506 Lxxxiii. scRorHULARiNE.E. [Ferouica. 



the short ascending branches not above 1 in. high. Leaves densely crowded 

 smd decussate, entirely covering the branches, ovate, very obtuse and thick, 

 keeled underneath, under 2 lines long, minutely ciliate at the base, otherwise 

 glabrous. Flowers sessile in the uppermost axils, with a pair of oblong 

 bractcoles at their base shorter than the calyx. Calyx about 3 lines long, 

 divided to the middle into 5 equal obtuse lobes, ciliolate and glandular- 

 pubescent. Corolla,, wben apparently normal, with a distinct tube of \\ h^ies 

 and 5 oblong nearly equal lobes of about 2 lines, but in most of the flowers 

 1, 2 or 3 of the lobes are very broad or there is an additional sixth lobe 

 inside. Capsule ''shorter than the calyx, 1^ lines long, obcordate, pubescent 

 in the \\oid\r —Pcederota densi/oUa.^Y. Muell. in Hook. Kew Journ. vih. 

 202, and in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. i. 107. 



N. S. Wales. Summits of ^lonnt Kosciusko on the Victorian frontier, R Mueller. 

 Victoria, Highest summits of the Munyong Mountains at au elevation of 6000 to 

 6500 ft., F. Mueller {Herb, Hook.), 



In haljit this is allied to the N. Zealand F. tetragona and its aUies; the multiplication of 

 the calycine and corolla-lobes is like that of the N. Zealand genus or section Pygmea, 

 Hook, f.; the inllorescence is peculiar. The specimens are not numerous, and 1 conld only 

 analyse two flowers; one was regular with the stamens perfect, the other had some of the 

 corolla-lobes enlarged, with a sixth inner one as figured by F. Mueller ; but there I found 

 one of the anthers enlarged and probably slerilcj aud the other entirely replaced by the suth 

 corolla-lobe. 



2. V. formosa, U, Br. Trod. 434. A beautiful evergreen corymhosely 

 branched shrub, attaining 2 to 3 or 4 ft., glabrous except a short pubescence 

 tlecurrent from the margins of the leaves on opposite sides of the stem. 

 Leaves rather crowded, oval-oblong or lanceolate, entire or very rarely ob- 

 scurely toothed, thick, often recurved, usually about \ in. long, but from that 

 to \ in. when narrow. Flowers pale lilac, in short loose racemes in the upper- 

 axds, forming terminal leafy corymbs. Calyx 1 to \\ lines long, deeply 

 divided into 5 nearly equal lobes or one smaller than the others. C or o la- 

 lobes at least 3 lines long. Capsnle oblon^r^ acute or obtuse, considemWy 

 longer than the calyx, turgid at the base and readily septicidal.— Benth. m 

 i)C. Trod. X. 462 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm.i. 293 ; V. diowKjefolia, Knowles and 

 VVestc. FL Cab. iii. 65. t. 106, not of A. Cunn. 



, .,7^^"*^^^^- I'ort Dalrymple and Mount Welliugton, R. Brown ; common on rocky 

 iiiHs in various parts of the island, J. D. Hooker, 



3. V. decorosa^ F. MnelL m Linn^a, xsv. 430. An erect branclniig 

 shrub of several feet, with minute pubescent lines decurrent from the margins 

 of the leaves, otherwise glabrous. Leaves sessile, linear, entire or rarely 

 toothed, f to 1| in. long. Flowers wlute or pink witli dark streaks, in ratber 

 loose racemes in the upper axils, rarely twice as long as the leaves, ana 

 forming ni good specimens, handsome corymbose leafy panicles. Tedice^s 

 longer than the calyx. Calyx-segments acute, 2 to H or rarely 3 lines long^ 

 Corolla-lobes fully 4 lines long, the upper one broader and the lower one 

 narrower than the others. Capsule turgid, very obtuse and slightly notched, 

 as broad as or broader than long and much shorter than the calyx, but not 

 quite ripe m the specimens. 



S. Atistralia. Kooky valleys of the Flinders Raii-e from Mount Kemartable 

 Moant BrowD, R Mueller, Mount Searl, WarLurlo^i 



to 



