Mitrasacmc] LXXXl. LOGANlACfiite. l6l7 



Annuals. Leaves all radical, rosulate, usually withering as the flowering 

 advances. Corolla-tube oylindrioal. 

 Corolla-tube about Jin. long. AntheM included. 



Calyx-lobes short and broad. Capsule nearly globular 4. M. longiftora. 



Calyx-lobes long narrow and acute. Capsule twice as long as broad 6. M. elata. 

 Corolla-tube under Jin. long, 2 or 3 times as long as the calyx. Calyx- 

 lobes very short, obtuse, broad and thick. Anthers included ... 6. M. ambigua. 

 Annuals. Stems erect, leafy at least at the base. Pedicels long and 

 slender, the upper ones usually forming an umbel. 

 Corolla-tube cylindrical, 4 to 5 lines long, lobes rather shorter ... 7. M. connata. 

 Corolla-tube broad, about 1 line long, scarcely exceeding the calyx ; 

 lobes as long as or longer than the tube. Glabrous or pubescent, not 



twining 8. JW. indica. 



Corolla-tube ovoid or cylindrical, the lobes much shorter than the tube. 

 Umbels dense and many-flowered. 



Flowers not 2 lines long. Anthers included ^. U. stellata. 



Flowers 3 lines long. Anthers exserted 10. M. Oimninghamii. 



Umbels loose and few-flowered, or pedicels long and solitary. 

 Leaves ovate, obtuse or scarcely acute. Corolla (white), under 2 



lines long 11. M. pygmaia. 



Leaves and calyx-lobes subulate-acute. Plants under Sin. high. 



Stem branching. Capsule ovoid . . 12. il. multicaulis. 



•': Stem usually simple. Capsule globular 13. M. lancifolia. 



Annuals. Stems leafy, densely branched, under 2in. high, the flowers 

 shorter than or scarcely exceeding the leaves. 



Calyx very angular, with short divaricate very acute lobes 14. M. pralifera. 



Calyx with long linear very hispid lobes and a very short tube. Plant 

 not exceding Jin 15. M. phascoides. 



1. M. paludosa (swamp plant), E. Br. Prod. 453 ; Bentli. Ft. Aiistr. iv. 

 352. A perennial with creeping prostrate or ascending branched stems of 3 to 

 6in., more or less pubescent or hirsute. Leaves oblong-linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 acute or obtuse, 3 to 4 lines long. Flowers in the upper axils on short pedicels 

 or the uppermost pedicels longer in a small terminal leafy umbel. Calyx about 

 1 line long, divided to about the middle. Corolla-tube broadly campanulate, 

 scarcely above J line long ; lobes spreading to nearly 2 lines diameter. Anthers 

 shortly exserted. Capsule nearly globular, shorter than the calyx. — A. DC. Prod, 

 ix. 11 ; M. diffusa, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soo. i. 93 ; M. pilosula, F. v. M. 

 Fragm. i. 134. 



Hab.: Burnett Eiver, F. v. iluller ; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Stradbroke Island, Fraser : 

 not uncommon in the colony. 



2. JVC. alsinoides (Alsine-like), R. Br. Prod. 453 ; Benth. Fl. Amtr.iw.8bQ. 

 Apparently perennial, erect, 3 to 4in. high, glabrous or very slightly scabrous- 

 pubescent. Leaves almost sessile, ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute, or obtuse, 

 mostly 1 to 2 lines long. Flowers very small, on slender pedicels of 3 to 4 lines, 

 in the upper axils. Calyx broad, very open, about 1 line long, divided to the 

 middle. Corolla-tube very broad, shorter than the calyx ; lobes longer than the 

 tube ; the throat not bearded inside. Anthers broad, with a small inflexed tip, 

 not exserted. Style split at the base. Capsule small, globular. — A. DC. Prod. 

 ix. 11. 



Hab.: In southern localities very common. 



3. lYt. polymorpha (form of plant various), R. Br. Prod. 452 ; Benth, Fl. 

 Austr. iv. 353. A perennial, but flowering sometimes the first year so as to 

 appear annual, glabrous scabrous-pubescent or hirsute, usually much branched 

 near the base, 6in. to 1ft. high. Leaves rather crowded on the lower part, 

 linear-lanceolate or oblong, mostly obtuse, with recurved margins, about Jin. 

 long or rarely attaining 5 lines. Peduncles terminal, slender, simple or sparingly 

 branched, terminating in a loose irregular umbel of 3 to 6 flowers, the pedicels 

 long and filiform. Calyx broadly campanulate, from scarcely more than 1 line 



