374 Mr. J. Miers on the germs Authocercis. 



lineari-oblongis, obtusis, imo angustioribus, sessilibus, carno- 

 sulis, glandulis viscosis minutissimis punctulatis ; racemulo 

 brevissimo, axillari, bracteatOj 2-3-floro ; pedicello sub-brevi ; 

 calycis viscosi segmentis linearibus, acutissimis, tubo 5-costato 

 3plo longioribus et coroUse tubum sequantibus ; corollse limbi 

 laciniis linearibus, intus papilloso-rugosis, tubo infundibuli- 

 formi 3plo longioribus ; staminibus 2 longioribus faucem vix 

 attingentibus, 5to deficiente ; capsula oblonga, longe rostrata, 

 calyce suffulta. — Swan River. — v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit. Free- 

 mantle (Gilbert). 



A species near A. littorea, differing in its much more slender 

 habit, sub-herbaceous deeply angled stems and branches, and 

 smaller and more linear leaves ; here the divisions of the calyx 

 are longer, equalling the length of the tube of the corolla, which 

 is less campanulate than in A. littorea ; the segments of the 

 border are also nai-rower and much longer, being three times 

 (not twice) the length of the tube. The leaves are fleshy, vein- 

 less, and exhibit under the lens a number of minute shining vis- 

 cous glands ; they are from 10 to 18 lines long, 2h lines wide, and 

 1 line broad at the base ; the pedicel measures 3 lines ; the tube 

 of the calyx, somewhat viscous and deeply costate, is f line, and 

 its teeth 1| line long ; the tube of the corolla is 2^ lines, its seg- 

 ments 7^ lines long ; the immature capsule measures 7 lines in 

 length and 2 lines in breadth. 



5. Anthocercis gracilis, Benth. DC. Prodr. x. 192; — glaberrima, 

 ramosissima, ramulis teretibus, tenuiter virgatis, striatis, fistu- 

 losis ; foliis mferioribus . . . . , mediis spathulato-elongatis, in 

 petiolum tenuem angustatis, carnosis, superioribus auguste 

 linearibus, bracteiformibus ; floribus solitariis, axillaribus, pe- 

 dicello filiformi, calyce parvo, 5-carinato, corollse tubo purpu- 

 reo, 15-lineato, subventricoso, fauce glanduloso-pulverulenta, 

 laciniis anguste linearibus, tubo 2-plo longioribus, filamentis 

 glabrisj 2 longioribus tubo dimidio brevioribus ; capsula ovata, 

 2-valvi, valvis dissepimento lunato septicidali imo clausis. — 

 Swan River (Drummond). — v. s. in herb. Hook, et aliis. 



This has a habit almost herbaceous, and still more virgate and 

 slender than the preceding ; the lower leaves are wanting in the 

 specimens I have seen ; the medial leaves are 7 lines long, 2 lines 

 broad at the rounded apex, diminishing into a long slender 

 petiole ; those above are of the same length and only ^rd of a 

 line broad : the pedicel is 2 lines long, the calyx 2 lines, the tube 

 of the corolla 2 lines, the linear segments of the border are 4 

 lines in length : the capsule is 3 lines long and 1^ line in dia- 



meter. , ;o'' Til <nc.n 



