Mentha.] XCIII. LABIATE. 83 
the calyx, the upper lobe "T notched or shortly bifid. Stamens and 
style much eal es the corolla. 
sland e Maranoa, Mitchell. The specimens are but few, and may 
hereafter prove to be jailed ut the flowers are much larger than those of any 
nown to me, and the x un is geri that of M. laxiflora than of M. australis, 
with which F. Mueller unites the oii , without however having seen the specimens. 
3. M. tralis, . Pro Stems erect or ascending, 
branched, Tt to 2 ft high, sane Ries on the angles. Leaves 
lanceolate or rar rely ovate-lanceolate, quite entire or here and there 
sparingly toothed, contracted into a short petiole or rubro ees 
pese or hoary-pubescent especially underneath, often 
ong. Flowers in axillary false-whorls, usually edie fe 
Em pedicels i quite sessile. Calyx narrow, hoary- velo. or 
us, 2 to nearly 3 lines long, the teeth subulate or narrow-lan- 
serate ver ici slightly villous inside. Corolla-tube not exceeding 
the 1 lobes shorter than the tube, the upper one more or less 
i 2-lobed, the whole corolla under 4 ines 1 i 
Prod. xii. 174; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 281; Micromeria australis, Benth. 
Sp. 380. 
Queensland. In the interior, Mitchell. 
N. S. Wales. Hawkesbury river, R. Brown ; Darling river, Mrs. Ford ; on the 
i 
Mitchell ; Wendu vale, Robertson, Yarra river and Sandy Creek, F. 
Mueller. 
Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, Ji. Brown ; common in marshy places, J. D. Hook 
S. Australia. From the e Murray me s Bor r., to St. Vincent's Gulf, F. Mueller iai 
Others; towards Bahera Gulf, pho - ; Cooper’s Creek, Howitt’s E. 
e di ferences spiral in the qe ‘of the corolla of this and the allied s iiy 
deny ve oy d only, or atthe atte further observation to ascertain whether 
of specific constanc cy. 
L M. gracilis, R. Br. Prod. 505. Bi nearly allied to M. australis, 
of which Archer ipei iid it as a variety, but a smaller more 
and branching me rarely peg. 1 ft , hoary pubescent or glabrous 
like that speci 5, but the stems much smo Leaves petiolate, 
Ovate or rarely . as amie oliin or pe ii ‘toothed, under 1 in. 
and often not lin. lon ng. Flowers much smaller than in M. australis 
and rather Bwar i in the false-whorls, the pedicels exceedingly short or 
Fee any. Calyx 1} to about 2 lines long, the teeth lanceolate or 
th ate-subulate. not very hairy inside. E rolla-tube shorter than 
e calyx, the lobes much shorter than the tube, the u ota: one eine 
qptchel.—Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 174; Hook. f. 
temeniog, Sprong. Syst. ii. 724; Micromeria gracilis, Bent 
Gen. et Sp, 380, 
Mouth of the Glenel Allitt ; near Melbourne, Adamson (with 
larger narrower bw. n mal flow S UT id wick, Whan ; Gipps Lan nd, F. Mueller. 
Toten ti Port D mple, R. p Actaris in stony places not unfrequent, Joke 
r 
5. Australia, ringa river, F. Mueller ; Rapide Bay, Malpas. The northern 
ig geen EM to Mo quie 9 by Í F. Mueller (Fragm. vi. 109) appear to me all to 
tureioides. 
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