^ LinumJ] xxiv. line^e. 283 



separated by an imperfect partition, or into 10 I -seeded cocci wW the parti- 

 / tion is more complete. Albumen thin. — Herbs. Leaves narrow, entire. 



Stipules none or minute and gland-like. 



A large genus, widely distributed over the temperate or warmer estratropical regions of 

 the globe, with a few tropical American species. The Australian species are endemic, but very 

 closely allied to some of the commouest blue-flowered species of the northern hemisphere, 



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t 



oepais acute or acum 

 Sepals very obtuse . 



1. Z. margiuale, 



'daft 



iunnm» a loose, irre 

 lat 



Besides these, Z. gallicum, Linn.; Planch, in Hook. Lond. Joum. vii, 1^^^ a slender erect 

 annual, with very small yellow flowers in a terminal corymb, a common plant in the 

 Mediterranean region, has established itself as an introduced weed in the neighbourhood of 

 Paramatta. 



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1. Ii. marginale, A. Cuun.; Planch, in EooJc. Lond. Joum, vii. 169. 

 A glabrous herb, fonning a thick perennial rootstock, but also sometimes ap- 

 parently annual, with erect or ascending^ slender stems of 1 to 2 ft., corj^m- 

 bosely branched above the middle. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, acute 

 or the lowest almost obtuse, often all under \ in., but the upper ones some- 

 times 1 in. long. Stipidar glands wanting. Flowers blue, on erect pedicels, 



^;ular, terminal corymb. Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 ;e, acute or cuspidate, 2 to 3 lines long, with a strong midi'ib, the margins 

 thin and often with a narrow scarious border. Petals from a little longer to 

 twice as long. Styles united to above the middle. Capsule dividing into 

 10 1-seeded cocci.— Hook. f. Tl. Tasm. i. 46 ; V. Muell. PI. Vict. i. 178 ; 

 L. angiidifolinm, DO. Prod. i. 426 (as to the New Holland locality) ; Bartl. 

 mPl. Preiss. i. 161, 



N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, U. Broicn and others ; northwards to Hastings river, 

 BecHer; and in the interior, A, Cunningham, 



1, **^"*' ^^^'*' Phillip, U. Brown; throughout the colony, ascending to the Alps, F, 

 Mueller, 



Tasmania. Ahundant throughout the island, /. D. Hoolcr. 



S. Australia. Trona the Murray to Lofty Range and Spencer's Gulf, F, Mueller and 



"^^^ Australia. King George's Sound, Bagsler ; Swan River, Djimmond, 1st ColL; 

 ;Dou!)tful Island, Oldfeld, The species very ranch resembles the uorthern L. ayigtidifolium, 

 Huds., with which many authors have coutuundcd it ; hut it appears to be constantly distinct 

 in the miion of the styles. 



2P L, susedaefolium, PlancJi. in IIool\ Lond. Joum. vii. 168. Ap- 

 parently an annual, with numerous short erect stems. Leaves crowded, 

 linear, obtuse, 3 or 4 lines long, without stipular glands. Flowers and fruit 

 of the small varieties of Z. marginale, except that the sepals are very obtuse, 

 those of the lower flowers almost dilated at the top. 



Queensland- Balonno river, Mitchell {Serb. LindL). The speciineu is vcry^ iflil>cr- 

 ect. It is probably a variety of Z. w^ryiW/^, with which _ \ . -r. -.^ .. 



"eroarium with less pointed sepals than usual would seem to connect it. 



some specimens in F. Mueller's 



2. ERYTHKOXYLON, Linn. 



.Sepals 5, rarely 6, united into a lobed calyx, or free. Petals as many, 

 with a 2-lobed appendage inside below tlie la'aiina. Stamens 10, rarely 12, 

 tae basal tube short, without glands, or more or less thickened into 10 glands, 



