100 LXIV. GOODENOVIE^. [Sc(ei'oh* 



The smaller specimens maj sometimes be mistaken for S, microcarpa, but may be readily 

 known by tbe tuft of hairs at the back of the indusiuni, and by the 2-celIed ovary, 



38. S. huxnilis^ .ff. i?r. Prod, 585. A low, branching, diffuse peren- 

 nial, more or less pubescent. Leaves obovate or cuneate, acutely and pro- 

 minently toothedj the lower ones 1 to 1| in. long including the petiole, the 

 upper ones passing into the oblong or lanceolate, acute, entire or toothed, 

 sessile bracts. Flowers sessile in a leafy spike, short but interrupted 

 Bracteoles linear or lanceolate, ciliate. Calyx-lobes small, ovate. Corolla 

 pubescent outside, about ^ in. long. Ovary 2-ceIled. Style more or less 

 hairy. Indusium with a dense tuft of hairs on tlie back at the base, as long 

 as the indusiura itself, the margin densely ciliate. Pruit ovoid-oblong, 

 about 2 lines long. — DC. Prod, vii. 509 ; MerJcnua Jiumilis, De Vr. Gooden. 

 59. 



S. Australia. 



Spencer's Gulf, R. Brown ; Wonnomulb, Bahhages Expedition. 

 3 in every respect with Brown's, except that the tuft of hairs 



The 

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latter specimen a£?ree3 



back of the indusium is not quite so long. P. Mueller, in' Rep. Babb. Exped. 15, refers it 



to S. microcarpa ; hut, besides the difFercncein foliage, I have always fouad tlie ovary of the 



latter species, as described by Erovvu, 1 -celled, without any trace of dissepiment bet\Yeen the 



two ovules. S, humUis is much more nearly allied to S. cemula^ and perhaps a varietj 



only. 



39. S. amblyanthera, 'F, Mnell Fragnu i. 121. A small, erect, 

 branching perennial, shortly villous all over like S. revoluta. Leaves obovate- 

 cuueate, entire, rather thick and soft, all under | in. long in the single sp^ 

 cimen seen, the floral ones similar, but smaller. Flowers sessile. Braf- \ 

 leoles very small. Calyx-limb obsolete. Corolla pubescent outside, nearly 

 \ in. long. Ovary 2>celled. Style with a dense tuft of long, purplish hairs 

 behind the indusium, whicli is ciliate with Ions hairs. Fruit small, ovoia- 

 oblong, slightly tuberculate. 



N. Australia. Granite valleys of the Upper Nicholson river, Gulf of Carpentaria, I 

 F. Mueller. The fragmentary speciraens preserved have much the aspect of S. revolt 

 hut with smaller leaves, and readily distinguished by the tuft of hairs at the hack of the 

 indusiura. 



Series 4. Monospermy.— Ovary 1-celled, with 2 ovules often sj 



closely apprcssed as to appear at first'like a single one. Fruit usually small 

 and one-seeded, or rarely both seeds ripen. 



40. S. microphylla, BentJi. A diffuse, prostrate or ascending, V^^^^' 

 cent or hirsute perennial, but apparently flowering also tlie first year, tbe 

 stems and branches slender, but often above 1 ft. long. Lower leaves petio- 

 late,. obovate or oblong, 1 to 1| in. long, the others smaller, sessile, and 

 clasping the stem with broad auricles, all coarsely toothed, the floral ones 

 cordate-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, entire or nearly so, mostly about i in- ^^^f 

 Plowers almost sessile, in a long, interrupted, leafy spike. Bracteoles leafy- 

 ovate-lanceolate. Calyx-lobes small, ovate. Corolla spai-ingly pubesce"^ 

 outside, under \ in. long. Ovary l-celled, with 2 ovules. Style witb^* 

 dense tuft of hairs at the back of the indusium, as long as the indusium "' 

 self, which is ciliate. Fi-uit ovoid-oblong, about 1 line long, smooth, ""' 

 not seen quite v\^Q.—3folke7iboeria microjJi^llu, De Vr. Gooden. 44. t. 9- 



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