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Blllardiera.] xii. pittospoPvE.e. 125 



in Linnsca, xxviii. 571. Victoria and chiefly South Australia, F, Mueller, South coast, R, 



] foJIovv r. MnL'ller in referring this to a variety of B. cymosa, as he has no hesitation on 



the point, and it ilocs in a few sjjccijnens appear to pass into the typical form , but the mnjority 



of specimens seeni to me to l)e rather more nearly connected with the puhcsccnt-fiuitcd 



forms of B. scandens, and would have led mc to adopt it as an independent intermediate 

 species. 



5. B. variifolia, DC, Frod. I 3i6. Shortly twining, with the young 

 shoots and inflorescence more or less hirsute, Avith short hairs. Lt^aves 

 sessile or nearly so, oblong" or lanceolate and entire, or the louder ones 

 broader, cuneate and deeply toothed, the longest seldom above 1 in. long, 

 r lowers blue, on very short hirsnte pedicels, in terminnl corj'mbs, nsnnlly 

 dense and sessile, rarely looser, feu^-flowered, and sliortly pednncidal e. 

 oepals lanceolate-subulate, hirsute with spreading hairs. Petals about 4 to 

 6 lines long,. spreading from the middle. Ovary densely villous, with a short 

 sttbulate style. Beny cylindrical, narrow, acuminate, f to 1 in. Ion 

 Manantkf'S coelestis, Putt'erl, Syn. Pittosp. 23; Pronaya HuegeUana,Vv\iiK^x\. 

 ill PI Preiss. i. 201; Pronaya micca, Turcz. in Pull. Mosc. 1854, ii. 3G3, 

 and probably P, lanceolaia, Turcz. 1. c. 364, which I have not seen. 



"W^ Australia- Common about Kiu^ George's Sound, 5. Brown, LahiUardiere^ A, 

 tamniigJiam and others, to the Perongenip ranLres, Maxwell ; also Drummondj n, 07- 



\,ar. (?) rlgida. Branches shorter, scarcely twining. Leaves crowded, narrow, ri^id, above 

 It "'.'^oj recurved at the top, with the margins revolute. Perhaps a distinct siieeies. — 

 Marianihns venusius, Pntterl. 8jn. Pittosp. 23, from the character given.— With the 

 typical form, Fraser, Drujnmond, and others. 



fi. B. Lehmanniana, Z AluelL FL Vict, i, 78. Glabrous except aveiy 



Slight pubescence on the intloresccuce, witli nnmerous erect or shortly tw ining 

 Jeafy branches. Leaves sessile or nearly so, oblong-linear, usually obtuse, 

 4 to 1|- in. long, rather firm and flat. Flowers numerons, in pedunculate 

 terminal corymbs on slender pedicels. Sepnls Innceolate-subniate. Petals 

 about 5 Hues long, narrow-obovate, pointed, spreading from the middle. 

 Anthers short, sometimes slightly recurved. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled, with 

 a short style. Berry cjdindrical. — MariantJms angtfdifuUus, Putterl. in PL 

 Pi-eiss. i. 200 ; Fronmja angnstlfoUa, Lehm. in PL Preiss. ii. 233. 



W.Australia. Swan River, Bnmmond, Coll. 1843, w. 70, and 5M ColLu. 241, 

 ^i^eiss, OK 1287. 



7. PRONAYA, Hueg. 



Petals spreading nearly from the base. Anthers narrow-oblong, about as 

 Jp^ig as the filaments, recurved or revolute as soon as the flower opens. 

 Ovary impej-rretly 2-celled, pubescent. Fruit succulent, oblong, indehisccnL 

 Seeds globular or aiurular. 



from Billar- 

 and in the 



Ihe genus is limited to the following single Australian species, only dilTering f 

 ^^era^ -^vil}, y^\{^^.\^ i\ Mueller proposes to unite it, in the more spreading corolla 

 ^lUhers ; the hahit is that of the cymose Billardieras or of Cheiranthera. 



. 1. P. elegans, Ilneff. hot, Archiv. I, 6. Usually twining, with a close 

 sdkj pubescence on the young shoots and inflorescence, th(! older leaves and 

 iJranches glabrous. Lower leaves often coarsely toothed or lobed, the others 

 sessile or nearly so, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 1 to 1| in. long, entire. 



