472 



XLV, HALOKAGE4:. {Loudonla. 



Flowers 4-merous.- ., ■ i .,, . • <. 



Calyx and epicarp closely aduate to the endocarp, with 4 prominent 



1. L. aurea. 



wings ,1. 1 



Calyx and epkarp inflated and counected wth the endocarp by a loose 



spongy substance, with 4 scarcely prominent wings or angles ... 3. L. Km. 



■ 1. L. autea, Lindl Swan Riv. Jpp. 42, icith a woodcut. Quite gla- 

 T)rous. Rootstock woody. Stems erect, simple or slightly branclied 1 to 2 

 or even 3 ft. liigh, glaucous or yellowish, often tui'ning black in drying. 

 Leaves linear, quite entire, distant or more crowded towards the base of the 

 stem, rarely 2 in. long and often much smaller, sometimes 1 to 2 hues broad 

 and flat, sometimes very narrow and thick, almost terete. Flowers golden- 

 yellow, in terminal corymbose panicles. Calyx-tube 4-winged, about 2 luies 

 long in the ordinary form, the lobes short and broad. Petals about as long 

 as the calyx-tube. Stamens in the perfect flowers 8; Styles 4, short, thiclc, 

 club-shaped, witli ovoid stigmas. Ovules 4, but only 1 enlarges after flower- 

 ing. Fruit varying from 2 to 3 lines in length, the wings usually broao. 

 In some specimens the flowers are smaller and mostly feniales, without any 

 or with very few stamens.— Nees in PL Prciss. i. 159 ; L. fiavem J- 

 Drumm. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 396 (with smaller flowers) ; L. citrma, 

 F. Muell. in Linnsea, XXV. 3S5. . 



S. Australia. Rocks and gravelly banks of streams, l^linders range antl.near t.u - 

 nal<a, F. Mueller. I am unable to discover any difference between these specimens 



some of Drummond's. n 11 r H'p Preiss 



"W. Australia. Swan River, Darling ranie, etc., Drummond, 1st ColL, ^°^"^'^ ' 

 n. 2067, 2068, 2079; Champion Bay, Oldfield ; Eyre, Phillips, and Fitzgeraia o - 

 Maxwell. 



2. L. Betrii, ScUecM. Linnaa, xx. 648; Very near the P^o^^^ ^P^^^^^^^ 

 mens of L. aurea, witli the same liaLit. Stems generally shorter, l^e^^^^^ 

 narrow and small, often few and distant, rarely crowded. Panicles sma 

 dense. Flowers of the size of the smaller varieties of X. aurea, usually v ^ 

 2 wings to the calyx^ube, 2 petals, 4 stamens, 2 styles and ovules, a 

 broadly 2-Avinged fruit, but sometimes a third part is added to each. ^^^- 



Victoria. Mount Corong and N.W. desert to the Murray, F, ilueller ; Wimm 

 DallacJi}/. ^ r V Gawlef" 



S.Australia- Gregarious in barren sandy soils, Behr; Mount Barker crecK, 



town, etc., F, Mueller ; Kangaroo Island", Waterhous^. . 



3. L. Roei, SchhcnL Linn^a, xx. 648. Stems erect, simple ^^lu |^- 

 brous, as in the other two species. Leaves few, small, linear, uis a . ^^ ^^ 

 nicle smaU and dense. Flowers of the size of the smallcf varietie ,^^^^^ 

 aurea, or still smaller. Calyx-tube with 4 narrow shortly decuuen ^^^^o^ 

 Petals- as in Z. aurea, but smaller. Stamens 8 (or sometimes ^^y ^,^1^ 4 



not much longer than the filaments. Fruit y^llo^^' ^'^^^^^\ ^ . T^^^ 

 promin'ent angles or narrow wings, about 3 lines diameter, the m gp^j^gy, 

 tube and epicarp connected with the endocarp by a very loose, 

 almost fibrous substance. Seeds as in L, aurea, yocaryf^ 



■ W; Australia. Fitzgerald range, MarivelL Endlichcr's description ^^^'^^^ gfter'tbe 

 Roei, Endl, ia Ann. ^Vicn. Mns. ii. 210, agrees precisely with MaxwcU s ^P^^|^^|-^'' (persis- 

 pctah and anthers hav« fallen away, except (Hat the niunber of "stamuia ^ , ^^^^^ gpongf 

 tent filaments after the anthers have fallen) is 12 instead of 8. Ihe rem 

 iuflated fruit, if really normal, is very chaructcristic of the species. 



