POLYGALA LONGIFPOLTA 
Potret Encycl, Méth. v. 501 (1804) fide Chodat Monogr. Polygat. p. 358. 
P, LEPTALEA DC. Prodr. i. 325 (1824); Benth. Fl. Austral. i. 139; Bailey, Queensland Flora, i. 78. 
[Prate 13.] 
Calyx pentaphyllus, oblongus, compressus, persistens. Fo/io/wm 
supremum oblongum, acutum, obtuse carinatum, sesquilineare. /o//o/a 
duo dateralia ovato-oblonga, acuta, planiuscula, bilinearia, albida, dorso 
purpurascentia, /’o/iola duo infertora oblonga, acutiuscula, foliolo 
supremo duplo breviora. Corolla subpapilionacea, foliolis lateralibus 
calycis paulo brevior. Vexi/dwm nullum. 
Ale oblonge, obtuse, 
inferne angustate, virescentes, basi cum carina connate, apice lete 
purpureee. Cavima concava, compressa, subventricosa, virescens, apice 
terminata fabello multiradiato ; radiis filiformibus, planiusculis expansis, 
apice emarginatis, lzte purpureis, longitudine alarum. /v/amenta sex, 
filiformia, longitudine alarum, infra medium coalita in vaginam supra 
fissam ; apice adscendentia. Axthere oblongee, parvee, lute. Germen 
superum, oblongum, compressum, obtusum. Stylus filiformis, inflexc~ 
Stigma simplex, complanatum, 
Capsuda oblongo-spathulata, compressa, emarginata, magni- 
tudine foliorum lateralium calycis, bilocularis, bivalvis, dissepimento 
adscendens, staminibus paulo longior. 
obtusum. 
contrario, marginibus utrinque aperiens. Semzna solitaria, oblongo- 
imbricatis.  /2lum 
Caulis teres, glaber, 
Folva alterna, lineari-lanceolata ; inferiora subtus rubra. 
deorsum 
glabrum, bilobum, flavescens in apice seminis. 
herbaceus. 
cylindracea, nigricanti-villosa, _ villis 
Endeavour’s River. Banks’s specimens are cited in Fl. Austral. as from Brown, 
who did not collect the plant. 
POLYGALA’ RHINANDHOMD ES 
Soland. ex Benth. Fl, Austral. i. 140 Banks & Sol. MSS. et in Herb. ; Bailey, Queensland Flora, i. 79. 
P. CHINENSIS L. ex F. Muell. Census Austral. Pl. 8 (1882). 
[PrarEe 14.] 
Calyx pentaphyllus, persistens. Foliolum supremum et duo 
infima lanceolato-subulata, patentia, acuta, vix t-linearia; duo 
lateralia maxima, subrotunda cum parvo acumine, diametro trilineari, 
Cap- 
sula subrotunda, emarginata, magnitudine foliolorum calycis majorum, 
villosiuscula, florem arcte amplectentia, extus parum convexa. 
compressa, margine acuto membranaceo, bilocularis, bivalvis, margine 
ROEME MUA WS iENOCLA DA 
dehiscens. Dissepimentum contrarium. Sena solitaria, oblonga, 
villosa. /of¢a lineari-lanceolata. Spice crassee, Rhinanthorum similes. 
The Endeavour River specimens cited by Bentham as from Brown were collected 
by Banks and Solander; Brown, however, collected the plant on the north coast, and 
described it in his MSS. It has not been recorded from other collectors. 
BENTH. var. STENOSE RAI 
Benth, Fl. Austral, i. 141 (1863). 
[PLaTE 15.] 
Calyx pentaphyllus, Foliolum supremum lanceolatum, acutum, 
carinatum, vix 1-lineare; duo Jateralia maxima, oblonga, acuta, 
trilinearia, latere superiore 
lanceolata, acuta, supremo minora. 
longitudine foliolorum majorum calycis. 
oblongze, obtusze, basi attenuate. Caviva monopetala, lata, compressa, 
inferne gibba, longitudine alarum, obtusa, apice integra. Appendix 
extus infra apicem carine adnata; laminz bine cuneiformes 4-fide ; 
laciniis filiformibus radiatis, longitudine carine. Filamenta octo, 
longitudine carinz a basi extra medium connate in vaginam unam 
Anthere subclavate, flave. Germen superum, oblongo- 
sordide purpurascentia; duo inferiora 
Corolla subpapilionacea, tripetala, 
Vextllum nullum. Ale due, 
supra fissam, 
ovatum, obtusum, emarginatum, compressum. S¢y/us filiformis, glaber, 
Stigma obtusum, incrassatum. 
obtusissima, emarginata, altero latere longiore, 
staminibus paulo longior, apice inflexus. 
Capsula  ovalis, 
compressa, bilocularis, bivalvis, valvis latere dehiscentibus. Dzssepc- 
mentum contrarium. Sedna solitaria, obcuneiformia, villosa. Cazdes 
teretes, ramosissimi. ofa lanceolata, integerrima,  Pedunculi 
communes longi, nudi. lores subspicati. 
Endeavour’s River. The artist has conveyed the impression of a plant of more 
compact habit than is represented by the specimens or in the original sketch. Bentham 
does not cite the Banksian specimens, but these exactly correspond with those from 
Brown, on which the description of the variety is based. Not recorded by Bailey. 
COMESPERMA “SECUNDUM 
[Br. in] Herb. Banks MSS., ex DC. Prodr. i. 334 (secunda); Benth. Fl. Austral. i, 145; Bailey, Queensland Flora, i. 81. 
[PLaTE 16.] 
Suffrutex sesquipedalis, fragilis. Caulis teres, rane et folia villis 
tenuibus pubescentia. /o/za sparsa, undique divergentia, Parents 
Racemi spiciformes, a lata basi lanceolati, stricte secundi ; capsule 
strictee, patentes ; flores patentes. Calyx triphyllus, deciduus : Foliola 
uti in [C. evicino], Petala duo-1> linearia, tota albida. Nectarinm 
albidum, apice luteum, 1-lineare, omnino uti in [C. ericino]. Stamina 
Pistillum et Capsula uti in [C. eviczno]: capsula basi longius attenuata, 
compressa, anguli tantummodo laterales exstantes. /2/amenta mox 
infra sinubus nectarii inserta. Amthere quatuor distincte in singulo 
filamento, pedicellatee: h.e. filamenta octo in duas lamellas connata. 
Endeayour’s River. The specimens from this locality entered by Bentham as from 
Brown were collected by Banks, and are the types of the species, 
