1008 LXXX. ASOLEPlADEyE. [Marsdenia. 



others oval-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or shortly acuminate, IMo 2in. 

 long or rarely longer. Flowers small, in compound cymes shorter than the 

 leaves, on axillary or interpetiolar peduncles or in much longer irregular terminal 

 panicles, consisting of several umbels as in M. flavescens. Calyx-segments broad, 

 obtuse, hirsute, about | line long. Corolla nearly rotate, spreading to about 1^ 

 lines diameter, the lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, shortly bearded inside. Corona- 

 segments short, broad, obtuse, spreading at the tips. Pollen-masses obovoid, 

 smaller than in most species. Stigma very obtuse, truncate. Follicles tomentose, 

 2in. long, acuminate from a rather broad base. — Dene, in DC. Prod. viii. 614. 

 Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brawn. 



2. IVI. rhyncholepis (corona- segments beaked), F. v. M. Fragw.. xi. 78. 

 Habit of M. cinerascens, tomentello-pubescent. Leaves ovate or narrow -lanceolate, 

 2J to 4in. long, J to lin. broad, pale beneath, the lateral nerves very slender. 

 Petioles J to lin. long. Panicles umbelliferous, axillary, about. 2in. long. 

 Pedicels 2 to 3 lines long. Calyx scarcely 1 line, deeply divided into ovate or 

 lanceolate-oblong lofees, with minute glands at the base. Corolla about 2 lines 

 long, glabrous outside ; lobes narrow, oblong-lanceolate, bearded below inside. 

 Corona-divisions long, acuminate. Pollen-masses ovate, somewhat erect. Stigma 

 almost cylindrical, about 1 line long. 



Hab.: Palmer River, T. 6ulliver (P. v. M.) 



3. JVC. flavescens (yellowish flowers), A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. t. 3289; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 337. A rather tall twiner, more or less tomentpse-pubescent 

 all over, except the upper surface of the leaves. Leaves shortly petiolate, oval- 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse acute or acuminate, rounded truncate or 

 rarely contracted at the base, the larger ones 2in. long when broad or Sin. when 

 narrow. Flowers small, of a pale greenish-yellow, rather numerous, in pedunculate 

 corymbose cymes, shorter than the leaves, opposite and axillary or solitary and 

 more or less lateral, consisting of several umbels, the pedicels very short. Calyx- 

 segments oval-oblong, obtuse, scarcely above \ line long. Corolla nearly rotate, 

 spreading to a diameter of 1\ line, the lobes oblong, obtuse, glabrous inside. 

 Corona-segments broad, with 2 obtusely prominent auricles at the base, the free 

 summit obtuse and much shorter than the anthers. Pollen-masses oblong. 

 Stigma short, obtuse. Follicles narrow, acuminate, about 2in. long, — Dene, in 

 DC. Prod. viii. 614. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



4. IKE. cymulosa (flowers in cymes), Benth. Fl. Amtr. iv. 338. Softly but 

 shortly tomentose-pubescent. Leaves oblong-lanceolaite, acute or rather obtuse, 

 rounded or narrowed at the base, 2 to 4in. long, on petioles of J to -^in. Flowers 

 small, in little umbels or clusters arranged in dichotomous or trichotomous 

 cymes, pedunculate in the upper axils, often forming leafy panicles but scarcely 

 exceeding the leaves. Pedicels short. Calyx-segments obtuse, about | line long. 

 Corolla nearly rotate, deeply divided into narrow obtuse lobes of about 1 line, 

 bearded inside at the base as well as the very short tube. Corona-segments with 

 the adnate base not prominent, the erect part broad, obtuse, membranous, nearly 

 as long as the anthers. Stigma narrow-conical, tapering into a short beak. 

 Fruit not seen. 



Hab.: Chin-Chin Creek, Bowman. 



6. IKE. velutina (velvety), B. Br. Prod. 461 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 888. A 

 tall climber, shortly but softly pubescent. Leaves on long petioles, broadly 

 ovate-cordate, shortly acuminate, 8 to 4in. long. Flowers in compact cymes, 

 either almost sessile or on dichotomous interpetiolar peduncles nearly as long as 



