Gtmostoma.] Lxxvii. logantacea;. 



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anthers exserted. Ovary 2-celIcd ; ovules several in each cell ; style simple^ 

 with a thick capitate or obloug stigma. Capsule opening in 2 broad spread- 

 ing valves, leaving the erect placentas consolidated with the axis in a pulpy 

 mass enclosing the seeds. Embrvo cylindrical, nearly as long as the albu- 

 nieu.-Shmbs. Flowers small, in opposite axillary sessile cymes or clusters. 

 Bracts small. 



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■The genus extends from the INIascarcne Islands to tlie Indian Archipelago, the islands of 

 the South Pacific, and New Zealand. The only Australian species is perhaps endemic, but 

 closely resembles the commonest South Pacific form. In some Polynesian species the im- 

 bricate corolla-lobes arc, according to A. Gray, not strictly contorted. 



1. G. australianum, F. Mnell. Fragm. v. 19. A tall shrulj or small 

 tree, quite glabrous. Leaves shortly petiolate, oblono-lanceolate, acummnte, 

 contracted at the base, under 3 iu.loni? in some specimens, Z to 4 in. long iii 

 others ; stipules a short truncate sheath. Tlowers white, m sessile dichoto- 

 mous cvmes shortly exceedin- the petioles, the pedicels scarcely 1 line long, 

 each with a pair o'f minute bracteoles at or below the middle. Calyx under 

 1 line long, the lobes acuminate. Corolla-tube bro^nd, about as ong as he 

 calys, the lobes rather longer, more or less beared inside, at least at tlie 

 tboat, contorted in the bud, the left-hand edges overlappiug. J^ilaraents 

 very short and flat; anthers opening rather broad, nearly as long as ttie 

 corolla-lobes. Capsule ovoid or almost globular, but rather acute about 

 iin. diameter, the valves when open rather thick, concave,_jecuiTed, t^ie^pla- 

 centas remaining long persistent, envelopin 

 »Mch when soaked swells into a pulpy mass. 



^ Queeusland. Eockingham Bay, Banac}.y. Very closely allied to ^^^ ^^l'^^ 'l^J ^^ 

 Jfms of G. rupestre, Forst., and probably a variety only, with rather larger flowers, the in- 

 florescence usually more compact, and the fruits less obtuse. 



o- the seeds in a thin pellicle, 



5. PAGRJEA, Thunb. 



^ess completely 2- or rarely 3-celled, the placenta ,,,,„h • 



'^ntre, at least at an earl/ stage; ovules several to each cell oj placen a 



?t.yle single, with a peltate stfgma. Fruit ^'^^'^'^^l^"*' ;°^':i>^^!^t si rubs 

 i'ntnersed in pulp; albumen copious ; embryo very small-Trees or shrubs^ 

 leaves coriaceous. Flowers nsuallv rather large, m termmal raeejae-like or 



Bracts small, with 2 



f^rymbose panicles, rarely reduced to a single flower, 

 oracteoles under the calyx. 



. The geaus e.teuds over East India. Ceylon, and the I"'lJ^^\:^'-^'^Jl'^tf ai-ea^th^otto 

 Anstrahan species, one appears to be common iu the eastern portion of that aiea, the otHer, 



*» far as known, is endemic. 



waves broad, rounded at the base. Flowers in clusters or cymes along a _ 



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racetnosa 



simple elongated terminal rhachis • • ,• 



**aves narrow, contracted at the base. Flowers in a short sessile ter- xfuelleri 



Bimal cyme . •£. e. Mueiten 



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A t-all shrub 



