Logania.] Lxxvii. logaxiacE-^, 365 



Sect. 2. Stomamdra, H. B)\ — Calyx-segments acute or rarely rather ob- 

 tuse. Stamens inserted in the throat of the corolla ; anthers nsnally linear, 

 exserted but not exceeding the corolhi-lobes. Herbs or undershrubs. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. 



12. L, nuda, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 129. An nnderslirub, with erect ru^li- 

 like leafless stems, the branches opposite or sometimes clustered, usually 

 terete and sometimes ending in a weak spine. Leaves replaced by minute 

 scales. Flowers opposite or in opposite clusters of 3 or 4 or even more at 

 the nodes, the pedicels very short. Calyx-segments ovate, rather obtuse, 

 scarcely exceeding 1 line. ^Corolla campanidate, pubescent, about 4 lines 

 'ong, the lobes longer than the tube, very spreading, bearded inside at the 

 base as well as the throat. Stamens inserted in the sinus of the lobes. 

 Anthers narrow oblong. Ovary pubescent, tapering into the style, the stigma 

 less thickened than in the allied species. Ovules about 10 in each cell, on a 

 Wd peltate placenta. Capsule 2 to 2|- lines long. 



N. S. "Wales. Desert of the Murrav and Darling, Victorian Expedition. 

 W. Australia, Drummond. Specimens very bad, with here and there a sohtary bud 

 or capsule aud no expanded flowers, and therefore somewhat doubtfuL 



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13. L. spermacocea, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 134. A perennial with 

 numerous erect rigid Ephedra-like striate stems, 6 to 9 iii. Ingt, glabrous 

 pubescent or hirsute. Leaves linear, erect with revolute margins, sometimes 

 i to i in. long, sometimes nearly all reduced to small scales. Flowers soli- 

 dary in the upper axils on very short peduncles, bearing 1 or sometimes 2 

 pairs of small leaves or bracts. Calyx-segmeuts linear, acute, mmutely 

 {•iliate, prominently nerved, longer than tlie corolla-tube. Corolla campanu- 

 f te, 't to 5 lines long, the lobes as long as the tube, the throat slightly pu- 

 bescent inside. Stamens inserted in the sinus of the lobes ; anthers oblong. 

 Ovules very numerous ; stigma ovoid-oblong. 



W. Australia. Swan Eiver, Brummond, 1st Coll. n. 651 ; IMurduson river and 

 [^tampion Bay, Oldjield. In some specimens both the anthers and the stigma are longer 

 tHau in others, but iu both cases the ovules appear to he quite perfect. 



^ H. L. callosa, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 131. The single specimen seen 

 tas a hard base with several erect simple stems under 6 in. high. Leaves 

 «5ct, linear, obtuse, with revolute margins, ciliate below the middle, other- 

 wise glabrous, 3 to 4 lines lono-. Flowers pubescent, solitaiy and terminal, 

 of the size, shape, and structur"^ of those of X. campanulata, except that the 



corolla-lobes are longer than the tube, aud densely bearded inside near the 

 base. 



W Australia, Dnmmond (Herl. F. Mueller). The species requires further investi- 

 mm from better specimens. 



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IS- L. campanulata, B. Br. Prod. 456. A perennial, with erect vir- 

 gate simple or slightlv branched stems of 1 to 2 ft., glabrous except the 

 '^oresccnce which is'more or less pubescent. Leaves linear or hnear-lan- 

 ceolate, erect, obtuse or acute, with revolute margins, \ to 1 m- long, 

 blowers solitaiy and terminal or few in a very loose broad terminal cyme, 

 pedicellate in the forks or terminating the branches. Calyx-segments lanceo- 



