwers olherwise nearer those of Canqxinulacea.
Leve)iliuokia.'\ LXiil. stylidiete. 37
1. F. bellidifolia, Ilook.f. Jc. PI. L 851 and Fl. Tasi:i. i. 236. Quite g'labrous. 8tock deiiscly tutted. Leaves all radical, rosulate-obovate or oblong-spatliulate, verv obtuse, ratlier tliick, rarely above ^ in. long. Scapes slender, 3 to 5 in. Jong, usually witli 2 or 3 small, linear bracts under tlie flower. Calyx about 2 liues long, the linear-oblong lobcs about as long as the globuhu- tube. Corolha-tube about 1 line long, tlie lobes rather longcr, obovate, 2 rather Larger tlian the others, the throat oiten with small, glnndu- lar appcndages. Stigma-lobes broad, shortly exceeding the anthers, which were not quite perfect in the flower examined, probably a partially female one. Capsule broadly ovoid, about 3 lines long.
Tasmania. Moimt Sorell and sumniit of the ranges above Birch's Inlet, Macquarric Harboiu', Millhjan, Ounn ; Moiuit Lapeyrouse, C. Sluari. The species comes nearest to the New Zealaud F. Uniella, lloolc. f.
Order lxiv. GOODENOVIE^.
Calyx-tube adnate to tlie ovary or rarely free, the limb of 5 persistent lobes, sometimes very small, or united in a ring, or quite obsolete. Corolla irre- guhir or rarely regular, with 5 hjbes, valvate in the bud, their margins usually iuduplicate aud expanding iuto glabrous wmgs as the flower opens. Stamens 5, alternate with the lobes of the coroUa and inserted at the junc- tion of the corolla-tube with tlie ovary or very rarely shortly adnate to the corolla-tube ; anthers 2-celled, the cells parallel, opening longitudinally, iree or nnitcd in a riiig round the style. Ovary wholly or partially inferior, at least as to the corolia, or rarely free within the corolla-tube, 1- or 2-celIed ; ovules 1, 2 or more in each cell, erect or ascending (except in Catospeinnu) . Style simple and undivided (except in Calogyve), with a cup-shaped or 2- lipped dilatation, called induvimn, at the top, enclosing the stigma. Fruit an indehiscent nut or drupe, or a capsnle opeuing in 2 or 4 valves or rarely bnrsting irregularly or almost indehisceut. Seeds with a thin or crustaceous or thick and hard testa ; embryo straight in the centre of a somewhat fleshy albumen, which is rarely deficient ; radicle next the hilum.— Herbs under- shrubs or rarely shrubs, the juice not railky. Leaves alternate or radical, very rarely irregularly opposite, entire, tootlied or rarely pinnatifid. Flowers hermaphrodite, axiilary or iu terminal spikes, racemes or panicles, the pri- mary inilorescence centripetal, the secondary usually cymose and diclio- tomous. Bracteoles ou the 1-flowered peduncles (when present) and bracts at the forks of tlie dichotomous cymes, opposite. CoroUa yellow blue or Avhite, rarely red or purple.
The Order is alraost exchisively Australian, a very few species only of oue genns {Scievola) being kuown from Nevv Zealand, the Pacific islands, and the coasts of tropical and subtro- pical Africa, Asia, and America, aud one of another genus {Calngync), perhaps not ditfercnt from an Australian one, extending to the coast of Chiua. It is, no doubt, allied to Cain- pamilacecE, but, besides the ditfereuces in the ovulcs, fruit, and seeds, and the waut of tlie milky juice of that Order, GoodenoviecB are readily kuown by tlie rernarkablc iudnsium, ■which evidently, together with tlie peculiar sui-rouuding hairs of tlie style or of thc corolla, acts a considerable part iu assisting the propcr impreguation of the stigma. The cou- trivances by which this impreguation is impeded, retarded, or promoted, appear to be very different in different genera, as, for instauce, in Goodenia, Lesckenaultia, and Dampiera, and are weli worthy of careful observation ou the part of botanists residcnt iu Australiu,
3S LXIV. GOODENOVlEiE.
where the ilowcis can be observed subject to the natural operatioa of iasects, as well as of climatoiogical and other exterual iuflueuces.
In the systematic arrangement and description of the gcnera and species, it is with rcgret that I have been unable to avail myself more largely of the elaborate monograph of De Vriese (' Goodenovicse,' 4to, Haarlera, 1854), but the extraordinary confusion in both genera and species, as well of characters as of synonyms and identifications displayed in that work, and in the Hookerian aud other herbaria that viere placed at the author's disposal and which he has named, show that he could scarcely have formed any definile idea of his owu genera or species, and that in working he rnust havc generally coutented himself with outer aspect, very rareiy resorting to analysis. 1 feel therefore compelled to reject as doubtful those few of his species of which I have seen ao tolerably authentic specinien.
Ovulcs 2 or more in each cell of the ovary or on each side of the im-
pcrfcct or rudiincutary dissepinient.
Anthers coiinate round the style. Capsule linear, 4-valved atleast
at the base. Leaves narrow-liaear or heath-like or reduced
to scales.
ludusium 2-lipped. Seeds hard, in 2 or 4 rows. Flowers soli-
tary or in ieafy corymbs 1. Leschenaultia.
Indusium cup-shaped. Seeds smail and nunierous. Flowers
small in terminai clusters 2. Anthotium.
Anthers free (whea the flower is expanded). Capsule globular ovoid or oblong, opeaiag from the top iu 2 or 4 valves. lu- dusium cup-shaped.
Calyx entirely free 3. Vellkia.
Calyx-tube adnate (sometimes exceeJingly short), lobes frec or adaate at the base.
Style uudivided 4. Goodenia.
Style 2- or 3-cloft 5. Calogyne.
Anthcrs free. Fruit raore or less succulent and indehiscent.
Ovules several, erect or ascending 6. Selliera.
Ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous 7- Catosperma.
Ovulcs 1 or 2 in the whole ovary.
Capsule 2-valved Goodenia barhata.
Drupc or nut iudehiscent. Calyx-tube aduate.
Coiolla-tube slit, lobes spreadiag, not auriculate. Ovules 2
(except in S.fasciculata). Anthers free 8. Sc^vola.
Corolla-tube eutire, lobes horizontally spreadiag. Ovules 2.
Anthers free 9. Diaspasis.
Corolla-tube slit, upper lohcs conniveut, uot auriculate. Ovule
1. Anthers free 10. Verkeauxia.
Corolla-tube slit, upper lobes auriculate. Ovule 1 (except the
sect. Diccelia). Authers counate 11. Dampiera.
Calyx and corolla-tubes almost closed over the ovary but free.
CoroIIa-tube eutire, lobes horizoutally spreadiug. Ovule 1 . 12. Buunonia.
1. LESCHENAULTIA, K. Br.
(Latouria, Le Vr.)
Calyx-tube linear, wliolly adnate, lobes liiiear or lanceolate. Corolla oblique, the tube slit open to the base or rarely closecl, tlie lobes all or par- tially erect and connivent or spreadiiijr. Anthers cohering round the style or rarely free. Ovary inferior, completoly 2-celled, with several, sometimes numerous ovulcs ascendiiig in 2 rows in eacli cell. Indusium broadly 2- lipped, the uppcr lip shorter, ghuKhdar inside and with a half-ring of short hairs oii Ihe outside at the basc, thc lowcr lip smootii or hairy insidc ; stigma
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obsolete (or aduate to tbe upper lip?). Capsule liuear, eitber eutircly 4- valved, or seedless contracted and eutire at tbe top and sometiraes between tbe seeds. Seeds usually tnuicate, and niore or less augular ; testa thick and bard, sometimes abnost bouy ; embryo from balf as long to nearly as long as tbe albumen. — Herbs uudersbrubs or sbrubs. Leaves narrow-linear, entire, scattered or crowded and heath-Uke. Flowers either solitary aud terminal or leaf-opposed or several in compact, leafy termiual corymbs, blue wbite yellow red or greenish.
The genus is limited to Australia, aud is readily known as well by the habit as by the iudusiuni, ovary, and fruit.
Sect. I. Euleschenaultia. — Capsiile seed-bearing and ^-vaJved to the top. — Tlowers solitarij, ou sliori leafi/ branchlets or in compact leafij corymbs.
Corolla (red yellow orgreenish?), the 2 upper lobes connivent, the 3 lower broad and very spreading;. Corolla-lobes not longer than the cylindrical tube. Branchlets straight. Leaves rather crowded, heath-lilie.
Upper coroUa-lobes rathcr broad and erect 1. L. formosa.
Upper corolla-lobes acurainate and recurved 2. L. chlorautha.
Corolla-lobes very broad, longer than the short broad tube,
brauchlets usually curved or twisted. Leaves often h in. long . 3. L. liuarioides. CoroUa (red yellow or greenish?), the tube long aud cyliudrical, the lobes short, connivent or slightly spreading. Leaves crowded or imbricate, almost acerose, 2 to 4 lines loug. Corolla 6 to 8 lines long, the wings of the lobes united with
the termiual mucro on the back 4. Z. tiibijlora.
Leaves crowded, ^ to 1 in. long. Corolla nearly 1 iu., the wiugs
of the lobes spreading the terminal mucro between them . . . 5. L.superba. Leaves crowded, 2 to 4 lines long. Corolla nearly | in., the lobes
acuminate, recurved, not at all or scarcely winged 6. Z. acutiloba.
CoroUa (red yellow or greenish ?), the tube long aud cylindrical, the lobes all very spreadiug and winged. Heath-like shrub. Leaves fine, uuder \ in. long. Flowers nu-
raerous biit scarcely corynibose 1. L. lariciua.
Undershrubs (or shrubs?), the stems (or branches ?) corynibose at the top. Leaves seattered, often above 1 in. long.
Very hispid. Flowers glandular-pubescent 8. Z. hirsiita.
Quite glabrous 9. i. lonijiloba.
Corolla (blue),the lobes all spreading, with broad, transversely-veined
win^s 10. L. biloba.
Corolla (blue lilac pale or white), lobes spreading, almost unilabiate,
the wings of the upper or of all the lobes, narrow aud veiuless
or nearly so.
Corolla-Iobes all with narrow wiugs. Flowers iu densely leafy
corymbs.
Calyx-tube shorter than the floral leaves. Corolla 4 to 5 liues
lono- W. L. expansa.
Calyx-tube longer than the floral leaves. Corolla 6 to 8 lines
lono- 12. L.floribiinda.
Upper coroUa-lobes lanceolate, arcuate, acute, not winged, lower
ones with trausversely veined wings 13. i. heteromera.
Sect. II. Iiatouria. — Capsule ending in a slender seedless iudehiscent beak. Leaves or scaJes distant ; flowers solitary and terminal or leaf opposed. Leaves aU reduced to small scalcs. Branches rigid, intricate, divari-
cate 14. Z. divaricata.
40 Lxiv. GooDKNOViE^. {LescheuauUia.
Leaves and stcins filiform. Capsnle pc.licellnte \d. L.filflonids.
Leaves liuear, acule, sliglitly liattencd. Steins filiform. Capsule
sessile 10,. L. agrostophijUa.
Sect. I. EuLEsciTENAULTiA. Capsule seed-bearing ancl 4-valved to the top. Flowcrs solitary on sliort leafy branchlets or in compact leafy corynibs.
1. L. formosa, R. Br. Prod. 581. A weak, diffiise or spreading and inuch-branched shvub, attaiuing sonictimes 2 ft. Leaves rather loosely scattered, obtuse or scarcely acute, 2 to 4 liues lonp^. Plowcrs red, solitary, termiuating short Ii-afy branchlets orbecomiiig lateral by the o-rowiiig o\it of the upper axilhiry bud. Calyx-tube lou;jer than the surrouudinj; h^avcs ; lobes linear or lincar-lanceolate. Corolla-tube 3 to 5 lines lonp;. split to the base ; lower lobes large and spreadiug, but not longer thaii tlie tube ; upper ones broad roiinded, erect and couuivent, shorter than the lower ones. Cap- sule i to 1. iu. loug.— DC. Prod. vii. 519 ; De Vr. in Pl. Preiss. i. 414; Sweet, Fl. Austral. t. 26 ; Bot. Reg. t. 916 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2600 ; L. oblnto, Sweet, Fl. Austral. t. 46; L. m.uWflora, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1579; DC. Prod. vii. 519 ; L. Baxteri, G. Don in Loud. Hort. Brit. 79.
W. Australia. Kini; Geore;e's Soiind and adjoining districls, R. Broioi, Dn'mmniid, V. 178, Pr/'iss,9). 1457, 1458, F. M /ie//er and othcrs ; eastvvard to Stokes Inlet aud Cape Arid, Maxwell.
