FieliUa.'] LXXXVI. GESNERIACEiE. ^^^ 



1. p. anstralis, A. Cunn. in Field, N. S. Wales, 364. t. 2. A tall 



climbing slirub clinging to the trunks of large trees by adventitious roots, t lie 

 branches foliage and inflorescence hirsute with articulate hairs. Leaves very 

 unequal in each pair, the larger one oljovate elliptical or oblong, coarsely 

 toothed, narrowed into a short petiole, 1^ to 3 in. long ; the opposite one ses- 

 sile, ovate, i to i in. long or rarelv half as long as the larger one. J^lowers ot a 

 greenish vellow, pendulous from axillary pedicels, shorter than the^Iargei leaT. 

 Bracteoles herbaceous, thin, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, often ^ m. long. 

 Calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate, about as long as the bracteoles. V-o- 

 rolk-tube nearly cylindrical or slightly enlarged upwards, above 1 hi. long ; 

 lobes very short and broad, nearly equal. Stamens inserted near tlie base oi 

 the tube and nearly as long as the corolla, the filaments dilated especially in 

 the lower part ; anther-cells obtuse ; staminodium between the upper stamens 

 small and slender. Placentas of the ovary 3-lobed, densely covered with ex- 

 ceedingly numerous ovules. Fruit about as long as the calyx, tlie peucarp 

 membranous. Seeds exceedingly numerous, oblong, minutely striate, ^^^^^"i^ 

 straight, surrounded by scanty albumen.— DC. Prod. ix. 2S6 ; [fook i.xoi. 

 Fl. t. 232; Bot. Mag. t. 5089; Basilcophyta Friderici AngMti,Y. .Uuell. 

 First Gen. Rep. 16. 



N. S. Wales. Generally diffused in the moist shady «^ods of ^^^ Blue Moun^^^^ 

 A. Cmmingham and others ; Shoalhaven, Backhouse ; Illauarra, A. Cunnmglmm, 



Or J J 



Victoria. Sealer's Cove and Streletzky Range, Gippa' Land. F. Mueller. 



BMA 



Calvx divided to the base into 5 segments. Coi^lla with a;^« ^ ^^'^^^^ 

 campanulate tube, the limb somewhat 2-lipped, the uppei ^ P 2-lob , e 

 lower 3-lobed, the lobes all flat and spreading, btamens 2 shoita th n tli 

 corolla; anther-cells diverging or divaricate confluent a ^le »pcx nto .. 



s 

 1 



:orolla; antlier-ceils aiverguig ui uiv.iiiv.^.- -^■"■_ ., i„i„,i rinsule 



migle cell; staminodia usually 3, very small. Stigma ^;.1°^ f ^^^f^'^ 



line°ar, spir Uv twisted, splitting usually into 4 valves be Is mm Ue. 



Herbs wkh a'perennial stock and radicall^ives or m ^F f "°t ^^^^^^^^^^ 



a developed stLn and opposite leaves. Peduncks or scape «^^1»' ' ^. ^^^^^^^^ 



usually a dichotomous or umbellately branched panicle of flo^^as. NMthout 



bracteoles. 



The genu's comprises a very few Asiatie speeies, one of the™ extratropical, and one fronx 



the Seychelles Islands. The only Australian one is eudMiic. 



A perennial with a 



1 B hv^roscOBica, F Mnell. Fragm. Iv. U6. A perennial uitu a 

 short ailckSysTk Leaves -^-1 4sulate broadly ov.^ ^ 

 crenate, sessile o/ contracted into a short broad petiole, t^.^^^/f "7^,[>"i;, ^ 

 densely clothed with long woolly hairs, the larger ones 4 ° y";^^ |f^^V 



usually half that size. Scapes 4 to 8 in. ^.^'Sl^'j^'^^^'^''^^^?"'^,.;^^^^^^^^^^ 

 branched panicle of rather numerous deep blue flowers, the "^^^^J J^^^^^'^j^^^^ 

 brous or sprinkled with a tesv hairs, tracts few and mrnu^e^ Lal^ 

 segments Uuear-oblong, about I- Hues long. CoroU-^tLdSmet" lobes 

 above 1 line long, upper lip of 2 orbicuar lobes ^^^"^ ^ "^^, ^^^ the an liers ; 

 of the lower lip smaller. Filaments thickly clavate, long.i than 



