334-. Lxxvr. asclepiade^. [T^IojjIiora. 



Twiners. 



Flowers (nearly 1 in. diameter) solitary or very few in a simple 



umbel. Corona-segments horizontal 3. T. grandijlora. 



Flowers (4 to 5 lines diameter) in 1, 2 or several umbels. Leaves 

 broad, cordate. Corona-segmcuts vertical. 



Calyx hirsute. Corona-segments slightly saecate^ not spurred . 4. T.forihunda. 



Calyx glabrous. Coroua-segments spurred at the base ... 5. 71 cakarata. 

 Flowers (about 3 lines diameter) in 1 or 2 umbels. Leaves ovate 



to lanceolate, not cordate 6. 7. harhata. 



Flowers (2 to 3 lines diameter) in several umbels or clusters in a 

 divaricate almost filiform cyme. 



Corolla-lobes oval-oblong, obtuse 1. T. WooUsiu 



Corolla-lobes tapering into a long linear point ...... 8. y. panmdata. 



Flowers (scarcely 1^ lines diameter) in several umbels^ sessile along 



slender s^implc peduncles 9. T.flexnosa. 



1. T. erecta, F. Muell. Herb. Stems erect, simple, 1 to 2 ft. high, the 

 T\iiole plant softly tomentose-puLescent or tlie upper surface of the leaves at 

 length nearly glabrous. Leaves shortly petiolate, lanceolate, rather acute, 3 

 to 6 in. long. Flowers in few clusters or sessile umLcls forming a rather 

 compact cyme or in a single umbel on interpetiolar peduncles shorter than 

 the leaves. Pedicels 2 to 6 lines long. Sepals narrow, acute, above 1 line 

 long. Corolla spreadincr to about 3 lines diameter. Corona-segments thics 



3 



long. Corolla spreading to about 3 lines diameter. Corona-segments tine 

 fleshy and very prominent, slightly compressed laterally and tapering upward 

 into an adnate point. Fruit not seen. 



Queensland. Burdekin river, F, Mueller; Sellhcim and Bowen rivers, Bowman. 



2. T. macrophylla, BentJt, Apparently tall and erect, softly tomen- 

 tose-pnhescent. Leaves on short petioles, ovate-lnnceolate, acumuiate, 

 rounded or cordate at the base, 4 to 6 in. long. Umbels in our speciraens -i 

 on each peduncle, the peduncles exceeding the leaves. Bracts linear. Ter- 

 cels 3 to 4 lines long. Calvx-segments narrow, at least li Imes long. 

 Corolla spreading to nearly 4 lines diameter, dark coloured, pubescent ont- 

 side, glabrous inside, the lobes rather broad. Corona-segments somewnai 

 fleshy, very prominent and horizontally spreading at the base, tapering up- 

 wards into a short adnate point. Foliicles rath'er narrow, acuminate, tuU) 



m. long. 



N. Anstralia. Port Esaington, Armstrong; Adam's Bay, Rails. 



3. T. grandiflora, R. Br, Prod. 4G0. A rather slender twiner, tt« 

 stems and foliage pubescent. Leaves on slender petioles, ovate to ovai - 



anceolate, shortly and acutelv acuminate, more or less cordate, 1 to l}^ 

 long Plowers large for the genus, purple, on filiform pedicels of \ to n -^ 

 tisnally only 1 or 2 rarely 3 on a short interpetiolar peduncle. Caly^-s^- 

 rnents ovate, about 1 line long. Corolla spreading to about 1 in. ^^^^^'^ 



he lobes ovate-oblong obtuse. Gvnostegium small. Coroua-segme^J 

 Uiick, rounded horizontally spreading and united in a ring at the ba^^' 

 Follicles acummate, about 3 in. long! Seeds broad.-Dcnc. in DC Fr^^' 

 V.1, fii9. '^— v'^«^//7om, Spreng. Syst. i. 843. ^^ 



Hunter's Puvcr, R. Brown, zho Herb. F. Mueller, but the colkc r 



H. S, Wales 

 Dot indicated. 