Swect distinguishes L. oblaia by thc largcr wings of the coroha-lobcs and by the pnbesceut fiiameiits and corolla, bnt I find the wings sometinies quite as broad with pcrfectly glabrous filaincnts, and thc hairs, whim prcsent on the filameuts and back of the corolla, are but very few and small. F. Mueller sends some specimeus which he considers as distiuct {rom L. formosa in baviug an erect stem ; 1 can find no other differeuces.
2. L. chlorantha, F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 20. A low, diffuse, much- brauched shnd), with the habit of L.formosa, but the leaves are tiuer, ^- to ^ in. loug. Iiifloresceuce aud flowers the same, except that the two upper conniveut lobcs of the corolla are acumiuate aiul more or less recurved, and the colour, according to 01dfield's label, is pale green, which does not show on the speeimeu.
TV. Australia. JMurcliison river, Oldfield.
Some spccimens from the Kalgan river, Ol/lfield, in Ilerb. Ilook., havc the fine leaves and acuniiiiate npper corolla-lobes of L. chlorautha, but the flowers are marked on (3ldfield's label as tnr(|iioise bhie, tbe correspoiiding specimcns iu Herb. F. jMuellcr are marked as haviug tbc fiowcrs red. Pcrhaps the whole are a variety ouly oi L.formosa. la the dricd state the llowcrs look red iu all.
3. L. linarioides, BC. Prod. vii. 519. A prostrate or divaricately brauched shrub, attaiuing sometimes several feet, the branches ofteu much incurved at the eud. Leaves not crowded, slcnder, acute, somctimcs exceed- ing \ in. Flovvers rather large, terminatiug short branchlets and sessile within the upper leaves, often several togcther in a termiual leafy corvmb, the flowering branchlets or even the calyx-tube itself often much incurvcd or tvvisted. Calyx-lobes lanceohite. Corolla-tube short, broad, and gibbous,
he lower lobes often f in. long, vvith very broad vviiigs of a greeuish-yellow, the upper lobes reddish, oval-obloug, erect and conuivent, much shorter than thc lovvcr ones. Capsule curved, 1 to I5 iu. long. — L. arcnata, De Vr. in Pl. Preiss. i. 416, Gooden. 186 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4265, copicd iuto Fl. des
LeschenaiiUla.'] LXiv. GOODEXOViEiE. 41
Serres, iii. t. 219 ; Paxt. IMag. xiv. 245, with a fig. ; Scccvola grandijlora, Beiitli. iii Hueo-. Euum. 70 ; DC. Prod. vii. 512.
TV. Australia. Svvan River, Fraser, Brummoud, \st Coll. n. 186, also n. 147 ? ; Trciss, n. 1405; Murcliisou river, Oldfield; Cliampioa Bay, Walcott ; Dirk Hai-tog's Islauil, MUnc.
4. Ij. tubiflora, R. Br. Prod. 581. A bushy shrub, soraetimes low, (liftuse, and denscly branched, sometimes more erect, 3 to 4 ft. high, with divaricate or shortly virgate branches. Leaves crowded or densely irabricate, 2 to 4 liues long, rigid aud almost acerose, with pellucid poiuts. Plowers frora a greeuish- to an orange-yellow or perhaps red, solitary on the short brauchlets, sessile vvithiu the termiual leaves, which are louger than the ovary. Calyx-lobes lilce the leaves. CoroUa 6 to 8 lines long, the tube cy- linch-ical, at first closed, but splitting more or less on the iipper side, the lobes all shorter than the tube, couuivent or scarcely spreadiug, the wings short aud united at the end, with the terminal mucro at the back. Capsulc iiarrow as iu the other species, but not longer thau the surroundiug leaves. — DC. Prod. vii. 519 ; I)e Vr. Gooden. 183, but ouly as to Browu's plaut ; L. jjinatitruideH, Lehm. Pl. Preiss. ii. 244 ; De Vr. Gooden. 133. t. 30.
^V. Australia. Kiiig George's Sound aud adjoining districts, R. Brnwn, Dnmmnnd, n. 163, 404, Preiss, n. 430, and others ; eastvvard to Stokes Inlet aud Fitzgerald Rangcs, Maxwell.
Preiss's specimens, n. 1458, reierred here by De Vriese, belong to L. formosa ; Drnm- mond's n. 65, also quotcd by him under L. tubifiora, is a species of Eremophila or some aliied genus.
5. L. superba, F. MaeU. Fragm. vi. 10. A bushy slirub of 2 ft. witli virgate brauches. Leaves crowded, |^ to 1 iu. long. Plowers large, yellow {Ma.rw.), sessile in a cluster of small leaves, and often 2 or 3 together at the ends of the branchlets. Calyx-Iobes linear-subulate. Corolhi nearly 1 iu. long, the tube cyliudrical, slit on the upper side, the lobes short, nearly equal, scarcely spreadiug, with rather broad, distiuct wings, mucronate- acumiuate betweeu them. Capsule f to 1 in. long.
■W. Australia, Drummond, n. 354; Phillips river and E. Mount Barren, Ma.noeU.
6. L. acutiloba, Benth. An erect or diffuse shrub. Leaves rather crowded, and sometimes imbricate, obtuse or with short points, 2 to 3 lines long. Flowers (red ? or yellow ?) solitary and termiual, sessile within the last leaves, but the ovary usually exceeding them. Calyx-Iobes acute, some- times slighlly lanceolate. Corolla-tube about •§- in. long, cylindrical, slit to the base; lobes short, erect or sbghtly spreading, acutely acuraiuate, uot wiuged.
TV. Australia. Young river, Maxicell.
7. L. laricina, Lindl. Sican Riv. App. 27. A much brauched, erect, bushy shrub. Leaves rather crovvded, usually fiue, ^^ to ^ iu. long. Flowers varying from white or lilac to tlie richest red {Drninmond), sessile in tiie upper axils, ofteu numerous, the calyx-tube not exceediug the floral leaves. Calyx-Iobes like the leaves, but sliorter thau the corolhi-tube. Corolla-tube fuUy \ m. long, slit to the base, the lobes all similar, sometimes nearly as
42 LXiv. COODENOVIE.1;. [LeschciiatiHia.
loii;; as tlie tiibe, but usually sliorter, the wiugs rather broad, with a small poiut betweeu them. — l)e Yr. Goodeu. 185.; L. splendens, Hook. Bot. Ma<?. t. 4255, copied iuto Fl. des Serres, ii. t. 176; Paxt, Mag. xiv. 245, with a figure.
"W. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, \st Coll. ; Darling Rauge, Collie.
L. parvillora, De Vr. in Pl. Preiss. i. 416, aiid L. teimifolia, De Vr. 1. c. 415, are both referred by the aiithor (Gooden. 185) to L. laricina, but the charactcrs hc gives are those of L. expaiisa. I have not seen the specimens.
8. L. hirsuta, F. Mnell. Fraym. vi. 9. Apparently an undershrub, hispid with rii^id hairs. Stems decumbeut or erect, sometimes exceediug 1 ft., slightlv l)nuiche(l towards the top. Leaves liuear, acute, ofteu above 1 iii. loug. Flowers large (red ?), sessile in the upper axils. Calyx-Iobes liuear-subulate, acute. Corolla about l^- iu. loug, glaudidar-pubesceut out- side ; tube narrow ; lobes rather shorter than the tube, all wiuged, aud pro- bably spreadiug. Style long. Capsule very long, but not seen ripe.
TV. Australia. Betwecn Moore and Jlurchison rivers, Brummond, &th Coll. n. 145. The habit is uearly that of L. loni/iloba, but the hairs are quite exceptional in the whole genus.
9. L. longiloba, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 10. Appareutly an uudershrub, with several decumbent or ascendiug stems under 1 ft. high, corymbosely branched towards the end ouly. Leaves not crowded, liuear, uuicronate- acute, uiostly above \ iu. loug, sometimes rather broad aud almost lauceolate, the upper, especially the floral ones, irregularly opposite. Flowers (red ?) sessile iu the upper axils. Calyx-lobes usually loug aud acute. CoroIIa nearly 1 iu. long, the tube iiarrow, less woolly inside thau in most species, the lobes all spreading and winged, mucrouate-acuminate, as long as the tube. Capsule long, but not seen ripe.
^V. Australia, Drummond, the typical speciniens without n., but n. 179 of the 4th
Coll. appcars to be the same.
10. L. biloba, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 27; Bot. Reg. 1841,^. 2. A weak shrub oF 2 or 3 ft. Leaves rather slender, not very erowded, \ to nearly \ in. loug. Flowers blue, sessile in the upper axils, few together in cach brauchlet, but sometimes forming a broad, leafy corymb. Calyx-Iobes like the leaves. CoroUa varying from 8 lines to nearly 1 in. long, the lobes louger than the tube, all spreading, more or less niucronate, w-ith broad, spreading, dark blue wings, marked with parallel, transverse veins like those oi Sceevola striata. Capsule f to l^ in. long. — Paxt. Mag. viii. 151 ; De Vr. Gooden. 182. t. 35 ; L. grandijlora, DC. Prod. vii. 519 ; De Vr. Gooden. 181 ; L. Drummondi, De Vr. 1. c. 182.
W. Australia. Kiiig George's Sound to Swan River, Dmmmond, \st Coll. n. 3, 2nd Coll. n. 415, Prei.%s, n. 1403, 14GG, Harvei/, Oldjield, and others.
L. cjrandiflora, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 26, is a large-flowered form of the same species.
11. L. expansa, R. Br. Prod. 581. A wcak branchiug or difluse shrub of 1 to 2 ft. Leaves mostly obtuse, uuder | in. loug. Fbwers sniall, pale bliu^ yellowish or white, scssile iu small, compact, leafy corymbs at the ends of the brauches. Calyx-tube shorter thau the surroundiug Icaves, the
Leschenaultia.l LXiv. cooDENoviEiE. 43
lobes usually as loiig- as or loiiger thau the corolla-tube. Corolla 4 to 5 lines long, the lobes longer thau the tube, all digitately spreading and winged, the wings undulate, not broad, irregularly and very sparingly veined. Capsule about \ in. long. — DC. Prod. vii. 519.
W. Australia. King George's Souiid, R. Brown, Baxter, and others ; Swau River, Lrinnmoud, \sf Coll. ; Fiinders Jiay, Collie ; Muuut Barl<er, Tone river, \ViIsou's Iniet, Oldjield. Tlie flowers are usualiy described as 2-bracteolate, but they are so in appearance only, the flower being between 2 nearly opposite leaves similar to the subtending one, but iii the axii of one of theni is another flower-bud, which, as it is developed, causes the branchlet to grow out, aud the leaves become alternate.
12. L. floribunda, Benth. m Hneg. Enum. 70. A shrub of 2 or 3 ft., with spreailing or rarely virgate branches. Leaves rather crowded but not imbricate, tiuely pointed or ahnost obtuse, 2 to 4 liues long. Flowers white, pale blue, lilac or yellowish, in tevniinal, leafy corymbs, but not so dense as iu L. expausa, the tiowers themselves hirger, aud the calyx-tube at the tirae of flowering always longer than tlie surrouuding leaves. Corolla 6 to 8 lines long, the hjbes uearly equal, all digitately spreading and longer than the tube, the wings not at all or very obscurely veined, the poiut of the lobe iu the notch between them. — DC. Prod. vii. 519 ; De Vr. Gooden. 186; L. glauca, Lindl Swan Eiv. App. 27 ; De Vr. Gooden. 184; L. pallescens, De Vr. in PL Preiss. i. 415 ; L. expansa, De Vr. Gooden. 184, partly, not of R. Br.
W. Australia. Swau River, Huegel, Brummojid, \st Coll., Breiss, n. ]460, 1464, 1468 ; Murchison river, Oldjield.
13. L. heteromera, BentJi. A shrub, with rather rigid branches. Leaves mucrouate-acute, thicker and more rigid thau in most species, usually uuder ^ in- long, not imbricate. Flowers appareutly blue, few iu the upper axils, forming a short, loose, leafy spike, the calyx-tube louger thau the surroundiug leaves. Calyx-lobes very acute. CoroUa (pale blue?)6 to 8 lines long, the 3 lower lobes with broad, blue, transversely-veiued wings as in L. biloba, but the 2 upper oues shorter, linear-Linceolate, acute, with narrow, iuvolute margius but not winged. Capsule about f iu. long.
W. Australia, Brummond, n. 142, Myhie ; E. Mount Barren, Moir's Inlet, Oldfield aud Phillips rivers, Maxwell.
Sect. II. Latouria, Lndl. — Capsule ending in a slender, seedless, inde- hiscent beak. Leaves or scales of the stem distant. Flowers solitary, terminal or leaf-opposed.
