338 IXXVi. ASCLEPIADE.E. [Marsdma. 



the lara-er ones 2 in. Ions; when broad or 3 in. when narrow. Flowers small. 



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of a pale greenish-yellow^ ratlier numerous, in pedunculate coiymbose cynics 

 shorter than the leaves, opposite and axillary or solitary and more or less 

 lateral, consisting of several umbels, the pedicels very short. Calyx-segments 

 ova!-ob!ong, obtuse, scarcely above i line long. Corolla nearly rotate, spread- 

 ing to a diameter of 1^ lines, the lobes oblong, obtuse, glabrous inside. 

 Corona-segments broad, with 3 obtusely prominent auricles at the base, the 

 free summit obtuse and much shorter tlian the anthers, Pollen-mnsscs 

 oblong. Stigma short, obtuse. Follicles narrow, acuminate, about 3 m. 

 long. — Dene, in DC. Prod. viii. 614. 



HI. S. \^ales. Port Jaclison, Bf/noe, M' Arthur, Wool Is ; iiortliward to Hastings 

 and ClareTice twcts, Beckler ; New England, C.Stuart; also in Leic/i/iardfs cdUccXm; 

 •outhward to Illawarra, A, Cunningham ; the roots edible {Woolls), 



3. M. cymulosa, Benth, Softly but shortly tomentose-pubcscent. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute or ratheV obtuse, rounded or narrowed at the 

 base, 2 to 4 in. long, on petioles of :^ to | in. Plowers small, in little um- 

 bels or clusters arranged in dichotomous or trichotomous cymes, pedunculate 

 in the upper axils, often forming leafy panicles but scarcely exceeding the 

 leaves. Pedicels short. Calyx-segments obtuse, about \ line long. Corolla 

 nearly rotate, deeply divided into narrow obtuse lobes of about 1 hne, 

 bearded inside at the base as well as the very short tube. Corona-segiueut5 

 with the adnate base not prominent, the erect part broad, obtuse, membra- 

 nous, nearly as long as the anthers. Stigma narrow-conical, tapering into a 

 short beak. Fruit not seen. 



Queensland. Chiii-Chin Creek, Boicman. 



4. M. velutina, R. Br. Prod. 461. A tall climber, sliortly but softly 

 pubescent. Leaves on long petioles, broadly ovate-cordate, sbortly acumi- 

 nate, 3 to 4 in. long. Flowers in compact cymes, either almost sessik or oa 

 dichotomous iuterpetiolar peduncles nearly as long as the petioles. P^"'^^ * 

 1 to 3 lines long. Calyx-segments broad, obtuse, the margins more or le: 

 scnrious, about l^ lines' long. Corolla pubescent outside, the broad tuoe ^ 

 long as the calyx, thickened inside at the throat into a prominent glabrou^ 

 ring; lobes spreading, obtuse, rather longer than the tube. Corona-seg- 

 ments vertically adnate, laterally compressed, with 2 prominent jj"?'*^* , 

 keels on the back, more or less confluent at the base with those of the^< ^• 

 joining segments, tapering at the top into free incurved points as 1^''=^ 

 or rather longer than the anthers. Pollen-masses linear-oblong, -"g ' 

 thick, obtuse or shortly 2-lobed, not exceeding the anthers. Fruit not se 

 —Dene, in DC. Prod. viii. 614. 



Wr. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, B. Brown ; Tort Essingtoo, -^^^ 

 Ormg ; Adama Bay, HidU. In foliage this plant resembles Parsonsia velutma, 

 flowers are very diifercnt. 



5. M. Hnllsii, F. men. Herb. A glabrous twiner. Leaves petiowij^ 

 broadly ovate and deeply cordate, abruptly acuminate, with a long or sn 

 acute point, 2 to 3 in. long. Flowers numerous, in sin)ple umbels on . 

 short lateral peduncles, the pedicels slender, at length i in- ^^"r/'^.en' 

 Calyx-segments about 1 Ihie long, minutely ciliate. Corolla with a ; 



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tiolate. 



