340 Lxxvi. ASCLEPiADE^E. IMafsdeuia, 



as the calyx, sliglitly contracted at tlie tliroatj wliicli is closed by a dense 

 ring of long iuflcxed hairs, the tube also slightly haiiy inside; lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, sliorter than the tube. Corona-segments with the adnate part scarcely 

 conspicuous, the free erect part lanceolate, acute, about as long as the antliers. 

 Stigma rostrate as in M, rostrala. Fruit not seen. 



Queensland. Chffs, Moretou Bay, Fraser, J. Cnmiinghanu A specimen of F. 

 Mueller's from Alorcton Island, in very young flower, may also be the same. 



9. M. longiloba, BentJi. A glabrous twiner. Leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, rounded or truncate at the base, \\ to Sg m. 

 long. Umbels simple and solitary, on peduncles rarely exceeding the petioles. 

 Pedicels 3 to 4 lines long. Calyx-segments ovate-lanceoh^te, rather obtuse, 

 about 1 line long. Corolla with a very broad and short tube, glabrous in- 

 side, the limb spreading to 4 or 5 lines diameter, the lobes twice as long as 

 the tube, rather narrow, obtuse or almost acute, with 5 prominent scales m 

 the throat alternating with the lobes. Corona-segments each with 2 very 

 prominent vertical auricles on tlie adnate base, the free part erect, narro^v, 

 sliort or nearly as long as the anthers. Pollen-masses narrow-obloiig. 

 Stigma narrow-conical, about as long as the anther-membranes. 



W. S. Wales. Hastings river, BecJcler ; Tweed river, C. 3Toore. I 



10. M. suaveolens, J?. Br. Prod. 461. Eather stout, either nearly 

 erect or with long twining branclies, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 on short petioles^ oval-oblong or lanceolate or the lower ones ovate, obtuse, 

 rounded at the base, ratlicr thick, the veins scarcely conspicuous, U to 3 in- 

 long. Umbels simple and solitary, rather dense, on short interpetiolar pe- 

 duncles. Calyx-segments ovate, obtuse, ciliolate, scarcely 1 line long, '^co- 

 rolla-tube broad, about as long as the calyx, the lobes rather longer than jDe 

 tube, oblong, obtuse, bearded inside from the base to the middle or higner 

 up, as well as the upper part of the tube. Corona-segments with an a(lna:e 

 base, sometimes scarcelv prominent, sometimes horizontally protmding ana 

 forming almost an outer corona, the erect free portion oblong, obtuse, as lon^ 

 as or longer than the anthers. Pollen-masses small, but oblong and erec ■ 

 Stigma couical. Follicles not broad, acuminate, 2 to 4 in. hug.—iJ^^^- 

 DC. Prod. viii. 614 ; Eudge in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. t. 21 ; Bot. Eeg. t. *»»' 

 Gruillem. Ic. Pi. Austral, t. 9. 



N. S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, aLunJant, E. Brown and mm 

 others. 



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11. M. leptopliylla F. Muell. in Herb. Hook. A slender,_ slightly 



pubescent twmer. Leaves narrow-linear, contracted into a short petio'^-. ^, 

 2 in. long. Umbels simple and solitary, rather dense, on short interpetioj 

 Tiennnnlps Pori;^^i„ „i.„„i. i^ ^ • . ,, ^l i^tnap nearly ^ 



peduncles. Pedicels short. Calyx-segments oblong, rather obtuse, nearly 

 line long. Corolla-tube nearly li lines long, contracted upwards, the npF 

 part pubescent inside, with raised lines decurrent from the sinus of the^loo 

 to about halfway ; lobes much sTiorter than the tube, broad, obtuse. Core" , 

 segments small, peltate, shortly auriculate at the base, the free_ erect F^ 



'ollen-raasses short but erect. Sti"-ma narrow-conical, au 



yery short. Pollen 

 rostrate. 



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