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Mag. t. 2519; L.ala/a, Labill. PI. Nov. Koll. i. 51. t. 72; R. Br. Protl. 

 5G2 ; De Vriese in Pi. Preiss. i. 395 ; L. cuneiformis, Labill. PI. Nov. HoU. 



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Queensland. Port Curtis, M'Gillivray. 



N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, R, Brown, WooUs ; Hastings and Clarence rivers, 

 Beckleri Twofold Bay, F, Mmller ; Lord Howe's Islaud, M'Gillivraij, 



Victoria. Port Phillip, R. Brown ; cMefly near the sea, from Gleuclg river to Wilsou's 

 Ironiontory,^ J'. Mueller and othtiis. 



Tasmania. Common in marshy places, especially near the sea, J. I). Hooker. 

 S.Australia. Memory Cove, -ff. Brow7i ; around St. Vincent's Gulf, F. Mueller ; 

 i^angaroo Island, Waterhouse. 



W.Australia. From King George's Sound and adjoining districts, R, Brown, A, 

 \ll^'m^^. Preiss, n. 1496, and others, to Swan River, Fraser, Huegel, Preiss, n. 1431, 

 MaXK^l ^^ ^^^" ™^^' Oldjield (with longer pedicels), and eastward to Middle Island, 



The species is also in New Zealand, South Africa, and extratropical South America. 



seacoas 



form W x. : " " w^^--^«oi, Liiiv itavua tuc uiLcii ictij^ui, lii iiier, auu more ouovate, uul lijis 



orm, which IS the Z. cuneiformis, Labill., can scarcely be called a distinct variety, for many 

 ^pecimens show this broad foliage at the base, whilst some branches grow out with the uar- 



ofter leaves of the ordinary form. To this obovate form belongs also probably Z. saxicoia, 



e vr. ID PL Preiss. i. 398, from the rocks on Mistaken Island, Preiss, u. 1498, which, 



however, I have not seen. > . * » 



Z erecta, De Vr. I.e. 395, from Swan River, Treiss, n, 1447. which I have not seen, 

 liiu^t, trom his description, be a luxnriant form of the same species, said to attain 6 to 8 ft. 



im e T^^^^^^M^^-^ Benth. in Hueg. Euura. 74- A. DC. Prod. vii. 358, was described from 

 hi '■ ^ f ^P^cimeus, which, on further examination, appear to be the summits of a very 

 variant plant of Z. anceps, with narrow-linear floral leaves 2 to 4 in. long. 



A small gla- 



1^/ • surrepens, HooJc.f. FL Tasm. i. 237. t, 69 A. ___ „ 



ous creeping or prostrate perennial, the branchino^ stems from 1 or 2 in. to 

 * m. long. Leaves obovate or oblong-cuneate, obtuse, quite entire or 

 lamy obscurely tootbed, \ to near 1 in. long. Pedicels axillary, rarely as 

 obt^-^^ ^^^ leaves. Calyx-tube narrow-turbinate, the lobes sbort broad and 

 use. Corolla 3 to 4 lines long, the lobes oblong, nearly equal but oblique, 

 ^mtiers glabrous, tbe lower ones tipped eacb with 1 or*2 rigid flat bristles 

 ^^ points. ^ Fruit not seen ripe, but apparently capsular, the summit being 



Hoole'^^^l^' Marshy ground in alpine places at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 ft., /. Z>. 

 the flov 4 • ^^sembles in some respects Pratia platycalyx, but the leaves are broader, 

 l^"leli^^^v^'^ ^^ ^^^^^' showing no signs of unisexuality, and the young fruit is that of 

 ^Plit to^'tb ^^ ^^^^oma fluviatilis it differs in the larger entire leaves, and in the corolla 



the base ; from Z. anceps in the shape of the capsule. 



cumb "T* ™^"^**^^^acea, i?. Br. Prod, 563. Glabrous, with long pro- 

 bro^rl! ^^^™ stems, often rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves petiolate, 



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tooth \ ^^^'^'^^■*^^''date or orbicular, thin and membranous, mostly sinuate- 

 ,e, -, ' ^^^^^y ^uch exceeding \ in. diameter, a few of the uppermost more 

 tVrbin I ,^^^*^- Flowers on long filiform axiHary pedicels. Calyx-tube 



IcliAo ^1 / ^ ^^ ^^^^s small and narrow. Corolla 4 to 5 lines long, the lower 

 "^3 oblono- flio „,.,..„ I. .1 r ,,.,-,..7 Upper 



a sinirle 



lobes ] ^ ^^^ narrow. Corolla 4 to 5 hues long, t 



atither^ V "°' *^^ upper ones narrower, more acute, and incurved. 

 ^Giall b • ^?^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ without terminal tufts, lower ones with a siu^ 

 lines 1 "^^ *^^ P^^^* °^ ^^^^' Capsule obovate-turbinate, straight, about 

 ;^"g. Seeds very small— A, DC, Prod. vii. 365. 



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