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TO THE FLORA OF AUSTRALIA. 



185 



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tho very small flowers of S. ahinoides serve at once to soparat the two 



111 general appearance the plant is remarkably like Evolvidus 



species 



alsinoideSy L. 



This ^-enus yields an excellent illustration of a very rare occurrence^ viz, 



Lilyx 15 entirely free from the ovary while the corolla is adnate to 



tl 



re tne c 



whc 



it all the way np. 



Velleia discopltora, F. Muell. Kaiuinoi)pin ; Steward, 726. 



V. rosea, S. Moore. MulUne ; Maryoiu Excellent material of this rare 



e siieeimens range by gradation from 



one verv 



and bcautiliul plant;. Tli _ , .. 



similar to the type up to others rcachino- 20 em. in lieiglit :iiul with the 

 characters of K. Krause's var. creda, which is tlierei'ore not worthy of 

 separation as a variety. 



Calooyne linearis, sp. nov. 



Herba parvuLa, erectn ; caule simplici 



paru 



m 



ramose gracili f;hinduloso-piloso-j)uLescente ; folii 



radicalibus 



oblotigis vel oUongo-obovatis ohtu.sis basin versus in petiolum attenuatis 

 cauliiiis linearibus vel lineari-spathulatis omnibus alanduloso-pilosis;/oW?^u5 

 parviri flavis pedunculis gracilibus folia srepe excedentibns insidentibus ; 

 cahjcis lobis anguste lineari-Uiceolatis tubo Eeqallongis pilosidis ; corolke tube 

 brevi lato lobis anticis alis oblongis acutis pra^diils lobis posticis uno latere 



antici multo longius nhitis ; filamentis complaiiatis glabris 



quam 



ovoideis apice minute 



an 



tlieri? 



mucronulatis ; s 



biramoso ; capsula compressa 



angnste ovoidea pilosula ; aemtnibus ala angusta orbiculari cinctis. 



Kauring ; G. W. Brown (H 



136, 795). Kanunoppin ; 



St award, 307, 



Plant 



a 



ssepe 



+ 5 cm. alt., rarius 8-9 cm. attingcns. roiiii 



Folia radicalia 



5-15 mm. long., caulina 7-20 mm., hsec -5-3 mm. lat. Pedunculi usque 

 ad 4 cm. long., plerique vero multo brevJores. Calycis tubus 2 mm., lobi 

 2 mm. long. Corolla 7-5 mm. long.; Imjus tubus 1 x 1-5 mm. Filamenta 

 2 mm. long. ; antherie -fio mm. Stylus pilosubis, 1 mm. long. ; rami 







Capsula 7 mm. long. Semina 3 mm. diam. 



Separable on sight Erom C. Berardlana, F. Muell., by the lowly habit and 

 very small flowers. 



Sccevola restiacea, BenLh. Mt. Marshall; Steward, 374. 



Id.. 4-22. 



Bruce Rockj 



Verraux'ia villosa, E. Fritz. Kununoppin ; Stoirard, 728. 



Damplera sacculata, F. Muell. Bruce Rock; Stoward, 424. Kauring; 

 G. W, Brown (Hb. Steward, 736). 



D.juncea, Bentli. Kauring ; G. W. Brown (Tib. Sioward, 700, 734). 



