120 xil. PiTTOSPOKE.^, IMarianthus. 



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entire, tlie lower ones sometimes ovate-lanceolate, 3 to 4 in. long, tlie upper 

 onQS lanceolate or linear, 2 to 3 in. lonj:^ ; acnmiiiate and nan'owed into a 



petiole, or the uppermost almost sessile, rather firm, with recurved margins. 

 Flowers white, usually numerous, in rather dense terminal pethmculate 

 corymbs. Sepals lanceolate, very pointed, rather stiff, 2 to 3 lines long. 

 Petals about S lines, obovate, acute, and spreading from above the middle, 

 wdth narrow erect claws. Ovary glabious, narrowed into a short stipes, with 

 a snbulate style at lea^t as long as the ovary, and small stigma. Capsnle 

 oblong. — Puttcrl. \r\ PI. Preiss. i. 195. 



V^, Australia. Frequent about Swan River, llue^el, Lrutnmond^ Preiss, n, 1285, and 

 others; Flinders Bny, Collie, 



12. M. floribundus, I'allerL in Nov. Sllrp. Dec. 61.— Allied to il/. 

 Candidas^ but a larger plant and quite glabrous. Leaves (of the fiowernig 

 branches) ovate or very broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 

 \\ in. broad, quite entire, nariowed into a petiole. Flowers usually nume- 

 rous in a pedunculate corymb. Sepals lanceolate, veiy pointed, rigid, about 

 3 lines long. Petals apparently white, 9 to 10 lines long, spreading from 

 above the michlle, and acute as in M. Candidas. Ovary sessile, narrowed at 

 the top into a very short thick style, with a broad capitate stigma. 



IV- Australia. King George's Sound, Iluegel, Earvey ; ^Mair's station on the Tone 

 river, Clarke ; Mount Clarence, Oldfield. 



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13. M. embescens, Pullerl in Nov, Stirp. Bee, GO, and Fl Preiss. 

 i. 197- — Twining from a woody base and quite glabrous. Leaves narrow, 

 oblong-lanceoUite or linear, obtuse or scarcely acute, 1 to 2 lines long, entire, 

 narrowed into a petiole, almost coriaceous. Flowers red-, 3 or 5, in sessile or 

 shortly pcdimculute terminal or axillary corymbs, or rarely solitary, on slender . 

 pedicels of 1 to 2 lines. Sepals broadly lanceolate, about li lines long, 

 with scarious edges. Petals about 1 hi. long, the lauiina} very oblique 

 and nan-owed into long curved claws. Anthers oblong, the long sleiuler fila- 

 ments shortly and broadly membranous at the base. Ovary glabrous, with a 

 long slender stvle. Yotmg frnit as in M, ringe)fs. — HI, pffrpnreits, Turcz. lu 

 Bull. Mosc. 1854, ii: 364. 



VT. Australia. Swan River, TTuegel, Bruwmond, Coll. 1843, n. 78, and Coll. 1848, 

 n. 96, PreUs, n. 1292 ; between Perth aud Kiii^ George's Sound, Harvey ; Salt river. Herb, 

 F. Mueller, 



14. M. ringens, F. Mnell. Frar/m. I 218.— Twining from ii woody 

 base, and either quite glabrous or with long silky hairs on tlie young leaves. 

 Leaves from broadly lanceolate to linear-acnminafe, 2 to 3 in. long, narrowed 

 into a petiole, coriaceous and quite enfu'e. IHowers red, in dense terminal 

 roiy-mbs usually shortly pedunculate. Sepals oval-oblong or broadly lanceo- 

 late, about 2 lines h)ng. Petals very oblique, from | to'l in. long' with an 

 obovate spreading lamina, the long erect claws rather broad and at hrst co- 

 hering. Filaments ituich dilated and petal-like, especially above the mithlle, 

 and suddenly contracted into a short subulate point bearing an oblong anther. 

 Ovary glabrous, with a long filiform style. Capsule oval-oblong. Seeds 

 many, more or less ai\gn\in'. — C'aloptdah)m ringens, Drunnn. ami Harv. in 

 Hook. Kew Journ. vii. 53. 



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