THE FLORA OF THE NORTHERN TBERITORY. 0/ 



4. HELICIA, Lour. 



1. H. australasica, F. v: M. — Towards Macadam Range, F. v. Mueller ; 

 Port Darwin, Schultz. 



5. STENOCARPUS, R. Br. 



1. S. Cunninghamii, R. Br. — Vansittart's Bay, N.W. Coast, A. Cunning - 

 ham ; sources of the Roper River, E. v. Mueller ; Liverpool River, Cadell's 

 Expedition. 



6. BANKSIA, Linn. 178L 

 {Isostylis, B. Br., 1840). 



1. B. dentaia, R. 5r.— Borroloola, G. F. HiU (No. 654), 8/11/1911 

 Specimen with fruit. 



Recorded. Islands of the Gulf of Carpeataria, R. Brown; Port Hurd, 

 opposite Melville Island, A. Cunningham ; Point Pearce, P. v. Mueller ; Glenelg 

 River, N.W. Coast, Martin. 



Conospermum sphacelatum, Hook. — Recorded in National Herbarium 

 Census from North Austraha. 



LOBANTHACE^. 



1. LORANTHUS, Linn. 1890. 

 Mistletoes. 



Anthers adnate, linear. Petals united to the middle or higher up. Leaves 

 alternate or opposite. Inflorescence axillary. , 



Flowers several, in racemes. — 8. L. longiflorus. 

 Flowers several, in cymes. 



Flowers and inflorescence glabrous. Calyx-Umb truncate, much 



shorter than the adnate tube. — 3. L. dictyophlebus. 

 Flowers and inflorescence hoary-tomentose. Calyx-Umb 5- 

 toothed, nearly as long as the adnate tube. Cymes sessile, 

 few- flowered. 9. L. odontocalyx. 

 Flowers solitary or in pairs. 



Leaves mostly opposite, coriaceous. — 4. L. Exocarpi. 

 Leaves all alternate,- thin. Pedicels slender. 1. — L. acacioides. 

 Anthers adnate, hnear. Petals free. Leaves mostly opposite. 



Flowers in clusters of 3, the clusters in axillary racemes. — 13. L. 



signatus. 

 Flowers in axiUary cymes (or umbels), the common peduncle with 2 

 to 5 diverging or divaricate umbellate branches. 

 Branches of the peduncle (usually 3 or 4) bearing each a siagle 



flower. — 12. L. sanguineus. 

 Peduncle twice forked with 1 flower to each branch. — 2. L. 



bifurcatus. 

 Branches of the peduncle usually 3 or 4, each bearing 3 flowers. 

 Leaves terete. — 7. L. Unophyllus. 

 Leaves flat. 



Lateral flower of the 3, or all 3, pedicellate. Plant 



glabrous. — 10. L. pendulus. 

 Flowers all 3 closely sessile. Plant more or less hoary- 

 tomentose, at least the calyx. — 11. L. Quandong. 

 Branches of the peduncle 2, each with 2 pedicellate flowers. 

 — 5. L. gibberulus. 

 Flowers sessile on the dilated apex of the peduncle, between 2 large 

 bracts or floral leaves. — 6. L. grandibracteus. 



