W'rigUia,'] 



LXXV. APOCYNEJG. 317 



edges overlapping in the Lud; coronn-scales united In a frmioate or siimate- 

 toolbed rincr round the anthers. Anthers in a coue of about 2 lines IDar- 

 pels oi the ovary coherent but separable. Stio-ma dilated at the base, 3- 

 Jouetl. ^ l^ruit hard, acuminate, nearly terete, 6 to 8 in. long, the follicles not 

 sepnratmg tdl maturity.— 5«//o//?7'^ saligna, K. Br. Prod. 467: Endl 

 I^onogr, t. 75 ; A. DC. Prod. viii. 403. 



m.h'^'^^-^^^^}^' ^^^^^"^ ^''^^"^^^ ^^^ ^^i^ge, Victoria river, and .APAdain Range, F, 



W 1- '' islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, J?. ^r^K;^; Port Essiiigton, Jm^//w/^ ; Al- 

 "t^rt river, lienne. o * ^ ^ 



Queensland. Port Denison, Fitzalan, DaUachj ; Elliott and Suttor river, Boicmayt, 



. P,"^; Cunninghamiiy Bmtli, A slender glabrous shrub with the 

 Bauu and nearly the foliage of W. maligna. Leaves linear-lanceolate or lan- 

 irret ]' '^^^^\^^^ actmiinate, narrowed into a long slender petiole, the veins 

 lets 1 ^^''^^■cely visible aljovc, impressed as well as the reticulate vein- 



axill f^"^**^*'^'^ ^*^ ^ ^^' ■^^^*^' Cymes shortly pedunculate, terminal or 

 aim ^7 ^^^ ^^^ development of a side branch. Calyx-segments ovate, 

 aho t -^^^^^i' ^^^^* ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ohi\\%Q or acuminate scales inside at the base, 

 broad ^ ^° ^^^^^^ ^^*^-^^" CoroHa-tube about 3 lines long; lobes rather 

 5 ^-^^^^'^^^'^^^^^^^^j t'le right-hand edges overlapping in the bud; corona of 

 Auth - ^\ simple scales shortly acuminate, all behind the anthers, 



point ^Z' ' ^Vi^^i in the preceding species and more ovate with recurved 



c\^^.. ' ^*t. exserted and connivent in a cone or riuo- round the stiirma. 



Ovar f o , ^"^^^ ^^^^'^^ cuiinivenc in a t 



^^^y 01 2 distinct carpels. Fruit not seen 



.W Australia. 



this 



plant d^ff^ f *' Enderby island, Dampier's Archipelago, A. Cunningham. Althongb 

 absence f''^ ^^^. ^^^ other species in several particulars, they do not seem sufficient in 



* •!»..« of the ?,:.;: "z^ 



a distinct geuns. 



11. PAESONSIA, E. Br. 



^ . (Heligme, Blume) 



fpw !1?^ ^'^^ ^^ irregular ring of minute dands inside at the base or with 

 ^ontortel "' A^o^'Oua-tube cylindrical or nearly globular; lobes spreading, 

 scales ^/^ ^^' *'^^ edges slightly overlapping, the throat without 



often tw t T^"^ inserted at or below the middle of the tube, the filaments 

 ^liollv ^^ ^^o^ther under the anthers ; anthers oblong lanceolate or linear, 

 ^^ch with o ^^''\^'^^ exserted, cohering in a cone or ring round the stigma, 

 5 as ]q„o- ^^f ^'^^**1 lobes usually devoid of pollen. Hypogynous scales 

 nutnerouf ^^ i ^^^*'^'' ^'*^^ ^^ wmitd m a plicate ring. Ovary 2-celled, with 

 ^^pansio ^^ ,^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ "^^l'- Stigma surrounded by a ring or membranous 

 fatino- TTi^^ ^^^^^ usually 2-lobed. Fruit elongated, nearly terete, sepa- 



of lone, -ii ^^\^^^^ completely into 2 follicles. Seeds with a coma or tuft 

 Wes°op -t ^^^^ ^* the hilum.— Tall and woody or slender climbers, 

 ^^alL ^^"^^ ■ Flowers in terminal or axillary corymbose cymes. Bracts 



^'«^ ZeaIan?"^Th^^\^"^^"^- °^^^^' ^' ^"'^^^' *^^ Archipelago, the South Pacific islands, and 

 ^•^rolla-lobes i"? 'V^'^^^'^^'^a species appear all to be endemic. The overlapping of the 



^'*^^olla-tub ^^^"'"^^^"^^^ ^^^oht, but is easily observed on the uuexpanded bud. 

 the back*^^ ^"^^^^^ ^^ osqIH. Anthers without appendages on 