14. L. divaricataj F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 33, 167. Suramits of the plant leafless, rigid, flexuose, intricately branched, the leaves repLiced by small, oblong-linear, distant scales. Flowers sessile, terminal or opposite the scales. Calyx-tube 2 to 3 lines long, the lobes narrow, about half as long. Corolla yellow {F. Muelt.), G to 8 lines long, the lobes about as long as the tube, ali narrow and expanded, the 3 lower ones winged, the 2 upper ones lauceolate-falcate, not winged. Fruit often above 1 in. iong, ripeniug but very few large, thick seeds, and contracted iuto a ueck at the top, and also betwecu the seeds.
S. Australia. Cooper's Creek, Jr/ieeier.
44 LXiV. GOODiNOVlE^. [^LesckeiiauUia.
15. L. filiformis, R. Br. Prod. 5S1. An amiual or pereiinial, witli filitbrm, slightly braiiclied stems of |^ to 1 ft. Leaves distant, filiform, \ to 1 in. long-. Fiowers blue {R. Br.), terminal or leaf-opposed, very shortly pedicellate. Calyx-tube long and slender, tlie lobes short aiid subulate. Corolia \ in. long or rather more, the 3 lovver lobes as long as the tube, with. broadly oblong, erect, ahnost parallel wings, leaving a deep sinus betweeu them, the margins of the lobes very uudulate below the wings, tiie 2 upper lobes separated much lower down, and wiuged on one side only. Capsule slender, about 1 in. long wlieu jierfect, tlie up])er half eousisting of a slender, filiforni beak. Seeds cyliudrical or anguhir, tiuncate, the testa not quite so hard as iu ottier species. — DC. Prod. vii. 519; F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 'J ; Lafoiiria fiHformis, De Vr. Gooden. 187.
N. Australia. Islands of tlie Gulf of Cavpeiitaria, R. Broion.
Queensland. Shoalwater Bay passage, R. Brown ,- Rockiiigham 13ay, Dallachij.
16. L. agrostophylla, P. Muell. Fracim. vi. 8. An erect annual, very closely altie(t to L. Jiliformis, and probabty onty a variety, the leaves are rattier broader and flatter, the capsule not so sleuder, and usualty sessite.
N. Australia. Sandstoiie tableland of the Upper Victoria river and Macarthnr river, Gulf of (':u pentaria, F. Mueller. Without fullcr sets of spccimens, I have been unwilling to unite this wiih L. Jiliformis ; but Browus Carpentaria island speciniens appear to me to be intcraiediate between F. Mueller's and those froni Queensland.
2. ANTHOTIUM, 11. Br.
Calyx-tube aduate ; lobes 5, free. Corolla with the 2 upper lobes free to the base, erect, couuivent, each of them winged ou oue side, w-ith a broad, concave, inflexed auricle covering the indusmra, the 3 tower lobes uuited to the middle. Authers cohering round ttie styte. ludusium cup-shaped, not ciliate, enclosing ttie stigma. Ovary entirely inferior, 2-celled ; ovules numerous, iu 2 rows in eaeh cell, niostly ascending. Capsule openiug late- ]'ally, in 4 valves (eohering at the top?). Seeds small, stigtitly oompressed ; testa crustaceous. — Glabrous perennials, with a tufted stock. Leaves radical, entire. Ftoweriug stems leafless or nearty so, simple or brauched. Ftowers (probabty varying fi-om a yellow to a purplish-red) in tei-miual clusters or deuse cory mbs, rarely almost solitary.
Ilie genns is limitcd to Anstralia. It approaches Damjnera iu the (lowcr, witli the ovary of Lescheiiaultia, aud a peculiar habit. lladical leaves uarrow-lincar. Calyx-tube coutractcd to the basc.
Upper lip of the corolla exceediug the calyx-lobes 1. A. humile.
Radical leaves liucar-cuueate, oblonjj or laticcolate. Calyx-tube ronnded
at the base. Uppcr lip of the corolla shorter than the calyx-lobes . 2. J. ruhrijlorum.
1. A. humile, R. Br. Prod. 582. Radical leaves liuear-terete or very narrow and \\\\vk but flat, 1|- to 4 iu. loug, the petioles shortly dilated at the base. Slems sometimes scareely exccediiig the leaves, erect aud simple, sometimes ^ to 1 ft. loug, asceudiug, ereet (or procuuibent ?), and more or lcss braucluHt, leafless except short, tinear braets under the brauches. Flowers sinatl, iu a terminat, compact corymb or head when the stein is simple, or in smaller clusters at the ends of the branches, sessile within very
Anlhoththi.^ , Lxiv. goodexovie.t:. 45
short bracts. Calyx-tube linear-turbinatc, 2 to 3 liues loug ; lobcs lanceolate or linear, usually shorter thau the tube. Upper lobes of the corolla exceed- ing thc calyx-lobes, broacl aud concave at the base, slightly contracted uuder the auricle, lowcr lip about 3 lines long, the lobes oblong, with narrow wings, and somewhat concave at the end. Capsule 3 to 4 liues long, but not seen quite ripe. Seeds very snudl, the testa very miiiutely ghindular-tuberculate or nearly smooth. — DC. Prod. vii. 520 ; De Vr. Gooden. 188. t. 37 ; Lesche- naultia k/nnilis, Spreng. Syst. i. 720 ; Goodenia junciforrnis, De Vr. in Pl. Preiss. i. 413 ; G. (jeniculata, De Vr. \. c. (altered afterwards 1. c. ii. 244 to G. geniijlexa) ; and G. pygiuaa, De Vr. in PL Preiss. i. 413.
^V. Australia, lirummond, n. 416, 181, 183; King George's Sound and Lucky Bay, R. Brotcn, Bn.rtfr ; Plantageiiet aud Stirliug Kauges, Maxivell ; sandy plaius iuuuJated iu winter, Swan River, Preiss, n. 1456, 1522.
De Vriese refers here also (Gooden. 188 and in Herb. Hook.) Drnmmond's n. 191, which is SccEvola torluosa, aud n. 140, which I have uot seen.
2. A. rubriflorum, Y. Muell. llerh. Eadical leaves oblong-spatliuhite, lanceoLate or linear-Lanceolate, \\ to 2 in. long, the petiole dilated aud mem- branous at the base. Stems erect and simple or neariy so in the specimens seen, 3 to 6 in. high, leafless or with 1 or 2 erect, short, linear leaves. Fiowers red {J. Muell.'), in a compact, terminal corymb, sessile, and siir- rounded by bracts as in A. liumile, but the calyx-tube is rather shorter and broader, rounded at tlie base and promineutly ribbed, the upper connivent lobes of the coroUa are not contracted undcr the auricle, but broader and rounded at the top, not exceeding the calyx-lobes, aud the lower lip is nearly twice as long. Ovules of A. humile or even more numerous. Fruit not seen.
yiV. Australia, Drummond, n. ISO, Maxwell.
3. VELLEIA, Sm.
(Euthales, R. Br.)
Calyx free from the ovary, consisting of 3 or 5 sepals, either distinct or connate in a cainpanuLite tube at the base. Corolla oblique, the tube adnate to the ovary at the base, with a hollow protuberance sometimes produced iuto a spur, the upper part split on the upper side nearly or quite to the ovary, the 2 upper lobes separate lower down, unequally winged and auricu- late, or rarely all equal aud equally winged. Stamens free. Ovary adnate to the corolla at the base, the summit free within the corolla-tube, nearly 1-celled, divided only at the very base or rarely to the niiddle into 2 imper- fect cells. Style simple ; indusium usually large, closed and almost folded when the flower expands. Capsule quite free from tlie calyx-Iobes, equally 4-vaIved, or rarely 2-valved with entire or 2-cleft valves. Seeds of Goodenia, flat, with a callous or winged margin. — Herbs, vvith a short, thick stock and radical leaves, or iti one species forming a thick, branching, leafy stem. Scapes (or peduncles in V. macrophyllu) erect or aseeuding, dichotoiuously- or tricliotoiuously-brauched, mauy-flowered. Bracts opposite, free or con- nate. Flowers yellow, like those of Goodenia.
The species are all Australian. The genus is very uearly allicd to Goodenia, bnt difTers coustautly iu the free calyx and peculiar dichotomous infloresceuce.
46 LXiv. GOODENOviE^. , \_Felleia.
Brarts largc, liroad, connate.
Sepals 5, laiiccolate, nearly distinot 1- T. pandnrifonms.
Sepals 5, ovate, connate at the base 2. V.^connata.
Sepals 3, orbicular-cordate 3. V. perfoUata.
Bracts distinct or very shortly united at the base. Sepals 5, nnited in a canipanulate, 5-lobcd cup.
Stock tnfted. Leaves all radical 4. F. trinervis.
Stem ercct, lcafy 5. F. macrophylla.
Scpals 5, distinct or nearly so.
Flowcrs rathcr harge. Sepals obtuse, 4 to 6 lines long. Co-
rolla frequcntly spurred. Capsule not exceeding the ealyx . 6. Y.paradoxa. Flowers sniall. Sepals acute, about 2 lines long. Corolla not
spurred. Capsule exceeding the calyx 7. F. cyoiopolamica.
Sepals 3, distinct or nearly so.
Upper h)bes of the corolla deeply separate. Scapes longer than the leaves. Glabrous. Sepals broadly cordate, alraost orbicular ... 8. F. hjrata. Glabrous. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, obliquely cordate and
shortly decurrent 9. F. macrocaIy.v.
Yillous. Sepals broadly ovate, not cordate 10. V. pubescens.
Glabrous. Sepals oblong-lanceolate 11. V. spathulata.
Corolla-lobes all nearly equal. Scapes shorter than the leaves 12. F. montana.
1. V. panduriformis, A. Cmm. Herb. Glabrous and glancous. Kadical lcaves petiolate, obovate, toothed. Scapes or steras very tall, less forked tlian in otber species, vvith several pairs of laroe, broad, connate bracts, entire or scarcely toothed, each one 1 to 2 in. diameter. Flowcrs in dcnse cynies in one axil of each of the upper pairs of bracts (only one fork of the priniary inflorescence elongated) or the terminal cynie regularly dicho- toinous. Sepals 5, hmceolate, nearly equal, about \ in. long, free or slightly connate at the base. CoroUa not seen. Capsule about as long as the calyx. Seeds about 4 lines diameter, including the broad transparent wing.
N. Australia. Goodcnough Bay and Point Cnnningham, N.W. coast, A. Citnning- hani. The speeiiiieus seen of tliis and the two following species are very incomplete ; the radical leaves of V. pandiuiformis are described from the drawing of a plant formerly raised in Kew Gardens from Cunningham's seeds.
2. V, connata, F. Muell. in Hook. Kew Journ. viii. 162, and in Trans.
Thil. Soc. Vicl. i. 18. Glabrous and glaucous. Eadical leaves petiolate, obovate-obk)ng and toothed {Ilerb. Hook.) or ublong-spathuhite and entire (Herb. F. MndL), 2 to 3 in. long. Stem tall, dichotomous, with Large broad connate entire or toothed bracts at the forks. Sepals 5, ovate or ovate- lanceolate, acuminate, the outer one fully 4 lines long, the otiiers smaller, usually connate at the base. CoroUa 7 to 8 lines long, the lower lobes not winged (or the wings destroyed in the specimens seen?), the upper ones winged on one side and sHghtly cibate. Capsule about 3 lincs diameter. Secds about 1 line diameter, including the wing.
N. S. 'Wales. Scrubbv sandhills towards the junction of the Mnrray and Murruin- bidgee, F. Miwller.
S. Australia. Betwccn the Bonney river and Mount Morphett, M'Do2iall Stuart, a single specimen in Ilerb. F. Muell., with the calyx-lobes much more conuate than in the typical specimens.
3. V. perfoliata, R. Br. Prod. 581. Ghibrous, except a little short
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wool m the axils of tlie leaves and braets. Radical leaves pctiolate, obovate or oIjIoiiq;, tootlied or entire. Scapes or steins tall, ojlaucoiis, dicliotomous, with larjic l)road connate eiitire or toothed bracts at the forlcs. Plowers shortly ])edicelhite in the forks, the upper ones in a corapact corymb. Sepals 3, or- bicnlar-cordate, aboiit 3 lines long, the 2 inner ones scarcely smaller than the outer one. Corolla yellow, about ^ in. long, glabrous outside, the lower lobes winged, the 2 upper ones winged on the outer side only, with a con- cave densely hairy auricle below the wing. Style densely hairy. Capsule shorter than the calyx. Seeds very flat and broad, with a tliickish margin not Avinged. — DC. Prod. vii. 518.
N. S. TVales. Bhie Mountains, Gordon (Herh. R. Br.J, Miss Atkinson. lu the iliied speciuieus the wings of the corolla-lobes sometimes disappear.
