2Iarhmtkus.'] xii. pittospore.^\ 121 



"W. Australia- Chapman river, Drummond; Champion Bay, Burgee; Jlurchisoa 

 river, Ohlfield ; Greeuough river, Walcot. 



M 



lineatus, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 217, and ii. 182.— Shrubby and 

 glabrous, with rigidly flexuose or sliortly twining branches. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolute or linear, obiuse or with a minute point, 1 to 2 in. long, narrowed 

 into a short petiole, rather coriaceous, riowers in dense terminal, ahuost 

 sessile coiymbs. Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, rarely more than 1 line 

 long. Petals 6 to 8 lines, oblique, but less so than in M.^pidus (yellowish?) 

 with purple streaks, obovate and spreading at the top, gradually narrowed 

 into broad claws. Filaments subulate. Ovary sessile, with a subulate style. 

 Capsule hard, the valves often splitting septicidally. Seeds numerous, closely 

 packed and much flattened. 



TV- Australia. Sandy and rocky situations between White Peak and Murchison 

 river, Ohlfield, 



16. M. pictus, LindL Sican Hiv. App. 22.— Shrubby and glabrous, with 

 slender twiggy, flexuose or Ixalf-elimbing branches. Leaves elliptical or lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse or with a small point, \ to 1 in. long, narrowed at the base 

 into a short petiole or almost sessile, entire or toothed, rather coriaceous. 

 Flowers few, in short terminal racemes or corymbs, the slender pedicels usually 

 3 or 4 lines long. Sepals ovate, i to | line long. Petals 6 to 8 lines, more 

 oblique and curved than those of M. Itneatns, streaked with purple, narrowed 

 into a sbort claw. Filaments filiform. Ovary sessile, with a subulate style. 

 Capsule ovoid-oblong, rather coriaceous, the valves splitting septicidally. 

 Seeds nearly globular or angidar. — Onmyjoynm dlcolor, rutterl. Syn. Pittosp. 

 21, in part, as quoted in PL Preiss. i. 198. 



^V, Australia. Swan River, Drummo?zd, Isi Coil, aud Cb//,1S43 n, 77; Preiss, n. 

 1286. 



6. CITRIOBATUS, A. Cunn. 



(Ixiosporurn, F, Muell) 



Petals connivcnt or connate (o above the middle, in a cylindrical tube 

 spreading at the top. Anthers oblong, shorter than the filaments. Ovaiy 

 1-ceIIed, with 2 to 5 parietal placentas; style short. Fruit coriaceous or 

 hard, globular, indehiscent. Seeds few or many, nearly globular, often en- 

 veloped in a viscous fluid.^Rigid, nuich branched shrubs, armed with short 

 thorns or abortive branches. Leaves small, entire or toothed. Flowers small, 

 sessile and solitaiy, surrounded by small sepal-like bracts. 



The genus is limited to AnstraHa. 



Piaccutas 2, with 8 to 10 ovules each. Pruit 2 to 5 lines diameter, 



^^'ith few seeds P ^* T»^MiJtorus, 



Placentas 5, with very nnmcrous ovules. Tniit I in. diameter or larger, 



^viih im.nerous seeds %, C.'pau<nfiorHS. 



1. C. multiflorus, ./. Cnmi. hi Loud, HorL Brit, (vmue only), and in 

 -Pmerl. Syn, FiUosp. 4.— A strau-gling or prostrate very much bnmched shrub, 

 with slender brandies, rough witii a ndnute ptibescence, and bearing nume- 

 I'ous subulate thorns or nbortive branches. JA-aves sessile, ovate, orbicular, 

 obovate, or broadly ciuieate, usually 4 to 6 lines long, entire or with a tew 



