124 XII. piTTOsrouE^. \_BlUardu'ya. 



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the above referring to specimens Avitli pubescent ovaiies and fruits) ; B, mu- 

 tahiUs, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 48 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3 313 ; DC. Prod. i. 345 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 37 (with glabrous ovaries and fruits) ; B. an (/it si I folia, 

 UC. Prod. i. 345 ; B, cauariensis, WendL Hort. Herreidi. t. 15. 



Queensland. Wide Bay aud ^loretou Bay, F. Mmlier. 



N. S. "Wales. Port Jackson, K Brown, Sleher, n. 495, etc.; northward to New 



Etii^IauL Sf-Mart ; and TIastin":s river, Bcclder ; southward to Twofold Bay, F. Maeller. . 



Victoria. Stony and rocky declivities, chiefly ainougst scrub, along rivers, ana iii 

 moist forest country through the western and eastern parts of the colony ascending to the 

 A1|J3, F. Mueller. 



Tasmania- Stiff clayey soils iu the northern parts of the island, /. D, Hooker. 



S. Australia. iWount' Gambler, at the S.E. extremity of the colony, F, Mueller. 



Var. brarJn/antha, Softly hairv. Leaves narrow, uudidate. Flowers about 3 together, on 

 shorter pedicels; petals short. Ovary and fruit densely villous; apparently conuEctnig tne 

 species with the var. sericophora of B, cf/mosa. — B, brachi/aulha^ F. MucU. ; Klatt, ui 

 LinnjBa, xxviii. 570. Buffalo range and Mount MaceJon in Victoria, F. Mueller, whuui I 

 follow in uniting into one species the glabrous avtd downy-fruited forms of the common 

 eastern Billardiera. 



3. B. coriacea, Benth, A tall twiner, either perfectly glabrous or the 

 young shoots slightly silky-hairy. Leaves distinctly petiolatej from broadly 

 oval to elliptical-oblong, obtuse or shortly pointed, mostly 1^ to 3|- in- long, 

 quite entire and coriaceous. Pedicels solitary, or 2 or 3 together, short MU 

 terniiual. Plowers pendulous, apparently yellow, 8 to 9 lines long, rescuibhng 

 those of B, ficanden^^ but more contracted iu,the middle, the petals slightly 

 spreading above the middle. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, finely pointed. Ovary 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent, 2-celled. Perry cylindrical, vciy obtuse. 

 Fronaya lalifolta, turez. in Bull. Mosc. 1854, fi, 363. 



"W. Australia. S, coast towards Cajjc \l\d\^,' Dnuniuo^id, ^Ih ColL n, 240 i East 

 Mount Barren and Phillip's ranges, Maxwell], Point Henry, Oldfield. 



cymosa 



a) 



id PL rid, I 80. 



Shrubby with the branches more or less twining or sometimes short and 

 flexuose, glabrous or the yoimg parts and inflorescence silky-pnbesceut. 

 Leaves usually lanceolate or oblong-linear, sessile or nearly so, obtuse or 

 shortly pointed, 1 to 2 in. long. Corymbs, in the typical form, several- 

 flow^ered, shortly pedunculate or nearly '^sessile. Sepals, in the same iorm, 

 lanceolate-subulate, glabrous or with ap[)ressed hairs. Petals 7 to 8 lines 

 long, spreading from above the middle, usually bluish or vioIet-puiTle. 

 Ovary glabrous or silky-pubescent, 2-celled. Style short, with a broad hollow 

 stigma. BeiTy oblong, with numerous seeds eud)edded in pulp.— ^. cymom 

 and D. psrndocymom, Klatt, in Linniea, xxviii. 571. 



^ Victoria. Desert on the Murray river and its lower tribtdaries, and scrubby barren 

 ]id;;es iu Bacchus amrsh, -F. Mueller, 



S. Australia. Barren places and scru])by arid raiiL^( s from Guichrn Bay to Vcnns 

 ■Ray and Mount Remarkable, not rare, ranging far inland, and i'rcquent in Kangaroo Islana, 

 F, Mueller, 



Var. (?) sericophora. Usually inurh more silky-villous, especially the young shoots. 

 Leaves usually broader and njore disliuetly petiolate, sometimes almost ovate. Flo\vcr3 

 greenish or pale yellow, few in closely sessile cymes or clusters, and often pendulous. Sepals 

 short, ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Ovary very silky or vilUous. Herry usually pubescent or 

 \\\Wai,~~B. serkophora, F. Muell. in Liumca, sxv. 371; B. vcrsieolor, F. Mucil.; Klatt, 



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