4. V. trinervis, Lahlll. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 54. t. 77. Glabrous or rarely sprinkied with appressed hairs or in one variety villous. Padical leaves on long petioles, broadly or narrow oblong, entire or remotely toothed, sometimes distinctly 3-nerved, but the veins nsually very obscure. Scapes dichotomous, sometimes as in V. paradoxa, above 1 ft. high, with erect braiiches, sometimes low and ascending as in V. pubescens, the bracts under the forks lanceolate or linear, free or slightly connate at the base. Flowers small. Sepals uuited in a campanulate calyx, about 2^ to 3 lines long, with a turbinate tube and 5 unequal lobes, the larger outer one usually longer than the tidje. Corolla 5 to 6 lines long, slightly pubescent outside, the lobes all broadly winged, the 2 U]iper ones rather unequally so and separated nearly to the base. Dissepiment of the capsule more prominent thau in most species, attaining nearlv to the middle. Seeds flat, not winged. — Goodenia tenella, Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 466; Bot. Mag. t. 1137, not of R. Br. ; Ea- thales trinervis, R. Br. Prod. 580 ; DC. Prod. vii. 517; De Vr. Gooden. 169.
"W. Australia. King George's Soiuid, R. Broicn, Preiss,n. 1515, and many others, and theuce to Swan River, Brummond, \st Coll., 2nd Coll. n. 400, 401 ; Blackwood and Twccd rivers aud Port Gregory, Oldjield ; eastward to Cape Arid aud Cape le Grand, 31ax- well.
The genus Tluthales was separated by Brown from Velleia solely on account of the gamosepalous calyx, but that occurs also,though iu a less degree, in V. connata ; F. Mueller j)roposes to joiu it rather vvith Goodenia ; but besides the inflorescence and capsule, which are entirely those of Yelleia. the calyx is always free, whilst in Goodenia the calyx-tube is entirely adnate, and where that is very short the lobes are also aduate at the base, and per- sist on the capsule.
Var. villosa, more or less villous, the leaves often very densely so on the under side, but sometimes sprinkled only with a few hairs. Scapes numerous, ascending, rarely above 6 iu. high. — Brummond, ith Coll.n. 188 ; King George's Sound, Collie ; Vasse river, Oldfield ; Stirling Rangcs, Don river, and Cape Arid, Maxwell.
Euthales pt/osella, De Vr. in Pl. Preiss. i. 414, from King George's Sound, Preiss, n. 1438, which I have not seen, would appear, from the character given, to be this variety, al- though the author (Gooden. 174) refers it to V. s}iathulata, au Eastern species to which the descriptiou does not at all apply.
5. V. macrophylla, Benth. Closely allied to the hn-ger forms of V. trinervis, but tlie stock grows out into an erect leafy branching stem, and, includu)g the hirge loose dichotomous panicles, attains 3 or 4 ft. The whole plaut glabrous. Stem-Ieaves in the ordinary form 2 to 6 in. long, toothed
48 LXiv. cooDENOViF..^. \_rdleia.
aiid naiTowed into a ratlier long petiole. Pedunclcs axillarv, paniculate, with opposite bracts at tlie forks, precisely like tlie paniculato scapes of F. trhieivis, but the flowers and capsules usually laroer. — EiitJialesmucropJiylla, Lindl. Bot. Eecr. 1840, Misc. 54, and 1841, t. 3 ; De Vr. Gooden. 170. t. 33 ; Maund. Botanist, t. 209 ; Goodenia inacropJiylla, F. Muell. Fragra. vi. 11.
TV. Australia. Brummond, n. 141, 2>rd Coll. n. 189 ; Kalgan river, OJdfifld. The station, " S\ iliicy, Cloices" giveu by De Vriese, is owing to a mistake in Herb. Hook.
Var. foliosa. Stenis thick. Leaves crowded, obovate or broadly cnneate, coarsely toothcd, scarcely petiolate, but contracted iiito a short, broad, steni-clasping base, the axils woolly. — Drininiiond, n. 182; summit of Stirliug Range, F. Mueller.
Eidhules filiformis, Pe Vr. in Pl. Preiss. i. 414 and Gooden. 171, from AV. Australia, Preiss, n. 1880, described from imperfect specimcns without flowcr, aud which 1 have uot seeu, is not recoguizable, aud may beloug to some very different geuus.
G. V. paradoxaj R. Br. Prod. 580. Glabrous, pubescent or hirsute. Lea\es radical, pctiolate, froin broadly obovate and under 2 in. to narrow- oblong and above 4 in. long, coarsely tootlied or alniost entire, sometiraes almost lyrate. Scapes ascending or erect, \ to l^ ft. high, dichotomously or trichotomously branched. Bracts opposite at the forks, free, the lower ones sometimes ovate and deeply lobed at the base, the upper ones small, liiiear, and eutire. Sepals 5, free, oblong-linear or lanceolate or the outer larger one ovate-lanceohtte and sometiraes H lines long, the others smaller. CoroUa yellow, pubescent outside, the hollow protuberanee of the tube u&ually pro- (hiced iuto a spur, sometimes 4 lines long, sometimes very small orobsolete; lobes all winged, the 2 upper oues separate much lower thau the others. Lidusium very lixxgG. Capsule shorter than tlie outer sepals. Seeds broadly winged.— I)C. Prod. vii. 518 ; De Vr. Gooden. 172; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 23:/; Bot. l>eg. t. 971.
Queensland. Dawson rivcr, F. Mueller ; Port Cnrtis, M^Gillivray : Plains of the Condaiiiinc, Leichhardt ; Ipswich, I^ernst ; ^Varwick, Beckler.
N. S. TVales. Cow-pasture plains, R.Bioivn; Mudgee, WooUs ; 'Nangas, M'Jrihur ; froin the Murray and Darliiig to the Barricr Kange, Vicioria and ot/ier Expediiions, aud uorlhwavd to Kichinond river, Fawceit, New England, C. Siuart.
Victoria. Foit Phillip, R. Broun ; on the Yarra, F. Mueller ; Glenclg river, Ro- lertsoii ; ('rcswick, Whan ; ■\Vimmera, Dalluchy.
Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, R. Brown ; not uncommon in many parts of the island, /. I). llooker.
S. Australia. Gulf of St. Vincenfs, Holdfast Bay, Lofty Ranges, etc, F. Mueller and otliers.
V. argiiia, R. Br. Prod. 580, DC. Prod. vii. 518 ; De Vr. Gooden. 173, from Spencer's Gulf, R. Brown, is a small form, with the leavcs rather more sharply toolhed thau usual, but not otherwise ditfereut. The wcstern statious given for the species by De Vriese are foimded upon a mixtnre of specimens of V. trinervis and of Goodenia filiformis, which had been glucd down upon the same sheet in the Hookerian Herbarium.
\ar. stetioptera, F. Miiell. More divaricate ; flowers rather smaller ; spnr vcry smalj or none ; seeds with a very narrow or scarccly any wing. To tbis bclong the Qneeusland and the New Euglaiid and Hiclimoiid rivcr specimens. The spnr of tlie corolla disappears also sometimcs ou tlie common Southeru form, aud is always variable in size.
7. V. cycnopotamica, F. MKell. Frnr/m. vi. 7. Sprinkled with a few rigid hairs or n(-arly ghtbrous. Padical leaves petioiate, oblanceoiate, acutely
reiltia.] LXiv. goodenovie.t:. 4y
tootlied, 1 to :2 iu. loiig. Scapes slcuiler, asceiiding, 0 to 8 iii. liigli, cliclio- tomous, witli siuall opposite lauceohite tVee bracts at the forks. Flowers smull, yellow. Sepals 5, hiuceolate, acute, about 2 liues louo; aud nearly equal or the outer one broader, usually hispid. Corolla uot seen perfect but appareutly lil^e those of other uot spurred species. Capsule exceediug the calyx, somewhat compressed, with the 2 valves uot splitting so readily into 4 as in other species. Seeds orbicuhir, wiuged.
"W. Australia. Brummond (2nd Coll. f), ». 402, 410. Tlie Hookerian and other specinicus seen by De Vriese were referred by hini to V. lanceolata, Lindl. {Goodenia fili- formis), or to V. lyrata, which is entirely eastern.
8. V. lyrata, R. Br. Prod. 580. Ghabrous except a fevv hairs on the stock. Leaves radical, oblong-spathulate, deeply toothed below the niiddle or lyrate-pinnatitid, often several in. loug. Scapes erect or ascending, 6 in. to nearly 1 ft. high, dichotomous, with spreading brauches, and sniall opposite ovate-lanceohite or linear free bracts at the forks. Sepals 3, broadly cordate, the outer oues 3 to 4 lines loug and broad, the 2 others rather snudler. CoroUa yellow, about \ iu. loug, glabrous outside, the lobes broadly •wiuged, the 2 upper oues separated low down, unequally winged, with a coucave inflexed auricle near the base. Capsule rather shorter than the calyx. Seeds orhicular, tlat, with a rather thick raargiu, uot wiuged. — DC. Prod. vii. 518; De Vr. Gooden. 173; Bot. Reg. t. 551; Hook. Exot. Fh t. 24; Gnillem. Ic. Pl. Austral. t. 4 ; F. spatlinlata, Juss. in Auu. Mus. Par. xviii. 17. t. l,notof E. Br.
N. S. TVales. Marshy places about Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 223, aud mauy others. The western speciiuens referred by De Vriese to V. lyrata, belong to V. ci/cnopo(amica and F. trine)-vis.
9. V. macrocal^rx, De Vr. Gooden. 176. t. 34. Ghabrous except a little wool at the base of the leaves and the infloresceuce sometimes slightly piibescent. Rootstock often thick and eloiigated. Leaves radical, petiohate, obovate-obloug or spathuhite, ofteu several iu. long, obtuse, entire sinuate- toothed or rarely almost lyrate. Scapes sometinies short and few-flowered, but when fuU growu ^ to 1 ft. high, dichotomous, with spreading l)ranches aud small narrow opposite bracts at the forks as in V. iyrata. Sepals 3, ovate-hauceohite or almost ovate, mucronate-acute, obliquely cordate at the base, with the margins slightly decurrent, the outer one often 5 lines long, tlie others smaller. Corolla about 6 liues loug, the 2 upper lobes separated lower down than the others and winged on one side only. Capsule of V. lyrata. Seeds not seen.
Queensland. Burdekin river, F. Mueller.
N. S. M^ales. Upper Clarence river, Uerb. F. Mueller.
10. V. pubescens, R. Br. Prod. 581. Softly pubescent or villons. Leaves radical, petiolate, obloug-spathulate and 2 to 4 in. long or shorteraud ahnost obovate, irregularly tootlied or lobed towards the base. Scapes ascendiug, shortly exoeeding the leaves, dichotonious, with small opposite lauceolate bracts at the forks. Sepals 3, broadly ovate or the iuner ones ovate-lanceolate, sometimes shortly united at the base, not decurrent. Corolla pubescent outside, 6 or 7 lines long, the lobes all broadly winged, but the
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wiiigs in somc speciincns soon (lisappcaring, the 2 uppcr lobes separated al- most to tlie base and auriculate on tlie outer side bclow the wing. — DC. Prod, vii. 518.
Queensland. Shoalwalcr Eay, 7?. Brown ; Burdekiu river, Ballachy (adwarf stuuteJ state).
11. V. spatbulata U. Br. Prod. 5S0. Glabrous except the woolly axils. Leaves radical, mostly oblong-spatliulate and 2 to 3 iu. loug, but somctimes shorter and ohovate or longer and uarrow, eutire or with minute distant teeth. Scapes slender, ascendiug or spreadiug, rarely above 6 iu. loug, soraetimcs very much branched and ahnost filitbrui, the bracts at the forks small, oblong or linear. Flowers small, yellow. Sepals 3, scarcely 3 iines loug, oblong-Linceohitc or the outer one ahnost ovate and slightly cordate. Corolla 4 to 5 lines long, the 2 upper lobes separated low down aud winged ou one side only. Seeds flat, with a thickish border, not winged or rarely with a very narrow wing. — DC. Prod. vii. 518 ; De Vr. Gooden. 174.
Queensland. Shoalwater and Keppel Bays, E. Browu ; Port kv[\\\a-, M'GiUivray ; AVide Bay, BidictU ; Ixockingham Bay, ^(i//ae//y; Rockhamptou, ?%or<?/ ; Brishaue river, ^Moretou Bay, Leichhardt, F. Mueller.
N. S. V^ales. Newcastle, R. Broxcn.
The Western Euthales pilosella, De Vr. in Pl. Preiss. i. 414, referred here by Dc Vr. Gooden. 174, must surely be V. triuervis, var. villosa.
