ilars(k7iia.'] Lxxvi. asclepiade.e. 34-1 



Qneensland. Burdekin river, F. Mueller. A single specimen in Herb. Hook. 



13. M. Leichhardtiana F. Miiell. Fragm. v. 160. Stems woody at 

 the base, with long twining branches, tlie young parts glaucous or white- 

 tomentose. Leaves linear, obtuse, contracted into a veiy sliort petiole, rather 

 thick, 11 to 3 or even 4 in. long. Flowers large for the genus, in simple and 

 solitary dense umbels, on short interpetiolar peduncles. Pedicels short. 

 Calyx-segments ovate, obtuse, aboiit 2 lines long. Corolla-tube 2 lines long, 

 contracted at the throat with a thickened ring prominent inside, but less so 

 than in M. viridijlora and quite glabrous ; lobes rather shorter than the 

 tube, obtuse. Corona-segments small, the aduate part broad and slightly 

 iiuriculate at the base, the free erect part very short. Stigma conical, obtuse, 

 shorter than the anthers. Pollen-masses oblong. Pollicles thick, ovoid or 

 ovoid-oblong, scarcely acuminate, l\ to 3 in. long. — Lelchhardtia austruUs, 

 E. Br. in App. Sturt. Voy. 18. 



N. Australia. Hooker's and Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller. ^ 



Qtieetislaiid. Narrau river, the pods eaten by the natives uuJer the name of " Dou- 

 ^^' Mitchell. 



N. S. Wales. Lachlan, Murray, and Darling rivers, Victorian and other Expeditions. 



S. Australia. Daly Waters, Waierhouse ; between Stokes Range and Cooper's Creek, 

 " heeL 



er. 



lia. Murchison river, Oldjicld. 



.13. M. viridiflora R. Br. Prod. 461. A twiner, quite glabrous or 

 *rth a rusty pubescence on the young shoots and inflorescence. Leaves 

 either long-lanceolate with a broad sometimes almost hastate base with 

 roimded auricles, or all linear-lanceolate, rarely almost ovate, acute or rarely 

 oljtuse, 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers green, in simple umbels, solitary or rarely 

 ^ together on short intei-petiolar peduncles. Pedicels slender, 3 to 4 hnes 

 J"ig. Calyx-lobes ovate, very obtuse, about 1 line long. Corolla-tube 

 ".^oad, rather shorter than the calyx, half closed at the throat by a prominent 

 png and bearded inside, the hairs either in tufts opposite each sinus or form- 

 iiig-a complete ring ; lobes ovate, obtuse, spreading to nearly 3 lines diameter. 

 Corona-segments auriculate at the base, the free erect part obtuse, much 

 Shorter than the anthers. Stigma very short, obtuse. Follicles about 3 in. 

 '"•^g, above 1 in. broad, scarcely acuminate.— Dene, in DC. Prod. via. 615. 



^^^■^^^tralia. Victoria river, F. Mueller (a single specimen ia Herb. Hook.) ; 



DaS^'^'H^'''^-' K^PP^^l Bay and Broad Sound, R. Brown; B^galo^v scrub from the 

 t «'"'' ^"rdekin'to the Burnett rivers, F. Mueller; Rockhampton, BMach^ and 

 rs; t,uttor river and Nerkool Creek, Boicman. ' „ „^ „ 



• **■ Wales. Curnberlaud and Camden, " Native Potato, Jf oolls. 



l^- M. coronata, lientk. A rather slender twiner, glabrous or slightly 

 gf^escent. Leaves petiolate, lanceolate, acute, narrowed or rounded at the 

 P^e. 1 to 2 in. long. Umbels few-flowered, simple and sobtary on sliort 

 2*^fpetiolar peduncles. Pedicels 4 to 6 lines long. Calyx-lobes ovate- 

 "7"g, obtuse, rather exceeding 1 line. Corolla-tube broad, as long as the 

 ^5;^, slightly contracted at the throat with a small inflexed scale opposite 

 2, '>^"s ; lobes as long as or rather shorter than the tube, broad and very 

 ^'^'ttse, all quite glabrous inside. Corona-segments broad, thick, and hon- 



