442 LXI. RUBIACEZ. [Spermacoce. 
Flowers only about 4 together in axillary sessile clusters, numerous but only 
in one axil of each pair of leaves. Calyx pubescent ; lobes linear-lanceolate, 
acute. Corolla funnel-shaped, about 3 lines long, glabrous inside, the lobes 
rather shorter than the tube. ` Stamens inserted at the orifice of the tube, 
shorter than the lobes. Fruit-carpels separating, and not always opening on 
their inner face. 
N. Australia. Grassy places, Lower Victoria river, F. Mueller. 
10. S. stenophylla, P Muell Fragm. iv. 43. Apparently perennial, 
with erect scarcely branched stems, glabrous and smooth. Leaves long, 
narrow-linear. Stipular sheaths scarious, rather long, the bristles usually 
short. Flowers in dense globular terminal or occasionally lateral heads. 
ll. S. leevigata, F. 
brous and smooth, or hispid with a few scattered rigid hairs, the stems erect, 
d 
. Australia. Stony and grassy banks of Victoria river, Wickham’s Creek, and Depôt 
Creek, F. Mueller. i 
Var. (?) hispida. Whole plant more or less hispid. Leaves very acute, often above uen 
long.—$. purpureo-cerulea, R. Br. Herb. Gulf of Carpentaria, Æ. Brown. the 
Var. ()) dilatata. Calyx-lobes shorter. Floral leaves much dilated and coloured at 
base.— Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 
_12. S. breviflora, F. Muell. Herb. Annual, diffuse, and more oF = 
hirsute. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, with recurved margins. Flowe 
in very dense terminal globular heads, often above } in. diameter. ll 
lobes lanceolate or lanceolate-subulate, much longer than the tube. Coro 
ue and 
die lobe. 
and 
Victoria river and Depot Creek, F. Mueller ; Arnhem N. pefe 
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. Australia. i 
islands of the Gulf of arpentaria, R. Brown; Attack Creek, M‘Douall Stuart (wi 
larger flowers). 
h in dense 
es linear or lanceolate. Stipular bristles rather long. Flowers? de 
terminal globular heads, often above 1 in. diameter. Calyx-lobes 
subulate. Corolla 6 lines long, the tube long and slender, bear 
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