Limn a Hike m urn. 1 LXXYlIl. gentiane.e. SSI 



6. L. exiliflorum, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 46. A slender plant witli creep- 

 ing stolons. Leaves tufted, on long petioles, ovate-orbicular or reniform, 

 truncate or cordate at tlie base, from under \ in. to about f in. lonp". IMower- 

 ing stems very slender, decumbent or ascending, simple and leafless^ or once 

 or rarely twice branched witli a small petiolate leaf at tlie branch ^ to 1 tt. 

 long. Pedicels filiform, usiially 3 together or clustered at the nodes^. 

 riowers very small, yellow. Calyx-segments ovate, menibranous scarcely 1, 

 lines long. Corolla* shortly exceeding the calyx, the lobes slightly fnngcd on 

 the margin (or entire ?), bearded with a few cilia uisule towards the base. 

 Capsule ovoid, not exceeding the calyx. Seeds globular with mmnte reticu- 

 lations or glands, giving them a pubescent aspect when Ar^ .— rULarsia exui- 

 fiora, F. :\Iuell. Fragm. v. 46 ; vi. 137. 



Queensland. Stagnant waters, Rockingham Bay, DalUchy. 



7. L. exiguum, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 40. A small species, tjjc fihTonn 

 floating or creeping stems emitting at the nodes tufts of leaves with or « h- 

 ont pedicels or a short branch with the pedicels in pairs as in L. i7^""~^ 

 thus hearing the same relation to that species which L. '"f """fj?^, . *° 

 i.»^fe«». Leaves on filiform petioles, ovate ol^^^'^te or fdmos orbicu a , 

 not cordate in any of our specimens, under 4 in. long in the Tasmaman o. s 

 Pedicels filiform, often solitary. Flowers yellow, very smaU^ ^he ca^x 

 scarcely above 1 line long. Corolla-lobes short y exceeding the '^^}^^'^^^ 



ringed (but slightly bearcled inside at the base^). Style sho, . th ^l^o^ 

 troad stigmatie lobes not petal-like.- r^««rsi« exigaa, F. Muell. l^ra.m. 



137] Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 3GS. 



Tasmania. South Port, C. Stuart. 



W. Australia ? 



anJ rather lara;er ovate 



Drun^niond's speciuieas, n. 17. with longer ^^^^^1^^ 

 leaves, appear to belong to this species, but they are veij nni 



LTPAROPHYLLUM 



Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla almost rotate, deeply ^'ivided n to o Jobes 

 v^ith broad Margins, induplicate in the bud. No hypogynou glands U^ja y 



\-celIed, witli 2^ parietal placentas ; stigmatie l«^'''%f •^'•^;.; "f,^ °,^, -tesr 

 ^obular, indehisc^ent, pulp^ or succulent, ^eeds wiUi a e -^^^^^^^^^^ 

 amall creeping plant. Leaves tufted, linear. Pedicels snon, ^ 



The genua is eo.fincd to a single .pecies, endenuc in ''^^r^^,:;f^^'^^:;7^^ 

 ^nggested by J. D. Hooker and by F. Mueller, be amted vv.th -^ ^"'-'^Xres ence' and fruit 

 «•! be judged from the small T.umber of good specimens s«°' ^f^f'"' ■ u^aroMlam, 



appear different as well as the foliage. The absence of liyP°S>7""S"rVerificatiou. 

 aad their supposed constant presence iu Limnantheimua, require further vermcatio 



^ 1. L. Gunnii, lloolc.f. in Book. Loud. Joum. vi. ^"^^^JJ^^^Zi,''. 

 273. t. 87. A small glabrous perennial, with a creeping ^ ^^^^J^f '^^ 

 o..g thick fibres. Le^aves tuftk narrow-linear ob use entiie, th^k^.a^^^ 

 "eahy, with a sheathing membranous base, 1 to i^ l^' ,f c.jvx- 

 ^^^ually solitary in the tufts of leaves, and much shorter tluin J^^^j;^^ \^-^,^^ 

 ^;gmeuts linear, somewhat fleshy, about 2 lines long C« roki ob _^^^ 

 *ith the margins slightly umlulate and sprinkled with a tew 

 Stamens inserted iu the sinus of the lobes, the filament. =hoit. Uvay 



