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wing.— DC. Prod. vii. 516 ; De Vr. Goodeu. 152. t. 28; F. MuelL Tragr^' 

 iii. 141 ; Scavola pterospe7'ma, De Vr, in PL Preiss. i. 408, 



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Vilinorinics), 1-flowered or the lower ones loosely cymose. Plowers ^ 

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28. G. azurea, F. MuelL Fragm. i. 117. A glabrous glaucous under- 

 shrub of 1 to 2 ft., with rigid spreading branches. Lower leaves petiolate, 

 obovate, sparingly toothed, 2 to 3 in. long ; upper ones sessile, obovate 

 ovate or oblong, very obtuse and entire, the uppermost under \ in. long- 

 Peduncles axillary, rigid, longer than tlie leaves, 1-flowered or the lower ones 

 bearing a cyme of 3 to 7 flowers. Bracteoles large, leafy, ovate or obovate. 

 Calyx-tube glandular, lobes lanceolate. Corolla blue, 7 to 8 lines long, ^ 

 sparingly glandular-pubescent outside, with a saccate protuberance extending 

 to the base of the calyx-tube, the upper lobes separate almost to the base, 

 broadly winged on the outer side. Dissepiment of the ovary reaching far 

 above the middle; ovules rather numerous, in 2 rows iu each cell. Capsule 

 4 to 5 lines long. Seeds small, orbicular, flat, with a somewhat thickened 

 margin. 



N. Australia. Upper Vicloria river and table laud at the sources of Sturt's Creek, 

 jP. Mueller. 



29. G. scaevoliua^ F. MuelL Fragm, i, 118. An undershrub of 2 to 

 4 ft., viscid-pubescent or hirsute. Leaves obovate oblong or oblauceolate, 

 acutely and coarsely toothed, narrowed at the base and often shortly decur- 

 rent, 2 to 3 in. long, the floral ones much smaller and less toothed or entire, 

 the uppermost reduced to small bracts. Peduncles iu the upper axils, bear- 

 ing each a cyme of 3 to 7 flowers with leafy bracts at the forks, or the 

 uppermost short and l-flowered, forming a broadly pyramidal leafy viscid- 

 villous panicle. Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate. Corolla blue, f to nearly 1 

 in. long, pubescent or almost hirsute outside, unilabiate {F. MuelL), hut the 

 upper (lateral) lobes separate lower down and unequally winged. Dissepi- 

 ment reaching nearly to the top of the ovary; ovules rather numerous, in 2 

 rows. Capsule oblong, 4 to 6 lines long. Seeds flat, minutely granular, 

 with a narrow smooth border. 



N. Australia. Sandstone hills, upper Victoria river, F, Mueller, 



30. G. incana, R. Br. Prod. 578. A tufted perennial, clothed all over 

 with hoary or white woollen hairs, sometimes long and loose, sometiiu^^ 

 short and close. Stems usually several, simple or nearly so, erect, 6 to 8 lU- 

 or rarely above 1 ft. high, liadical leaves petiolate, oblong-spathulate or 

 oblanceolate, 1 to 2 in. high, stem-leaves smaller and linear or rarely lanceo- 

 late, all entire thick and soft. Peduncles axillary, l-flowered, often al' 

 turned to one side, shorter or rarely longer than the leaves. Bracteoles 

 linear, more or less distant from the flower. Calyx-lobes linear. Corolla 

 blue, about f in. long, pubescent or hirsute outside, the lobes all broadly and 

 nearly equally winged, but the upper ones separated nearly to the base, and 

 the outer wings fringed near the base. Antliers minutely pointed. Dissepi- 

 ment of the ovary reaching far above the middle ; ovules rather numerous, 

 in 2 rows iu each cell. Capsule ovoid or almost globular, about 3 lines lon^- 

 Seeds flat, orbicular, bordered by a thin and irregular but sometimes broad 



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