- 
276 XCIX. POLYGONACEZJE. [ Muhlenbeckia, 
ee Murray river near the mouths of the Murrumbidgee and Darling 
N. S. 
rivers, F. Muell 
Victoria Rocky mountains on the Macalister » Snowy rivers, F. Mueller ; 
Wimmera, Dalla chy. 
s F. Muell. Fragm. w. 91. A shrub, some- 
prominently d, smooth and shining, enclos in the ovoid 
slightly thickened perianth which is enlarged to from 1 lines in 
e Seed scarcely furrowed.— Pol; spoum Cunninghamii, Meissn 
Linnea, xxvi. 364, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 85; my ees Ee lenta; 
Meissn. n Linnæa, xxvi, 862; Os at junceum, A. Cunn. ; Lindl. in 
Mitch. Trop. Austr, 85. 
^" ia. Victoria river, F. Mueller 
Queensland. Ro kpas mpton, O Shanes; y; Suttor river, Bowman ; Bokhara Creek, 
Leichhardt Curriwillighie, Dalton ; Darling Downs, Lau 
. S. Wales. Liverpool Plains, Leichhardt, "C. Mure; Lachlan river, A. Cun- 
inci Macquarrie river, Mitchell; Murray and Darling rivers io the Barrier 
Range, Victorian and other E. d 
Victoria. Wendu Val o, Bobertson; Melbourne, Adamson; Bacchus Marsh an 
Station Peak Peak, F. Maler "bea Af oen 
S. Australia. Murray river t. Vincent's Gulf, rio Mueller ; Salt Creek, Behri 
T Bay, Wilhelmi ; viri joi s Gulf, Warburton coll. h 
a ustralia. Between Moore and Murchison pitis “Drummond, 6th 
Order C. NYCTAGINEJE. 
Perianth simple, inferior, the lower portion persistent and enclosing 
the ovary and fruit, the upper portion variously hi i ithe 5 rarely 
4 angles folds teeth or lobes, deciduous sane 
of the same number as the folds or teeth "of ps ede 
round the outer margin. Ovary sens stipitate withi 
e perianth, 1-celled, with 1 erect — M: ay rw 1:seeded, 
minal, simple, undivided with a single” stigma. 
enclosed in the persistent tough or sà dened: base of ~ 
which falls off with it afi the appearance of a peric 
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