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not winged. 



N. Australia. 





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i. 115, from Victoria river, which I have beea unable to ideutify satisfactorily, aud I fiud 

 no S2)ecimens so named in his collections. 



^ 46. G, sepalosa, F. Muell. Herb. A low, brancliing, hispid or viscid- 

 vdlous herb, apparently perennial, l)ut floAvering the first year, the stems de- 

 cumbent or erect, not attaining 1 ft. in any specimens seen. Leaves oblong 

 lanceolate or oblong-linear, coarsely and irregularly toothed or rarely entire, 

 shortly petiolate or the upper ones only contracted at the base, the larger 

 ones 2 to 3 in. long. Peduncles 1-flowered, axillary, without bracteoles, in ^ 

 some specimens very sliort, in others at least as long as the leaves. Calyx- j 





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lobes more or less lanceolate and leafy, acuminate. Corolla yellow, hairy 

 outside, f to 1 iu. long, the lobes broadly winged, the 3 upper ones separate 

 almost to tbe base, the wangs unequal, the outer one almost auriculate. Dis- 

 sepiment of the ovary exceedingly short, almost rudimentary. Capsule glo- 

 bular. Seeds few, flat, granular-tuberculate, with a narrow, smooth margin. 



N.Australia. N.W. coast, Bpioe ; Camden IlarLour, Mart'm; Port Essington, | 

 Armstrong, Y. MueUer. Fragm. vi. 12, refers this species to G, hispida ; but the general 

 aspect, as well as the more toothed, broader, usually more petiolate leaves and broader calyx- 

 lobes appear to me too different to warrant the uiuoii without better specimeus, most of those 

 preserved bemghttle more than fragmentary. The fragment alluded to by F. Mueller, aa 

 gathered uy Keuuedy on the Flinders river, has much more of the foha'^e, but not the iiitiu- 

 mentum of G. hispida. 



Var. hrackypoda, F. Muell. Herb. Much-branched and very leafy, the upper leaves small, 

 blowers small (the corolla about \ iu. long), on very short peduncles or almost sessile.— Vic- 

 toria river, F, Mueller, ^^ j i 



_ 47. G. hispida, R. Br. Prod. 511. Apparently animal, hispid with 

 rigid spreaduig hairs, which almost disappear from the old plants. Steins 

 slender, erect, branching, |- to 1 ft. long or rarely more. Radical leaves 

 sometimes oblong aud narrowed into a short petiole, all the others sessile, 

 linear or narro^y-lanceolate, 1 to 3 in. long, entire or with a very few acute 

 promuient teeth, especially near the base. Peduncles in the upper axils often 

 longer than the leaves, Avithout bracteoles. Calyx-lobes subulate. Corolla 

 hairy outside, about |- in. long, the 2 upper lobes separated low down. 

 Lapsule globular or ovoid. Dissepiment exceedingly short. Seeds flat, not 

 winged.— DC. Prod. vii. 515 ; De Vr. Gooden. 133. 



fi. Australia. Islauds of tlie Gulf of Carpentaria, JR. Brown ; Copeland Island, A. 

 Cunningham; Bowea's Straits, Port Essington, Armstrong. These specimens are much 

 less hispid than Brown's, but much older aud more elongated and probablv belong to tlie 

 same species. ° i . =■ 



^ 48. _G. anriculata, Benth. Apparently annual, spriukled with spread- 

 ing hairs or nearly glabrous. Stems weak, 1 ft. Ion- or more. Lower leaves 

 unknown ; floral leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, cordate, sessile aud steiu- 

 claspmg with broad auricles. Peduncles 1-flowered, much longer than the 

 leaves, without bracteoles. Flowers rather lar-e, yellow. Calyx' hispid, with 

 linear acuminate lobes. Corolla f in. long, pubescent outside. Dissepiment 

 ot the ovary exceedingly short. Capsule nearly globular. Seeds few, oval- 

 oblong, flat, granular-tuberculate, with a somewhat thickened smooth border, 



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