Jmlicia.'] Lsxxviii. acanthace^. 551 



tary specmiens in Herb. P. Mueller, wWcli closely resemble the pubescent variety of the 

 E. Indian J. glabra. Keen. {Bhaphidospom ffluhra, Nees), but are not m a state to dctennine 

 whether they really belong or not to that species. 



5. J. eranthemoides, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 90. Branches, veins of 

 the under side of the leaves and inflorescence pubescent. Leaves petiolate 

 ovatc-UmceoIate or lanceohate, 2 to 21 in. long. Flowers ^vhite, in terminal 

 dichotomous corymbose panicles as long as the leaves. Bracts small, inear- 

 subnlate. Pedicels very short, without bracteoles. Calyx-segments luiear- 

 setaceous, about 2 lines long. Corolla 5 or 6 lines long, the tube nearly 

 straight, dilated upwards ; lips rather shorter than the tube, the upper one 

 narrow, erect, notched, innermost in the bud, lower lip broader with the 

 prominent longitudinal fold of the genus, 3-lobed to the middle, the midde 

 lobe broader than the others and overlapping them in the bud. Anthel^-cells 

 inserted one higher than the other as in the rest of the genus but the lower 

 one without anv basal appendage. Capsule narrow, 5 or 6 lines long, con- 

 tracted flattened and seedless at the base. Seeds 2 in each cell. 



N. S. Wales. Tweed river, C. Sloore. Described from a siugle small specimen in 

 Herb r Mueller, very different from any species known to me, especially in infloresceQce, 

 which, however, comes nearest to that of the section Ehaplndosjpora. 



8. GEAPTOPHYLLTJM, Nees. 



(EarUa, F. Muell.) 



Calyx divided to the base into 5 segments. Corolla- tube incurved, the 

 limb 2-lipped, the upper lip concave, incurved, notched the lower divided to 

 the base into 3 nearly equal lobes. Stanicus 2, ascending under t^e uppei 

 lip anther-cells parallel, nearly equal, without basal appendages ; stan mo lia 

 2^' Ovules 2 in'each c'ell of the Wary. Capsule oWong-clavate, coi^^^^^^ 

 into a solid seedless base. Seeds flat ; retmacula hooked.-Tal ^^"ubs nitH 

 glabrous shining leaves. Flowers red, in axillary or terminal clusttis or 

 short racemes. Bracts and bracteoles very small. 



Besides the two Australian endemic species, there is only one known «"^\ ^^^'^^^^^^^ 

 tivated in tropical Asia, but of uncertain ongm probably from XZ.f\nln7\oi\^£^^ 

 islands of the Eastern Archipelago. It is the G. pcl.m, Nees, known '^\£2^^''''' 

 under the name of the Caricatnre-j^Iant, and only differs in fohage from 6. ihcfoUum. 



.,,.11 . 1. (?. Earlit. 



Leaves small oblong entire or minutely toothed a. iliclfoliim. 



Leaves large, broadly ovate, prickly -toothed 



1 G. Earlii, F Muell. Fragm. vi. 87. A beautiful glabrous shrub or 

 treJ-of 10 to 15 ft. iBaUacn,). Leaves oblong-elliptieal, acute or mueroim- 

 late, entire oY with a few very small acute teeth, | to \\m. l°"g- J^^^^ ^ 

 of a rich red, solitary in the axils or in clusters of very few. P^^f^l^ ^ ^° 

 3 lines long, with minute bracts and bracteoles at the base. Calyx-segment, 

 narrow, acute, about 2 lines long. Corolla-tube incurved and ^^^f j ^^^ °^ 

 broad oblique throat above \ in. long ; upper lip incurved, ^"^^^^. ^^^^.^^^^^J^^ 

 the tube, the lower lip rather shorter, equally divided into rather boada^lmo 



acute lobes. Filaments hairy at the base; ^t^^'^J^^^i^^JfrV^I^'^f 

 hard, almost woody, about f in. lon^.-Eadia exceha, F. Muell. Fiagm. in. 



160 J Thyrsacanthus Earlii, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 87. 



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