100 



X. violarie.t:. \Tlola, 



one reduced to a slight concavity. Lower anthers with a very slight dorsal pro- 

 tuberance. Style bent at the base^ the iipper part cylindricab truncate at the 

 top, but not thickened. Seeds usually dark-coloured, but sometimes white. 

 DC. Prod. i. 305 ; Hook. Exot. Fl. iii. t. 225 ; Reichb. Icon. Exot. t. 

 110; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 2C; F. Muell. PL Vict. 1. 65; F". Sieheriana, 

 Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 96; Erpetion reuiforme. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. ii. 

 t. 170 ; E, Jiederaceum^ E, petiolare, and E, spatJmlatiuu, Gr, Don, Gen. Syst. 

 i. 335. 



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Queensland. Morcton Bay, Fitzalan. 



Rr. S. Wales. Frequent about Port Jackson, R. Broivn, Sieher, n. 426, and others; 

 northward to Clarence river, Beckler ; and southward to Twofold Bay, F, Mueller. 



Victoria. Dispersed over the whole colony, except the N,W., in sandy moist heathy 

 soil, along rivulets and in boggy places up to 7000 ft, elevation, F. Mueller. 



Tasmania. Throughout the island, very common, J", D. Hooker. 



S. Australia. Rare, near Mount Barker^ on the Onkaparinga, in the Barossa ranges, 

 and near Rivoli Bay, F, Mueller. 



3. V. Cunninghamii, IIooTc.f. FL N. ZeL i. 16. Glabrous, stemless, 

 or rarely with weak elongated stems, the stock tufted with an undergrouna 

 creeping rhizome. Stipules aduate to the petiole, with a short free lanceolate- 

 subnlate point. Leaves very broadly ovate or nearly orbicular, truncate or 

 slightly and broadly cordate at the base, mostly under ^ in. diameter, slightly 

 crenate. Peduncles of the perfect flowers longer than the leaves, the siuall 

 bracts below the middle. Flowers rather small, pale violet. Sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate. Lateral petals obscuixly bearded ; spur short and obtuse, yet 

 much more prominent than in V. Jiederacea, Spurs of the lower anthers 

 short and obtuse. Style club-shaped, emarginate at the top. — Hook. f. Fl 

 Tasm. ii. 357. 



Tasmania. In the Western Mountains, by rivulets on Cuming's Head, ArcJier. Also 

 in New Zealand. 



4, V. Caleyana, G, Don, Gen. Sj/st i. 329. Usually glabrous. Stems 

 weak, decumbent or half erect, from a few inches to nearly a foot long. ^^^'^^ 

 ovate or nearly orbicidar, very deeply cordate, from f to ly in. long, or ^vhen 

 verj^ luxuriant, larger and broadly triangular, often obscurely crenate. sti- 

 pules oblong or lanceolate, leafy, free from the petiole. Peduncles of the per- 

 fect flowers usually longer than the leaves, with the bracts about the mindle. 

 Flowers rather small, white. Sepals lanceolate. Petals glabrous or the lateral 

 ones slightly bearded, the spur very short and broad. Anther-spurs very 

 short- Style almost as in F. biflora, thickened upwards, concave at the top, 

 truncate or emarginate at the back, and open in front. — Hook, f- Fl- Tasm. 



ii. 357; F. Muell. PL Vict. i. 6i. 



W. S. Wales. Ncpean river, R. Brown; near MarslmlFs :Mount, Illawarra, Bad- 

 hoKse. 



rest 



gnlhes, Gipps' Land, F. Mueller. 



Tasmania. Ji^oTOxne, Archer. ^ ^. 



Peculiar to Australia, but very ncarlj allied to the European anJ Asiatic V. hijlora, h\r\ 

 (F". reniformisj Wall.), which has more reni form leaves and yellow flowers. 



