

172 XVII. PORTULACE^. [Calaudriuia, 



Leaves linear-terete. Stamens about 5, Anthers globular. ^ ^ 



Capsule indehisccnt 15. C. granulifera. 



Leaves sliort and broad. Stamens 5 to 10. Antliers globular. 



Capsule searcely dehiscent 16. C.jpygmaa, 



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I.e. Lehmanniy Endl. in PL Preiss, ii. 235. Rootstock slender and 

 cylindrical, bearing, "^vhcn Ml grown, one or more tubers at the base, and at 

 the top a few small scales, apparently the remains of leavg^, and a tuft of 3 

 to 4 erect, slender stems, 6 to 8 in. high and quite leafless, except a number 

 of small, opposite, sheathing scales, their fine points closely pressed agahist 

 the stem. Leaves in the very young specimens radical, small, obovate, or 

 spathulate, soon withering away, and never more than 2 or 3. l"'lowers few, 

 in a terminal raceme, the slender pedicels of j to ^ in. proceeding from the 

 axils of the upper scales. Sepals veiy broad, almost obtuse, very thin, 3- 

 nerved, about 2 lines long. Petals nearly 3 times as long. Stamens short, 

 very numerous, with short anthers. Style simple at the base, with 3 long, 

 linear, sligmatic branches. Capsule ovoid, longer than the calyx, 3-valved, 

 with numerous small granulated seeds. 



W. Australia. Swan River, Freiss, n, 1528, Drummond, CoIL 1844, ». 242; 

 South Hutt river, Oldfield. 



2. C. xmiflora, P, Maell in Trans, Phil Inst, FicL iii. 41, and Fragm. 

 i. 177. Eootstock simple, cylindrical, erect, bearing a dense tuft of naiTow- 

 linear leaves of 2 to 4 in. Scapes numerous from amongst the leaves, 8 to 

 10 in. high, 1-flowered and leafless, except 1 or 2 minute scales. Flowers 

 rather large. Sepals broad and thin, 3 to 4 lines long. Petals usually 6 or 

 7- Stamens very numerous, the inner ones much lon^rer than the outer, 

 anthers oblong. Styles 4, erect, shortly plumose and stigmatic along thcu' 

 whole length. Capsule about as long as the sepals, 4-valved. Seeds nu- 

 merous, black and shining. 



N. Australia. Victoria river, near the main camp, F, Mueller, 

 The species is nearly allied to two Chilian ones, C. riqiestris. Barn., and C, graminlfoHai 

 Philippi. 



3. C. balonensis, lAudl. in MilcL Trap. Aadr. 148. Apparently 

 perennial, erect, branching, 6 in. to 1 ft. high or rather more. Leaves thick 

 and fleshy, the lower ones oblong-spathulate or obovate, 1 in. long or less, 

 the upper ones linear or lanceolate, often above 2 in. Flowers large, purple, 

 in loose terminal racemes, on pedicels of about 1 in. Bracts scarious, acumi- 

 nate, mostly opposite, but ojdy one of each pair has a flower in its axib 

 Sepals very broad and obtuse, herbaceous, obscurely veined, wnth a scarious 

 margin. Petals very broadly obovate, fully \ in. long. Stamens very di- 

 merous ; antliers narrow-oblong. Style 3-lobed, the lobes thick and nearly 

 twice as long as the entire base. 



Queensland. Sandy soil on the Balonne river, Mitchell. 



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■ 4. C. polyandra, Perd/i. Annual, with decumbent or ascending 

 branches of 6 in. to 1 ft. Leaves few, chiefly in the lower part of the stem, 

 thick and flesliy, the lowest broadly linear or almost spathulate, the upper 

 ones narrow-linear, occasioncilly almost opposite, mostly 1 to l^- in. long. 