12. V. montana, lloolt. f. in Hook. Loud. Journ. vi. 265 ; Fl. Tasrn. . 234. t. G8, B. More or less densely birsute or nearly glabrous. Leaves radical, petiohite, mostly oblong-spatliulate but varying from obovate to obhnnceohate, obtuse, entire, rather thick, 1 to 2 iu. long. Scapes very short, dichotomous, the whole inflorescence uot exceeding the leaves ; bracts oppo- site at the forks, smnll and narrow. Sepals 3, huiceohite or oblong, about 3 lines loug, but uncqual. Corolhi of a dingy reddish-yellow {G/(nn), 4 to 5 lincs loug, pubesceut outside, the lobes all short, uearly e(|ual, aud c^iually •winged. Capsule emall, nearly globular. Secds flat, with a sliglitly thick- cned border, not winged. — De Yr. Gooden. 176.
Victoria. Snowy plaius on Snowy Kiver at an eleTaliou of 4000 to 5000 feet, Mouut Wellingtou (Gipps' Laud) and Ihiidinger Uauure, F. Miieller.
Tasmania. Mouutaiu districts, formiug largc patches, ou Hampshire Hills, Western !Mountaius, etc, /. D. llooker.
With tlie habit, inflorescencc, calyx, ovary and fruit of Velleia, this dilTers from all the other species iu the corolla, wliich is uearer to that of SccBvola or of the sectiou Monochila of Goodenia.
4. GOODENIA, Sm.
(Picrophyta, F. MueU. ; Stekhovia, Tetraphylax and Aillya, De Vr.^
Calyx-tube adnate, sometimes exccedingly short, and usually shortcr than tiic ovary ; lobes 5, sometimcs adnate at the base. CorolLi-tube with tlie adnate part blended with tlie calyx-tube or produced above it or with a hoUow protuberauce on the under side bctwccn the calyx-lobes, sonietimes forming a spur at the base of tlie calyx, slit on the upper side down to the aduate part, the limb obli(jue, the 2 uppcr lobes scparated lowcr down, and
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oltcn jircliiiio' ovcr tlie geuitaliu or rarely all 5 lobes ncaiiy e(|ual antl tligi- tately sprc^acliug-, all equally winged or tlie upper lobes witli tlie wing more (lecurrent ou llie outer side, and sometinics dilated into a concave, intlexed auricle, which is usually thinuer and less coloured than in Dampiera. Sta- nieus free. Ovary inferior (at least as to the coroUa), except the convex suminit more or lcss prominent withiu the coroHa, more or less 2-celled, the dissepimeut from almost rudimentary to reachiug nearly to the top of the cavity, always with a curved notch at the top, leaving the sunnnit of the ovary 1-ceIled. Ovules ascending, rarely solitary in each cell, usually several in 3 rows, sometiiues bleuded iuto 1 or crowded in more than 2 rows. Style undivided. Indusium cup-shaped, enclosiug the truncate or divaricately 2-lobed stigma. Capsule opeuiug in 2 valves parallel to the dissepiment or rartiy splittiug into 4 valves. Seeds usually flat, with a callous or winged margin, rarely thicker, aud uot bordered. Emljryo usually about half as loug as the albumen or shorter. — Herbs uudershrubs or rarely shrubs. Leaves alteruate or radical. Peduncles «ither axillary or iu tcrininal racemes or pauicles, l-flowered, with or Avithout bracteoles or beariug a cyrae or cluster of few flowers, which are usually pedicellate above tlie bracts or rarely sessile between them.
The species ave all limited to Australia ; a few have the corolla, and some others the habit of Saecolct, but the inajonty are differeut froui that geuus in both respects, aud all are readily kuown by their dehisceut capsule as well as by the ovules ; in all, escept G. barbata, iHore thau one ia each cell or on each side of the dissepimeut.
Sect. I. Monochila. — Corolla loitli the lobes all nearhj equal and digitately spread- ing. Ovules either imbricate in two rows orfew and erectfrom the base of the ovary.
Flowers all axillary and ucarly sessile. Branches all leafy.
J,eaves eutire, with revolute niargins, white underneath. Flowers jn sbort, leafy heads or spikes. Dissepimeut very short.
Ovules fcw 1. G. phylicoides.
Leaves toothed, viscid-pubescent. Dissepiment attaining to or exceeding the middle of the ovary. Brauches loug, virgate. Leaves uot i in. long, the floral ones
all similar 2. G. viscida.
Branches short. Leaves about 1 in. long, stem-clasping, the floral ones small. Spikes terminal, leafy. Capsule cyliu-
drical 3. (?. xanthotricha.
Flowers in a loug, leafless, clustered aud iuterrupted spike or nar- row panicle. Leaves crowded at the base of the stem or up to the iufioresceuce 4. <?. scajngera.
Sect. II. Eugoodenia. — CoroIIa icith the two npper lobes separated much lower than the others, and arching over the genitalia or rarely spreading. Oviiles either imbri- cate in \ or 2 roios in each cell of the ovary or few and erect from the base of the cavity.
(CoroIIa-lobes less unequal in G. Eamelii.)
Series I. Itacemosse. — Flowers (yellow, white or blue) in a long, terminal, leafless, interruj)ted spike raceme or panicle.
Capsule oblong-cylindrical, about \ in. loug, at length 4-valvcd.
Raceme usually simple b. G. quadrilocularis.
Capsule ovoid or ovoid-oblong, the 2 valves entire.
Peduncles all nearly cqually cyuiose along the couinion rhachis.
Flowers blue 6. (?. Ramelii.
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52 LXiv. GOODENOViE^. [Goodenia.
Pedunclcs long, filiforni, the uppcr ones l-flowered, the lowcr oncs irrcgularlv branchcd. Fiowcrs jellow. Lcaves lincar-
subulate . .' 7- G.pinifolia.
Peduiicles short, the lower ones oftcn scveral-flowered, the upper l-(lowered. Fiowers jcliow.
Lcavcs oblong, toothed, dccurrcnt 8. G. decurrens.
Lcaves iincar, cntirc, very uarrowiy dccurrent ^. G. racemosa.
riowcrs (yeiiow) in scssiie clusters along the couimon rhachis. Lcavcs ail or chiefly radical. Leaves from obovate to narrow obloug-spathulate, mostly
tootlicd 10. C. bellidifolia.
Leaves iiuear or slightiy iiucar-cuncate, cutire 11. Q. steUigera.
Sbiiies II. Bracteolatse.^ — Peduucles a.xiUary or radical or the upper ones very shortly racemose, bracteolate, X-foivered, or when several-Jioioered the bracteoles at the base of the pedicels. Flowers yellow or white.
Glabrous, viscid or rarciy viscid-vilious undcrshrubs or shrubs.
Leavcs ovatc, obovate, cllipticai or lanceolate. Conunou
pcduuclcs vcry short, at least thc lower ones, bearing scveral
flowcrs.
Lcaves ])c(ioiatc. Capsule cylindricai, the dissepiment reaching
far abovc the niiddle 12. C. ovata.
Lcaves scssilc, stem-clasping. Capsule ovoid-obloug, tlie dissepi-
ment reaching halfway . 13. Q. ampJexans.
Lcavcs uarrowcd at the base. Capsule ovoid or oblong.
Disscpiineut scarcely any. Seeds 2 or 3, strophiolate, thiclc,
not boidcrcd 14. (?. strophiolata.
Dissepinicut half as long as the ovary. Sceds several, flat,
wilh a distinct border. Stem usually decumbent . . .15. Q.varia. Glabrous or viscid-villous hcrbs. Leavcs linear. Pcdunclcs 1- flovvcred. Glabrous, decumbcnt. Bracteoles vcry small. Disscpimcnt half
as loug as the ovary. Sceds sevcral 16. G. lcevis.
Glaudular-pubcsceut or glabrous. Bracteoles liucar. Dissepi- nicnt scarccly any. Ovules 2. Seeds scarcely flattencd. Branching shrubs. Lcaves obovate to lanceolate, niostly
toothed 14. ^. strophiolata.
Undershrub. Leavcs oblong-Iiuear, mostly entire, with revo-
iute niargins 17. G- barhata.
Viscid-villous. Bracteoles liuear. Dissepimcnt short. Ovulcs
few. Sceds broad 18. G". arthrotricha.
GIai)rous or hoary pubesccnt. Bracteolcs very small. Dissepi-
meut sliort. Ovuics fcw. Seeds flat, obloug 19. 6*. disperma.
Villous or rarely glabrous hcrbs, with tuftcd or rosulate, radical lcavcs, nnd decunibcnt, prostrate or creepiug stcms (vcry rarely ncariy ercct). Peduncics 1-flowered, radical or axiilary, ofteu long. Caiyx-lobes iinear, obtuse.
Leavcs liucar-spathulate or narrow-obiong, entire or sinuate,
all radical or steu)s shortly asccudiug 20. Q. geniciiJata.
Leaves obovatc ovate or lyrate. Leafy stems procumbent . 21. Q. lanata. Cidy.\-iobes subulatc or acumiuate.
Bracteoles at a distauce from the flowera. Pedieds filiform.
Leaves all petiolate, orbicular obovate or cuneate.
Plant glabrous mcaly or shortly pubesceut .... 22. Q. hederaeea.
Plaut hispid-villous 23. 6^. hirsuta.
Leaves nearly scssile, ovatc or iauceolatc, dicply toolhed . 24. G. heterojihyUa.
Gooclenia.] LXiv. goodenoviej;. 53
Pedicels niostly vcry short aiid rather thick. Stems long and flagellate.
Plant giabrous 25. (?. glabra.
Plant very villous 26. G. slrongyloTphijUa.
Bracteoles close to tiie calyx 27. 0- rotundifolia.
(50. G. corynocarpa, with a cylindrical capsule, has sometinnis small bracteoles close to the calyx.)
Series III. Cserulese. — VedancJes axillary, hracteolate {except in G. Vilmorinia;) \-Jlowered or the lower ones loosely cymose. Flowers hlue.
Bracteolcs large, leafy, ovate or oblong. Plant glabrous . . . 28. G. azurea. Bracteoles linear or small.
Plant very viscous-villous. Cymes leafy 29. C. scavolina.
Plant hoary or white, with woolly hairs 30. G. incana.
Plant glabrous or nearly so or the intlorescence glandular.
Stems procumbent, with small, ovate, stem-clasping leaves . 31. 6r. leptoclada. Stems erect, with linear or lanceolate leaves.
Calyx-lobes acute. Lower coroUa-lobes about as long as the entire part. Radical and lower leaves the longest. Calyx-lobes very narrow.
Flowers about f in. long. Stems rigid 32. G. ccerulea.
Flowers 4 to 5 lines long. Stems slender. Peduncles
filiform 33. <?. trichophytla.
Lowest leaves shorter and more distant than the succecd-
ing ones. Calyx-lobes lanceolate 34. G. Hassallii.
Calyx-lobes obtuse. Lower corolla-lobes much longer than
the very short entire part 35. C. 'pte^-igosperma.
Bracteoles none 36. G. Vilmorinice.
(6. G. Ramelii, with a long, leafless panicle, has also the tiowers blue.)
Sekies IV. Foliosse. — Erect or rarehj decumhent herbs or nndershrubs, usuatly glan- dular-pubescent or hirsute, with leafy stems. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, articulate mider thefower, icithout bractsoles (or very rarely a feio peduncles have \ or 2 minute ones). Flowers yellow white or purple.
Stem-leaves all broad, abruptly petiolate or pinnate. Plant glan- dular-pubescent or rarely glabrous, not villous. Leaves more or less pinnate.
Protuberance of the coroUa-tube produced into a spur . . . 37. G. calcarata. Protuberance of the coroUa-tube decurrent but not spurred. Terminal lobe of the lcaves usually cuneate at the base, lateral ones several.
Flowers yellow 38. C. Nicholsoni.
Flowers purple 39. 6^. Macmillani.
Terrainal lobe of the leaves truncate or cordate at the base,
lateral ones few or none 40. 6*. grandifora.
Leaves without lateral segments on the petioles.
Leaves broadly ovate or cordate, acute or acuminate. Flowers
yellow 40. G. grandiflora.
Leaves orbicular, petioles very short 41. G. Chambersii.
Leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, narrowed at the base.
Flowers white 42. C?. albifora.
Stem-leaves contracted at the base into a short petiole or almost sessile. Plant villous or sill<y-hairy. Very villous. Corolla-tube minutely spurred at the base of the
calvx 44. G. Mitchellii.
Villous, often viscid. Leaves toothed. No spur to the corolla.
Calvx-lobes leafv. CoroUa-lobes all winsed 46. 6^. sepalosa.
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Calyx-lol)cs iiarrow. rppcr lobcs of llic corolla miicli narrovver
tiian the others, and scarcely winged 45. G. helerochila.
(See also 51. C mollissima.) Hairs apprcsscd, alrnost silky. Lcavcs cnlire, long-lanceolate,
crowdcd 43. (?. Slranr/fordii.
