Skmdia.}' Lxxxiii. sciioriiuLAiaxEiE. 4S7 



petiole, the upper ones or ueady all lanceolate, acute, serrate, often dilated 

 and stem-clasping at tlie base, tlie larger ones 1 to 2 in. long but otten all 

 under 1 in., the upper floral ones gradually smaller but usually distant. 

 Flowers axillary, on pedicels always longer than the calyx and sometimes ex- 

 ceeding the leaves. Calyx usually about 2 lines long, the segments narrow, 

 nearly equal or one larger. Corolla at least twice as long as the calyx, tlie 

 upper lip very broad, entire or sliohtlv notched, the lower with 3 ovate very 

 obtuse lobes. Anthers all 2-celled. Capsule acuminate, as long as tne 

 calyx.— Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 381. 



W. Australia. ■ Victoria river, F. 3fne//er ; Gulf of Cnr^entavh,Landshoronffk. 



W.Australia.- Matthi&oii nvei; Oldjield, Dnmmond, Gth, Coll. n. 1^1 ■ 



■The species is common in East India, and I can find no difference in the aLove Australian 

 specimens. 



Var. ? grandiflora. A coarser plant, with the flowers | in. long and very broad.— Mu> 

 ^\'^x^n\tr,Oldfidd,I)ruiiimonci,Uh ColLn.\1'i 



4. S. debilis, Benth. Apparently annual and diffuse or decumbent 

 as in Adenoma Muelleri, but much more slender, loosely hairy and snguuy 

 glandular. Leaves on long slender petioles, ovate, toothed, membrano_u=, 

 glandular dotted, i to J in. long, the upper floral ones smaller, more sessile 

 narrower and approximate but not imbricate. Flowers small sessile or ^ery 

 shortly pedicellate. Calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate the "PPf ^ « "^ 

 often 3 lines long, the others Usually much smaller. Corolla shortly exceed- 



■■■ the calyx, bift those expanded in the specimen ^'^^^'''^^''I'ZT-T^ 

 , K„ 1 I _..,! ._,.':..„ „„ ;,. +i,« ^v-Pr-pdino- snecies. Anthers all *-- 



iiig 

 the 



upper lip broad and entire as in the preceding species 

 celled. Capsule acuminate, as long as the calyx. 



W. Australia. Victoria river, F. Mueller. 



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7. MOEGTAlSriA, R. Br. 



Calyx divided to the base into 5 narrow segments, all equal or '^^|"iv «^- 

 Corolla tubular at the base, the upper lip broad, entire or shortly S-^'^^'l';.^, 

 lower one spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, in pairs ; an hers 2-cel^(^ witn 

 tte cells ,piite sepan.te and someuhat stipitate. Style d^A'^^f ^ /[ J;^' 

 f nmut,wi^Lh 2 shirt spathulate stigmalic lobes, .^^'-^''^^^V.^/nsed at the bena^ 

 Capsule ovoid oblong or shortly acuminate, oP^^'^.-'^^epticidall^ n 2 2 tid or 



^M valves, leaving the placentas united in .^^^f f^/.tri/t h X- 

 Smls numerous, small, striate.-Herbs either glabrous or s^W'^ .Y F 



Leaves opposite or n^ely in whorls of 3, narrow. .^^I^^^' ^^f^f^^^l ", 

 ^^'Is, sessile or pedicellate, with small linear bracts close under the calyx. 



The genus is li.nited to A-.tralia. The fonr forms !;-,y/;'^if;i''\,J.P^ ^uV'tJe 

 jBely allied to each other, and are all united »>y J^ ^ue le^ F^^^^ 



f"straha„ specimens oi Stemod.a viscom into one ^P^^'^.^^^^'^^f^^^geneia SteLdia, Mor- 

 *e uame of L. Morgania, and there is no doubt but that tht "^^ ^^^ 



f;«. and Limnoj^iMa Je so closely connected that tlj-^J- "^'gf^f^f S 'he differences 

 ?'<i«red as sections of one genus characterized chiefly by the ^''^J"^. ^^^;]yi%rove, nnon 

 >; tlie capsule between SlLdia (sect. Jd.no^a) Morffan,a ^"f ^^^;;' ;':<;jX,^,, /Aor 

 «amu,ation, to be rather u.ore definite than I had tbougW whenwork'n up^ -^ 



'^« Prodronius ' on insufficient materials. In ■5^''«^?f'%V^':'7rthe dissepiment splits. 

 ■^•"Pletely each one carrying off its own placenta; m Morganta the d,s=epime i 



