462 CXXV. DIOSCORIDEZ. [ Dioscorea. 
t. 878 and of à most modern authors but not of Linn.— Helmia bulbifera 
t Enum, v. 435. 
tralia. Ts lands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 2. Brown; Goulburn island, 
A. "Cunningham; Melville island, Fraser ; Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 173 ; Port Essing- 
ton, 
Quecasland. Rockingham bay, Dallachy. 
The species is widely spread over East India and the Archipelago. I have already 
(Fl. Hongk. 368) epee nd m that ole authors have transposed the Linnean 
names of f the t two species, D. sativa and D. bulbifera, both of which are apt to bear 
bulbs in the axils of the leaves 
2.? PETERMANNIA, F. Muell. 
Stamens | 6; filaments capillary, with linear anthers. Ovary T 
with 4 or 5 ovules in each cell. St tyle filiform, undivided. 
1l-celled berry, with several seeds.—Stems twining. Flowers in ips 
opposed panicles. 
The genus is limited to the single imperfectly known species endemic in Australia. 
F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 93. A glabrous climber with 
the. Smilaa: i pm. BE the Dioscoridee, the 
rrow iege loose, d and rather longer than the ‘leaves, the 
eiaeaen ns 'and apparently few-flowered, but the specimens only 
retain UK or 3 fruits the flowers having fallen away, and in the upper 
put inflorescences are replaced by simple tendrils. proe about 
ii poem eter, crowned by the scar of the fi na flower and con 
saik several unripe seeds. There are no loose flowers with thé 
specimen, but according to F. Mueller “ Perianth- Pippi about 
24 lines. long. g, only seen as well as the stamens in the "female plant. 
Filaments ic. 1} lines long, deciduous; anthers 1 line long. 
Styles 2 lin 
Cloud’s creek, Capat eb Beckler.—Of this I have only seen 
retai 
: a pe 
tite a^. hermaphrodite flowers, and several ovules in each cell of the ovary 
cribed by F. Mueller, are at variance with the ordinal character, and the venation of © 
the leaves is different from that of any of the dictyogenous Monocotyledons known 
i a MM a ci T alo si 
