MYRSTIPHYLLUM® LONI@EROIMDES 
PSYCHOTRIA LONICEROIDES Sieb. ex DC. Prodr. iv. 523 (1330); Benth. Fl. Austral. iii. 427. 
[PLaTE 147.] 
Calyx monophyllus, 
persica : urceolatus, parvus (+ lin.), villosiusculus, Germen superum, subrotundum, umbilicatum. Stylus simplex, 
nionspeet quinquedentatus, dentibus latis, acutiusculis. Corolla filiformis, erectus, longitudine tubi. Stigma bipartitum, laciniis 
aie infundibuliformis, alba; tubus  cylindraceo-pentagonus, oblongis,  planiusculis,  crassiusculis, _ divaricatis. Pericarpium 
s ce G 4 A “We: . + . ~ a - ie 
quitters e Ep lo, longior ; fauces villis clause; limbus patulus, immaturum _ biloculare. Semina (forte nuces) solitaria, extus 
ee : us laciniae oblongze, acutze, planee, tubo paulo breviores. angulata, intus plana. Ram teretes. Folia opposita, oblonga, 
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aie oS supra medium tubi adnata, faucibus breviora, obtusa, crassiuscula, laurina. 
* nuther wk s oane ‘ i 
vere oblongo-lineares, erecta, villis faucium immixtee. Port Jackson; Thirsty Sound (on drawing); neither locality cited by Bentham 
MYRMECGODIA,Y BEECGARM 
look. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6883 (1886). 
M. ARMATA Hook. f. ex G. Benn. in Journ. Bot. 1868, 52; F. Muell. Fragm. vii. 45 (1869); non DC. 
M. ECHINATA F. Muell. Census, 75 (1882) non Gaud. 
M. ANTOoINI F. Muell. Census, ed. 2. 126 (1889) an Becc.? 
EPIDENDROIDES TETRANDRA Sol. MSS. ex Britten, Journ. Bot. 1897, 192. 
[Plate 148.] 
Calyx tubulosus, margine integer, basin tubi arcte cingens, et cellulas labyrinthi instar intricatas; has inhabitant et intra has 
1-linearis, albus, tenuis, glaber, seepe obsoletus. Coro//a monopetala, 
nivea, subcarnosa, subpellucida; tubus cylindraceus, e bulbo seu 
tubere seepe a formicis magno facto egrediens, 4-linearis, intus in 
medio annulo villoso cinctus; limbus quadripartitus, parum patulus ; 
lacinize tubo duplo 
Filamenta quatuor, faucibus ad sinus limbi inserta, alba, 
breviores. 
erecta, 
erecta, 
oblongze, acute, subzequales, 
laciniis corolle duplo breviora, qualia; axthere oblonge, 
supra 
longior ;  séégma quadrifidum, 
Bacca (sub superficie bulbi recondita) 
ceeruleze. Germen inferum, ovatum, truncatum ; — styZus 
filiformis, albus, staminibus laciniis 
filiformibus, 
ovali-oblonga, semiuncialis, albida, subdiaphana, 
crassiusculis. 
glaberrima, apice 
parum attenuata, ibique truncata, subquadrilocularis. Sena quatuor, 
oblonga, apice pulpa 
Folia omnia radicalia, oblonga, immerse pauci- 
venosa, crassa, coriacea. Tuber (radix vel bulbus) parasiticum 
(precipue in Melaleuca angustifolia) subrotundo-pyriforme, 
raro obtuse angulatum, fuscum, verrucosum, verrucis spinulosis, seepe 
scil. unum in singulo loculo, attenuata, 
glutinosa involuta. 
non 
magnitudine capitis humani, interne carnosum, albidum, formicis 
nidum prebens; he enim per totam substantiam formant ambulacra 
soboles suas nutricantur, et heec nullo detrimento radicis! 
No specimens of this plant have been preserved, although I think they were 
sent home, as at the end of the rough MS. list of the New Holland plants “ants’ 
nest” is entered. The drawing, however, leaves no doubt as to its identity with 
M. Becarii, Vhe entry relating to the plant in the MS. transcript of Banks’s 
Journal (ii. 256) runs thus: “A third sort [of ant] nested in the inside of the root 
of a plant which grew on the bark of trees in the same manner as Miseltoe. The 
root was as large as a large turnip, and often much larger: when cut the inside shew’d 
innumerable winding passages in which these animals liv’d. The plant itself throve 
to all appearance not a bit the worse for its numerous inhabitants. Several hundreds 
have I seen, and never one but what was inhabited; tho’ some were so young as 
not to be much larger than a hazel nut. The ants themselves were very small, not 
above half as large as our red ants in England; they stung indeed, but so little 
that it was scarce to be felt. The chief inconvenience in handling the roots came 
from the infinite number; myriads would come in an instant out of many holes, and 
running over the hand tickle so as to be scarce endurable,” Sir Joseph Hooker 
(Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, p. 304) added in a footnote “species of Myrmecodia or 
Hydnophytum” ; he has since seen the drawing (here reproduced) and agrees that it 
represents MZ. Beccari’, which is not identical with the plant figured and described 
by Rumphius. It seems strange that no plate was prepared of so remarkable 
and interesting a plant; that now given, from the drawing, was placed on the stone 
by the late Mr. R. Morgan, F.L.S. Some account of the history of the species as 
an Australian plant will be found in the Journal of Botany for 1897, pp. 190-192. 
OPER@GULARIA. HYSsOPRlRO@riTs 
Juss. in Ann, Mus. Par. iv. 428 ¢ 71 (1804). 
O. ASPERA VAR. HYSSOPIFOLIA Benth. Fl. Austral. iii. 434. 
[PLATE 
Calyx quadridentatus, persistens supra receptaculum commune, 
dentibus subulatis, erectis, semilinearibus, zequalibus. Corolla infund- 
ibuliformis, alba; tubus superne ampliatus, calyce duplo longior ; 
limbus quadri- vel quinque-partitus ; laciniis lanceolatis, acutis, quam 
tubo brevioribus. /v/amenta quatuor vel quinque, capillaria, recepta- 
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Anthere ovate, erecte. 
Stylus 
unicus, capillaris, debilis, profunde bifidus, longitudine filamentorum. 
Capsula sub operculo communi. 
culo inserta, corolla paulo longiora, flaccida. 
Germina infera, communia; loculus unicus pro, singulo flore. 
Stigmata simplicia. 
Bustard Bay ; Botany Bay (on drawing.) 
