Mitrasacme.] LXXXI. LOGANIACEJI. 1019 



inserted below the middle of the tube, which is there bearded inside ; anthers 

 narrow, included in the tube. Stigma included, clavate. Capsule nearly 

 globular, scarcely exceeding the calyx. — ^A. DC. Prod. ix. 11 ; M. comtricta, F. v. 

 M. Fragm. i. 131. 



Hab.: Cape York, Darnel; Endeavour River, Banks and Solander ; Cape River, Boiiiman. 



The length of the corolla-lobes appears 1io be variable, but always, when fully opened out, 

 more than half that of the tube. F. v. Mueller describes the stigmatic-lobes as at length 

 divergent. I have always found the stigmatio end of the style clavate and undivided in the 

 open flower as well as in the bud ; there may, therefore, be perhaps some degree of unisexuality of 

 dimorphism. — Benth. 



8. IME. indica (also in India), Wirfht, Ic. t. 1601 ; Benth. Fl. Aiistr. iv. 356. 

 A weak, slender, glabrous or scabrous-pubescent annual, branching from the 

 base, often only 2 or Sin. high, but sometimes 6 to Sin. or even more, and almost 

 trailing. Leaves ovate ovate-lanceolate or rarely oblong, 2 to 4 lines long. 

 Pedicels filiform, variable in length but usually about ^in., all in the upper axils 

 or sometimes the 2 uppermost paiVs forming a terminal umbel. Calyx 1 to IJ 

 line long, the lobes acute, at least as long as the tube, with the points often very 

 divergent. Corolla-tube broad, scarcely exceeding the calyx, the throat shortly 

 bearded, the lobes broad, very obtuse or retuse, at least as long as the tube. 

 Stamens inserted below the middle of the tube ; anthers ovate, included. Styles 

 separating at the base very early ; stigmatio lobes short and broad. Capsule 

 small, globular, the persistent styles parallel or connivent at the tips. — Benth. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 92, with the synonyms there adduced. 



Hab.: In most swamps throughout the colony. 



9. IMC. stellata (starred), H. Br. Prod. 454 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 356. An 

 annual or sometimes lasting a second year, scarcely branched, ofteti exceeding 

 1ft., but sometimes not above 2 or 8ia. high, glabrous or the leafy portion 

 scabrous-pubescent. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, with rather long 

 sheathing bases, the midrib very prominent underneath, f to lin. long, usually 

 occupying about half the stem, the other half a long peduncle bearing 1 or 

 several compound compact umbels of small flowers. Calyx-lobes acute, about as 

 long as the tube. Corolla almost campanulate, not 2 lines long, the throat not 

 contracted, bearded inside ; lobes very short. Stamens inserted below the middle 

 of the tube, with tufts of hairs at their insertion ; anthers small, ovate, included. 

 Capsule nearly globular, but with a rather long point. — A. DC. Prod. ix. 11. 



Hab.: Endeavour Biver, Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham; Moonlight Creek (dwarf 



specimens), Bowman. 



10. IMC. Cunninghamii (after Allan Cunningham), Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 357. 

 An annual with ascending or erect stems, the leafy portion pubescent or hirsute. 

 Leaves narrow-lanceolate, acute, 1-nerved, f to lin. long, the sheathing base 

 short. Peduncles long, glabrous, bearing a compact umbel of several flowers. 

 Calyx broad, above 1 line long, the lobes acate, as long as the tube. Corolla- 

 tube broad, slightly contracted above the ovary, about 3 lines long, the throat 

 slightly bearded inside; lobes less than half as long as the tube. Stamens 

 inserted at the contraction of the tube, with tufts of hairs at their insertion ; 

 anthers ovate, shortly exserted. Stigmatio lobes rather long, the style not split 

 at the base. Young capsule nearly globose, acuminate. 



Hab.: Endeavour River, A. Cunningham. 



Allied to M. stellata, but the flowers much larger, with exserted anthers.— -Bcntft. 



U. M. pygmaea (small), R. Br. Prod. 463 ; Benth. Fl. Auatr. iv. 357. A 

 slender annual, usually pubescent, the leafy portion of the stem very short. 

 Leaves few, not rosulate at the base but often stellate a little above the base, 

 obovate ovate or oblong, most under fin. long. Flowering stems or peduncles 

 above the stellate leaves, 2 to 6in. high, leafless except small scale-like bracts 



