20 LXIII. STYLIDlEiE. [Sli/lldium. | 



39. S, diuroides, LmdL Swan Riv. Jpp, 29. Glabrous, except tlie 

 sliglitl}^ glandular inflorescence. Stock tufted or rarely shortly proliferous, 

 densely covered with the persistent bases of old leaves. Kadical leaves 

 densely tufted, linear-subulate, acute or almost obtuse, the base scarcely 

 dilated, usually about 1 in. long. Scapes 4 to 8 in. high, with a single 

 whorl of setaceous leaves. Eaceme loose, 1 to 1^ in. long, the lower pedi- 

 cels rather long and bracteate but rarely 2-flowei-e(I. Flowers small. Calyx- 

 lobes free, narrow. Corolla with short, broad appendages to the throat, but 

 none to the acuminate labellum. — Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 380. 



\ir. Australia. Swaa Eiver, Drumrnond, 1st Coll. n, 536, 587, ^rd Coll. n. 170. 



Series 7. Verticillat^, Stems elongated, simple or branched, the 

 leaves all in distinct, whorl-like tufts, the lower ones not larger. 



40. S, scandens^ R. Bf\ Prod, 570. Quite glabrous, the stems in 

 small specimens slender but nearly erect and simple, when luxuriant very 

 flexuose or climbing to the height of 2 or 3 ft. and branching at some of the 

 nodes. Leaves all collected in dense, whorl-like, distant tufts, without 

 scattered ones between the tufts, linear, 1 to 2 in. or even longer when luxu- 

 riant, with a hooked or involute point. Eacemes terminal, solitary or 2 or 

 3 together, shortly pedunculate, loose but few-flowered, and almost always 

 simple. Pedicels bracteolate, longer than the calyx. Calyx-lobes free, as 

 long as the ovary. Corolla pink, with more or less prominent appendages 

 to the throat and labellum. Capsule broadly ovoid or s;lobular. — DC. Prod. 

 vii. 334 ; Sond. iu PI. Preiss. i. 381 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3l36 ; Paxt. Mag. xv. 

 149, with a figure. 



^V- Australia. King George's Soaiid and adjoining districts, JR. Brown and others, 

 and thence to Yasse river, Oldfeldj and eastward to Mount Bland, Maxwell^ also Drum' 

 moJid, n. 5, 111, 123, 2nd Coll. n. 275, Wt ColL n. 49, Preiss, n. 2295, 2296. 



41, S. verticillatnm, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 94. Glabrous, except the 



inflorescence. Stems slender, elongated, flexnose or climbing and branching 



at the nodes as in S, scandens. Leaves all collected in dense, whorl-like, 



distant tufts without scattered ones between the tufts, narrow-linear, acute, 



not much exceeding | in. Peduncles hirsute with long, spreading, g^^"" 



dular hairs, bearinsT a loose cvme or short raceme of few flowers. Calyx- 

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lobes free, as long as the tube, very narrow\ Capsule ovoid, hispid, about 

 lines long. 



"W. Australia, Drummond, n. 93 ; Stirling Range, Maxwell. Scarcely differs from 

 the smaller forms of B. scandens^ except in the hirsute inflorescence. 



Series 8. SPAnyiFOLi.?:. Undershmbs or shrubs, with linear, spread- 

 ing leaves scattered along the branches, and not collected in radical or 

 terminal tufts. 



42. S. sland-alos-om, Salisb. Farad, Land. t. 11, An erect or spread- 

 ing undershrub or shrub, | to 1^ ft. high, the branches covered with the 



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cartilaginous, adnata bases of the petioles. Leaves scattered, but rather 

 crowded along the branches, not collected in tei-minal tufts, linear, mucro- 

 uate, under 1 in. long, glabraus or, especially the upper ones, slightly glan- 



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