Stylidium.] hl'^L STtLlDlEi®, 880 



^ to lin. long. Panicle or raceme loose, pedunculate, often above 6in. long. 

 Pedicels long. Ovary attenuate at both ends. Calyx-lobes free, shorter 

 than the ovary. Corolla with appendages to the labellum, but usually 

 without any to the throat. Capsule oblong-turbinate, 4 to 6 lines long. — DC. 

 Prod. vii. 335 ; Juss. in Ann. Mus. Parr, xviii. 19. t. 8 ; Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 82 ; 

 Bot. Reg. t. 550 ; S. tenuifolium, R. Br. Prod. 570 ; Link et Otto, PI. Bel. t. 26 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2249. 

 Hab.: Abundant on the rocks about Stanthorpe. 



9. S. diffusum (plant diffuse), B. Br. Prod. 571 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 23. 

 A very slender, usually branched annual, glabrous or the infiorescenoe slightly 

 glandular, erect and only 1 to 2in. high or much longer and diffuse. Leaves 

 very small, the lower ones approximate but not rosulate, linear or oblong, 1 to 2 

 lines long, the upper ones still smaller and narrow. Flowers lateral and sessile 

 or terminal, the small bracts not opposite. Calyx-tube 4 to 5 lines long, the 

 lobes free, narrow, not 1 line long. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx-lobes, 

 the 2 larger lobes bifid. Capsule linear, often incurved, ^in. long or rather more. 

 —DC. Prod. vii. 336. 



' Hab.: Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown. 



10. S. trichopoda (hairy-footed), F. v. M. Fragm. x. 86. Annual almost 

 glabrous, slightly glandular, 9in. or less high and slender. Leaves in verticillate 

 clusters at the ends of the branchlets, 3 to 6 lines long, and usually under J line 

 broad, umbels terminal, sessile. Pedicels IJ to Sin. long, bracteolate at the top. 

 Calyx-lobes 4, ovate-oblong, about a line long, sometimes shortly connate. 

 Corolla yellow, scarcely 3 lines long, lower lip deeply 4-lobed, the upper very 

 shortly 2-lobed, corona with appendages. Column somewhat short and thick. 

 Capsule Jin. or a little longer, very slender, seeds very minute, glossy brown, 

 glabrous. 



Hab.: Etheridge Eiver, W. E. Armit. 



11. S. alsinoides (Alsine-like), R. Br. Prod. 572 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iv. 24. A glabrous and weak but usually erect and branching annual of J to 

 nearly 1ft. Leaves alternate or scattered below the inflorescence, shortly 

 petiolate, broadly ovate, 1 to 4 lines long, obtuse and thin, the upper ones 

 passing gradually into the narrow, acute, sessile floral leaves or bracts, which 

 are almost always opposite. Flowers sessile in one axil of each pair of bracts. 

 Calyx-tube linear, nearly Jin. long, the lobes narrow, not 1 line long, the 

 2 lower ones more or less united. Corolla very small, the lobes united at the 

 base in pairs (without appendages ?). Capsule linear, 8 to 9 lines long. — DC. 

 Prod. vii. 337 ; F. v. M. Fragm. i. 151. 



Hab.: Endeavour Kiver, Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham; hizaid laUmd, M'Gillivray ; 

 Eookingham Bay, Dallachy ; Mulgrave Eiver. 



12. S. capillare (leaves hair-like), R. Br. Prod. 570; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iv. 25. A little slender, glabrous annual. Leaves radical, rosulate, spathulate, 

 2 to 3 lines long. Scapes capillary, 1 to 2in. high, bearing 1 or 2 pedicellate 

 flowers. Calyx-lobes free, very narrow. Corolla small, the 2 larger lobes more 

 united, with appendages to the throat but none to the labellum {R. Brown). 

 Capsule long and linear. — DC. Prod. vii. 335. 



Hab.: Endeavour Eiver, Banks and Solander; Brisbane Eiver. 



13. S. rotundifolium (leaves round), R. Br. Prod. 571 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iv. 25. Glabrous, except a few glandular hairs on the inflorescence. Leaves 

 radical, rosulate, obovate or orbicular, shortly pstiolate, 2 to 3 lines long. 

 Scapes filiform, 6 to Sin. high, with a few, minute, scattered, narrow aves. 



