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An Australian species of Scaevola is poisonous according to Greshoff. 

 Arrow poison. 



7. DAMPIERA, R. Br. 



{Linscliotenia, De Vr.) 



1. D. cinerea, Ewart and Davits (Plate XXIV.).— Shrub or undershrub, 

 clothed with a dense complicated stellate tomentum. Branches terete. Leaves 

 1^ to 2 in., oblong-lanceolate tapering into a petiole of about \ in. thick, entire, 

 and concave. Flowers sessile, solitary within the bracts, forming spikes of about 

 4 to 5 in., sometimes branching at the base into a leafless panicle. Bracts 

 small, lanceolate ; bracteoles very small. Calyx-tube densely tomentose. 

 Ovary 1-ceUed. 70 nules N. of Camp IV., G. F. HiU (399a), 29/6/1911 ; 20 

 nules N.W. by N. of Meyer's HiU, MacdonneU Ranges, G. F. HiU (212), 1/6/1911. 



D. incana, R. Br. — ^Recorded from North Australia in National Herbarium 

 Census. 



BRUNONIACE.ffi. , 



BRUNONIA, Sm., 1811. 



1. B. australis, Sm.—IO miles N. of Camp III., G. F. Hill (399), 1911. 

 Blue PiQCushion. 



STYLIDIACEa:. 



(Candolleacece.) 



1. STYLIDIUM, SwARTz, 1805. 



(Andersonia, Koen., 1834 ; CandoUea, LabUl, 1805 ; Forsteriopsis, Sond., 

 1845 ; Ventenatia, Sm. 1805 ; Stjledium, Andr., 1811.) 



Hair-trigger or spring-back plants. 



Section I. Tolypangium. — Capsule globular-ovoid, obovoid or oblong. 



Series I. Lineares. — ^Perennials with a tufted or shortly prohferous 

 stock or rarely annuals. Leaves radical, linear or rarety linear-lanceolate. 

 Scapes leafless, except a few scattered bracts. Inflorescence racemose, panicu- 

 late or corymbose. — 3. S. Floodii. 



Series II. Spathulatce. — Perennials with a tufted or proliferous stock or 

 rarely annuals. Leaves radical or terminal, from linear-spathulate to obovate. 

 Scapes leafless, except a few scattered bracts. 



Scape with long, spreading, glandless hairs. — 4. S. floribundum. 



Scape glabrous or with short, glandular hairs. — 5. S. leptorrhizum. 



Section II. Nitrangium. — Capsule linear or very narrow-oblong. 



Series III. Tenellce. — Slender annuals. Leaves smaU or thin, alternate 

 or scattered, the lower ones sometimes more crowded, but not distinctly tufted 

 or rosulate. 



Leaves linear, chiefly in the lower part of the stem. Bracts very smaU. 

 — 2. S. fissilobium. 



Leaves scattered alqng the stem, contracted at the base, the lower ones 

 not larger, the upper ones passing into the bracts. Tropical species. 



Floral leaves or bracts opposite. Capsule sessUe. — 1. S. alsinoides. 

 Floral leaves or bracts alternate. Capsule pediceUate. — S. tenerrimum. 



Series IV. Corymbulosce. — Slender annuals or smaU perennials. Leaves 

 radical, rosulate or tufted. Scapes rarely exceeding 6 in. Flowers corymbose 

 or sessUe in the forks or along the scape or its branches, or sohtary. 



