354 LXXVII. LOGANIACE.f:. [Mitrasticme. 



resembling M. elata in "the small rosulate radical leaves, in the elongated 

 stems, leafless except small scales, in the irregularly umbellate inflorescence, 

 and in the long flowers, but the calyx is much shorter (1 to 1^ Unelong), 

 .with very short obtuse or scarcely acuminate lobes, and the capsule is glo- 

 bular. Stigmatic lobes rather long, linear,^omewhat dilated and flattened — 

 M. elata, "P. Muell. Fr ^ " \ 



N. Australia. Grassy rocks, "Wicliham river and Depot Creek, Victoria river, F. 

 'Mueller. 



9. M. elata, 71. Br. Trod. 453. A slender erect glabrous annual of 1 

 to \\ ft., simple or slightly branched. Leaves radical, rosulate, obovate- 

 oblong, mostly 3-uerved, i to 1 in. long, those of the stem reduced to tew 

 distant pairs of minute scales. Elowers large, few, in simple umbels at ttie 

 ends of the stem or branches. Calyx narrow, about 3 lines long, the lobes as 

 long as the tube. Corolla-tube 6 to 8 lines long ; lobes rather more tlian 

 half that length. Stamens inserted near the base; anthers linear, inciudecK 

 Stigmatic lobes linear. Capsule ovoid-oblong, acuminate, shortly exceertiUo 

 the calyx. — ^A. DC. Prod. ix. 11. 



N, Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Broion ; Port Essington, Arm- 

 strong. . J ■ 1 



Queensland. Burdelcin river, Boioman ; Table land of South Alligator nver, uu - 

 hardt. 



10. M. exserta ^. Muell. Fragm. i. 131. An erect branching annual 

 of 1 to 1^ ft., glabrous except the scabrous-hirsute base. Leaves radicu, 

 apparently ohovate-oblong or oblanceolate, but almost withered a\^ay iw^ 

 the specimens seen, those of the stem reduced to minute scales, ilofter 

 terminal umbels, usually compact as in M. stellala, but sometimes loose ai^^ 

 often proliferous. Calyx strongly ribbed, scarcely I-2 lines I''"?' ^"^^ . ° , 

 rather shorter than tlie tube. Corolla-tube 3i to 4 lines long, sligni) 

 dilated at the throat ; lobes more than half as long as tlie tube. Stamens 1- 

 serted about the middle of the tube ; anthers narrow-oblong, shortly ^^^^\^^ 

 Style shortly exserted, the stigmatic lobes short, almost orbicular, ^ap' 

 nearly globular. 



N. Australia. Sandy, rockj, often inundated places on the Victoria river, x. 



■ 11. M. tenuiflora, Benth. A slender annual of i to 1 ft., with t e 

 haLit of M. elata and M. exserta. Leaves radical, rosulate, oblong ot 

 ceolate, those of the stem reduced to minute almost microscopic sca^- 

 Umbels terminal, several-flowered, the filiform pedicels i to 1 j"- =' 

 Calyx not f Una long, without the prominent ribs of M. exserta, tUe 

 much shorter thaa the tube, but more or less acute. Corolla-tube sie ' 

 nearly 3 lines long, the lobes more than half that length. Anthers ana i 

 included. Capsule globular, scarcely 1 line diameter. . ^^ 



W. Australia. Upper Victoria river. F. Mueller. Our specimens have '>^^,^L;^ 

 perfect corolla, so that I have not hern able to ascertain the shape of the anthers ai" ^^^pt 

 The plant may possibly he a variety of 31. longifiora, but with the flowers ana ir 

 above half as large. 



. 12. M. ambigua, U. Br. Prod. 454. A slender annual- Leave' 



