Milrasacme.'] LXXVII. LOGANiACEiE. 355 



radical, rosulate, oblong, 2 to 3 lines long. Stems filiform, erect, usually 

 forked, leafless except minute broad obtuse bracts at the branching and 

 sometimes a pair lower down. Flowers very small, iu simple or double loose 

 umbels. Calyx nearly f line long, the lobes very short, broad, obtuse, thick 

 and somewhat concave. Corolla-tube cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx, 

 the lobes very short and obtuse. — A. DC. Prod.ix. 12. 



Queensland. Endeavour river, Banks and Solander, 



13. M. nudicaulis, Reinw, in Blume Bijdr. 849? A slender annual, 

 the filiform erect stems usually 3 to 4 in., rarely 6 in. high. Leaves radical, 

 rosulate, ohlong or lanceolate, obtuse, scabrous or hirsute, 3 to 3 lines long, 

 those of the stem reduced to minute scales. Plowers very small, in loose 

 irregular terminal unrbcls, sometimes reduced to 1 or 3 flowers on filiform 

 pedicels. Calyx about | line long, the lobes very acute, rather longer than 

 the tube. Corolla-tube cylinJrical,^scarcely more than 1 line long, the throat 

 slightly constricted, the lobes rather shorter than the tube. Stamens inserted 

 ifl the middle of the tube; arithers orbicular or reniform, included in the 

 tiAe. Stigmatic lobes oblong- linear. Capsule very small, globular.— A. 

 DC. Prod.ix. 12 ; M. chinensis, Griseb. in PL Meyen. 51. 



. .^. Australia. Providciice Hill and near M^\dam Range, F. Mueller, The species 

 »s m Khasia aad iu South China and if the identification with lleinwardt's plant be correct, 

 also ia the Moluccas. 



14. M. connata, R. Br. Prod. 454. An erect annual, usually 1 to 

 2 ft. high, simple or scarcely branched, the foliage and base of the stem more 

 " less hirsute, the infloresceuce glabrous. Leaves in few pairs near the base 

 w the stem, oblong-lanceolate or liuear-lauceolate, obtuse or mucronate-aente, 

 more or less prominently 3-nerved, often above 1 in. long, the upper ones 

 lew, very remote, not 2 lines long, blowers few, on long unequal pedicels, 

 forming 1 or 2 irregular umbels. Calyx tubular-campanulate, about 2 hnes 

 ^ong, the lobes shorter than the tube. Corolla- tube 4 to 6 lines long ; lobes 

 oblong or oblong-linear, shorter than the tube. Stamens inserted below the 

 ?»iddle of the tube, which is there bearded inside ; anthers narrow, included 

 in the tube. Stigma included, clavate. Capsule nearly globular, scarcely 

 exceeding the calyx.— A. DC. Prod. ix. 11 ; M. condricta, F. Muell. Fragra. 

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N Australia. Roc\-y hills and along streams, Victoria river, Hool-er's and SUrf s 

 ^r^ks P. Mueller; islaads of the N. coast of Arnhem's Land, K. Brown ; barren elevated 



Jf' ^^oulburu islands, A. Cunningham; Port Essington, Armstrong. 

 . ^'^^^^sland. Cape York, Daemel x Endeavour river, Banks 

 ^^er, Bowman. 



and Solan der ; Cape 



The length of the corolla-lobcs appears to be variable, but always, wben fully opened out. 

 ^jethan half that of the tube. F. Mueller describes the stigmatic lobes as at length d., 

 !nlf fl*- ^ ^^^^ 'il^ays found the stigmatic end of the style clavate and undivided m the 

 "pen flower as weU as in the bad ; thei^e may, therefore, be perhaps some degree of unisexu- 

 ^ty or dimorphism. 



^15. M. laevis, Benth. in Jonrn. Linn. Soc. i. 93. A glabrous annual, 

 ^'th slender elongated stems, erect but weak or often trailing or twining. 

 ^^9^es in distant pairs, linear or lanceolate, acute or obtuse. Pedicels long 



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