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seeds globose or subovoid, nestling in viscid pulp. — Undershrubs ; 

 branches flexuous or voluble ; leaves narrow, entire or sinuate ; 

 flowers solitary to apices of small branches, pedunculate or more 

 often laxly racemose-cymose, nutant {South-west Australia). See 

 p. 363. 



58. Cheiranthera A. Cuxn. — Flowers nearly of Sollj/a ; petals 

 obovate oblong, spreading from base. Stamens 5 ; filaments free ; 

 anthers longer than filament, more or less decimate secund, 2-porous 

 at apex. Germen of Sollya ; style subulate. Fruit nearly dry 

 ovoid, indehiscent ; seeds co , subglobose. — Shrubs or undershrubs ; 

 branches flexuous or voluble ; leaves narrow entire ; flowers terminal 

 solitary pedunculate, or peduncles laxly many-flowered, suberect 

 or nutant {Extra-tropical Australia). See p. 363. 



59. Billardiera Sm. — Flowers 5-merous ; sepals distinct, valvate 

 or imbricate. Petals connivent or coherent beyond middle to a tube, 

 spreading above. Stamens 5 ; filaments filiform, longer than anthers ; 

 anthers erect, ovoid or oblong, introrse 2-rimose. Germen sessile ; 

 placentas 2, finally contiguous, oo -ovulate ; style short or elongate. 

 Berry ovoidal or oblong, indehiscent ; seeds globose, ovoidal or 

 reniform, nestling in viscid or subliquid pulp. — Undershrubs ; 

 branches voluble ; leaves entire or sinuate ; flowers erect at apices of 

 twigs solitary pedunculate or more often in racemiform, sometimes 

 corymbose cymes {Extra-tropical Australia). See p. 363. 



60? Pronaya Hueg. — Flowers nearly of Billardiera; staminal 

 filaments filiform or complanate at base ; anthers oblong, at first 

 erect, soon revolute above, introrse 2-rimose. Germen nearly of 

 Billardiera ; placentas 2, parietal, go -ovulate ; style short. Fruit 

 and seeds of Billardiera. — Undershrubs ; branches flexuous or 

 voluble; leaves narrow entire; flowers in spurious, sometimes 

 corymbiform, compact terminal racemes {South-west Australia). 

 Se e p. 364. 



61. Citriobatus A. Cunn. — Flowers 4-merous ; sepals distinct 

 very small. Petals connivent or coherent to a tube beyond middle, 

 spreading at apex. Stamens 5 ; filaments subulate ; anthers erect 



