274 FLORA OF TASMANIA. \Loganiacea. 
below, and are frequently united by the stigmata. Capsule two-celled, few- or many-seeded, opening under the 
styles along the ventral suture. (Name from /urpa, a mitre, and aKprj, a flower.) 
1. Mitrasacme paradoxa (Br. Prodr. 454) j erecta, ramosa, foliata, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, um- 
bella terminali, calyce late bifido, stylis superne connatis, capsula inclusa. — Alp A, DC. Prodr. ix. 11 ; 
Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 91. M. divergens, Nob. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 276. {Gunn, 720.) 
(Tab. LXXXVIII. ,4) 
Hab. Not uncommon in poor land near the sea, at Circular Head and Georgetown, Gunn. — (El. Nov.) 
Distrib. Victoria : King George's Sound and Swan Eiver. 
A small, slender, annual, glabrous, erect plant, with erect, wiry, branched, leafy stems, 2-4 inches high, small, 
lanceolate leaves, and comparatively large flowers on slender pedicels, with a bifid calyx.— Plate LXXXVIII. A. 
Fig. 1, flower; 2, the same, with calyx partially removed; 3, corolla, laid open; 4, stamen; 5, transverse, and 6, 
longitudinal section of ovary; 7, capsule: — all magnified. 
2. Mitrasacme distylis (Ferd. Muell. MSS.; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 92) j pusilla, decum- 
bens, foliata, foliis linearibus oblongisve, calyce truncato subbifido corolla sublongiore, stylis brevibus, stig- 
matibus distinctis v. Isevissime coluerentibus, capsula inclusa. {Gunn, 2019.) (Tab. LXXXVIII. B.) 
Hab. Georgetown, Gunn.— (M. Oct.) 
Distrib. Victoria, Mueller. 
A very minute, decumbent species, with slender, filiform, leafy stem, long, slender pedicels, obconic, broad, 
bluntly bifid calyx, and generally free styles.— Plate LXXXVIII. .5. Fig. 1, flower; 2, ditto, with the calyx par- 
tially removed; 8, corolla, laid open; 4, stamen; 5, ovary, with corolla partially removed; 6, fruit and calyx; 7, 
ditto, removed from calyx ; 8, seed :— all magnified. 
8. Mitrasacme serpyUifolia (Br. Prodr. 454) ; perennis, caule repente e basi ramosissima, ramis 
diffusis, foliis ovatis petiolatis ciliatis pedunculis axillaribus solitariis duplo longioribus, calycibus glabris, 
stigmate subindiviso.— Alpk. DC. Prodr. ix. 11 ; Benth. Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 93. {Gunn, 278, 741.) 
Hab. Sandy soil, Western Mountains, Hampshire Hills, Arthur's Lakes, Hobarton, etc., Gunn.— 
(Fl. Dec, Jan.) 
Distrib. New South Wales, Brown. 
Perennial, diffuse, prostrate, much branched, leafy, forming matted patches on the ground.— Leaves petiolate, 
ovate, ciliated, twice as long as the axillary peduncles, about \ inch long. Calyx four-cleft. 
4. Mitrasacme pilosa (Lab. Nov. Holl. i. 36. t. 49) ; caule repente, ramis prostratis ascendentibus 
erect isvc lolnsqae pilosis, foliis ovatis petiolatis ciliatis pedunculis axillaribus longioribus v. multoties brevi- 
oribus, calycibns 4-iidis hispidis.— #r. Prodr. 454 ; Alph. DC. Prodr. ix. 11. (Gunn, 742.) 
\ar. 8tuartii; caulibus elongate suberectis, pedunculis longissimis.— M. Stuartii, Mueller. 
Bab. Common about Circular Head and Hobarton.— (PL Nov.) {v. v.) 
Distrib. New South Wales and Victoria. 
Much the largest and most robust Tasmanian species, hispid or pilose all ovw.— Stems prostrate, densely 
Uiatt( ' 7 (l : l ';">- + ~ 10 mphes lon S; m var - Stuartii suberect or erect, and dichotomously branched. Leaves as in M. 
"' 7 ' " " uh ' ll this is t0 ° nearl y aWed. Peduncles very short or much elongated, sometimes 2 inches long. 
5. Mitrasacme montana (Hook. fil. MSS., Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 93) ; humilis, ramosissima, 
diffusa, glabra, foliis obovatis subcarnosis, floribus terminalibus solitariis sessilibus, stylis distinctis, calyce 
t-fido capsula late triangular! compressa supra concava. {Gunn, 2018.) (Tab. LXXXVIII. C.) 
Hab. In peaty soil on Mount Wellington and Black Bluff Mountain, Gunn.— (El Feb.) 
