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Leaves either very narrow or toothed or lobed. — I. C. erubescens. 

 Flowers in cymes. SepaJs acuminate. Leaves ooi-date, entire. 



Softly tomentose. Pedicels short. — 2. C. multivalvis. 



Glabrous or pubescent. Pedicels rather long. — 3. C. parviflorus. 



1. C. erubescens, Sims. — Hermansburg, Finke River, G. F. Hill (76) 

 11/3/1911. Maiden's Blush. 



2. C muUivalvis, B. Br. — Regent's River, North-west Coast, A. Cun- 

 ningham ; Bynoe ; Glenelg district, Martin. 



3. C. parviflorus, Vahl. — ^Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; 

 Victoria River and Sturt's Creek, Hulls ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 



8. POLYMERIA, R. Br. 



Leaves linear or lanceolate. 



Stigmatttc lobes 6 to 8. — 2. P. angiista. 



Stigmatic lobes 2. Stems erect. Peduncles 2-flowered. — 3. P. di- 

 stigmia. 

 Leaves cordate, ovate or oblonig. — 1. P. annbigua,. 



1. P. amhigua, B. Br. — ^Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; 

 Victoria River and Sturt's Creek, F. v. Mueller. 



2. P. angusta, F. v. J/. — Sturt's Creek, F. v. Mueller. 



3. P. distigma, Benth. — Glenelg district, N.W. Coast, Martin. 



Porana sericea, F. v. M. ; recorded from North Australia in National 

 Herbarium Census. One or more species of Wilsonia probably oecur in the 

 Northern Territory, but there are no records from deSnite localities. 



HYDROPHYLLACEAE. 



1. HYDROLEA, Linn. • 

 1. H. zeylanica, Vahl. — Gulf of Carpentaria, F. v. BlueUer. 



BORRAGINACEAE. 



Fruit a drupe, indivisible or separable into pyrenes. 



Trees, shrubs, or woody cLi-mbeirs (rarely herbs in species not Australian). 



Style twice forked. — 1. Cordia. 



Style 2 lobed, without any thick' ring. — 2. Ehretia. 



Style simple, with a fleshy ring round the entire or sHghtly 2-lobed 

 summit. — 5. Tournefortia. 



Fruit, dry (except in Halga,nia), separable into 4 nuts or into two 2-seeded 

 carpels. Herbs, uudershruibs or low shrubs. 



Style 2-loibed. Prostrate herb with lobed leaves. — ^^3. Coldenia. 

 Style simple, with a fleshy ring round the summit or at the base of 



a terminal cone or point. — 6. Heliotropium. 

 Style simple, filiform, with a miaute stigma. Anthers exserted, 

 oonnivent in a long cone or cylinder. 



Fruit separable into two 2-celled carpels. Seeds albuminous. 

 Anther-points straight. — 4. Halgania. 



Fruit 4-lobed, the lobes forming separable nuts, the centre un- 

 divided ajad persistent. No albumen. Anther-points long 

 and twisted. — 7. Trichodesmia. 



