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Iines^ long ; dorsal wings extending at least halfway down tlie valves, and 

 forming at the top of the pod two short obtuse lobes, the subulate style pro- 

 jectmg much beyond them. Seeds much compressed, exuding a viscous but 

 clear mucilage when soaked. — 3Ionoploca lentopetala, F. MuelJ. in Trans. 

 Phil, Soc. Vict, i. 35. 



^: ®" "^ales. Darling river, T. Mueller. 



Victoria, Iligli barren limestone rocks of the MiUTay, and in the suiTOunding district. 



? F, Mueller, 



4. L. rotundum, DO, Syd. Veg, ii. 537; Prod, i. 203. Glabrous 

 mid erect or branching and decumbent at the base, 3 to 6 in. or rarely nearly 

 A It. high. Leaves linear, obtuse or rarely acute, seldom above l_in. long, 

 quite entire, narrowed into a petiole. Flowers small, nhite. Sepals about 1 

 line. Petals obovate, ratlier longer. Fruiting racemes rigid, 2 to 4 in. long, 

 With spreading pedicels of about two lines. Pod nearly orbicuLnr, without 

 the wings about two lines diameter, and not so flat as in L. linifoUnm; dorsal 

 wings of the valves continued to their base, but mnch broader at the top, 

 where they form two obtuse lobes at least 1 line long; style from \ to f their 

 length in the sinus, which is usunlly narrow.— Hook. Ic. PI, t. 609 ; Lepla 



rotunda, Desv. Journ. Bot. iii. 166 and 181; Momploca rotunda, Bunge, in 

 I 1^1. Preiss. i. 2G0; Monoploca linifolia, Bunge, 1. c., without the synonyms. 



^ "^' Australia. Swan River, Druwmond, TreUs, n. 19-41 and 2070 ; Princess Royal 

 I ilarbour, Maxwell; ]\rurchison river, OhlfielcL 



5. L. phlebopetalum, F. MitelL PL Fid, i. 47. Very closely allied to 

 •^' rotundum, and perhaps a 



pod, which is oi 



d perhaps a variety only, scarcely diflering from it except in the 

 •bicular-ovate, 2 to 3^ lines Jong, with an exceedingly narrow 

 J^'ing extending about halfway down the back of the valves, and forniiiig at 

 the top two minute lobes, often not \ line and seldom f line long; with the 

 ^ery slender small style projecting from between them. In some specimens, 

 however, of Burkitt's the lobes of the pod and proportions of the style are in- 

 temediate between this and L. rotundnm^—Monofoca pJdeho^etala, F. 

 -\iuclL inLinna^a, xxv. 3G9. 



N. S. Wales. Darlina; river, F. Mueller, Betsveeu the Laclilaii and Darling river, 



Victoria. Barren localities on the Murray, F, Mueller, 



o- Australia, Rocky Creek, F. Mueller; N.W. interior, M'Boiiall Stuart. 



6. L. monoplocoides, F. Muell. in Trans. PJdl Soc, FicL i. 35, and 

 ^f< ^^c^. i. 47. An erect, branching annual, of about 6 in., glabrous or 

 sightly rough with minute papilhe. Leaves narrow-linear, entire and not 

 anncled, the lower ones sometimes 2 in. long, but mostly i to 1 in. Flowers 

 l^^ minute, without petals and with only 4 stamens. Fruiting racemes 2 to 

 Jin. long, with rigid; rather spreading, flattened pedicels, of li to 2 bnes 

 ^pd orbicular, scarcely 2 lines long, flat, winged all round, the wmgs united 

 ^ith the style at the top, and projecting beyond it in 2 minute, connivent, 

 acute lobes, forming a short point to the pod. Seeds with a viscid, clear 

 ^CU9; as in several of the preceding species. 



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