TO THE FLORA OF AUSTRALIA. 



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referred to E, 



E. 



noted as really belonging to his 



E. Armstrongii^ Bonth. A- Canninrrhain found this very 



rare 



(3rd voy., No. 274) 



plant 



(Bentham merely says 



subopposite. 



). A peculiar feature of the species is that the leaves are often 



E. Banksii^ Britt. & S. Moore^ founded on Endeavour Biver specimens of 

 Banks and Solander, has turned up ainono- Allan Cunningham's plants (;kd 

 voy., No. G7). The locality is given as "very shaded situations in dark 

 woods about the summit of Mount Cook," 



MOLLUGINACE^. 



TlUANTIIEMA MaIDENTI 



, sp. nov. liamis procumbentibus raninlos crebro 

 foliosis intervallis brevibus gignentibus uti ramuli foli 



pubescentibus tandem 



rt 



/ 



laque scabriuscule 



j^ 



anguste lineari-oblanceolatis obtusis basi potioliformi-angustatls crassinsculis 

 punctis translucentibus perspicuis pag. iitravis gaiidicntibiis ; JforUms 

 solitariis axillaribus pedicollis scabriuscule puberulis quam folia brevioribus 

 insidentibus ; bracteis parvulis lineaiibus ; calt/ris scabriuscule pubesceutis 

 tubo brevitcr campanulato lobis ovato-oblongis oUnah quaiii tubus longi- 

 oribus; stamimbus 10-12 margine disci lati irregulariter insertis; 

 2-loculai-i ovnlis quove in loculo 1 placenta) septo adnatte affixis ; stylis 2 



orario 



crassiusculis. 



South Australia, Port Lincoln ; J. //. AMden. Ibid., in a hedge by the 

 wayside ; liev. T. S. Lea, 



Folia pleraque 1-5-2 cm. long., 3-4 mm. lat., exstant vero minora majora- 

 que, saltern in sicco grisoa. Pedunculi 5-12 mm. long., bractefe circa 

 1-5 mm. Flores flavi. Calycis tubus 1-5 mm., lobi 2-5 mm. long. Filamenta 

 1 mm. long. ; anthers versatiles, filamentis ajquilongxo. Ovarium ovoideum, 

 apice truncatum, 1-25 mm. long., scabriuscule puberulum. Styli 1 mm. long! 

 Capsula in calyce persistenti inclusa, membranacea, 2-Ioculare, 4 mm. lon^. 

 Semina diam. 1 mm. paullulum excedentia. 



Known on sight from T. decandra, DC. by the narrow leaves and the 

 solitary pedicellate flowers. 



LOaANIACE^. 



Mitrasacme is a genus of Loganiacese with 2d> species according to tlie 

 'Index Kowensis,' of which nearly all are confined to Australia, only four 

 being found outside the island continent, from India and South China 



through IVIalaya to New Caledonia, and on 



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