BELLE5-DEX-KE2 PLANTS : SYSTEMATIC ACCOU.VT 30o 



Brassaia acfinopliylla Encll. Kuranda, common in forest; 

 n. 6347. *' Umbrella tree." Berries red. Distril. Queensland. 



Ophiorrliiza australiana Benth. Km-anda, undergrowth in 

 forest ; n. 63o5. Herbaceous, 2-4 dm. high. Minute white flowers. 

 Distrih. North Queensland. 



Randia disperma, sp. nov. {Riihiacece) . Frutex trimetralis ; 

 romiiUs subteretibus striatis glabris \foliis (nonnunquam verticillatis) 

 oblanceolatis prope apicem cuspidato-attenuatis apice acutis basi in 

 petiolum brevem gradatim angustatis tenuiter coriaceis glabris ; 

 JJorihus majusculis in fascicules pseudoterminales perpaucifloros 

 sessiles dispositis ; pedicellis plus minus patentibus filiformibus quara 

 corolla brevioribus glabris ; ovario calvce paullulum longiore oblongo- 

 turbinato glabro ; calyce truncato denticulato ; corollcB tetramerse 

 glabrte tubo calycem multoties excedente omnimodo angusto lobis 

 oblongo-obovatis apice breviter extenuatis margine erosis ; staminihus 

 coroll£e ori affixis antheris sessilibus ; ovario 2-loculari ; stylo breviter 

 exserto superne clavato ; stiymate bidentato ; oinilis quoque in loculo 2. 



Hah. Bellenden Ker, on long ridge ; undergrowth in forest : 

 n. 6307. 



Folia ±10x3 cm., supra subnitida subtus pallidiora opacaque, 

 glandulis immersis tmnslucentibus crebro prsedita ; costa centralis 

 supra leviter impressa subtus eminens ; costa? laterales etiam sub 

 lente difficile aspectabiles. Pedicelli + 2 cm. long. Flores albi, 

 odorem suavissimum spirantes. Ovarium 4 mm., calyx 3 mm. long. 

 Corollse tubus 4*5 cm. long., deorsum 3 mm. sub limbo 3-5 mm. lat. ; 

 lobi vix 2 cm. long. Antherse oblongse, 2 mm. long. Stylus circa 

 5 cm. long., glabra. 



A remarkable species and more like a Gardenia, but the perfect 

 septa to the ovary bar it from that genus. The foliage, the flowers 

 with narrow tube and fringed petals, and the ovary with but four 

 ovules in all are the distinctive points. 



HelicJirysiim rnpicola DC. Kuranda, common in the open, in 

 grass ; n. 6354. Distrih. North Queensland. 



Lobelia Benthamiana, sp. nov. {Ca?npamdace(B) . Repens, foliis 

 parvis plus minus late ovatis obtusis vel obtusiusculis sinuato-dentatis, 

 pedunculis elongatis filiformibus. — L. memhranacea Benth. Fl. Austral, 

 iv. 129, non R.' Br. 



Hah. Kuranda, on shady banks by stream in forest, 1000 ft. ; 

 n. 6337. 



This is the creeping Lohelia with small sinuate-toothed leaves 

 collected by Dallachy at Rockingham Bay, by Mueller at Moreton 

 Bay, Macgillivray (Port Curtis) and probably Robertson (Victoria); 

 these Bentham referred to L. memhranacea Br., which, as the type in 

 the Natural History Museum shows, is a different plant with much 

 larger leaves. The further description of L. Hentliamiana will be 

 found loc. cit. It may be mentioned that L. liiimisfrata F. MuelL, 

 which Bentham, following Mueller himself, referred to L. quadranyu- 

 laris Br., can hardly be conspecific with this, inasmuch as L. quad- 



