.■^'^"* ixv. campanulace.t:. [Loklia. 



Z. erimts, Linn. A. DC. Prod. vii. 370, a decumbent plant with something of the habit 

 ot .L. a,iceps, but the stems not winged, usually hirsuta at the base, and much lar-or blue 

 Mowers on longer pedicels, a S. African species much cu'tivated for ornament, has established 



Mueller 



L.longiscaTa, De Vr. in PI. Preiss. i. 398, from the interior of S.W. Australia, Preiss, 

 i.\ \ '^^["'^"o^^" to me, but, from the character given, it seems very doubtfulwhelherit 



beloniTS to fllM n-pniia ° ^ 



belongs to the genus. 



Z ^«5^a De Vr. in PI Preiss. ii. U2Jvoux Swan Eiver, Freiss, n. 1440, is still more 

 doubtful and not described so. as to be capable of identification. 



Sect. I. Holopogon.— AU the anthers bearrled, that is, tipped with a 

 tutt of short, rigid hairs or bristles. Annuals (except the last two species), 

 either erect or the Lateral branches shortly decumbent. Flowers either ter- 

 lumal and sobtary or in terminal racemes, or in L. Bernima the lower ones 



axillarv. •' 



axillary. 



1. L. heterophylla, LalllL Fl. Nov. IMl. i. 53. t. 74. An erect 

 annual snnple or slightly branched, more or less pubescent or hirsute with 

 short hairs, rarely almost glabrous, \ to 1^- ft. high. Lower leaves usually 

 pmnatihd, with i^^^^, narrow-linear lobes or the radical ones sometimes 

 obovate and deeply cut, the upper ones small, linear and entire. Flowers 

 lauiei large, ma loose, one-sided raceme, the pedicels mostly longer than tlie 

 cal^x-tube, witlil or 2 linear bracteoles at their base, which, however, are 

 somdunes wantmg. Calyx-lobes almost subulate, longer than the tube. 

 Loro a 5- to nearly 1 in. long, of a deep blue, the middle lower lobe veiy 

 bioadly obovate or obcordate, the lateral cues shorter and oblong or obovate. 

 the upper ones still shorter and narrower. Anthers all tipped with a dense 



nldll 1'°; 1 ' 'f; ^'P'^^^ ^'■^''^^^y «^«^'oi^l. ^^"'•'"y about 3 lines long, 

 L 1^ t '^ '''i''' '^'^ '^^^• ^^■^^"^^- Se^d^ "'"^h longer than in L. glh- 

 -Tx K T^r-"'^ 1 ^^}^^^^^ by scarious, transparent wings.-E. Br. Prod. 



fi!nr; r.' went T^- ""'; f\ ' ^°*- ^^- t. 2014 ; Paxt. Mag. ix. 101, witha 

 hgnie (a weak, elongated, almost twining form). 



Ar,^"- ''^''^*''^^*^V ^?*'*° ^'^"' ^"''9^1 Dnimmond, \st Coll in 420 P), OmeU: 



to cifle 'S I?"'"'''/,"^".;^ ""'i^'^'-' ^^"^ f™- King George's SoL'i?. Brom, 

 from The ^^^M^ ^ > ^u' Tasmanian station given by A. De Caudolle is taken 

 W been rl^^t^"^""' "^^'''' '}'''"^ ' ""^^eryman's mistake, t!>e plant is said to 

 anDe.rtobTrlll f 'ff=^"'%° S'^eds. Drummond's very imperfcc .-,,ccimei.s, n. 184, 

 theZeci's .cLSvIk^ f '°"' ^™^ '''''^ oblong-linear, obtuse, almost entire leaves. U 

 he unner or^T^r..^- ^/°™ '"''^ proportion of the lobes of the corolla and the hairs of 

 lue upper ones appear to be somewhat variable. 



annu.f";im,!l?**^'''>^"^^''^^- ^^- '^'''- ^'^^- '■ ^^- ^- 71- An erect, glabrous 

 annual, simple or with a few, erect branches i to 1-'- ft hi^-h Leaves not 



sWed aceme tff ^ r'"r'^- ^^''''''' ^^ ^ ^^'^ blue, in a terminal one- 

 the ubteiKli;!^ ^ f"f ""'"''^^^ '^''^' ^^t"'^^" 2 short, linear bracteoles, 

 £lvx lob?. e?v Y °^'i" '^'''"'^"- ^^'^ sometimes th^ bracteoles also. 



vaihbi in sil7 ft''™'V ""^""f '' ^°"S =^^ ^1^« ^J^ort, broad tube. Corolla 

 vauable in size, often above i in. long, the 3 lower lobes oblong, obtuse or 



loner hnir, \f}7' °°f ..^^^^'^.^r, ijiom-ved, acute, glabrous or with a f^^ 

 long bans. Anthers all tipped with a tuft of short bristles. Capsule from 



acute, the 2 



