Va?idelUa.] Lxxxiii. scrophulahine^. 497 



3. V. alsinoides, Benlh. in DC. Prod. x. 415. A slender^ brandling 

 erector diffuse annual, usually glabrous and not exceeding 6 in. Stem- 

 leaves chiefly in the lower part of the plant, very shortly petiolate, broadly 

 ovate or nearly orbicular, angular-toothed, thin and membranous, the larger 

 ones 6 to 8 lines diameter, the floral ones very small or reduced to small 

 l)racts. Flowers small, on slender pedicels of | to 1 in. reflexed after flo\yer- 

 ing, and usually one only to each pair of floral leaves. Calyx about 1-^ lines 

 long, divided to the base into linear-subulate segments. Corolla-tube rather 

 longer than the calyx, the upper lip short, the lower not so long as the tube. 

 Appendage of the lower filaments linear, glandular. Capsule ovoid-oblong, 

 rather longer than the calyx. — Lindernia alsinoides^ K. Br, Prod. 441 ; Titt- 

 mnnia aUlnoldes, Spreng. Syst. ii. 800 ; Ilyogeton ahinoides, EndL in 

 ^Valp. Eep. iii. 297. 



Queensland. Tacing Island, R. Brown ; Wide BixVyBidwill ; Lizard Island, M'Gil- 

 livray; Moreton Bay, C. Stuart; Rockhampton, GShanesij, 



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Stems branching at 



tlie base, ascending or erect, very slender, (5 in. high or more, the whole 

 plant glabrous. Leaves chiefly collected at the base of the stems, ovate, entire, 

 under \ in. long, the lowest broader and contracted into a short petiolp, and 

 1 or 2 pairs higher up quite sessile, the floral ones very small and distant. 

 Pedicels slender, 1 to 2 lines long, usually 1 only to each pair of floral leaves. 

 Calyx divided to the base into linear segments scarcely 1 line long when m 

 flower, rather longer afterwards. Corolla-tube about 2 lines long. Capsule 

 ovoid-oblong, as long as the calvx. — Lindernia scajpiyera, 11. Br. Prod. 441 ; 

 Tittmannia scapigera, Spreng. Svst. ii. 800 ; Ilyogeton scapigermn, Endl. ni 

 >^alp. Eep. iii. 297. 



W. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; near Macadam Range, 

 f • Mueller. Very near F. alsinoides, but more slender, the calyx smaller and the coroUa 

 larger. 



4 



5. V. subulata, Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 415. Stems numerous, slen- 

 der, erect, glabrous, usually branched, often attaining 1 ft. Leaves Imcar- 

 suhulate, entire, the lower ones often \ in. long, the upper ones few and 

 ^'^A the floral ones setaceous. Pedicels filiform, often above 1 m. long, 

 jisually one only to each pair of floral leaves, but the uppermost often col- 

 jected in a cluster or almost an umbel, with many minute floral leaves at their 

 fase. Calyx divided into linear-subulate segments, scarcely above I hne 

 ;OJig. Corolla fully 5 lines long. Capsule o^o\^-oh\ox\^.— Lindernia suhu- 

 ^'«, H. Br. Prod.' 441; Tittmannia subulata, Spreng. Syst. ii. 801; Ilyo- 

 9^ton mlulatum, Endl. in Walp. Rep. iii. 297. 



^ N. Australia, Elsey's River, F. Mueller (specimens past flower and somewhat doubt- 



") ; Port Essingtoii, Jrwjfrow^. ' 



Vtteensland. Endeavour river. Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham. 



14. ILYSAjN'THES, Rafin. 



, Calyx divided to the base into 5 narrow segments. Corolla tubular at tlie 

 J,^se, the upper lip erect, shortly 2-lobed, the lower larger, spreading, _3-!obed. 

 *^e'fect stamens 2, included in the tube, the anthers cohering, with divaricate 



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