36 LXiir. ST-YLIDIE.T^. [Levenlwolda. 



W. Australia, Dnimmo7id, n. 128, 175, 282; Cliampiori Bay and Murchison river, 

 Oldjield ; also a few specimens mixed in Preiss'sn. 2249 from Sussex district. 



6. Ii. stipitata, F. MnelL Fragm. iv. 94. Glandular-pubescent or 

 birsute, 2 to 4 in. hip;li, usually branched. Leaves linear or the lower ones 

 obovate, the upper floral ones or bracts very narrow. Flowers small, mmie- 

 rous, on long and slender pedicels, the uppermost almost uinbelhite. Calyx 

 scarcely 1 liite long, the harrow lobes longer than the tube. Corolla-tube 

 scarcely any; lobes obovate, nearly 2 lines long, narrowed into claws; 

 labellum nearly as long, on a slender claw, the lamina broadly hood-shaped, 

 with broad auricles or appendages at the base of the limb, and an appendage 

 in the deep, tei'minal notch, sometimes short and purple like the limb, some- 

 times Ioni>' and narrow. Column elongated but straii^ht, with a reflexen, 

 Iinear-hmceolate appendage immediately under the anthers. Stigma entire, 

 very short, and rounded. — Stylldlum stlpilatitm^ Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 72; 

 DC. Prod. vii. 335 ; Cohodylis umbtdlulata, Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 391. 



W. Australia, Swan Eiver, Drvinmovd, \st CoIL n. 514, Preiss, n. 2240 (partly) ; 

 Mount Barker, Oldjieid ; ChauipJoii Ray, Walcoit. I cauaot find, either iu this or in & 

 Freissiiy the adnate sheath at the base of the column described by Souder, and from whicii 

 he took the proposed generic name Coleost^lis, lu Huegers *Euunieratio ' I had myselt 

 misdescribed the petals; there are 4, not 2, with obovate lamina, aud only 1, the labellum, 

 >vith a slender claw and cordate (concave) lamina. ^ 



7. Ii. Preissii, F. MuelL Fragm. iv. 94, Pubescent or hii'sute witli 

 short, glandular hairs, sometimes simple and 2 to 3 in. high, more frequently 

 corvmboselv-branched and 3 to 5 or even 6 in. hio-h. Leaves from oblong- 

 spathulate to linear, rarely exceeding \ in., and usually much shorter, 

 riowers pedicellate, in short, terminal racemes. Calyx a little more than 1 

 line long, with narrow lobes. Corolla-tube from nearly as long as to rather 

 longer than the calyx-tube; lobes obovate, about 2 lines long including the 

 claw ; labellum as long as tlie lobes, with a similar claw, but the lamina 

 broadly hood-shaped, with an oblong-spathuhite appendage in the deep, ter- 

 minal notch, and a yellow appendage on each side at the base of the lanniia- 

 Column slender, rather longer than the claws of the petals, bnt not fouled, 

 with a linear appendage immediately under the anthers. Stigma entire, 

 very short, and rounded. — Coleostglis Premil, Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 891. f 



VT. Australia. Swan River and adjoining districts, Drumwond, Isf Coll. «. ^l^j 

 F7eiss, n. 2249, 2250 (a few specimens of L. lepiant/ia mixed under n. 2249). 



3. PORSTEEA, Linn. f. 



Calyx-lobes 5, nearly equal, 2 sometimes more united. Corolla neai'ly 

 regular, funnel-shaped or almost campat»idate, the 5 lobes nearly equal or -^ 

 rather larger. Column free from the calyx-tnbe. Ovary imperfectly 2-ceUea 

 at the base. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 1 -celled. — Small perennials. Leaves 

 entire, crowded on the tufted stock or short stems, or imbricated along ^^J^ 

 densely tufted branches. Scapes or peduncles terminal, bearing 1 or rarely 

 2 or 3 flowers, which are often more or less unisexual. 



The genus contains, besides the Australian species which is endemic, a few others fro^ 

 New Zealand aud Antarctic America. With the peculiar genital columu of Stylidi^^^ * 

 tas the flowers otherwise nearer thobe of Campanulacea. 



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