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Calyx-tube Iiemispliencal in the males, ovoid in the fejnales, the lobes short 

 and broad, almost triangular. Corolla a little more than 1 line long, the 

 lobes nearly equal, but oblique. Anthers in the males glabrous, the lower 

 ones tipped with very minute points, and enclosing the small globular stigma ; 

 m the females the anthers are empty or abortive, with the rather large 

 2-lobed stigma protruding. Fruit ovoid-globular. Seeds rather large, ovate, 

 ^oa)Vvessc([.—Zaun'niiaplafi/calt/x, F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst. 1855,39; 

 i^obdiaplaty calyx, F. Muell. Fragra. iv. 183. 



Victoria. In moist subsaliuc pastures from Port Phillip westward, F. Mueller, Adam- 

 son : (^ueeasdiff and near Station Peak, F. Mueller. 



4. P. erecta, Oaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Bol. 456. Glabrous, with a per- 

 ennial rootstock and branching prostrate ascending or erect stems from a 

 ^ in. to nearly 1 ft. long, but usually under 6 in. Leaves sessile or nearly 

 so, ovate oblong or lanceolate, serrate, | to 1 in. long, rather firm. Flowers 

 axillary, the pedicels either very short or rarely as long as the leaves. Calyx- 



I ^" ^^1^ males very shortly turbinate or scarcely any, ovoid in the females, 

 the lobes lanceolate, | to f line long. Corolla 2^ to 3 lines long, the lobes 



aneeolate, nearly equal, but the 2 upper more deeply separate. Anthers in 

 ine males glabrous, the 2 lower ones tipped with a tuft of minute bristles, 

 ail empty or abortive in the females. Fruit nearlv globular, 3 to 4 lines 

 ammeter, slightly succulent.— io^^fZ/a concolor, R. Br. Prod. 563; Isolobus 

 concolor and /. CumiingJiamii, A. DC. Prod. vii. 354 ; Fratia Cimninghamii, 

 Hook.f.Fl.Antai:ct. i.42. 



in ft^^^x^^.^^^^* Suitor nwtT. F. Mueller ; Rockhampton and Bowen river^ Bowman ; 

 iQ the interior. iI/^7^/,^//. . L - ' 



nna*..; ^'.^^^^es. Paterson's River, i2. Brown ; inundated banks of tte Laclilan and Mac- 

 q^ame rivers, A. Cunningham, Fraser. 



^ctoria. Borders of stagnant waters, Avoca and Bremer rivers, F, Mueller, 



I ' P"*^oertila, Benth. A small creeping or prostrate perennial, more 



*^ss pubescent. Leaves sessile, ovafe or almost orbicular, toothed or al- 



j. r^^' "^^^^'^ 2 to 4 lines, rarely \ iu. long. Flowers axillary, the 



verv^^l ^ '^^^ ^^ rarely longer than the leaves. Calyx-tube in the males 



Co n / ^^ almost none, in the females ovoid, the lobes lanceolate, acute, 



aci t ^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ '^"o' ^^^^ ^^^^^ nearly equal, but oblique and almost 



min^i K ^^'^^^^ ^" *^^^ ^^^^^ glabrous, the 2 lower ones each with a single 



line^ r ^'^®^^^= ^^Pty ^r abortive in the females. Fruit globular, about 3 



s diameter, slightly succulent. Seeds rather large, ovoid or compressed. 



Vic?; ^*^t^' Glendon, Leichhardi. 



^ona. Moist, grassy, and marshy places at Cobra and Mount Barkly, F, Mueller. 



This ' ^''''^''^'' ^'''^* Bowman, 



ilHs bur^^^^^ r^''^^^ ^^™® general resemblance to Lohelia pratioides and Isotoma fltivia- 

 ' ^is readily distinguished by the generic characters. 



Peren • 1 J*f ^^^^culata, Benth. A very slender and slightly pubescent 

 Pate/^^''^ ■ ^"*^^^^te filiform creeping or prostrate stems extending to broad 

 sessir^' ^^^^ ^^"^ shortly ascending flowering branches. Leaves almost 

 BoV*^' "^^^^ °'" ^'■^^i^^Jar. with few prominent teeth, 2 to 3 lines diameter, 

 ers small, on slender axillary pedicels considerably longer than the 



