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branches. Pedicels usuall}- very short, the bracts and bracteoles rigid, linear 

 or lanceolate. Calyx-lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate, generally prominent, 

 although covered with the hairs of the tube. Corolla rarely under | in. long 

 and sotnetlmes 7 or 8 lines, the persistent base very short. Ovary l-cclled, 

 with 1 straiii-ht ovule erect from the base. — DC. Prod. vii. 504: Hook. f. 



PL Tasni. i. 280 ; De Vr. Gooden. 109 (but in all these only the Eastern 

 plant); D.fasciculaia, DC. Prod. vii. 504, De A^r. Gooden. 105 (as to tk 

 Port Jackson plant) ; Goodenia strida, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 349. 



Queensland. Glassliouse Mountains, F. Mueller, __ 



N. S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Bromi^ S?j>/ipr^ n. 22 

 and others ; Hastings river, BecJder ; Illawtirrn, A. Cunnhigliam ; Beumml J}J'Ari/iur. 



Victoria, Mount Macedon, Euuip Credc, Plenty Range, F. Mueller. 



Tasmania. Flinders Island and Cape Barren Island, Gunn ; South Esk river, Stre- 

 leaky ; towards Geoige Bay, BissilL 



Var. laxa. Decumbent ? Leaves broadly cunealc, coarsely toothed. Peduncles elon- 

 gated. — To this belong the Victoria specimens. 



Var.? ohlongaia. Leaves usually oblong, entire or nearly so, 1 to 2 in. long. I"^"' 

 mentum of the flowers looser and' darker.— Z). ohlongaia, R. Br. Prod. oS8 ; DC. Prod. 

 vii. 504 j De Vr. Gooden. 100, partly. To this form belong the Queensland speci metis and 

 those from Hastings river. I follow J. D. Hooker and F. Mueller in uniting it \vitli v, 

 Mricta, but it has a somewhat different aspect. Possibly, however, the western B. l^f<^ 

 clacla, D.fasclcttlafa, and even B, loratil/iifolia, ina^y ^rove to be varieties only of i?- -y^'"^^^"' 

 which it will be then very difficult to define. 



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23. D. leptoclada, £enfh. A perennial, glabrous except the flowers, 

 with decumbent, ascending or erect stems of 1 to 1-^ ft., often broadly trian- 

 gular in the lower part, the branches slender, elongated, less proinineutl| 

 angled. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or oblong, linear, obtuse, entire or witli 

 or 2 prominent teeth on each side, thick and flat, the larger ones 1 to 2 m. 

 long but mostly smaller, the floral ones narrow. Peduncles solitary or 2 or 

 3 together in the upper axils, rarely exceeding the leaves, rather slender, 1- 

 to 3-flowered. Bracts minute. Flowers blue, clothed with lead-coloured or 

 blackish, appressed, parallel-branched hairs. Calyx-lobes J to i line Ion?' 

 but usually concealed under the indumentum. Corolla 5 to 7 lines loiig,^^^ 

 wings of the lobes broad. Ovary 1 -celled, with 1 oblong-linear ovule, erec 

 from the base, 



'W. Australia. King George's Sound aud adjoining districts, B. ^^'^^^^' Pl^^Zi 

 Maxwell, F. Mueller-, perhaps also Chanipioa Bay, Oldjield. R. Browu referred his ^r 

 cimens doubtfullv to D. stricta^ of which this species may possibly he a Western f"^^^' 

 the hahit is much weaker, the deep blue wings of the corolla-lobes broader, the indur"^" 

 of the flowers of a different colour, the bracts very minute, etc. Drumraond's specini ^^^ 

 n. 161, may be the same plant in a more advanced state, with the peduncles longer than 

 leaves, but they are very imperfect. 



Ydx.parviflora. Still more slender, with smaller flowers.— Cape Arid, Maxxcell {B.^^ ' 

 ¥. MuelL). ^ 



24. D. fasciculata, R. Br. Prod. 588. A rigid perennial or W^J"^ 

 shrub, nearly glabrous except the flower, or with more or less of steU ^ 

 tomentum or clustered hairs, especially on tbe young shoots and about t^^ 

 inflorescence. Stems angular or compressed, erect or decumbent, not ^^ 

 branched, 2 to 3 ft. high {Oldfield), Leaves sessile, obovate, ciineate-oblo ^ 

 or rarely oblanceolate, entire or coarsely angular-toothed, thick, and ^o 



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