EeliotropHm.'] Ixxx. boragin em. 



893 



Sect. III. Scbleidenia,— S/^*7/«^ a tJiicTc ring romid a central cone or po'nt.^ An- 

 ihm acmnhiafe^ cohering hy the raimdehj hairy tips, CoroUa'throat bearded or putesc^nt 



inside. 



CoroIla-tuLc scarcely swollen. Style shorter than the stigma. Calyx- 



segmeuts very uoec^aal. . . . 



leaves oWate-obloiig or lanceolate, flat. Spikes without bracts 10. H. ovaiifohum. 

 Leaves linear with revolute margins. Spikes bracteate . . • 11. -ff- stngonvyn. 

 Leaves lanceolate. Flowers axillary, scarcely forming leafy spikes 8. H. brachygyne. 

 Corolla-tube swollen round the anthers at or above the middle. Style 

 as long as or longer than the stigma. 

 Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, flat or with recurved mar- 

 gins, mostly acute and above \ in. long. Bracts leaf-Uke. 

 Plant hirsute or pubescent. 

 Stems long and prostrate. Corolla-limb longer than the tube. 



Bracts small VI. U. prostraium. 



Stems diffuse. Bracts lono-er than the calyx, petiolate or con- 



tracted at the base . t \%. mbracteaiau. 



Stems ascending or erect. Bracts longer than the calyx, sessile. 

 Leaves rather crowded, narrow. Nuts usually 4 . ... 14. H. pauctflorum. 

 Leaves lanceolate. Fruit of a sinde conical uut, the others 



abortive ! 15. iT. conocarpum. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, crowded, under 2 lines long. , 



Bracts leaf-like, imbricate. Plant cottony-white ..... 16. H.Jilaguiotdes. 

 Leaves all narrow-linear, with revolute margins. Bracts rarely 

 exceeding the calyx, usually few and small. Nuts usually 



scabrous-pubescent. 

 Stigmatic cone very short. 

 Erect slightly-branched annual. Hairs spreading. Corolla- . - ,„^ 



tube very slender ^^' ^' venln^osum. 



Stem panicnlately branched. Hairs appressed. Calyx-seg- 

 ments acuminate. ,o „ .^ .„;/•./;,/,» 



Calyx 2 lines long. Leaves linear Jf. ^. <^««^^«'«; 



^ Calyx 1 line lorg Leaves filiform • . \<i. H. pamculatum. 



Stigmatic cone bug and narrow. Calyx-segments 1 line long. Cunninghamil 



iiBaves linear " 



"■wer leaves ovate, petiolate, crowded. Flowering branches 

 jlon|ated, witli few narrow small bract-like leaves. Nats very ^^ ^ ^i.^rslfolium. 



Sect. I. Platygyne.— Stigma nearly sessile, umbrella-shaped, ^vithout 



^"J" distinct central cone. 



^ 1- H. curassavicum, Imn.; BO. Trod. u. 538 A ^^ff^^^}lf 



pstrale glabrous and glaucous pereunial, often somewhat succulent, p ead- 

 '"? sometimes to 2 or 3 ft. Leaves linear oblanceolate or oblong. u.uaUj 

 P^tuse and narrowed iuto a short petiole, rarely obovate, rather thick, vem 

 f^^^ except the midrib, i to 1 in. long. Spikes once-forked or rarely s mp le, 

 ^^""•nal or lateral. Flowers sessile, without bracts. Calyx-segments obtuse 

 f >■ y 1 line loug. Corolla white or with a yellow eye, the tube about 1 

 ^'^e 0"g. the throat not bearded ; lobes broad, as long as the tube. Anther, 

 f ^% sessile at the base of the tube. Ovary depressed-globular, c^PPfdj) 

 ^'1 umbrella-shaped almost sessile stigma, often broader than the ovai) itselt. 

 -^Mim. PI. Preiss. i. 348 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2669. 



H: ®- 'Wales. Darling river, Neiison, Wn. Ford. 

 Victoria. Wimmeft), Ballachy. 



