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12fi XTi. pittospore.t:. [Pronaya, 



rather firm, the margins recurved. Flowers bluish ov %YhIte, in a dense 

 terminal corymb, sessile amongst the last leaves. Petals abont |^ in. long, 

 ovate, more spreading than in any Blllardiera although less so at the base than 

 in Solly a. Ovary tomentose, aiid berry oblong-cylindrical, veiy much hke 

 those of Blllardiera varil/oUa,—Tnttev\. in PL Preiss. i, 203, Paxt. Mag.Bot. 

 xii. 99, with a fig.; SpirantJiera Fraseri, Hook, in Dot. Mag. nnder t. 3523 ; 

 CampylanUiera Fraseri, Hook. Ic. Pl.t. 82. 



"W. Australia. Common about Swan River, Prater, ILiegeUDrnnmond, aud others. 



Var. minor. More slender, and smaller. J^eaves mostly about i iu. long. 1 lowers 

 smaller.— P. speciosa, Endl. iu llucg. Enum. 9?— S. coast, R. Broiau ^vbose specnuens 

 agree with the character given by Eudlicher from Rimer's specimeus. The other dcscnbcQ 

 Fronai/as are true Blllardieras, 



8- SOLLYA, Lhidl 



Petals spreading" from the base, obovate. Anthers longer than the fila- 

 ments, connivent in a cone round the pistil, and opening inwards by longi- 

 tndinal slits. Ovary 2-celled, with a short style. Berry objong. Seeds 

 embedded in pulp. — Twiners. Leaves narrow. Plowers nodding, on slender 

 pedicels, intcnninal loose few-flowered cymes, or rarely solltaiy. 



The genus is limited to Australia. 



Peduncles several flowered. Petals 4 to 5 lines. Berry oblong-cylin- 

 drical, with closely packed seeds . 1. S. heterophylla. 



Peduncles filiform, 1- to 3-flowered. Petals 3 lines. Berry slender, with 



few seeds 2. 'S^. parviflora, 



1. S. heterophylla, LindL Bot. Meg, L 14G6. Glabrons or the young 

 shoots, imder side of the leaves, and inflorescence more or less silky-hairy. Stems 

 flexuose or twining, from a woody base_. Leaves from ovate-lanceolate to 

 ovate-oblong, and 1^ to 2 in. long or rather more, to lanceolate or oblong- 

 linear, and 1 to 1^ in., obtuse or slightly acuminate, rather coriaceous, quite 

 entire, usually narrowed into a very short petiole. Cymes terminal or leat- 

 opposed, drooping, usually 4- to 8-flowered, but sometimes with 12 or more 

 flowers. Pedicels slender. Sepals narrow, acute, aljout 1 line long. Petals 

 4 to 5 lines. Ovary silky-pubescent. Beriy cylindrical, obtuse, abont f i^- 

 long and fidly 3 lines thick, with a thin succiilent pericai-p. Seeds numerous, 

 closely packed in two rows in each cell, more or less angular or flattened by 

 mutual pressure.— Bot. Mag. t. 3523; Putterl. in PL Preiss. i. 203; B'dl^^' 

 dlerafusiformh, Labill. PI Nov. Holl. i, 65. t. 90; DC, Prod. i. 345. 



■W. Australia. Common nhont King George's Sound, R. Brown, Lahilhrdiere^ri^ 

 others, extending eastward along the coast beyond Stokes Inlet, Maxivdl ; inland to Stir- 

 ling range, and perhaps to Swan River, Lrummond aud others. - ^• M 



Var. angifsUfoUa. Branches less twining. Leaves narrow-lanceolate.— 5. linearis Luidi. 

 Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 3. S. coast, R. Brown, Fraser, Dntmmond, etc. 



2. S. parvifiora, Turcz. in Bull Moac, 1854, ii. 361. ■ Very much more 

 slender and twining than S, MeropJiylla, usually sprinkled with soft loose 

 hairs. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-linear, the larger ones often rather more 

 than 1 in. long, but in some specimens all imdcr ^ in., very shortly petipl^te 

 and thinner than in S, heterophi/lla. Flowers small, solitaW, or 2 or 3 in a 

 cyme, on very fine filiform pedicels. Petals about 3 lines long. BeiT}^ a ^^ 



