en 1 



Mlcrocarpaa.l Lxxxili. sceopiiulaiune/E. ■ 



dissepiment free.-Small creeping lierb. Leaves opposite, blowers very 

 small, asillai-y, without bracteoles. 



The ^enus, as now constituted, is limited to the siugle Australian species which extends 

 into tropical Asia. If, however, the dehiscence of the capsule be ucglecjed it mif t'^clude 

 PeiJidL, and even Glossostigma might be added as a section, d.ifenng chitflj 

 calyx. 



1. M. xn^scosa, R. Br. Prod. 436. A dwarf f -l^^'; ^"^j^;^:;;?;; 

 branched prostrate plant, creeping and rooting at the nodes "^f ^ fj«'^^°. '^ 

 or tk margins of the leaves,' atfgles of the stems and ^alyxe c^dmte with 

 small rigid liairs. Leaves sessile, linear, narro^v-oblong or l)"^' ^"I'J^f ";^^'; 



obtuse, entire, under 2 lines long. Flowers all but ^^f ^^/'^^.^^inSv 

 iisually one only to each pair of leaves. Calyx fhne long piommen^^^^^ 



angled, with 5 acute ciliate teeth. Corolla-tube shorter han ' « 'M^^^^^^ 

 the lobes very shortly exceeding it. Stamens nearly as long as tne 

 Capsule much shorter than the calyx.— Eenth. m DC. Frod. x. ioo. 



N. Australia. Near Macadam Range, F. Mueller. 

 Queensland, ghoalwater Ray, R. Brown. 



18. GLOSSQSTIGMA, Arn, 



(Tricholoma, Benth.) 



Calyx can^panulate, obtusely 3- or 4-lobed the ^PP^"^ l^^^^^^XenTal 

 slightly notched. Corolla ver/ small, .vith a shor tube -^d 5 neaily equ^ 

 lobes (the 2 upper more united, the lowest rather larger)^ ^.^a^^"^^ >_ 



filaments filifoim ; anthers l-celled (by tl^«/o!^il;^^";;'^;JJ ZM^i. lamina 

 ncate cells). Style short, dilated upwards into a b.oad ^^t ^". j^^^ j^, 



euvved over the sLmens in the bud. Capsule gl^^-^^^^J^^.^^^^^, "placental 

 ^»^e c%x, opening loculicidallv in 2 entire valves \e^^"J.^;^\^P ,red at 

 column free.isman creeping herbs. Leaves «PP°«^te ^j^^^ f^ .^^ ™'^ 

 the nodes. Flowers very sm°ill, on axillaiy pedicels, without ^> ^^^^^^^^"^^^ ^^ 



, The genns is apparently limited to the three Australian species of N^h-A oj«^«J^«^" ^^^^^^ 

 ^op'cal Asia and Africa, another to New Zealand, and the thud is "» ^^^^^^. 



^icrocarpa-a in the calyx, from Limosella in the opposite le^v^S; " tne , ' '^. ^q^ j 

 "-J capsule. P. Mueller has, however, (in his t«;^hanum as w U as m i g 



'inited the three 



2. G> Dmmmondii, 



-uuicus z i^lilossostigma) 



stamens 4 (TricholomaV ,. 41,^ 

 Calyx usually 3-lobed. Stamens as bug as or exceeding the ^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ 



yery short corolla-lobes V ' \ Vi^ncpa 



Calyi 4-lobed, Stamens mucb shorter than the ovate tnn^ea ^ ^ ^j^iu.oides, 



corolla-lobes ^ * 



1- G. spathulatum. Am.; Benth in ^^- ,^'f'jJl\^^^roo^^ 

 blender and minute intricately-branched glabrous P ^"*' f ;;P'"1^3 lon^, but 

 «t the nodes. Leaves linear-spathnlate, obtuse, entire 1 to 2 Imcs =, 

 ^^ually tapering into a much longer petiole. Fejlicels sender, ^^^J^ 

 exceeding the leaves. Calyx scarcely above j Ime ^ng, r" g ^ 3^ 



--ely exceeding the cal,., wUh very Si^al^^e entii^^lob^^^ ^^^^^ 



nearly i 



, '» p- ,«^,v^. Microcarjpaa sjya 

 ^■suppl. 4^ 



