THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 99 



pink, rarely white, nnmerous, in an elongated spike, wMcli together with the 

 stalk often attain 18 inches, the calyces and stem covered with glandular 

 pubescence. Calyx-lobes united in two obtuse lips. Corolla-lobes about 4-6 

 lines long, with a few linear papillose appendages at the base ; labellum sharply 

 recurved, about 1^ line long, dagger-shaped, with a large glandular formation 

 on the surface for reception of the column. CandoUea serrulata, Lab. 



Very common in all situations ; also throughout Eastern and Southern 

 Australia. Fl. spring and summer. 



2. S. PEEPTJSILLUM, Hook. A small annual, usually under 2 inches, more or 

 less glandular, pubescent. Leaves linear to obovate, in a rosette at the base of 

 the stem, seldom more than 1 line long. Flowers small, few in a loose corymb 

 or solitary. Calyx-lobes about 1 line long, oblong, 5 in number. Corolla-tube 

 short ; lobes nearly equal ; labellum narrow, concave, ascending. Capsule nearly 

 globular. C. perpusilla, F. v. M. 



George Town ; also in Victoria and West Australia. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 



3. S. DESPBCTUM, R. Br. A small erect annual, usually under 3' inches, and 

 without the pubescence of the last. Leaves scattered, ovate to linear, about 1 

 line long. Flowers few, in a loose corymb. Calyx-lobes short, 5, but two of 

 them partially united. Corolla very small. Capsule linear, 3 lines long. C. 

 despecta, P. v. M. 



George Town, Western Plains, Islands of Bass Straits. PL Nov. -Dec. 



2. LEVENHOOKIA. 



Corolla irregalar, 4 lobes nearly equal, the other considerably altered, often 

 hood-shaped over the column. Column short and erect. Ovary 1-celled, with 

 the rudiment of a dissepiment. Capsule globular, crowned by the persistent 

 calyx -lobes. Seeds few. 



A small Australian genus, closely allied to Stylidium, from which it differs 

 principally in the column being fixed and erect, and the labellum being irritable. 



L. DUBIA, Sund. A simple or branched pubescent annual, seldom exceeding 2 

 inches. Leaves oblong, narrowed into a stalk below, 2-3 lines long. Plowers 

 many, racemed on the stems, each flower subtended by a leaf -like bract. Calyx 

 about I line long, 5-lobed. Corolla-tube about as long as the calyx. Lobes about 

 the same length, very obtuse. Labellum scarcely exceeding the column. 



Brighton, Mount Field ; Bass Straits ; also throughout Southern Australia. 

 Fl. Dec-Jan. 



3. FORSTERA. 



Corolla nearly regular, with 5 nearly equal lobes. Column erect. Stigma 

 2-lobed. Ovary 1-celled, but with a partial dissepiment towards the base. 



The genus is closely allied to Campanulacece, but has the column of Stylidiem. 

 It consists of few species, found principally in New Zealand and the extreme 

 south of South America. 



F. BELLIDIFOLIA, Uook. A Small densely-tufted perennial. Leaves numerous, 

 in a radical rosette, oblong to spathulate, \-^ inch long. Stems slender, 3-4 inches 

 long, bearing usually 2 very smalT. linear bracts in the upper half. Flower 

 usually solitary. Calyx-lobes 5, obtuse. Corolla-tube about 1 line long. The 

 lobes about the same length, obovate. Anthers and stigma not usually attaining 

 maturity on tbe same plant. Capsule irregularly ovoid, about 3 lines long. 



Western mountains, Mount Dundas, Adamson Peak, La Perouse, &c. Fl. 

 Dec-Jan. 



