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Corolla-tube broad, scarcely exceeding the calyx; lobes as long as or 

 longer tban the tube. 



Very glabrous. Stems often slightly twining. 

 Corolla-tube l^/^ to 2 lines long. — 6. M. laevis. 

 Grlabrous or pubescent, not twining. Corolla-tube about 1 line 

 long. — 5. M. indica. 

 Corolla-tube ovoid or cylindrical, the lobes much shorter than the 



tube. 

 Umbels dense and many-flowered, on pedicels long and solitary. 

 Umbels loose and few-flowered, on pedicels long and solitary. 

 Leaves obtuse or scarcely acute. — 9. M. lutea. 

 Leaves and calyx-lobes subulate-acute. Plants under 3 in. high. 

 Stem branching. Capsule ovoid. — 10. M. multicatilis. 

 Stem usually simple. Capsule globular. — 7. M. laricifolia. 



Annuals. Stems leafy, densely branched, under 2in. high, the flowers 

 shorter than or scarcely exceeding the leaves. 



Calyx very angular, with short, divaricate, very acute lobes. — 12. 



M. prolifera. 

 Calyx with long, linear, very hispid lobes and a very short tube. 

 — 4. M. gentianea. 



1. M. connata, R. Br. — ^Rocky bills and along streams, Victoria River. 

 Hooker's and Start's Creeks, F. v. Mueller ; islands of the N. Coast of Am- 

 hem's Land, R. Brown ; barren elevated cliffs, Goulbum Island, A. Cunning- 

 ham ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 



2. M. data, R. Br. — ^Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Port 

 Essington, Armstrong. 



3. M. exserta,F. v. M. — Recorded. Sandy, rocky, often inandated places 

 on the Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



4. 31. gentianea, F. v. M. — Inundated banks of Victoria River, F. v. 

 Mueller. 



5. M. Indica, Wight. — Swamps at the foot of Providence Hill and Vic- 

 toria River, F. v. Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 



6. M. laevis, Benth. — Grassy plains near Steep Head, Victoria River, P. v. 

 Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 



7. M. laricifolia, B. Br. — Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



8. M. longifhra, F. v. M. — Grassy rocks, Wickham River, and Depot 

 Creek, Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



9. M. lutea, F. v. M. — ^Moist, grassy places, head of Sturt's Creek, F. v. 

 Mueller. 



10. M. multicaulis, R. Br. — Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; 

 Main Camp, Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



11. M. nvdicaulis. Rein. — Providence HiU and near Me Adam Range, F. v. 

 Mueller. 



12. M. prolifera, R. Br. — Victoria River, near the main camp, F. v. 

 MueUer. 



13. 21. stellata, R. Br. (var. latifolia, R. Br.). — ^Port Essington, Arm- 

 strong ; Depot Creek, Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



M. phascoides, R. Br. — ^Recorded from North Australia in National 

 Herbarium Census. 



