Marsde^iia.'] Lxxvi. asclepiade.^. 337 



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Flowers ofteu rather large, in cymes or in simple umbels. Corolla 

 more or less urceolate (except M. HuUsii), Leaves large, 

 cordate. 



Flowers in cymes. Stigma short A. M. vehdina. 



Flowers in simple umbels. 

 Stigma very short and obtuse. Corolla \ in. long . . . . 5. Af. Ilulhii, 

 Stigma narrow-conical or rostrate. Corolla ^ in. long ■ . 6. J/, aravjacea. 

 ilowers in simple umbels. Corolla more or less urceolate (except 

 m M. longiioha). Leaves broad or narrow, not cordate. 



Stignia lont; and rostrate. 



Leaves ovate, shortly and obtusely acuminate. Corolla-lobes 



shortly bearded below the middle ?• 3f. rosfrafa. 



Leaves lanceolate, acute. Corolla-throat densely bearded . 8. M, Frasen, 

 Stigma narrow-conical, not much exceeding the anthers. 

 Leaves oval oblong or lanceolate. 

 Corolla glabrous inside, the lobes twice as long as the tube. 9. M, longiioha. 

 Corolla bearded in the throat, the lobes scarcely longer than 

 the tube 10. -3/. szmveolens, 



leaves linear. Corolla-lobes shorter than the tube or not 

 longer. 



CoroUa-lobcs not 1 Hue long; tube pubescent inside . . IL M, lepfophjUa. 

 Corolla glabrous inside, the lobes nearly 2 lines long . . 12. M. Leichhardliana. 

 Jstigma very short and obtuse. 

 Mabrons or nearly so. Leaves mostly lanceolate^ acute. 



Corolla- throat with a prominent ring inside aud more or 



less bearded 13. J/, v'lridiflora, 



Glabrous or nearly so. Leaves lanceolate acute. Corolla 



glabrous inside with an inflexed scale at the throat at each 



smus 14. il/. coronata. 



ubescent. Leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate. Corolla gla- 

 brous inside , . 15. M. microlepis, 



!• M. cinerascens, R, Br\ Prod. 461. Shrubby, diffuse, suberect or 

 ■s lortly twining, the young shoots and inflorescence usually hoary-pubesceut, 

 ^ adult foliage glabrous. Leaves on rather long petioles, in some speci- 

 ous broadly ovate or almost orbicular, in others oval-oblong or oblong-lan- 

 ^iate, obtuse or shortly acuminate, 1^ to 2 in. long or rarely longer, 

 owers small, in compound cymes shorter than the leaves, on axillary or in- 

 Tietiolar peduncles, or in ranch longer irregular terminal panicles, consist- 

 ^g of several umbels as in M, flavescem. Calyx-segments broad, obtuse, 



liii^^ V ^^^^* ^ ^"^^ ^^"f?- Corolla nearly rotate, spreading to about 1^ 

 es diameter, the lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, shortly bearded inside. Co- 



J^^'^.^/"ieuts short, broad, obtuse, spreading at the tips. Pollen-masses 



liclp f ^^*^^^^^ than in most species. Stigma very obtuse, truncate. Pol- 

 es tomentose, 2 in. long, acuminate from a rather broad base.— Dene, m 



^^- Prod. viii. 614. 



^mh^^^^''^^'^^' ^■^^- co^st, Bpioe ; Cvgnet Bay and S. Goulbnrn Island, J. Ciui^ 

 Allied tJ'L^''*^^ of the Gulf of Carpentaria, K Brown; Port Esslnuton, Armstrong. 

 Jntermp^- Tt^^'^'*^^''^' ^'^"1 approaching also Tglophora flexuom ; the polleu-ma«es almost 

 eaiate between those of Tglophova and JLzrsdema. 



twinV^' *^avescens^ A. Cimn. in Bot. Mag. t. 3289, A rather tall 



of th r^^'^ ^^ ^^^^ tomentose-pubescent all over, except the upper surface 



obtus^ ''^' Leaves shortly petiolate, oval-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 



e acute or acuminate, rounded truncate or rarely contracted at the base, 



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