11 8 XII- PiTTOSPOREiE. [^MariantJius. 



lono; and 3 broad, with about 5 seeds in each cell, ovoid-reniform, horizontal, 



OncoHporum 



aud laterally attached, as in M. procumbens, but not wrinkled 

 villosian, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1854, ii. 365 ? 



W. Australiaj Brummond, CoIL 1843, n. 17G. 



4. M. granulatus, Bcnth, A very slender twiner, the young shoots 

 and leaves loosely clothed with long, soft, spreading hairs, becoming at length 

 glabrous. Leaves distinctly petiolate, ovate-lanceolate or oval-oblong, acute 

 or obtuse, entire, and always obtuse at the base, the larger ones above 1 in. 

 long, those of the side-branches smaller, of a thin texture. Flowers small, 

 3 to 5 together, in slender racemes or cymes, on filiform pedicels of 4 to 6 

 lines. Sepals subulate-lanceolate, with long' spreading hairs. Petals about 



2 lines. Anthers very snialL Ovary glabrous, with a subulate style; ovules 



3 or 4 in each cell. Capsules neaily orbicular, turgid, membranous, glabrous, 

 about 3 lines long. Seeds globular, strongly muricate. — Oncoqiornm (jranu- 

 latum^ Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1854, ii. 366. 



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W- AvLstralia, DrMmmond, CoIL 1845, n. 210. 



5. M* parviflorus, F. MuelL Frarjin, ii. 144. Very near M. gramlatusy 

 but not quite so slender, the young shoots silky-white, with long soft hairs. 

 Leaves distinctly petiolate, ovate-lanceolate or almost cordate-ovate, acute or 

 obtuse, the larger ones above 1 in. long, entu'e, softly hairy, with a very silty 

 margin. Plowers several, in short tern:iinal or ]eaf-oj)posed racemes or co- 

 rymbs, not much longer than the leavers, on pedicels of 2 to 4 or rarely 6 

 lines. Flowers of M. granitlalus or rather longer, the petals often 3 lines 

 long. Ovaiy longer, glal)rous, with a short style, and 10 to 12 ovules in 

 eacii cell. Capsules very tiu-gid, about 2 lines long. Seeds several; globular, 

 muricate. 



AV. Australia, riautagcnet, Stirling, and Perongerup ranges, MaxwelL 



6. M. bignoniaceus, F. Mmll. in Tra?is. PMl Soc. Vict. i. 6, and PL 

 Vict, i. 77, t, 10. A very slender twiner, the young shoots silky-white, but 

 soon becoming glabrous. Leaves distinctly pet'iolate, from ovate to oblong or 

 lanceolate, with a rounded or cordate base, obtuse or acute, quite entire, 

 usually I- to 1| in. long, but some of the larger ones above 2 in. Pedicels 

 terminal or from the abortion of the flowering branches, axillaiy, solitary or 

 2 or 3 together, filiform, 2 or 3 lines long. Flowers pendulous, of a yellowish 

 or orange colour, -| to nearly 1 in. long. Sepals small, lanceolate-subulate. 

 Petals united in a tube to for above the middle and only spreading at the 

 top, but soon sep^n-ating at the base also. Anthers small. Ovaiy silky- 

 villous, w^ith a very long subulate style, and 6 to 8 ovules to each cell. Cap- 

 snle oblong, turgid. Seeds globular and apparently tuberculate, but 1 have 

 not seen tliem in a good state. 



Victoria. Sliatly rivulets, springs, and cataracts, and fissures of irrigated rocl^s, Scrra 

 and Victoria ranges, and iu the Grampians, F. Mneller, 



S. Australia. Shady banks of the Oukai)arinea and Monnt lofiy ran'^es, asceading 

 to 5000 ft., F, Mueller, . * 



The inflorcsccTiee nud shape of the flowers arc much more those of the majority of BiH^^* 

 dieras than of MarianlJiKs, but the fniit is ca])snlar. It is not Bdlardiera latifoha, 

 Putterl.j referred to it by Klatt, in Liniia:a, sxviii. 570, 



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