392 THE LOBANTHACEAE OP AUSTRALIA, iii., 



§. EUAMYEMA. 

 Flowers sessile or pedicellate, standing against or opposite to each other. 



A. Biflorati. Peduncles once or twice branched, with a pair of pedicellate flowers 

 to each branch. 



i. Leaves compressed or terete. 



1. Buds densely woolly-tomentose. Petals 4. Leaves tomentose. 



1. L. gibberulus. 



Leaves glabrous var. Tateii. 



ii. Leaves flat, ligulate. 



1. Buds glabrous, slender, inflated at the base 2. L. bifurcatus. 



la. Buds densely ferruginous-tomentose, robust, scarcely inflated at the base. 



Leaves broadly lanceolate 3. L. ferruginiflorus. 



Buds nearly glabrous. Leaves linear var. linearifolia. 



B. Umbellulati. Inflorescence in simple or compound umbels. 

 i. Umbels simple, large, 1-2 in the axils. 



1. Flowers 25 — 35 mm. long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or ligulate, 3 — 5- 



nerved 4. L. sanguineus. 



Flowers 50 — 60 mm. long. Leaves short and thick, 5 — 7-nerved, or the 



smaller ones 3-nerved var. pulcher. 



ii. Umbels diminutive. 



1. Flowers clustered at the nodes. Leaves elliptical to orbicular. 



5. L. Whiten. 

 iii. Umbels compound, 3 — 7-branched, each branch with 3 pedicellate flowers. 



1. Leaves ligulate, usually 10 — 16 cm. long, 3-nerved 6. L. Miquelii. 



Buds white (a) var. micranthus. 



Buds reddish. Leaves 3 — 5 cm. long (b) var. minor. 



C. Cymulati. Inflorescence cymose. Cymes 2 — 7-branched, each branch bearing 

 3 flowers, the central flower sessile, or all the flowers sessile. 



I. Branches of the cyme 3 to 7, sometimes 2-branched in L. Gaudichaudi, L, 

 miractUosiis, and its varieties. Central flower of each triad sessile. 

 i. Leaves flat. 



1. Young shoots and buds ferrugineous. Leaves 7 to 24 cm. long, ligulate. 

 Fruit brownish 7. L. pendxdus. 



la. Young shoots and buds minutely hoary-pubescent. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate 5 — 12 cm. long, obscurely 3-nerved. Fruit green. 



8. L. congener. 



2. Glabrous. Leaves spathulate to orbicular, strongly veined. Buds robust, 

 3 cm. long. Bracts rather large 9. L. Queenslandious 



3. Leaves thick, obscurely 3 — 5-nerved. Buds 15 — 20 mm. long. Bracts 

 small, obtuse. Calyx urceolate 10. L. Cycnens-Sinus. 



3a. Leaves thin, orbicular, obscurely 3-nerved. Buds slender, about 2 

 long. Bracts small, acute. Calyx cylindric 11. L. Mackayensis. 



4. Leaves broadly oblong to elliptical, usually glaucous. Buds 15 — 20 mm 

 long. Fruit urceolate, yellow 12. L. miraculosus. 



Leaves narrow cuneate-spathulate, 2 — 3 cm. long. . . . (a) var. Melaleueae. 



Leaves narrow, oblong, 2 — 10 cm. long (6) var. Boormani 



Young tips and buds pubescent. (c) var. pubigera 



2a. Young shoots and buds minutely scurfy-pubescent. Leaves linear 

 spathulate to linear-oblong. Buds 10 mm. long. Fruit globose, red. 



13. L. Gaudichaudi. 

 ii. Leaves terete. 



1. Glabrous. Leaves short. Buds robust, reddish. Flowers in triads. 



14. L. Preissii. 



Flowers in pairs on long peduncles var. didyma. 



la. Pubescent or tomentose. Leaves long and slender. Buds slender, scurfy, 



15. L. Cambagei. 



2. Leaves thick. Buds stout, woolly-tomentose 16. L. linophyllus. 



