Josephmia,'] Lxxxix. pedaltxe^. 557 



Decaisne (Herb. Tim. 76), followed by De Candolle (Prod. ix. 255) and by P. Mueller 

 (Frarrni. vi. 163), unites this with J, imperatricis , but probably without having: had good 



I specimens at his disposal, for, besides the indumentuTn, the foliage corolla and fruit appear 

 to me to be different. Probably also neither of these authors had consulted Ventenat's 

 plate, for they all copy the misquotation of its number, originating with Brown at a time 

 when complete copies of the worlv may not have reached England. Endlicher in the above- 



^ quoted figure (from Bauer's drawings) has reversed the fruit (fig. w), so as to make the beak 

 appear as a pedicel ; the seeds o are also reversed. 



2. J. imperatricis, VenL Jard. Malm. L 67 {not 103), An erect 

 lerb of 2 or 3 ft. Leaves petiolate, the lower ones cordate-ovate, coarsely 

 toothed, 3 or 4 in. long, the upper ones much smaller, broadly lanceolate, ' 

 entire or nearly so, all minutely but rather densely pubescent underneath. 

 Pedicels shorter than the petioles. Calyx-segments nearly equal. Corolla 

 ''with a short tube, much dilated upwards, the lower lobe not mucli larger 

 than the others." Ovary in the specimens seen 6-celled. Fruit ovoid, vil- 

 lous, hard, armed with conical prickles as in J. grandijlora, but terminating 

 in a thick obtuse or trancate, very prominently 3-angled beak, as long as or 

 longer than the prickles. — E. Br. Prod. 520. 



N. Australia. N.W. coast, Bandin {Herb. Banks). I have also a Timor spe- 

 cimen, sent by Decaisne, probably from the same Expedition, and a specimen in the Hooke- 

 riau herbarium from Java sent by Miquel (probably /. c^lehka, Blume) appears to be the 

 same species. In Ventenat's plate the fruit, fi^. 4, is reversed, as in Eudlicher's, the beak 

 appearing as a stipes. I have not yet seen good corollas, bat, besides Deeaisne's descrip- 

 tion, the above quoted figure shows them to be much shorter and broader than in /. grandi* 



flo7'a. 



3. J. Eugeniae, T. Muell. in Ilooh Kew Journ. ix. 370. L 11. Stems 

 procumbent ascending or erect, attaining 2 ft. or rather more, every part of 

 the plant densely villous with articulate simple or branched hairs. Lower 

 leaves on long petioles mostly divided iato 3 petiolulate segments, the seg- 

 ments as well as the upper simple leaves oblang or lanceolate, coarsely 

 toothed, 1 to 2 in. long ; the uppermost floral ones small, lanceolate and en- 

 tire. Flowers pink, very small, on short pedicels in the upper axils. Calyx- 

 segments linear, obtuse, very hispid, scarcely above 1 line long. Corolla 

 about 3 lines long, hirsute outside, the 4 upper lobes short and broad the 

 lowest one larger. Ovary 4-celled ; stigmatic lobes 2, oblong-lmear. inut 

 ovoid, very hirsute, about i in. long, the prickles small, often not exceedmg 

 the hairs, without any beak, but slightly raised ribs across the summit. 



■ N. Australia. L jjper Victoria river, F. Mueller. 

 Queensland. Suitor river, Bowman. 

 S. Australia. Near Cooper's Creek {Herb. F. Mueller). 



The following references have Leeu accidentally omitted : — 



P. 44. Leschenaultia filiformis, add : F. Muell. Fragm. vi. t. 48. 



P. 44. Leschenaultia agrostophylla, add : F. Muell. Fragm. vi. t. 47. 



P. 46. Velleiaconnata, add: F. Muell. Lithogr. t. 49. , „. _ ™., 



P. 340. Marsdenia leptophjUa, add : Bidaria lej^ioj^hjlla, F. Muell. m Irans. Y^\. 



Inst. Vict. iii. 60. , „ . m -dj -i t, ct 



P. 344. Gymnema stenophyllam, add : Bidaria erecia, F. MueH. m Trans. PliU. lust. 



Vict. iii. 59. 