Stem-leaves sessile or stem-clasping. Annnals, vvith spreading hairs. Floral leaves sessile, narrovv. Disscpiment of the capsule very short. Calyx-lobcs lanccolalc or lincar, leafy. Leaves mostly toothed -IG. G. srpalosa. Calyx-lobcs linear-subulate. Stem-lcavcs niostly entire, lincar
or lincar-lanceolate 47- C*. hispida.
Floral lcaves cordatc, auriculiitc, not decurrent. Dissepimeat of
thc eapsule exceedingly short 4S. C. aiiriculata.
Floral lcaves more or lcss dccurrent. Dissepiment reaching to
thc niiddle of the capsnle 49. (?. Armstrongiana.
Stem-leavescontractedintoapetiole. Capsule linear, i to 1 in. long 50. G. corynocarpa.
(See also 54. G. elongata, 55. G. pinnatijida, 59. G. glauca, aud GO. G.Jiliformis, with the stems sometimes leafy with linear leaves.)
Sf.ries V. Pedicellosse. — Eerhs ivith the leavcs chiejly radical or tufled, the stem leaves eitherfeiv and distant or collected in terminal tufts, rarely scattered and linear or rednced to bracts. Feduncles long, radical or in terminal tufts, or axillary, 1 -Jlowered, without bracteoles.
Softly tomentose villous or hirsule. Lcavcs orbicular obovatc or broadly oblong, coarscly toothcd. Leavcs hirsute. Disscpinient rcaching ncarly to thc lop of thc
ovary 51. G^. inollissima.
Leaves soflly villons or tomentose. Dissepiraent almost rudi-
mentary. Sceds winged 52. ^. cycloptera.
Ilispid with sprcading hairs. Leavcs narrow.
Stcm-leaves linear or linear-lanceolate. Tropical spccics . . . 47. G. hispida. Stcm-leaves few and small. Westcrn species ...... 60. G.JH/Jbnnis, va.r.
Glabrous or wilh scattercd or appressed or silky hairs. Kadical leaves obovate ovate or oblong, entire or sinuntc.
riowers small. Leaves all rosulate or in tcrininal tufts. Dis-
scpiment very short. Sceds broadly bordercd .... 53. G. ienella.
Flowers large. Stcm-leaves few but scattered. Dissepimcnt
reaching the middlc of the ovary. Seeds scarcely bordered 54. G. elongata. Radical Icaves pinnatifid.
Flowers small. Lcaves and pcdicels all radical or in tcrminal tufts. Disscpiment reaching above the middle of the ovary.
Seeds winged 57. G. heteromera.
Flowers rather large. Leaves sometiraes scattered. Disscpi-
mcnt short. Seeds winged 55. G. pimiatifida.
Flowers small. Leaves sometimes seattered. Seeds broadly
viringcd 56. C. coronopifolia.
Radicui leaves eutire, lincar or lanceolate.
Dissepiment reaching far above the middle of the ovary.
Leaves and pcduncks all radical or in tcrminal tufts . . 57. G. hfteromera. Stenis ascending, with scattered pedunelcs and floral leaves
or bracts 58. G. concinna.
Dissepiment short. Leaves and peduucles scattered. Secds winged. riowers rather arge, ycllow. Lidusium glabrons . . .59. G. glauca.
Flowers small, yellovv. Indusinm pubcsccut 60. G. Jiliformis.
Flovvers small (pnrple?). Radical Icavcs oftcn pinnalifid . 56. G. coronopifolia. Doubtful, pcrhaps allicd to (9. .9/fl'?/rrt', but foliagc nnkuown . . Gl. G. microptera.
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Sect. IIT. ATuphichila..— Corol/a tcilh ihe 2 upper lohes separaled mv.ch loirer doion than the olhers. Ovides very numerons, closeli/ packed in. more Ihan 2 rows in each cell qf the ovari/. Flotvers small, in leajless pnnicles or on radieal scapes.
Flowerins: steins ^ to 2 ft. higli, several times lougcr tlian tlie radicai leaves. Leaves iu the lower part of thc stcm from obovate to lanceolatc,
mostly toothed 62. G. paniculata.
Leaves chiefiy or eutirely raiuca], liuear or liuear-lauceolate, cn- tire.
Flowers pnrple G3. (7. pnrpurascens.
Flowers yellow.
Pauicle loose aud modcrately branched. Leaves not con-
spicuously veined 64. G. gracihs.
Panicle very mnch branched. Leaves rigid, conspicnously
veiDed .* 65. G. lamprosperma.
riowering stems shorter than or scarcely exceeding the linear or
linear-lauceolate radical leaves 66. G. humilis.
Floweriug stems 2 to 4 in. high, much exceeding the tufted or ro- sulate membranous radical leaves.
Leaves liuear. Stock almost bulbous 67. <?• Laijtoniana.
Leaves ovate, rosulate 68. G. bicolor.
Dwarf creeping or stolouiferous plant. Leaves ovate, in rosulate
tufts. Scapes or peduncles tiliform, mostly 1-flowered . . .69. G. pumUio.
G. stolonifera, De Vr. Gooden. 135, from Verreaux's coUection, which I have not seen, may possibly from his dcscription be the same as G. tenella.
G. lanceolata and G. latifolia are garden names taken up by Steudel, but which have never to luy knowledge been described.
Sect. I. MoNOCHiLA, G. Doii . Corolla (usuallv yellow or wliite) witli the lobes all iiearly equal aiid digitately spreading as iu Scavola. Ovules either imbricate in Iwo rows in each cefl or few and erect from the base ot the ovary.
1. G. phylicoides, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 206. An erect branching uudcrshrub or slirub of 1 to 2 ft., clothed with a short white woolly tomen- tum. Leaves rather crowded, oblong-lanccolate or ahnost linear, obtuse, entire, with revolute margius, narrowed at the base, ^ to 1 in. or rarely 1|- in. long, coriaceous and becomiug gUibrous and shining above, white uuder- neath. Flowers white, sessile iu the upper axils, foruiiug a short conipact terminal leafy spike or head. Calyx-tube exceediugly short ; lobes liuear, sottly cibate, about 3 lines long. CoroUa tomentose-pubescent outside, 6 to 7 lines loug, the lobes all nearly equal aud spreading. Ovary aUnost 1-celled, the dissepiment ahnost rucUmentary in the bottom of the cavity ; ovules about 5 or 6, erect. Indusium very sliortly 'ciliate. Fruit not seen. — Dampiera ? polygalacea, Ue Vr. Gooden. 115.
W. Australia. Brummond, n. 356 ; Kalganriver, Oldfield ; Plautagenct aud Stir- ling Ranges and scrubby plaius towards AVest Mouut Barren, Maxwell.
2. G. viscida, U. Br. Prod. 578. A ghabrous nsuaUy viscid perennial, with a thick aUnost woody stock and erect virgate simple or slightly-branched leafy stems of \ to 1|- ft. Leaves sessile, from l)roadly lanceohite to almost Uuear, rarely exceeding \ iu. aud often much smailer, entire or slightly toothed. riowers small, veUow, axillary, sessile or nearly so, aud scarcely
56 LXiv. GOODENOViE.E. [Goodenla.
cxceediiij; tlic lcavcs. Bractcolcs liiiear. Calyx-lobes linear, much loiiger than the tiibe. CoroUa glabrous outside, 3 to 4 lines long, the lobes nearly equal, sliglitly and irregularly winged. Dissepiment of the ovary reaching to above the middle; ovules 5 or 6 in each cell. Indusium shortly 2-lo!)ed, not at all or very minutely ciliate ; stigma divaricately 2-lobed, but scarcely more so thau in raany otlier species. Fruit not seen. — DC. Prod. vii. 516 ; Slekhovia viscida, De Yr. Gooden. 168 ; Goodenia spicata, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 35.
"W. Australia. Lucky Bay, R. Brotvn ; Oldfield river and moist flats west of Moir's Iiik't, Maxivell ; also Dntmmond, Zrd Coll. n. 164.
3. G. xanthotricha, I)e Vr. Gooden. 155. An ereet glanduLir- pubescent and appareutly viseid undershrub or shrub with leafy branches. Leaves sessile and stem-clasping, ianceolate or linear, with revolute margins, toothed or rarely entire, f to l^ in. long, the floral ones gradually sraaller, linear and entire. Flowers sessile in dense terminal leafy spikes, at first very sliort, at length 3 or 4 in. long. Bracteoles linear, obtuse. Calyx-tube short ; lobes linear, obtuse, 3 lines long or rather more. CoroUa glandular- pubescent outside, 6 to 7 lines long, the lobes nearly equal and equally winged. Ovary aduate to the corolla-tube above the calyx-tube, the dissepi- ment reaching nearly to the top ; ovules rather numerous, iu 2 rows iu cach ccll. Indusiura very shortly ciliate. Capsule oblong-Iinear, 3 or 4 lines long, opeuing at length nearly to the base in 4 valves. — G. leptotheca, F. Muell. Fragra. vi. 13.
W. Australia. Drummond, Mh Coll. n. 195. The specimens are identified by De A rius \\\ tlLrl). Hook. as his O. xanthotricha , which he at first inteuded to rcfer to Bampiera, aud they agree witli his description, exccptiug as to the seeds, said to be ouly 2 iu eacli cell, which he must have takeu froni sorac other plant.
4. G. scapigera, U. Br. Prod. 578. A stout erect perennial or under- shrub of 1 to 2 ft., quite glabrous or with a very little wool in the lower axils. Leaves in the typical form crowded in tlie lower part of the stem, linear or lanceolate, thick, eutire or rarely with a few miuute remote teeth, l^ to 3 iu. long, narrowed into a petiole, usually dilated at the base. Flowers white, in a leafless narrow panicle, sometiraes contracted into a short dense spike at the end of a long pedunele, soraetimes 6 to 9 in. long, interrupted or with loug brauches at tlie base, the primary inflorescence racemose and tlie upper peduncles 1-fIowered, the lower peduncles or brauches irregularly several-tlowered. Bracts and bracteoles narrow, subnlate-acuminate. Calyx- lobes subulate. Corolla glabrous outside, 6 to 8 lines long, the adnate part of the tube with a saccate protuberance decurrent between the calyx-Iobes, the lobes nearly equal and all winged, tlie throat with purple spots or streaks iinder each lobe. Ovary with a dissepimeut reachiug above the middle and rather nuraerous ovides in 2 rows in each celi. Indusiura not at all or scarcely ciliate. Seeds broad, with a thickened and sometimes winged raar- gin.— DC. Prod. vii. 516; F. Muell. Fragra. i. 114; Sccscola stricta, De Vr. in Pl. Preiss. i. 408 ; Stekhovia scapir/era, De Vr. Gooden. 167. t. 32.
W. Australia. Lncky Bay, R. Brown ; Point Henry, Oldfeld ; Konkoberup hills, ]'rp>ss, „.Vr,\\ . cold sMmniits of Slirling Rau^e, F. Mneller ; saudhills aud rocks, E. MoUMl Bnrrpu In (\i[,e le Graud, Maxwell, also Drummoud, n. 403.
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Var. (B. R. Br.)fo//osa, F. Mnell. Leaves sessile, from ovate to lanocolatc, toollicc], crowded ou the stera up to the iiiHoresccuce. — With the typical torm, R. Browf/, Marivell.
Var. parvijlora. Lcaves uarrow, all from the stock. Spike .it the end of a loup; leatlcfs scape or peduncle, short aud very compact. Corolia 4 to 5 lincs lou<f. — Plantagcnct, Stir- liug, and Phillips Kanges, Ma.rwell.
Sect. IT. Eugoodenia. Corolla witli tlie 2 upper lobes separated mucli lower than tlie otliers and arcliiug over tbe geuitalia or rarely spreadiug-. Ovules either iinbricate iu 1 or 2 rows iii each cell of tlie ovary or {'cw aud erect from tlie base of the cavity.
Series 1. Racemosje. Flowers (yellow white or bhie) in a longterminal leatless iuterrupted spike raceme or panicle.
5. G. quadrilocularis, R. Br. Prod. 578. Glabrous, erect, witli hard simple or slightly-branched stems, 1 to l^ ft. high, leafy only in the lower half. Leaves petiolate, from obovate or obiong-spathulate to lauceo- late, toothed, tlie hn-ger oues often 2 to 3 in. long, the npper oues smaller and more sessile, the floral ones reduced to small linear bracts or the lowest rarely larger and more leafy. Flowers solitary nnder each bract iu a termiual virgate iuterrupted raceme, the upper pedicels very slwrt, with the linear bracteoles close under the flower, the lower ones sometimes very long, witli the bracteoles distant. Calyx-tube nearly 3 lines long, the lobes shorter, lanceolate. Corolla sligiitly pubescent outside, f in. loug, the upper lobes separated low down, with a broad Aving on the outside, forming a slightly concave anricle. Ovary 2-celled nearly to the summit, with numerous ovules in 2 rows in each cell. Capsule about \ iu. loug, spbtting at lengtli to the base iuto 4 vaWes raarked on the inside with the impressious of the ends of the seeds, which are orbicular, flat, with a thickened uiargiu. — DC. Prod. vii. 515 ; F. Mneli. Fragm. vi. 13 ; G. Taylori, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 141 ; TetrapJiylax quadriloc/ilari.^, De Vr. Goodeu. 165 (but not Damjnera Lindleyi nor Preiss's n. 1474, qnoted by De Vriese).
