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longe superati. Corolla alba; tubus 13-2" longus; limbi lacini 
horizontales, subovatzm. Anthers lineari-oblongz. Pollen aureum. 
Stylus filiformis, glaber, circiter 1" longus. Stigma breviter bilo- 
bum. Capsula 1-12" longa, vertice dehiscens, valvis indivisis, 
Semina 1-l" longa, ovata, nitenti-fusca, sublwvia, subtilissime 
clathrata. 
Il. J. Hooker H. racemosam inter plantas Indo-Australianas 
enumerat. 
Hedyotis cerulescens. 
(Sect. Oldenlandia.) 
Annua, erecta, glabra, caulibus ramisque tetragonis, folis linea- 
ribus acutis margine revolutis, vagina stipulari utrinque dentibus 
1-3 subulatis terminata, pedicellis axillaribus solitariis et termi- 
nalibus fere corymbosis firmis calyce parum v. aliquoties longio- 
ribus, calycis dentibus tubo ter corolla pluries brevioribus, corolla 
profunde quadri-partita, capsula truncato-ovata distincte com- 
pressa omnino infera superne loculicide dehiscente. 
In pratis basalticis cireum montes Peak Range nec non secundum 
fluvia Mackenzie et Isaacs River. F. M. 
Herba pedalis v. paulo humilior. Caules parum ramosi, angulis 
stria elevata prominulis. Folia saltem superiora 1-13" longa, 
1-2" lata, sessilia. DBractez e foliis diminutis stipula imperfecta 
interjectis orts&. Pedicelli 2-10" longi. Corolla alba, demum 
ccrulescens; tubus brevissimus; lacinime ovato-lanceolatz.  An- 
therz cyanes, ovato-oblongze, cirea 1" longz. Pollen ochroleucum. 
Stylus brevissimus. Stigma minutum, bifidum. Capsula circiter 
2" longa, calycis dentibus paulo superata. Semina subrotunda, 
parum angulata, nigra, sublzvia. 
Hedyotis galioides. 
(Sect. Oldenlandia.) 
Annua, diffusa v. procumbens, glabra v. scabra, eaulibus ramisque 
teretiusculis, foliis linearibus planis acutis, vagina stipulari utrinque 
in lacinias 1—2 lineari-subulatas producta, pedicellis axillaribus 
capillaribus solitariis v. geminis aliis calyce paulo aliis eodem 
pluries longioribus, calycis laciniis lineari-subulatis eorolle parvs 
tubum subzquantibus, filamentis anthera longioribus, capsula 
globoso-cordata parum compressa omnino infera apice loculicide 
dehiscente, seminibus semiglobosis compressis opacis laevibus. 
Ad fluvium Victoria River sicut ad rivos ei tributarios in locis 
udis umbrosis ripariis; F. M. In vicinia sinus Broad Sound; 
Bowman. 
Herba debilis, simpliciter v. dichotome ramosa, passim simpli- 
eissima, basi sepe radicans, pumila usque ulnaris. Folia latius 
angustiusve linearia, passim angustissima, 3-1" longa, 3-2" lata. 
Corolla alba; lacini& ovatz, acuto, tubo fere duplo breviores. 
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