332 Lxxv. APOCYXE^. [L?/onsi(h 



woody climber. Leaves pctiolate, obloug-ellipticaT or Lroadly lanceolate, 

 obtuse acute or acuminate, shining above and pale underneath as in L. stra- 

 nnnm, but much more prominently veined and reticulate, and usually 3 to 4 

 in. long. Flowers in terminal corymbose pedunculate cymes or panicles, 

 minutely pubescent as in L. straminea. Calyx-segments nearly 1 line long. 

 Corolla about 3 lines long, the lobes scarcely longer than the'^tube, bearded' 

 inside almost to the end.' Stamens inserted*^ higher up the tube than in L 

 dmminea ; anthers united ia an exserted cone or cylinder. Hypogynous 

 scales united in a 5-lobed cup. Fruit hard, 6 to 8 in. long, tardily separa- 

 ting into 2 follicles, each one (in some fruits at least) carrying otf its own 

 placenta. 



Queensland, Keppel Bay, iJ. Brown; Moreton Bay and Port T)t\i\%w,Fifzalan; 

 Rockhampton, Ballachy, 

 ^, S. "Wales. Hunter's and "Williams rivers, i2. Brown ; Hastings river, Traur and 



others s Clarence xis^x, Beckler ^w^ others; Paramatta, WooUs ; lllawarra, i. Cunning^ 

 hard. 



This species was confounded with L. straminea hy K. Brown and others, but well distiu- 

 guished by F. Mueller. A. De Caudolle's description of Z. straminea iu the Frodromus \% 

 taken from A. Cunningham's specimens of Z. reticulata, 



5. L. diaphar.opMebia, F. Muell. A tall woody climber, glabrous 

 or minutely pubescent, very closely allied to L. straminea. Leaves on sliort 

 petioles, narrow-lanceolate or almost linear, acute and acuminate, glabrous 

 and smooth above, paler and sometimes pubescent underneath, the primary 

 veins oblique, usually prominent, 4 to 8 in. long. Cymes terminal or on 

 short axillary branclilets, usually pubescent. "Calyx-segmeuts lanceolate, 

 about 1 line long. Corolla pubescent outside, the tube about as long as the 

 caljx, the lobes not twice as long, lanceolate, bearded inside to above the 

 middle. Filaments very short ; anthers mucronate-acute, the basal lobes 

 short. Ilypogynous scales broad and very obtuse. Ovary pubescent. Fmit 

 \m\m^xxi,—Parsonsia diaphanopJdebia, P. Muell. Fragm. ii. 158. 



^V. Australia, Drum7nond, (Zrd Coll. ?) n. 223, Clarke ; Murray river, OldfieU. 



6. L. Langiana, V. Muell. Jmrjm. vi. 1 2 8. A very tall woody climber, 

 the branches, under side of the leaves, and inflorescence nisty-pu''e?cent- 

 Leaves shortly petiolafe, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, rounded or 

 somewhat cordate at the base, shining and sprinkled with a few hairs on the 



broad, about 



. ^.. ^. v.. ...y glabrous. Irmt unknown. 



Far^on^m Lanylana, Y. Muell. Fragm. vi. 128. 



Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Ballachy/. 



7. L. largifiorens^ F. Mall. Herb. A tall woody climber, the young 

 shoots and inflorescence minutely rufous-pubescent, the adult leaves ncari} 