\^^. Australia. Lucky Bay, R. Brown ; Kiug George's Sound or to the eastward, Baxter ; saud hills, Orleaus Bay, Majc/vell. The capsule is described as 4-celled, I have only found a slight prot.rusion of the placeuta along the centre of the dissepimeut, but no- thing like a complete cross dissepimeut, real or spurious.
6. G. Ramelii, T. Muell. Fragm. iii. 20. t.ll. Probably a tall plant, with the habit of G. decurrens. Stem-leaves lanceolate, entire, more or less deeurrent. Inflorescence a foot loug, the floral leaves reduced to very small bracts, the rhachis rigid aud glabrous. Peduucles numerous, more equal iu length than in most species, each oue bearing a glandular-pubescent divaricate cyme of 3 to 7 blue flowers. Bracteoles miuute. Calyx densely glaudular- pubescent, the tube about 2 liues long, the lobes shorter, lauceolate. Corolla glandular-pubesceut outside, fully \ in. long, the upper lobes free almost to the base and unequally winged, but not so much so as in some species. Ovary divided up to about f, the ovules in 2 rows. Indusium ciliate. Capsule oblong, but not seen ripe.
N. Australia. Altack Creek, M^Bo/tall Stuart, a single impcrfect spccimen {Herb. F. M>'el/.).
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7. G. pinifolia, De Vr. Goodeu. 157. t. 30. An crect slinib, tlic sliort lcafy branches clotlied witli a wliite tomentum, otlierwise glabrous. Leaves crowdcd, lincar-terete, entire, | to 1 in. long. Panicles terraiual, loose and slender, about 6 to 9 in. \o\\<^, the priraarv branches or peduncles filiform, the upper ones 1-flowered, the lower irregulai-ly several-flowered. Bracts and bracteoles miuute. Calyx-lobes linear, aciite. Corolla ycllow, glabrous out- side, nearly \ iu. long, the tube sometimes adnate liigher up tlian the calyx, the upper" lobcs scparated lower than the lower ones and rather unequally winged. Dissepinient of thc ovary exceedingly sliort ; ovules 3 or 4. In- dusmra not ciliate. Capsule ovoid-globular, scarcely 2 lines long. Sceds rathcr largc broad and flat, with a tliickish border.
W. Australia. Swan River, Drtimmond, \st Coll.
8. G. decurrens, jR. 5>-. P/-OC?. 5 75. A rather rigid perennial, with ascending or crect stems of 1 to 2 ft., leafy only in the lower half, quite ghxbrous or tlic inflorescence slightly pubescent. Leaves oblong or the lowcr ones rarely ovate, toothed or rarely entire, l^ to 3 or even 4 in. loug, the upper ones all more or less decurrent on the stem, the floral oues all reduced to small linear bracts. Flowers rather large, ycUow, in a terminal leafless irregular rnceme or narrow panicle, the upper pedimcles 1-flowered, the lower ones often bearing a loose cyrae of 3 to 5 flowers. Bracteoles very sraall. Calyx-lobcs bnear or lauceolate. Corolla about f in. long, the upper lobes scparate lower down than the others and unequally winged, Dissepiment of the ovary reaching high up ; ovules several in 2 rows in each cell. Indusium ciliate. Capsule 3 to 4 lines long. Seeds flat with a thickeued niargin. — DC. Prod. vii. 513 ; De Vr. Gooden. 138.
N. S. ^Vales. Coiumon iu thc Bluc Mountains, R. Brown, Sieher, n. 231, Traser, and others.
9. G, racemosa, T. MnelL Fragm. i. 114. Aghibrous shrub or under- shrub of 11 to 3 ft., the branclies angular, with raised lines decurreut from tlie leavcs. Leaves rather crowded, uarrow-linear, entire, mostly 1 to 1|- in. long, the floral ones reduced to small linear bracts. Flowers rather sraall, in a dense tcrminal raceme, the pedunclcs short, the lower ones oftcn with a chister of 2 or 3 flowers, the upper ones 1-flowered. Calyx-lobes subulate. Corolla shghtly ghuuhdar-pubescent, about \ iu. long, the upper lohes sepa- rate lower down than the others. Ovary very prorainent within tlie corolla- tube, thc disscpimcnt short ; ovules not nuraerous, in 2 rows in each ceU. Capsule ovoid, about 3 hncs long. Seeds ratlier hirge, flat.
Queensland. AriJ rauges on the Burnett rivcr, F. Mneller.
10. G. bellidifolia, 8m.. in Trans. JAnn. Soc. ii. 349. A perennial with a tufted stock, ghihrous except the inflorescence, or the base of the leaves also pubesccnt, llie llowcring stenis leafless or nearly so, 1 to l^ ft. high. Leaves radical, petinlate, from broadly obovate and 1 to l^ in. long to narrow obiong-spathuUite and 3 or 4 in. long, always broader than in G. sf.cl/ii/era, entire or irrcgularly toothed, ralher thick ; the stera ones few and very small or none besidcs the small floral bracts. Plowers rather smalh sc;silc or ncarly so in httle ckistcrs along the rhachis of a long interrupted
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spike, tlie upper ones usiially solitary. Bracteoles siuall. Calyx-lobes liiiear or subulate. Corolla less villous outside tlian in G. s/elli(/era, rarely -j in. long, tlie upp^r lobes separate low dowu and unequally winged. Disstpiment of the ovary reaching high up ; ovules in 2 rows in each cell. Indusiuni ciliate. Capsule ovoid, about 2 to 3|- lines long. Seeds flat, with a thickish border.— R. Br. Prod. 575 ; DC. Prod. vii. 513 ; De Vr. Gooden. 122.
Queensland. Davvsou rivcr, F. Maeller ; near Brisbane, Lelchhardt.
N. S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Rluc Mountaius, R. Broiv/i, Sieher, n. 230, Fl. Mi.rt. n. 619, and otliers ; Ilastings aud Clarence rivers aud Mount Mitciicil, Beclcler ; New England, G. Stuart.
G. spathulata, De Vr. Goodcn. 123, froni Botauy Bay, Huegel, must, from the cliaracter giveii, be the same species.
11. G. stelligera, R. Br. Prod. 575. A perennial, with a tufted stock and erect, almost leafless stems of 1 to 1| ft., ghibrous or the inflores- cence pubescent. Radical leaves linear or slightly linear-cuneate, obtuse, rather thick, entire, sometimes 5 or 6 in. long but usually half that size ; slem-Ieaves very iew and much shorter, floral ones redueecl to linear bracts. Flowers yeUow, sessile or nearly so, in distant chisters of 2 or 3, the upper ones solitary, in a long, interrnpted spike. Calyx-lobes linear or linear- lanceolate. Corolhi densely villous outside, with a giandular pubescence conccaled under the longer liairs, 7 to 8 lines long, tbe uppcr lobes scparated low down, and unequally winged. Dissepiment of tlie ovary reacliiiig high iip ; ovules in 2 rows in each cell. Indusium ciliate. Capsuka ovoid-oblong, 3 to 4 lines long. Seeds flat, with a thickish border. — DC. Prod. vii. 513 ; De Vr. Gooden. 124; S. aniiericpfoUa, Sieb. ; DC. Prod. vii. 513 ; De Vr. Gooden. 129, as to the eastern phint ; G. longifoUa, De Vr. Gooden. 127.
Queensland. Moreton Island, WGUIivray, F. Mueller. Some of the more luxuriant specimens proliferons-brauched, witb tufts of leavcs and a secoudary floweriug stera.
W. S. 'VVales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 229, and others; northward to Hastings river, Bec/der ; near Durval, Leichltardt ; and southward to Mount Imlay, F. Mueller.
De Vriese quotes Sieber's specimens both for G. stelligera, Goodeuov. p. 124, and for G. armeriafolia, p. 129, aud mixes up witli tbe latter Preiss's n. 2032, which is Diaspasisfli- folia.
Sekies 2. Bracteolat.e. Peduncles axiUary or radical or the upper ones very shortly racemose, bracteolate, 1-flowered or when several-flowered the bracteoles at the base of the pedicels. Flowers yeUow or white.
12. G. ovata, 8m. in Tram. Liiin. Soc. ii. 317. An erect, ghtbrous, often somewhat viscid shrub or uudershrub of 2 to 4 ft. Leaves petioiatc, from ovate to broadly lauceolate or the lower ones sometimes abnost orbicu- lar-cordate, denticulate, 1 to 2 in. long. Peduncles axiUary, often 2 together cr forked near the base, slender and often several-flowered, but rarely exceed- ing the leaves. Bracteoles very small, at a distance from the flower. Calyx- tube linear, lobes subulate. CoroUa veUow, giabrous outside, about \ in. long, the upper lobes deeply separate. Dissepiment reaching higli up in the ovary. Indusium strongly ciHate. Capsule narrow, 4 to 6 Unes long, sUghtly tapering at the base. Seeds flat, almost in a single row in each ceU. — Cav. Ic. vi. t. 506 ; Vent. Jard. Cels. t. 3 ; Andr. Bot. Hcp. t. 68 ; 11. Br.
60 Lxiv. GOODENOviE.E. [Goodenta.
Prod. 576 ; DC. Prod. vii. 514 ; De Vr. Gooden. 141 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 232.
Queensland. ^Moretoii Bay, Fitzalan.
N. S. TVales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Broion, Sieber, n. 232 and Fl. Mixl. n. 5o8, anJ others ; Hastings river, Beckler.
Victoria. Fort Phillip, R. Binicn ; near Melbourne, Adamson, Rohertson ; dry rocks near Alorra-Morra aiid Mount Disappointment, F. Mneller ; Creswick, Ulian.
Tasmania. Keut's Group aiid Port Dalrymple, R. Broion ; abundaut iu copse woods, etc, J . D. llnoker.
S. Australia. Onkaparinga, Torrcns rivcr, Lofly Rauge, etc, F. Mueller aud others ; Tliree-Wcll rivcr, Waterhouse.
G. acnminata, R. Br. Prod. 575; DC. Prod. 513 ; De Vr. Gooden. 140, is a broadly lanceohite-ieavcd form, comraon in the Biue Mouutains, passiug gradually into the common broad-leaved form, aud somctimes broad aud uarrow lcaves may be seeu ou the same speciuien.
13. G. amplexans, F. Mnell. m Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. ii. 70. An erect, glandular-pubesceiit or villous perennial or underslirub. Leaves sessile and stem-clasping, with broad auricles, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, denticu- late, raostly 2 to 3 in. long, the upper ones gradually smaller, and in some small states all ovate and under 1 in. long. Flowers solitaiy or 2 or 3 together in the axils, the coramon peduncle exceedingly short or none, and the pedicels shorter than the calyx-tube, with very small bracteoles at their base. Calyx-Iobcs rather short. Corolla yellow, glandular outside, 6 to 8 lines long, the upper lobes separated much lower than the others. Capsule ovoid-oblong, the dissepiment reaching about halfway up. Seeds oval-oblong, flat, with a ratlier thick margin.
Victoria? Nile rivulet, Herb. F. Mneller.
S. Australia. Ridges and gullies near Adelaide, Holdfast Bay, Lofty Ranges, F. Mueller.
Var. parvifolia. Small, with leaves scarccly above \ iu. loug. — Mount Arapilcs, Dallachi/.
14. G. strophiolata, F. Mndl. Fragm. i. 119. A glabrous, viscid, branching shrub of 1 to 2 ft. or sometimes twice that height, erect or with straggling, divaricate branches. Lower leaves obovate, oblong-spalhulate or elliptical, thc upper ones or sometimes nearly all oblanceolate, acutcly toothed or entire, mostly narrowed into a short petiole, in some specimens 1 to l^ in. long, in others all under 1 in., the upper tloral ones smaller. Peduncles in the upper axils ncarly as long as or ionger than the leaves, 1-flowered with linear bractcoles at a distance from the flower, or short and 2- or 3-flowered, the pedicels when the flower is solitary reflexed from the bracteoles after flowering as in G. fienicidata and G. heterophylla. Calyx-Iobes linear, acute, often free lower down than the corolla-tube. Corolla glabrous or minutely toinentose outside, | in. long or ratlier more, the upper lobes separated rauch lower down than the others, but nearly ecjually winged. Ovary with a short •dissepimcnt, and 3 or 4 erect ovulcs on each side. Fruit ovoid-oblong, 2 to 3 lines long. Secds usually only 2 perfect, oblong, thick and smooth, with- out any prominent margin, like those of G. barbata, but the funicle is cxpanded into a conspicuous, oblique strophiola.
