358 Lxxvii. L0GAN1ACE.E. [MUrosacme. 



Leaves linear-subulate, acute, 2 to 4 lines long. Pedicels slender, often 

 above |- in. long, scarcely umbellate. Flowers small. Calyx narrow, the 

 lobes subulate or very acute, as long as tbe tube. CoroUa-tube cvlindrical, 

 longer than the calyx, the throat not contracted; lobes mucli shorter tliau 

 the^ tube. Anthers small, oblong, included in the tube. Capsule ovoid, 

 shorter than the calyx.— A. DC. Prod. ix. 10; M. rawosa, R. Er. Prod. 

 453; A. DC. I.e. 



TU. Australia. Islands of tlie Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Main Camp, Viotoria 

 fiver, F. Mtfeller. 



Qrieensland- Endeavour river, Banks and Solander, 



The specimens I liave seen of tins plant are few and not very satisfactory. It appears to 

 he near M. laricifolia, but iisually pubesccntj more branching, with a much narrower calyx 

 and capsule. 



22. M. laricifolia, K Br. Prod. 453. A slender hut rigid, glabrous 

 or slightly pubescent annual, usually] to 2 in. high. Leaves linear-subulate, 

 very acute, 2 to 4 lines long, the upper ones usually crowded. Pedicels fili- 

 form m the upper axils, often longer than the rest of the plant. Calyx about 

 I line long, the lobes very acute. Corolla about 2 lines long, the tube cy- 

 lindrical, the lobes very 'obtuse, about half as long as the tube. Anthers 

 linear-sagittate, included. Stigmatic lobes oblong. Capsule small, globular. 



A. DC. Prod. ix. 10. 



N- Australia. Victoria river, F, Mtieller, 

 Queensland. Endeavour river, Bmiks and Solander. 



23. M. prolifera, R. Br, Prod. 453. A little densely branched erect 

 or diffuse annual of | to 1 in., minutely scabrous-pubescent. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 1| to 3 lines long. Pedicels clustered, scarcei} 

 so iong as the leaves. Calyx very prominently 4-angled, about 1 line long. 

 the lobes divari* ate, niucronate or almost aristate, shorter than the tui)«. 

 Corolla-tube about as long as the calvx, the throat bearded inside ; \o^ 

 rather shorter than the tube. Stamens inserted below the middle ot tn 

 tube; anthers ovate, included, Slvle split at the base from ^^^ ^^^"L. 

 flowering ; stigmatic lobes oblong. *' Capsule nearly globular, shorter 

 the calyx. Seeds very small— A. DC. Prod. ix. 10. 



an 



N. Australia. 



Victoria river, near the Main Camp, F, Mueller, 

 Queensland. Shoalwater Bay, 11 Brown. -^ 



Var.? difusa. More diffuse, with rather broaJer leaves, forming tufts of about 

 diameter.— Macadam Range, F, Mueller. ^ 



_ Var.? W7^>r. More erect, less branched, attaining 2 in. ; leaves also rather larger- 

 Endeavour river, Banks and Solander, . u -^ 



lifera. 



M. gentianea, F. Muell 



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branched, corymbose annual of 1 to 2 "in. or rarely higher, more or less 

 sute with rigid hairs. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, the larger one- 3 

 in. long or rather more. Peduncles in the upper axils, slender, sho^ '"^ 'Ij 

 the leaves. Calyx hispid, about 3 lines long, the tube very short, the " 

 linear and acute. Corolla-tube about as long as the calyx, the throat «"» 

 and bearded mside ; lobes ovate, about half as long as the tube. -"■" 



