910 LXVII. GOOiDENOVlE^. [Scm-ola. 



2-celled, but one ovule sometimes abortive. Style slightly hairy. Indusium 

 ciliate. Fruit small, ovoid-oblong. — DC. Prod. vii. 509 ; Merkusia ovalifolia, De 

 Vr. Gooden. 50. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Sweets Island, Henne ; Flinders Biver, 

 Bowman, C. F. Plant. 



11. S. aemula (a rival), R. Br. Prod. 584; Benth. Fl. Aicstr. iv. 99. 

 Herbaceous, diffuse, ascending or rarely erect, rather coarse, clothed with rigid, 

 mostly appressed hairs or nearly glabrous. Leaves petiolate, obovate or cuneate, 

 coarsely toothed, the lower ones sometimes 2 or Sin. long, the upper ones 

 smaller, the floral ones sessile, ovate-oblong or almost lanceolate, entire or with a 

 few teeth. Flowers sessile, in a spike often 8 to lOin. long, and milch 

 interrupted. Bracteoles linear or linear-lanceolate. Calyx-lobes ej;ceedingly 

 short. Corolla hairy outside, 8 to 10 lines or sometimes nearly lin. long. 

 Ovary 2-oelled. Style glabrous or hairy, but always with a dense tuft of rigid, 

 often purple hairs at the top as long as the indusium. Fruit small, ovoid, 

 rugose.— DC. Prod. vii. 509 ; S. simiata, E. Br. Prod. 684 ; DC. Prod. vii. 509 ; 

 Merkusia sinuata, De Vr. Gooden. 58; M. 1 tsmiila, De Vr. I.e. 74. 



Hab.: Queensland (without locality) , F. v. Mueller. 



The smaller specimens may sometimes be mistaken for S. microcarpa, but may be readily 

 known by the tuft of hairs at the back of the indusium, and by the 2-oeUed ovaiy.— Benth. 



12. S. amblyanthera (anthers blunt), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 121 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iv. 100. A small, erect, branching perennial, shortly villous all over like 

 S. revoluta. Leaves obovate-cuneate, entire, rather thick and soft, all under ^in. 

 long in the single speeimen seen, the floral ones similar, but smaller. Flowers 

 sessile. Bracteoles very small. Calyx-limb obsolete. Corolla pubescent outside, 



' nearly ^in. long. Ovary 2-oelled. Style with a dense tuft of long, purplish 

 hairs behind the indusium, which is ciliate with long hairs. Fruit small, ovoid- 

 oblong, slightly tuberculate. 

 Hab.: Queensland (without locality), F. v. M. 



13. S. laciniata (leaves slashed). Bail. A rigid, erect, divaricate 

 undershrub, 9in. or mofe high ; stem and branches pale-coloured, more or less 

 sulcate. Leaves thick, rigid, from ^ to IJin. long, tapering to the base but not 

 forming a distinct petiole, the sides variously lobed, the longer lobes linear- 

 falcate, the upper ones broad, lowermost ones very narrow. Flowers axillary, 

 sessile. Bracteoles long, narrow, 3-angular and somewhat strigose, tipped with a 

 coloured gland. Calyx-tube glabrous, the limb obsolete or represented by very 

 short, thick, rounded glabrous lobes. Corolla pubescent outside, the lower part 

 6t the lobes below the wings ciliate ; the upper part of tube densely pubescent 

 inside. Anthers tipped with a tuft of minute bristles or a membrane. Ovary 

 1-celled. Style glabrous, except at the top, where it has a tuft of long 

 purplish hairs. Indusium nearly glabrous, ciliate. 



Hab.: Between Camooweal and Urandangie, i?. G. Burton. 



14. S. microcarpa (fruit small), Cav. Ic. vi. 6 t. 509 ; Benth. Fl. Amtr. iv. 

 101. A procumbent, diffuse or ascending, very rarely almost erect perennial, 

 more or less pubescent. Leaves petiolate, obovate ovate or cuneate, coarsely 

 toothed, the lower ones often 1 to l^in. long, the upper ones smaller, passing 

 into the sessile, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, entire or toothed floral leaves or 

 bracts, which are mostly shorter than the flowers. Spike usually long 

 and interrupted. Bracteoles linfear. Calyx-lobes small, ovate. Corolla hairy 

 outside, 7 to 9 lines long in the typical form, the lobes fringed at the base with a 

 few long cilia, sometimes penicillate, and descending into the throat as in the 

 Olobuliferie. Ovary 1-celled, with 2 ovules. Style more or less hairy. Indusium 



