33 K. Krause. — Goodeniaceae. 



4 3. V. cycnopotamica F. Muell. Fragm. VI. (< 867) T, Benth. Fl. austral. IV. 

 (4 869) 48. — Herba verosimiliter annua subglabra vel hinc inde breviter pilo- 

 sula. Caules adscendentes tenues teretes, 4,5 — 2 dm alti, simplices vel superne 

 sparse dichotome i'amosi. Folia radicalia breviter petiolata, oblanceolata vel oblongo- 

 laneeolata, apice acuta, basin versus sensim iu petiolum angustata, margine profundius- 

 cule serrato-dentata, cum petiolo 2,5 — 6 cm longa, 6 — 4 mm lata. Bracteae parvae, 

 anguste lanceolatae, vix 8 mm longae, integrae vel interdum margine remote dentatae. 

 Flores pauci parvi. Sepala 5 lanceolata acuta extus hispidula margine longiuscule 

 ciliata, 4 — 5 mm longa et circ. 4 mm lata, omnia subaequalia vel supremum paullum 

 latius. Corolla coerulea vel dilute violacea, vix 5 — 6 mm longa, extus parce puberula 

 intus glabra, lobi subaequales angustissime alati. Staminum filamenta tenuia basin 

 versus paullum dilatata, 4,6 — 4,8 mm longa, antherae oblongae vel ovato-oblongae 

 utrinque obtusae, 0,2 — 0,3 mm longae. Ovarium subglobosum, circ. 2,5 mm diametiens, 

 stilo erecto valido glabro paullum longiore coronatum. Capsula leviter compressa sepalis 

 paullum longior, semina pauca suborbicularia latiuscule crasse marginata 0,8 — 4 mm 

 diametientia includens. — Fig. {OD — F. 



Westaustralische Provinz: Avon, bei Newcastle auf Lehm (Diels n. 3908 — 

 blühend im August 4904 — Herb. Berlin); Swan Biver (Drummond n. 402, 410 — 

 Herb. Kew, Brit. Museum); West-Australien, Camp 62 (Helms — blühend im September 

 4 89 4 — Herb. Kew). 



4 4. V. Cusackiana F. Muell. in Vict. Nat. XII. (4 896) 4 24. — Herba erecta. 

 Scapus teres tenuis simplex, basin versus parce molliter pilosus, 4 — 2,5 dm altus. Folia 

 radicalia nuraerosa conferta linearia vel lineari-lanceolata acuta basin versus angustata 

 margine integra, utrinque pilis densis longiusculis subadpressis albescentibus obsita, 

 3 — 5 cm longa et 3 — 4 mm lata. Bracteae parvae angustissime lineares acutae circ. 

 3 mm longae. Flores parvi breviter pedicellati, racemum laxum efformantes; pedicelli 

 tenues floribus subaequilongi vel paullum longiores. Sepala lanceolata, vix 3 mm longa, 

 extus ut bracteae pedicellique pubescentia. Corolla lutea, circ. 4,2 cm longa, extus 

 praeter alas sparse puberula, intus glabra, lobi 3 inferiores tubo distincte breviores, 

 omnes utrinque alis subaequalibus latiusculis obtusis leviter undulatis praediti. Staminum 

 filamenta brevia filiformia, antherae lineari- oblongae obtusae. Stilus brevis validus 

 parce pilosus. Capsula ovoidea calyce paullum longior, semina plura compressa ovato- 

 orbicularia anguste marginata includens. 



Nordaustralische Steppenprovinz: Am Fortesque Biver (W. H. Cusack — 

 Herb. Melbourne); Boebourne (W. H. Cusack — blühend im November 4 897 — Herb. 

 Melbourne, Berlin). 



4 5. V. trinervis Labill. Nov. Holl. pl. I. (4 804) 54 t. 77; Benth. Fl. austral. IV. 

 (4 869) 47. — Goodenia tenella Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 466; Bot. Mag. 4 4 37; De Vriese 

 in Lehm. PI. Preiss. I. (4844 — 45) 444, non R. Br.! — Euthales trinervis (Labill.) 

 B. Br. Prodr. (4840) 580; DC. Prodr. VII. (4839) 547; De Vriese, Gooden. (1854) 

 169. — Herba erecta glabra vel hinc inde pilis sparsis brevibus adpressis obsita. 

 Caules tenues teretes subslriati, usque ad 4 dm alti, sparse dichotome ramosi. Folia 

 radicalia longiuscule petiolata, obovato-oblonga vel oblonga, rarius oblongo- lanceo- 

 lata, apice acuta, basin versus sensim in petiolum angustata, margine integra vel 

 remote dentata, cum petiolo 5 — 4 2 cm rarius ultra longa atque 0,8 — 2 cm lata, tri- 

 nervia, sed nervi — minime nervi laterales — saepe vix conspicui. Bracteae lineares 

 vel lanceolatae, liberae vel rarius ima basi paullum connatae, 0,5 — 4,2 cm longae. 

 Flores minusculi. Calyx campanulatus , 5 — 6 mm longus, glaberrimus vel extus 

 sparsissime pilis brevibus adpressis obsitus, ad medium in lobos 5 ovatos acutos sub- 

 inaequales divisus, lobo supremo plerumque distincte majore usque ad 7,5 mm longo. 

 Corolla pallide flava vel flavido -rubra, 4 — 4,3 cm longa, extus sparse pilosa, lobi 3 

 inferiores utrinque alis tenuibus haud nervosis oblongis margine subundulatis 2 — 2,3 mm 

 latis instructi, lobi 2 superiores subinaequaliter alati fere ad basin usque separati. 

 Stamina circ. 2,5 mm longa, filamenta dilatata, antherae ovoideo-oblongae subacutae 



