Ulrictilaria.'] LXXXiv. lentxbularie.E. 531 



in U'liorls of three, linear-oblong, shortly produced below their iiisei-tion. Pe- 

 dicel 2 to 4 lines long. Calyx-segments obtuse, coloured, nearly 3 lines long. 

 Corolla: upper lip cuneate or obovate, retuse, not twice as long as the calyx 

 and reflexcd over it; lower lip larger, bmad, entire or creuate, about 4 lines 

 across; spur somewhat curved, very obtuse, | to f in. long. — A. DC. Prod. 

 viii. 15; Lehm. PI. Preiss. i. 339; U. macroceras, A. DC. Prod. viii. 666. 



■W. Australia. King Georsre's Sound, Alenzles, and theuce to Swan Kiver, Bnimmond, 

 ^»t Coll., Preiss, n, 1917, Harvey, Oldfield. 



18. U. biloba, U. Br. Prod. 432. Scapes slender, simple or slightly 

 branched, G to 9 in. high, usually with several small scales, which as well as 

 the bracts are alternate and produced below their insertion, mostly acute. 

 Leaves verj^ small and rare at the time of flowering. Flowers blue {11. 

 Brow}i)^ dark wiien dry, several in a raceme, on filiform pedicels usually as 

 long as or rather longer than the calyx. Calyx-segments about 1 line long 

 ^hen in flower and but slightly enlarged afterwards, very broad and obtuse. 

 Corolla: upper lip very short, ovate, 2-lobed, with the sides reflexed ; lower 

 lip broader than long/broadly 2-Iobed ; spur conical, obtuse, horizontal or 

 descending, longer than the lower lip, the whole corolla 3 or 4 lines long. 

 A. DC. Prod. viii. 24. 



N, S. Wales. Port Jackson/ R. Bmvn, Backliouse, This and the following two 

 species usually turn black in drying, which is not the case with V, cyanea. U. latenjlora 

 sometimes turns black, but it Is readily distiuguished by the bracts. 



19. U. limosa, Jt. Br. Prod. 432. Scapes filiform, simple or branched 

 6 to 10 in. high. Leaves uoue at the time of flowering, Flowers (blue.) 

 i» a long loose raceme, all alternate. Bracts narrow, much produced below 

 their insertion, acute at both ends. Pedicels filiform, 1 to 2 hues long. 

 Calyx-segments orbicular, obtuse, about f line iong when m flower slightly 

 enlarged afterwards. Corolla scarcely above 2 lines long, the upper Up snoii, 

 ovate, entire ; lower lip much larger, broad, deeply 2-lobed ; spur descemluig, 

 shorter than the lower lip. Capsule small.— A. DC. Prod. vni. ^4. 



Queensland. Endeavour river, Banls and SoJander Very near "^-^^f^^^ "''"^ 

 mnch more slender, the flowers much smaUer, the pedicels longer, aad the .pur shorter. 



. 20. U. Eaueri, R. Br. ? Prod. Ul. Scapes slender "^''J [fj^^^ll^f; 

 ^ir.ple or slightly branched, more rigid than m l/.hloba. ^^^^S^^^ 

 several scales below the iuflo;csccnces, which, like the bracts, are ^1 ^ >'^'^'|. 

 narrow, produced below their insertion, acuminate ''y\'- '\^'''^^.J^ ^^'^^^ 

 \nds. Flowers (blue ?) abnost sessile in short ternnnal ^P^^^^^'J/!'^^ JJ^J 

 tte lower flower at some distance below the spike, ^alyx-segment. obtuse 

 ,^mall. Corolla : upper lip short, narrow-ovate, erect, entu-e ; Ipu er P mu^h 

 Ifger (about 3 Unci across), broader than long, appn-en tly qmte ent t w t^ 



he sides reflexed ; spur straight, horizontal, considerably longei than the 

 lower lip._A. DC. Prod. viii. 15. • 



Queensland. Endeavour river, Baids ; Shoahvater Bay, E. Brown. 



'^. S. Wales. Port Jackson, Bauer i' ^^^^^^ ^j. ^^.j^j^j^ ^^ 



P"- Baueri was described by Brou-n from a drawing made by BjU'^r ° ^^^J^ ^^^ ^. oue of 



2^cimeu was preserved ; but in his notes he says he l^eliev^; " means of identifying. 



»hich he had a specimen before him, which there is now no certain mea 



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