4-4 LXiv. GOODKNOViEJi. [^LeschenuuUk^ 



15. Ii. filiforznis, R. Br. Prod. 581. An annual or perennial, with 

 filifonn, slightly branched stems of |^ to 1 ft. Leaves distant, filiform, \ to* 





1 ill. long*. Flowers blue {R. Br.), terminal or leaf-opposed, very shoitl)' 

 pedicellate. Calyx-tube long and slender, tlie lobes short and subukite. j 

 Corolla -I- in. lono- or rather more, the 3 lower lobes as lon^ as the tube, with ! 

 broadly oblono;, erect, almost parallel wings, leaving a deep sinus between 

 them, the margins of the lobes very undulate below the wings, the 2 upper | 

 lobes separated much lower down, and winged on one side only. Capsule 

 slender^ about 1 in. long when perfect, the upper lialf consisting of a sleuder, 

 filiform beak. Seeds c^'lindrical or angular, truncate, the testa not quite so 

 hard as in other species. — DC. Prod. vii. 519; F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 9;« 

 Latourla fillformu^ De Vr. Gooden. 187. 



K, Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, iZ. Brown. 



Queensland. Shoalwater Bay passage, i£. Brown ; Rockingham Bay, DalldcTiy- 



16. L, agrostophylla, ¥. Muell. Yragm. vi. 8. An erect annual, very 

 closely allied to i. filffonnis^ and probably only a variety, the leaves ai's 

 rather broader and flatter, the capsule not so slender, and usually sessile. 



N. Australia. Sanrlstone bihleland of the Upper Victoria river and Macarthnr river, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, F. Mueller. Without fuller sets of specimens, I have heen unwilliTig 

 to unite this with L.Jiliformis ; but Brown's Carpentaria ishind specimens appear to me to 

 he iuterraediate between F. Mueller's and those from Queensland. 



2. ANTHOTIUM, E. Br. 



Calyx-tube adnate ; lobes 5, free. Corolla with tlie 2 upper lobes free to 

 the base, erect, couuivent, each of thein winged on one side, with a broad, 

 concave, inflexed auricle covering the indusiuni, the 3 lower lobes united to 

 the middle. Anthers cohering round the style. Indusium cup-shaped, not 

 ciliate, enclosing the stigma. Ovary entirely inferior, 2-ceiled ; ovules 

 numerous, in 2 rows in each cell, mostly ascending. Capsule opening l^it^' 

 rally, in 4 valves (cohering at the top?). Seeds small, slightly compressed; 

 testa cmstaceous. — Glabrous perennials, with a tufted stock. Leaves 

 radical, entire, Flowering stems leafless or nearly so, simple or branchetl- 

 Flowers (probably varying from a yellow to a purplish-red) in terminal 

 clusters or dense corymbs, rarely almost solitary. 



The genus is limited to Australia. It approaches Dawpiera m the flower, with the ovarf 

 of LeschenauUiay and a peculiar habit. 



Radical leaves narrow-linear. Calyx-tube contracted to the base. 



Upper lip of the corolla exceeduig the calys-lobes \, A.Jiuiai^^- 



Radical leaves liuear-cuueate, oblong or lauceolate. Calyx-tube rounded 



at the base. Upper lip of the corolla shorter thau the calyx-lobes . 2. A. rubriflorum- 



1. A. humile, R. Br, Prod. 582. Radical leaves linear-terete or vety 

 narrow and thick but tlat, 1| to 4- iu. long, the petioles shortly dilated at the 

 base. Stems sometimes scarcely exceeding the leaves, erect and siaipk* 

 sometimes f to 1 ft. long, ascending, erect (or procumbent?), and more of 

 less branched, leafless except short, linear bracts under the branches. 

 Flowers small, in a terminal, compact corymb or head when the stem ^^ 

 simple, or in smaller clusters at the ends of the branches, sessile Avlthin very 



