Boinia?/a.] Lxxxiii. sckophularine^. 499 



Flowers in terminal racemes, on spreading stiff pedicels of 3 to 6 lines, wliich 

 are usually angular and thickened upwards, the subtending floral leaves 

 reduced to minute bracts. Calyx narrow, 1 to If lines long, the segments 

 sometimes united at the base. Corolla about twice as long as the calyx. 

 Capsule linear, nearly | in. long. — B, verbenafoHa, Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 

 421, with the numerous synonyms given under both names ; Gratiola rero- 



vi. 101. 



ifolia 



F 



Queensland, Bowman ; Rockhanipton, O'Shanesy. Common in tropical Asia, ex- 

 tending Lortliwaras to Loochoo. 



2. B. clausa, 'F. Muell. in Herh. Ilooh. A glabrous erect annual, fi in. 

 to above 1 ft. \\v^\ slender and scarcely branched. Leaves few at the base 

 ■ of the stem, petiolate, broadly ovate, entire or obscurely toothed, under \ in. 

 long, the stems otherwise leafless except the uiiuute floral leaves or bracts, 

 and sometimes a single pair of minute leaves lower down. Mowers in irre- 

 gular racemes, occupying nearly the upper half of the stem, the pedicels 

 rarely above \ in. long. °Calyx-segments linear, about 1 line long. Corolla- 

 Jube slender and twice as long as the calyx, " the throat closed," the lower 

 lip spreading, very broad, 3-lobed, with tlie middle lobe notched, longer than 

 tjie tube, the upper lip sh'ortcr and slightly notched. Anthers cohering with 

 oivaricate cells confluent so as to appear 1-celled; staminodia totally adnate, 

 forming prominent ridges in the throat of the corolla. Capsule oblong- 

 ^»ear, about 2 lines long.— Fandellla clausa, F. Muell. in Trans. Phil. inst. 

 >'ict. iii. 60; Lindernia clausa, P. Muell. Fragm. vi. 103. 



W. Australia. Sand plains, Victoria river, F. Mueller. There are very few corollas 

 oa the specimens, and their texture is so delicate that I was unable to verify aU the paiti- 

 cwars described by T. Mueller in the ouly one I could examine. 



SuBTraBE III. LiMOSELLE.^.— Small creeping or prostrate herbs with 

 opposite or clustered leaves. Corolla usually minute, with a short tube and 

 5 lobes nearly equal or one or two rather larger than the others, the aestiva- 

 "on apparently variable. Anthers 1-celled. 



The Uttle plants here collected together are evidently nearly allied to each other althou^^h 

 ^nnerly, from differences imperfectly observed in their fstivation I 1>»<1 P'^^^^f ^^ '^f^ J 

 Jfferent tribes. They are very difficult to exauiiae in the dried state, and some are often 

 ""«•! in collections with one another or with Montia fontana and ElaUne americana. 



PEPLIDIUM, Delile. 



Corolla with a 

 filaments somewhat 



Calyx tubular, 5-angled, 5-toothed or shortly 5-lobed. 

 t^'-t tube and 5 neailv equal lobes. Stamens 2, the h aments somewna. 

 Il^l^ited at the base; anthers 1-celled (by the confluence of 3_divancate cells?), 

 ^^arjr completely 2-celled. Stvle short, dilated upwards into a l^i^jd spa- 

 t^late laiuiua curved over the' stamens. Capsule globular or ovoid mde- 

 Ji^eent or irregularly bursting (or sometimes 4-valved?) -Small creep ng or 

 p^trate herbs. Leaves oiTposite. Mowers very small. axiUai^-, without 

 bi-a cteoles . 



^^ genua is limited to the two Anstralian species, of which one is 7if,Jj^,'^^^^^„3°^^ 

 *^ warmer regions of Asia and Africa, the other is endemic. The genus ongh^, ^rhaps, 



