MKrasacme,] lxxvit. logamace.-e. 351 



Glabrous or putcscent, not twining. CorolIa-tuLe alout 1 



line long 16. M. indica. 



Corolla-tube ovoid or cylindricalj the lobes much shorter than 



the tube. 

 Umbels dense and many -flowered. 



Flowers not 2 lines Ion";. Anthers included ^^. M. sielhda. 



riowers 3 lines long. Anthers exsertcd . . . ._ . , \%, M. Cunninghamu, 

 Umbels loose and few-flowered, or pedicels long and solitary. 



Leaves obtuse or scarcely acute. 



Leaves ovate. Corolla (white) under 2 lines long . . 19. M. p7jffm(ea. 

 Leaves linear. Corolla (yellow) about 3 lines long . . 20. M. lutca. 

 Leaves and calyx-lobes subulate-acute. Plants under 3 in. 

 hi^h. 

 Stem" branching. Capsule ovoid. ....... 21. 3L nmWcanhs. 



Stem usually simple. Capsule globular 22. M, laricifoha. 



Annuals. Stems leafy, densely branched, under 2 in. high, the 

 flowers shorter than or scarcely exceeding the leaves. 

 Calyx ver)-- angular, with sliort divaricate very acute lobes . . 23. il- proUfera, 

 Calyx with long linear very hispid lobes and a very short tube. 



Plant of 1 to 2 in 2i. M, ge.niianea. 



Plant not exceeding } in %'h, M. fhascoides. 



Sect. IL Plecocalyx,— (7^(^.r %-lohed. Small erect branching annuals. 



Styles connivent aud cohering at the top at the time of flowering. 



Plant usually of 2 to 4: in 26. M.paradoxa. 



Styles distinct' and parallel (except in the young bud). Plant . 



' Tiaually under 1 in. , , . / 27- 3L disighs. 



Section I. JilixKAGYNE, UndL—C'^^y^ 4-lobed. 



M 



^. *^*. Archeri, Book, f. FL Tasm. ii. 368. A small glabrous peren- 

 nial, forming dense tufts of 'about |- iu. diameter or the prostrate stems ex- 

 tending to 1 or 2 in. Leaves crowded, often imbricate, oblong, obtuse, 

 coriaceous, shining, contracted and sometimes minutely ciliate at the base, 

 sbout 1 line long. Flowers nearly sessile in the uppermost axils. Calyx- 

 tube exceedingly short encirclino- or almost adnate to the base of the ovaiy^, 

 the lobes leaf-like, the 2 outer ones above 1 line long and obtuse, the 2 mner 

 ones narrower, more acute and rather shorter. Corolla-tube broad, scarcely 

 1 luie long, the lobes about as long as the tube, glabrous mside. Anthers 

 nearly sessile in the throat, broadly ovate, with minute tips. Ovarj' tapenng 

 into 2 short styles, connivent but not connate. Capsule with 2 erect 

 conical points, not truncate. 



Tas 



^ania. "Western Mountains, Archer^ 



f. Fl.Tasm. i. 274. t, 83 (J. 

 .f/>li^D Tvnioli csTTinllpr than jlf 



A dwarf prostrate 



si^nder than M. serpylUfoUa, glabrous or slightly hirsute. Leaves oboyate 

 or orbicular, very obtuse, rather thick, sometimes slightly ciliate, 1 to 2 lines 

 ^ong. Flowers 'in the typical form either nearly sessile in the uppermost 

 sxilsorou pedicels of 1 to 2 lines long, but in one specimen the pedicels 

 attam x in. Calyx-tube exceedingly shoit, adnate to the base of the ovary ; 

 ^ot^es lanceolate, about 1 line long. Corolla-tube broad, about 1 line long, 

 glabrous inside; lobes not half so long as the tube. Anthers nearly sessile 



