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STYLIDEJE. I. STYLIDIUM. II. LEVENHOOKIA. III. FORSTERA. GOODENOVI^E. 



well as the rachis downy ; leaves linear ; spike pedunculate, sub- 

 racemose ; capsule divaricate, lanceolate, with both the cells 

 seminiferous, the superior one one-half narrower than the other, 

 and closed. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the south 

 coast. Flowers pink ? 



Falcate Stylidium. Shrub | foot. 



43 S. ADNA'TUM (R. Br. 1. c.) stem multiple ; branches un- 

 divided; leaves linear; spike almost sessile, divided, with the di- 

 visions few-flowered ; capsule linear, adnate at the base, having 

 the neck shorter than the calyx : the superior cell empty, and 

 very narrow. O- G. Native of New Holland, on the south 

 coast. Lindl. bot. reg. t. 914. Flowers pink. 



4dnate-\eaved Stylidium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. ft. 



44 S. FROPINQUUM (R. Br. 1. c.) stem multiple ; partial ones 

 divided in an umbellate manner ; leaves linear ; spikes sessile, 

 nearly simple; capsule adnate at the base, linear, having the 

 neck equal in length to the calyx : the superior cell very narrow 

 and empty. .? fj . ? G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 south coast. Flowers pink. Very nearly allied to the pre- 

 ceding. 



Allied Stylidium. PI. foot. 



5. Limb of corolla bipartite : lobes bifid. Capsule linear, 



45 S. ALsiNolDEs (R. Br. prod. p. 572.) stem erect; leaves 

 ovate ; floral ones opposite ; flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, 

 bractless. Ij. . 1 S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. 



Chickneed-like Stylidium. PI. to foot? 



Cult. All the species of this genus are rare, elegant, and 

 singular. The best soil for them is a mixture of sand, loam, 

 and peat. Some of the species may be increased by parting at 

 the root ; but most of them by seed. Cuttings of the shrubby 

 kinds strike root readily under a hand-glass either in sand or 

 mould. 



II. LEVENHOOKIA (named in memory of Anthony Van 

 Leeuwenhoek, a celebrated micrographist, whose numerous 

 works and observations on the structure of plants are still ex- 

 tant). R. Br. prod. p. 572. 



LIN. SYST. Gyn&ndria, Diandria. Calyx 5-parted, bilabiate. 

 Limb of corolla 5-parted, irregular : the fifth segment or lip 

 dissimilar to the others, arched, and longer than the column, 

 articulated with the tube, moveable. Column erect, adnate to the 

 side of the tube where the labellum is. Lobes of anthers one 

 above the other, divaricate. Stigmas 2, capillary. Capsule 1- 

 celled A small glabrous plant, with the habit of Radiuta mille- 

 grana. Leaves alternate, petiolate, crowded at the tops of the 

 branches, intermixed with fascicles of flowers. The irritability 

 of the joint of the lip is analogous to that of the column in 

 Stylidium, and answers the same end, the protection of the 

 sexual organs at the time of flowering. In Levenhodkia the 

 labellum is deflexed when the flower is expanded, but from 

 its irritability when touched it rises up, and is applied with great 

 force to the erect immoveable column, which it covers by its 

 spoon-shaped lamina. 



1 L. PUSI'LLA (R. Br. prod. p. 578.) .? G. Native of 

 New Holland, on the south coast. 



Least Levenhookia. PI. 1 to 2 inches. 



Cult. See Stylidium above for culture and propagation. 



III. FORSTE'RA (in honour of John Reinald Forster, and 

 his son George Forster, who both accompanied Captain Cook 

 in his second voyage in the quality of naturalists). Lin. nov. act. 



ups. 3. t. 9. Swartz, in Schrad. journ. 1799. 1. t. 1, 2. f. 2. 



Phyliachne, Forst. char. p. 58. 



LIN. SYST. Gyndndria, Diandria. Calyx superior, of 2-3 

 sepals, girded by an involucrum composed of 2-3 leaves. 



