1018 LXXXI. LOGANIACE^. [Mitm.'^acme. 



to nearly 2 lines long, the lobes acute, as long as the tube. Corolla4ube broad, 

 about as long as the calyx ; lobes spreading, at least as long as the tube, the 

 throat bearded inside. Anthers ovate, with minute tijps. Style splitting at the 

 base. Capsule small, globular.— A. DC. Prod. ix. 10; M. sqmrrosa, M. 

 ciiierascens, and M. canescens R. Br. Prod. 452, 453 ; A. DC. Prod. ix. 10 ; M. 

 pivlifera, Sieb. PI. Ex., not of R. Br.; M. Sieberi, A. DC. Prod. ix. 10 ; M. hirsuta, 

 Presl. Bot. Bern. 104. 



Hab.: Endeavour River, Banks and Solander ; not uncommon north and south. 



M. polymorpha, Br., is nearly glabrous, with narrow leaves ; M. squarrosa is more pubescent, 

 with shorter broader often recurved leaves ; M. cinerascens, with the leaves of M. polyviorpha, 

 has the sterna hirsute ; and M. canescens is hirsute all over. But the degree of hairiness is not 

 always in correspondence with the breadth of the leaves, and both characters are very variable. 

 The tuft of a few hairs at the tip of the calyx-lobes occurs occasionally in the glabrous as well 

 as in the hirsute forms. — Benth. 



4. JUL, longiflora (long flowered), F. v. M. in Herb. Hook.; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iv. 358. A slender erect annual, resembling M. elata in the small rosulate 

 radical leaves, in the elongated stems, leafless except small scales, in the 

 irregularly umbellate inflorescence, and in the long flowers, but the calyx is 

 much shorter (1 to 1^ line long), with very short obtuse or scarcely acuminate 

 lobes, and the capsule is globular. Stigmatic lobes rather long, linear, some-' 

 what dilated and flattened. — M. elata, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 132, not of R. Br. 



Hab.: Inland (northern) species. 



5. M. elata (tall), li. Br. Prod. 453 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 354. A slender 

 erect glabrous annual of 1 to l^ft., simple or slightly branched. Leaves radical, 

 rosulate, obovate-oblong, mostly 3 -nerved, ^ to lin. long, those of the stem 

 reduced to few distant pairs of minute scales. Flowers large, few, in simple 

 umbels at the ends of the stem or branches. Calyx narrow, about 2 lines long, 

 the lobes as long as the tube. Corolla-tube 6 to 8 lines long ; lobes rather more 

 than half that length. Stamens inserted near the base ; anthers linear, included. 

 Stigmatic lobes linear. Capsule ovoid-oblong, acuminate, shortly exceeding the 

 calyx.— A. DC. Prod. ix. 11. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E. Brown; Burdekin Eiver, Bowman; tableland of 

 south Alligator Eiver, Leichhardt. 



6. M. ambigua (ambiguous), R. Br. Prod. 454 ; Benth. Fl. Amtr. iv. 854. 

 A slender annual. Leaves radical, rosulate, oblong, 2 to 3 lines long. Stems 

 filiform, erect, usually forked, leafless except minute broad obtuse bracts at the 

 branching and sometimes a pair lower down. . Flowers very small, in simple or 

 double loose umbels. Calyx nearly f line long, the lobes very short, broad, 

 obtuse, thick and somewhat concave. Corolla-tube cylindrical, twice as long as 

 the calyx, the lobes very short and obtuse. — A. DC. Prod. ix. 12. 



Hab.: Endeavour Eiver, Banks and Solander ; other tropical parts. 



7. IVI. connata (leaves connate), R. Br. Prod. 454 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 

 355. An erect annual, usually 1 to 2ft. high, simple or scarcely branched, the 

 foliage and base of the stem more or less hirsute, the inflorescence glabrous. 

 Leaves in few pairs near the base of the stem, oblong-lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, obtuse or mucronate-acute, more or less prominently 8-nerved, often 

 above lin. long, the upper ones few, very remote, not 2 lines long. Flowers few, 

 on long unequal pedicels, forming 1 or 2 irregular umbels. Calyx tubular- 

 campanulate, about 2 lines long, the lobes shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube 

 4 to 6 lines long ; lobes oblong or oblong-linear, shorter than the tube. Stamens 



