Flora of Australia. 1 1 



lift recorded for Victoria. The petals are white and iiiiiuite, and 

 the fruit not truncate, like Z. (tnnnophilum. Unfortunately, I got 

 only two specimens of it." 



It is certainly curious that this Victorian plant should have l>een 

 first described from West Australian specimens, and possibly it 

 may be found in other Victorian (and possibly also South Austra- 

 lian) localities. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES L— IL 



Plate I. — Limosella aquatica, L. (.Scrophulariaceae). 



¥i^. 1. 2 and 8. — Flower niagnitied. 



4. — Flower cut open. 



5. — Stamens. 



6. — Pollen grains. 



7. — Ovary, Style and Stigma. 



8 and 9.— Fruit. 

 10.— Fruiting Calyx. 

 11. — Fruit cut open. 

 12.— Seeds. 



13 — Seed in longitudinal section. 

 14. — Seed in tranverse section. 



Plate II. — Reesia erecta, Ewart. (Amarantaceae), n. gen. and 



Fig. a. — Portion of plant. 



b. — Leaves and stipules enlarged, 

 c. — Single flower with bracts (enlarged), 

 d. — Stamens and lobes (enlarged), 

 e. — Gynaecium. 

 f. — Fruit dehiscing, 

 ff.— Seed. 