Corolla tubularly campanulate, 5-6-parted. Column of genitals 

 straight, bearing 2 2-celled anthers at top, which dehisce trans- 

 versely. Stigmas 2, roundish, covered by the revolute valves 

 of the anthers. Capsule inferior, 1-celled, many-seeded. Pla- 

 centa central, free. 



1 F. EDIFOLIA (Lin. nov. act. ups. 3. t. 9.) leaves imbricated, 

 ovate-oblong, coriaceous, marginated, smooth, recurved ; pe- 

 duncles terminal, solitary, elongated, 1 -flowered; involucrum 

 short, spreading. J? . G. Native of New Zealand. 



Edible-leaved Forstera. Shrub. 



2 F. MUSCIFOLIA (Swartz, in Schrad. journ. 1779. 1. t. 1, 2. 

 f. 2.) leaves imbricated, erect, lanceolate, triquetrous, and mu- 

 cronated at the apex, having the keel and margins serrulated ; 

 flowers terminal, solitary, sessile ; involucrum exceeding the 

 calyx. fj . G. Native of Terra del Fuego. Phyliachne 

 uliginosa, Forst. char. p. 58. and Lin. fil. suppl. 



Moss-leaved Forstera. Shrub. 



Cult. See Stylidium above for culture and propagation. 



ORDER CXXXVI. GOODENO'VIJS (this order contains 

 plants agreeing with Goodenia in important characters). R. Br. 

 prod. p. 573 Genera of Campanulacese, Juss. 



Calyx superior (f. 124. a.) or semi-superior (f. 126. a.), rarely 

 inferior, 5-cleft (f. 124. a. f. 125. a.), sometimes 5-3-parteil, 

 sometimes short, entire, and sometimes obsolete, usually equal, 

 rarely unequal, permanent. Corolla monopetalous (f. 124. 6. 

 f. 125. A.), more or less irregular, deciduous or marcescent ; 

 tube cleft on the back (f. 125. h.), sometimes 5-parted, and 

 only adhering with the ovarium at the base, while that of the 

 calyx is free; limb 5-parted (f. 124. b. f. 125. h.\ bilabiate 

 (f. 124. b.}, or unilabiate (f. 126. 6.); disks of the segments 

 lanceolate, flat : having the sides thinner in texture and elevated, 

 induplicate in aestivation, rarely obsolete or wanting. Stamens 

 5, free ; from the corolla and style (f. 125. c.), alternating with 

 the segments of the corolla; filaments distinct (f. 125. c.) ; 

 anthers distinct or cohering, linear, vertical, fixed by the base, 

 undivided, 2-celled ; cells dehiscing lengthwise ; pollen usu- 

 ally simple, but sometimes compound. Ovarium 1-2-celled, 

 rarely 4-celled, sometimes furnished with a gland between 

 the 2 anterior filaments; ovula definite or indefinite. Style 1, 

 simple, rarely divided ; stigma fleshy, obtuse, or 2-lobed, girded 

 by a rather membranous, entire or 2-lobed, cup-shaped indu- 

 sium. Capsule 2-celled or half 2-celled, (rarely 4-celled); dis- 

 sepiment usually parallel, rarely contrary to the valves, which 

 are entire or bipartite ; having the axis seminiferous when the 

 seeds are indefinite : but when the seeds are definite, there is one 

 in each cell. Seeds sometimes nucumentaceous, but usually 

 with a thickish testa. Albumen fleshy, conforming to the seeds, 

 rarely deficient. Embryo erect, almost the length of the albu- 

 men, with middle-sized usually foliaceous cotyledons, and an 

 inconspicuous plumule. Non-lactescent herbs or shrubs, usu- 

 ally clothed with simple and sometimes with glandular down, 

 rarely with stellate down. Leaves scattered, exstipulate, sim- 

 ple, usually undivided, sometimes lobed, and often toothed. 

 Inflorescence terminal or axillary, variable. Flowers distinct, 

 rarely aggregate, yellow, blue, and purplish, rarely reddish. 



Nearly related to Campanulacete and Lobeliacece, from which 

 it differs in the aestivation of the flower, and in the peculiar in- 



