406 LXI. RUBIACEA. [Hedyotis. 
2 short bristle-like lobes on each side. Pedicels slender in the upper axils, © 
forming sometimes an irregula icle. Calyx-tube very short, broad; with 
minent ridge on the concave face. 
1 wson river, F. Mueller ; Isaacs river, Bowman. Bes 
This and the following species agree perfectly with the N. American Houstonias in flower, 
fruit, and seed, although with the habit of Oldenlandia. : 
9. H. pterospora, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 40. Perennial, ascending or 
N. Australia. Sturt’s Creek, F. Mueller. 
3. DENTELLA, Forst. 
(Lippaya, Endl.) 
_ Scarcely dehiscent. Seeds more or less angular.— Prostrate herb. » 
interpetiolar, entire or ciliate. Flowers solitary, sessile in the axils or forks. 
long, the lobes shorter than the tube. Anthers linear. Capsule about 13 
lines diameter, hispid with long transparent hairs.—W. and Arn. Prod. 4955 
Lippaya telephioides, Endl. Atakta, 13. t. 13. 
Sturt’s E ee Ste 
Sr Dawson river, F. Mueller; Port Curtis, M'Gillivray; Wide Dër 
will ; Moreton Bay, C. Stuart. a 
Fitzmaurice river 1 
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