112 LXiv. GooDENOviE.^. [Dawpitra. 



tered, l-flowered or irre7:u]arly cymose. Ovary 1-celled with 1 linear or 

 oblong ovule erect from the base. 



11. D. hederacea, 7?. Br, Prod. 588. Herbaceous, with weak diffuse 

 or trailing stems, the whole phuit clothed with stellate or phimose ratlier 

 loose and sometimes rigid hairs. Leaves petiolate^ broadly cordate ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, the lower ones 1 to 1-^ in. long, angular or almost loLed, 

 the upper ones small and entire, all rather thin, loosely Avoolly underneath, 

 becoming nearly glabrous above when old. Peduncles in the upper axils 

 rather slender, bearing each an irregular cyme of blue flowers. Bracts small, 

 linear. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, nearly as long as the tube. Corolla 5 to 6 

 lines long, clothed with dense dark plumose hairs. Ovary l-cel!ed, with 1 

 ovaboblong flattened ovule. Fruit not seen.— DC. Prod. vii. 503; De Tr. 

 Gooden. 79. 



W. Australia. King George's Souiiil aud adjoining districts, E. Brown^ A. Cunning- 

 7iam, D,'ummo7id, n. 143 and Zrd Coll. 7u 188; Franklin river. Maxwell; Upper Kalgaa 

 river, F, Mueller, 



13. D. ferruginea, 7?. Br. Trod. 588. An erect undershrnb of 1 to 2 

 ft., clothed with a loose stellate toraenturn intermixed with long hairs shortly 

 plumose at the base ; branches terete, sulcata. Leaves very shortly petiolate, 

 ovate orbicular or rhomboidal, rather rigid, often 3-nerved, entire or coarsely 

 toothed, f to 1^ in. lo!ig, becoming glabrous wlien old, the upper ones sessile 

 and smaller. Peduncles in the upper axils several-flowered, with ovate leaf- 

 like bracts or the peduncles growing out into leafy branches. Flowers blue, 

 almost sessile in the axils of the leafy bracts, densely clothed with loos^y 

 stellate hairs and long ones plumose at the base. Calyx-lobes obsolete. Co- 

 rolla about \ in. long. Ovaiy 1-celled, with 1 erect narrow ovule.— DC. 

 Prod. vii. 503 ; De Vr. Gooden. 93. t. 14. 



Queensland. Shoahvater Bay, -S. Brown; dry ridges, Buraett river, F. Mueller \ 

 Magnetic Island, Burdekin Exped'ition, and Port Denison^ Fitzalan ; Kockiugham Bar 

 Dallachy, 



13. D. Brownii^ F, Muell Fragm. vi. 29. A tall shrub, more or less sca- 

 brous-pubescent hirsute or almost woolly with stellate hairs. Leaves petio- 

 late, orbicular oval or rarely ovate -lanceolate, thick aud often undulate or 

 coarsely sinuate-toothed in the broad-leaved forms, usually quite entire in 

 the oval-leaved varieties, usually from \ to 1 in. long, but twice as niucii 

 when very luxuriant. Peduncles solitary or clustered in the upper axils, 

 sometimes much shorter than the leaves, sometimes especially in the oval- 

 leaved varieties much elongated, and usually bearing an irregular cyme of 3 

 or more sessile flowers. Bracts minute. Flowers purple or blue, densely 

 clothed with dark-coloured plumose hairs, sometimes very long and spreading, 

 especially in the broad-leaved fonus. Calyx-lobes minute and concealed 

 under the indumentum or quite obsolete. Corolla usually about \ in. long- 

 Ovary 1-celled, with 1 erect narrow ovule. Fruit oblong, nearly 2 lines foag, 

 transversely rugose. Seed nearly tereie.—I). tmdidata, J). rotimdi/oUa, D. 



ovcdi/oUa, and B. purpurea, E. Br. Prod. 587, 588 ; DC. Prod. vii. 503 ; V^ 

 Yr. Gooden. 84 to 86, 93; D. ornhsa, De Vr. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch.ii-lO; 

 D. melanopogo7i, De Vr. Gooden. 87 ; U. nervosa, De Vr. in Ned. Krui^*^- 



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