148 XIV. POLYGALE^. [Comespema. 



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least as long as the broad part. Seeds comose, witliout any terminal appen- 

 dage.— DC. Prod. i. 334 ; Hook, f, Fl. Tasm. i. 32 ; F. Mnell. PL Vict. i. 

 1S8; a isocali/x, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 17^; C striclum, Endl. in Ilueg. 

 Emim. 7; C. tenne, Steud. in PI. Preiss. i. 208; C, varians and C. pani- 

 forum, Steud. 1. c. 210 ; C. herbaceum, Steud, 1. c. 211 (the last synonym taken 

 from Stoetz, in PI. Preiss. ii. 307) ; C. spathulatum, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 

 1854, ii. 352 (from the character given). 



Victoria. Bushy barren ridges and mountains, and arid heathy plains in many parts 

 of the colony, F, Mueller. 



Tasmania, R. Brown ; common on sandy flats along the north shores of the island 

 and in the islands of Bass's Straits, /. D, Hooker, 



S. Australia. Kangaroo Inland. St. Vincent's Gulf, and Lofty and other ranges in 

 the interior, F, MueUer, Behr, etc. 



M^. Australia. Kiu^ George's Sound to Swan River, Driinmond, Preiss, n. 2365, 

 2374, etc., and others ; Murchison river, Ohlfield. 



Var. latifolhim. Lower leaves obovate, i to 1 in. long; upper leaves few, small, and 

 distant. Capsule 5 lines long. Swan River, Brtimmond ; King George's So^ud, R. Broion. 



17. C. lanceolatum^ It. Br, Herh. Nearly allied to C, cahjwega, ex- 

 cepting in the fruit. Stems slender, erect, glabrous, not above 6 in, high, or 

 branching and decumbent at the base. Leaves small, naiTo>v-linear, rather 

 rigid, erect and acute, mostly 2 to 3 lines long. Eacemes short. P lowers blue, 

 rather larger than in C. cabjmega. Outer sepals all free, oblong, thin, nearly 

 2 lines long ; inner ones scarcely longer. Capsule elliptical or oblanceolate, 

 tapering rather more at the base than at the point, nearly 3 lines long and 

 rather more than 1 line broad. Seeds oblong, fully half as long as the cap- 

 sule, comose, without any terminal appendage. 



W- Australia. S. coast, east of King George's Souud, R, Brown {Hh. 7?. -5r.). 



18. C. defoliatnm, Z MuelLFL Fid. i. 189, Allied in habit to C. 

 midiiiscnlnm with the flowers of (7. calymega. Ehizome woody, with rigid 

 and nish-like, but slender and sometimes almost filifonn stems, 1 to 2 ft. 

 high, and glabrous. Leaves very few and distant, small, narrow-linear or 

 sometimes all reduced to small linear scales. Eacemes slender, 1 to 2 in. long. 

 Flowers rather larger than in C. calymega. Outer sepals all free, oblong, 

 nearly as long as the inner ones. Capsule 3 or 4 lines long, contracted into 

 a long narrow stipes. Seeds comose, without any terminal appendage. — G. 

 nndinsculum, Stectz, in PL Preiss. ii. 308, not DC. 



N, S. Wales. Port JacTcaon and Hunter's River, R. Brown; lUawarra, She])herd ; 

 Clarence river, Beckier. 



_ Victoria. Scattered over sandy heathy ridges from Port Phillip to the Broadribb 

 river, F. Mueller. 



Tasmania. South Port, C. Stuart. 



19. C. midmsctamn, DC. Trod. i. 331. Stems elongated, slender, 

 ghdjruus, with few very ^.mull distant leaves almost reduced to scales. Flowers 

 small, blue, in a ven^^ short raceme, which after floweriiij? len*>thcus to 1 in. 



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or more. Outer sepals about \\ lines long, oblong, the 2 upper connate to 

 near the top ; inner sepals not twice as long, usually about 2 lines, broadly 

 obovate, with a short claw adhering to the corolla. Keel-petal not horned, 

 latei'al ones narrow. Style much thickened above. 'Capsule about 3 Hues 

 long, narrowed into a stipes about twice as lon^r as the broad part. Seeds 