^V. Australia, Dnmmond, n. 196, 355; rocks and clay flats E. Mount Barren to
GooJeiiia.] LXiv. goodenovie.e. 61
Pliillips aiiil iMtzgcrnlJ Ranijes, 3Ia.vwell. The sti-ophiola of the seed, already peicciitible 011 thc oviilc, is, as tar as hithcrto observed, execptioiial iii the geuus.
15. G. varia, 11. Br. Prod. 576. A glabrous percnnial or underslirub, i\\e stems eitlier loug and prostrate or decunibeut at the base, and asceiuling to the heighl of ^ to 1 ft. Lower leaves usually broad, ol)ovate or orhieuhir, uarrowed iiito a petiole, the upper ones ovate-oblong or sometimes in erect branches lanceohTte or linear, all tiiick, coriaceous, toothed or rarely eutire. Pednncles axillary, 1- to 3-tiowered, shorter than the leaves. Bracteoles sraall, narrow. Calyx-tube sliort, lobes uarrovv. Corolhi glabrous outside, (i to 7 lines long, the tube adnate higher up than the calyx, but the suuuuit of the ovary free, the upper lobes separated much lower than the others. Dissepiment reaching to about the middle of the ovary ; ovules in 2 row s. Capsules 3 to 4 lines long. Seeds flat, oblong, uot winged. — DC. Prod. vii. 514 ; De Vr. Gooden. 142 ; F. MuelL rragm. i. 205.
S. Australia. Petrel Bay, riinders Islaad, Memory Cove, R. Broivti ; rocky places and sah lagoons on the Murray and Flinders Range, St. Viucenfs and Speneer's GuUs, F. Mue//er and others ; Venus and Streaky Bays, Warbuiion.
G. marginata., De Vr. Gooden. 143, said by him to be near G. varia, may not be a Goodenia at all, as neither the tlower nor the fruit has been seen.
16. G. Isevis, Bentli. Quite glabrous, procumbent or ascending, and brauclied. Lower leaves oblong-cuneate, obtuse, witli 2 or 3 coarse teeth or lobes, narrowed iuto a short petiole, 1 to 1-^ in. long, the upper oues uarrow- linear, entire, all rather thick aud smooth. Peduucles axilhiry, 1-flowered, rarely exceediug the leaves. Bracteoles Hnear, sometimes very small, close under the flower. Calyx-lobes linear. Corolla yellow, glabrous outside, about \ in. long or rather more, the lobes all wiuged, the uppor ones sepa- rated low down, and tlie wiugs unequal. Dissepiment reaching high up in the ovary ; ovules numerous, in 2 rows. Style slightly pubescent. Indu- sium ciliate. Capsule ovoid-oblong, about 3 bnes long. Seeds flat, not wiuged.
TV. Australia. PJiillips Ranges, Maxwell.
17. G. barbata, B. Br. Prod. 576. A perennial or sometimes under- shrub, vvith erect branches, often long and virgate, more or less glandular- pubesceut. Leaves oblong-linear or lanceolate, obtuse, with revolute margins, entire or slightly toolhed, rarely above 1 iu. loug and usually shorter. Peduucles 1-flowered in the upper axils, rarely exceeding the leaves. Brac- teoles linear, at a distance from the flowers, aud the pedicels reflexed aftcr flowerin":. Adnate calvx-tube verv short ; lobes linear or linear-lanceolate, 2 to 3 lines long, adnate at the base. Corolla about f in. long, pubesceut ontside, with stellate mixed vvith glaudular hairs, the tube with loug, reflexed friuges inside descending from the margins of the lobes, the 2 upper lobes separate almost to ttie adnate part of the tube. Dissepiment of the ovary very shori, vvith 1 erect ovule on each side. Capside cvate. Seeds 2, oblong, less com- pressed than in most species, smootli and almost shinmg, vvithout any pro- niineut border. — DC. Prod. vii. 514; De Vr. Gooden. 145; G.cistifolia, A. Cuun. ; DC. Prod. vii. 516 ; De Vr. Gooden. 150 ; F. MueU. Fragm. ii. 110, 176.
G2 LXiv. goodenovie.t:. [Goodeuia.
N. S. 'Wales. Blue .Mountaiiis, Calei/ in Ilerb. Br., A. Cnninngham, aiul others : CaiiiLlcn, Leicltltardt ; hcathy grounil anil dry, stouy ric!_iz;es, Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. Tasmania. Port D:ilryuiple, R. Brown. A siugle, iinperfect specimen.
18. G. arthrotricha, F. Mtidl. IJerh. Hevbaceous, appavently peven- nial, scabvous-puhesceut ov hivsute, tbe steuis evect and bvancbing, 1 to 2 ft. ]n'gb. Leaves all lineav ancl eulive, tbe lowev ones often 2 ov 3 in. loug. Peduncles axillavv, 1-floweved, lougev than the leaves, witb 2 loug, liucar bvacteoles ov tbe lowev oucs bvauchiug out into a loose, dicbotonious cyme. Calyx-lobes liueav ov liueav-binceohite, i to ^ in. loug. Covolla f to 1 in. loug, tbe lobes bvoadly wiuged, tbe uppev ones sepavated low down. Indu- siura ciliate. Dissepiment not veachiug to tbe uiiddle of the ovavy ; ovules fcw, iu 2 vows on eacb side. Capsule ovoid, 3 to 4 liues loiig. Seeds bvoad aud flat, uot wiuged.
W. Australia, Brummond, Mh Coll. n. 190 and 197-
19. G. disperma, F. Mnell. Fragm. i. 113. Hevbaceous, evect, bvancb- iiig, vatbev steudcv, hoary-pubescent ov neavly glabvous, tbe speciuieus seen all uudev 1 ft. bigb. Leaves Hncav, eutive, 1 to 3 iu. loug, witliout kvgev radical oues. Peduucles sbovt, axillavy, 1-floweved ov tbe flowevs abnost sessile. Bvacts vcvy small, setaceous, at a distance fvoin tbe flower wben pedunculate. Calyx-lobes abnost setaceous. CovoUa undev \ in. long, ])ubesceut outside, the uppev lobes sepavated abnost to tbe base and sbortev thau ttie ottievs, bvoadly wiuged on the outev edge, but scavcely auviculate. Dissepiment of tbe ovary exceedingly sliovt, with about 6 evect ovules. Cap- sule ovoid-obloug, about 3 lines long. Seeds oblong, flat, about 2 lines long, uiiuutely gvauulav, witb scarcely any bovdev. — G. sessilijlora, F. Muell. rragui. iv. 1-15.
Queensland. Sandy plains between the ^lackeuzie, Dawson, aud Bnruett rivcrs, F. Mueller ; Cape liver, Boioman. Althougli only froiii 2 to 4 of the seeds usually couie to maturity, thcre appear to he alvvays at least 6 ovules.
20. G. geniculataj R. Br. Prod. 577. A pevenuial, witb a tuftcd aud often cveepiug vootstoclc, euiittiug occasioually sbovt, decumbeut ov ascend- iug leafy steuis, vavely more vigovous aud 6 to 9 iu. tiigh. ludumentum in some speciraens cousisting entively of simple baivs, in otbers ■woolly at the base of the leaves or the wbole plaut cottony ov vavely entively clotbed with a long, deuse wool. Leaves chiefly radical, petiolate, fvom lineav to obovate- oblong, obtuse, eulire ov sligbtly sinuate-tootbed, vavying fvom about 1 to above 3 iu. loug, those ou the shovt stems move sessile. Scapes ov peduncles 1-floweved, usually lougev tbau the leaves. Bvacteoles lineav, at a distance froni the ilowev, tbe pedicels bent baelc fvom thc bvacteoles after floweriug. Calyx-lobes oblong ov liueav, vatbev obtuse. Covolla yelloAV, pubescent out- side, ^ to f iu. ov vavely 1 in. long, the 2 upper lobes sepavatcd low down aud unequally wiuged. Dissepimcut of the ovavy veacbing to above tbe niiddle, tlie couical summit of the ovavy fvee. Ovutes vavyiug fvom 7 ov 8 to twico that uumber in eacli cell, in 2 vows. Capsule ovoid, 3 to 4 lines long. Seeds broad, flat, witb a thick mavgin.— DC. Pvod. vii. 514 ; De Vr. Gooden. 130; Hook. f. Fi. Tasm. i. 232.
Goodcnia.'] i.xiv. good£NOVik.e. Ho
N. S. Wales. Bctwccn tlie Murray and Darliug rivers, Victoria and ot/ier Ejjie- ditioiis.
Victoria. Port Pliilli|), E. Broivn aiid othcrs ; iicar JMclbournc, F.Mueller, Adamson ; Vox\\-A\\i\, xillitt ; Graiiipians, Wilhelmi ; \\ immeva., Ballac////.
Tasmania. Rocky Cape, G/ain.
S. Australia. Port Lincoln, li. Broio/i, JFil//.elini ; from the Murray to St. Vincenfs and Spencer's Gulf, F. Mueller and others.
W. Australia, Brurn/noi/d, u. 405 ; Mount Barker, Bremer Bay to Phillips Hats, Maxwell.
In the Tasmaiiiau specimens, and most of those from the neighbourhood of Mclbourne, the indumeutum consists entirely of simple liairs, or with a little wool at the base of the leavcs. In the var. priiiiulacea {G. primulacea, Schlecht. Linnfca, xx. 601 ; Dc Vr.' Gooden. 158), thcre are a few, or scarcely any simple hairs, and the foliage is niore or less clothed witli a short aud elose or longer and looser intrieate cottony wool. This is the com- monest forni in South Australia, N.W. Victoria, and ou the Murray. lu a third var., eiio- p/ii/lla {8c(Evola geniculata, De Vr. in Pl. Preiss. i. 404 ; Goodenia affi//is, De Vr. Goodeu. 1-37), tlie lcaves are Jarge, thick, and soft, and the whole plant is covered with a loug, shauey wool. To this beloug the W. Australian and some of the S. Australiau specinieus. Son.e of Browu's from Port Lincolu pass into a fourth variety, rob/ista, with the wool of e/io- p/i/jlla, but with stout, almost erect stems \ to uearly 1 ft. high, the scapes or peduncles both radical aud axillary as in the other varieties. This, which, at first sight, would be takeu for a very distiuct species, we have from Wimmera, Dallac/iy ; Lake Koorong, Hei-I/,
F. Mueller ; and Jlarble Range, Wil//ehni.
21. G. lanata, R. Br. Pi-od. bll. Very near tlie var. primulacea of
G. (jeniculuta, Avitli the same iiidumeutum, peduucles, and flowers, but tlie rootstock appears to be less creeping-, tlie stems usually elongated, prostrate, aud often rootiug at the nodes, and tlie leaves are much broader, mostly ol)- ovate, and more deeply toothed. — DC. Prod. vii. 514; De Vr. Gooden. 146. t. 26.
W. S. Wales. New England, C. Stuart.
Victoria. Glenelg river, Ballarat, Eureka, Bunip Creek, F. Mueller ; Creswick Dig- gings, W/ian.
Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, R. Brown ; comuion in dry pastures, J. D. Hoo/cer.
J. D. Hooker (Fl. Tasm. i. 232) uuites this with the northern G. /lederacea, from which it appears to me to difler in ihe calyx and bracteoles as well as in indumcntuni. F. Mueller unites it with G. geniculata, to whicli it is certaiuly closely allied, but I have never sceu any forras of that species with prostrate stems aud broad leaves approachiug those of G. lanata.
22. G. hederacea, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 349. A perennial, with a thick hard often woody stock and long trailing rather slender stems, ofteu rooting at the nodes, and sometimes asceudiug or nearly erect to the height of 6 in. or more, the whole plaut sometimes clothed with a very close white tomeutum, which is rarely wauting on the under side of the leaves, the upper side soou becoming glabrous. Leaves ^^etiohite, obovate or orbicular, usually irregularly toothed, cuneate or cordate at the base, the upper floral ones sometimes narrow-ovate or spathulate aud entire. Peduncles sh'nder, axillary, usually exceeding the leaves, 1- to 3-flowered. Bracteoles small aud narrow, at a distauce from the flower. Calyx-tube very narrow-turbi- nate, prominently 5-ribbed, the lobes narrow and acute. Corolla sliglitly tomentose outside, |- to |- in. long, the upper lobes separated low down. Dissepiment of the ovary reaching far above the raiddle. Capsule ovoid.
6i LXiv. GOODENOViE.K. \_Goodenia.
Seeds ll.it, iiot wiiii-x^a.— R