356 Lxxvii. LOGANIACE.^. {Mitra&acme. 



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and filiform, often exceeding 2 in., axillary or in irregular terminal clusters 

 or umbels. Flowers white, like those of M. indica, but larger. Calyx l| 

 lines or after flowering 2 lines long ; lobes very acute, about as long as the 

 tube. Corolla-tube broad, fully 2 lines long, slightly constricted at the 

 throat, which is copiously bearded inside ; lobes broad, obtuse, longer than 

 the tube. Stamens inserted near the base ; anthers narrow, acuminate, in- 

 cluded. Stigmatic lobes clavate, truncate. Capsule globular, not exceed- 

 ing the calyx, the styles remaining connate or shortly splitting or at length 

 broadly separating at the base. — M. milvoludilis, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 133. 



W. Anstralla. Grassy plains near Steep Head, Tictoria river, F. Mueller; Port Es- 

 fiitigton, Armstrong, The latter specimens are not good, bnt one of them is partially 

 twining ; the flowers are smaller thau in E. Mueller's, hut too much shrivelled to ascertain 

 their precise size and proportions. The species is altogether very near M, indica, 



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16. M. indica, Wiff/d, Ic. t. IGOl. A weak, slender, ghtbrous or sca- 

 brons-pubescent annual, branching from tlie base, often only 2 or 3 in. high, 

 but sometimes 6 to 8 in. or even more, and almost trailing. Leaves ovate 

 ov«nte-lanceolate or rarely oblong, 2 to 4 lines long. Pedicels filiform, va- 

 riable in length but usually about | in., all in the upper axils or sometimes 

 the 2 uppermost pairs forming a terminal umbel. Calyx 1 to H lines long, 

 the lobes acute, at least as long as the tube, with the points often very di- 

 vergent. Corolla-tube broad, scarcely exceeding the calyx, the throat shortly 

 bearded, the lobes broad, very obtuse or retuse, at least as long as the tube. 

 Stamens inserted below the middle of the tube; anthers ovate, included. 

 Styles separating at the base very early ; stigmatic lobes short and broad. 

 Capsule small, globular, the persistent 'styles parallel or connivent at the 

 tips.— Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 92, with the synonyms there adduced. 



TT. Australia. Swamps at the foot of Providence Hill and Victoria river, F. Mueller; 

 Port Essiugton, Armstrong, 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, F Mueller; Rockhanipton, G^hanet^- 



- Hastings river, Beckler ; New England, 0. Stuart. 



y^.Iatlfolia, Leaves ovate.— York Sound and Hunter's River, N.W. coast, J. ^^'*' 



ningham. 



K. S. Wales 



The species is also in the East Indian Peninsula. 



17. M. stellata^ R, Br. Trod. 454. An annnal (sometimes lasting a 

 second year?) scarcely branched, often exceeding 1 ft. but sometimes no 

 above 2 or 3 in. high, glabrous or the leafy portion scabrous-pubesceij. 

 Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, with rather long sheathing bases,the mid- 

 rib very prominent luiderneath, \ to 1 in. long, usually occupying about Ha^ 

 the stem, the other half a long peduncle bearing 1 or several compound con' 

 pact umbels of small flowers. Calyx-lobes acute, about as long as the tuje. 

 CoroUa almost campannlate, not 2 lines long, the throat not contracted, bearoe 

 inside; lobes very short. Stamens inserted below the middle of thetuDe, 

 with tufts of hairs at their insertion ; anthers small, ovate, incUided. ^^F 

 sule nearly globular, but with a rather long point.— A. PC. Prod. ix. H- 



<Jneeusland._ Endeavour river, Banks and Solander, A, Cunningham; MoouliS 

 Creek (dwarf specimens). Bowman. 



Tar. latlfoHa. Leaves broadly lanceolate or oval-obloni?. 





