1020 LX:^Xi. LOGANlACte.^. [Mitrasacme. 



under the umbel and quite glabrous, bearing a terminal umbel of few small 

 flowers on filiform pedicels. Calyx scarcely f line long, with acute lobes not so 

 long as the tube. Corolla almost campanulate, the tube l-J line long, the lobes 

 short and broad. Stamens inserted at or below the middle of the tube, with 

 tufts of hairs at their insertion ; anthers oblong, included in the tube. Style not 

 split at the base, the stigmatie lobes shortly oblong. Capsule globular, very 

 small— A. DC. Prod. ix. 11. 



Hab.: Bay of Inlets and Bustard Bay, Banks and Solander ; Pine Port, li. Brown; Wide Bay, 

 Bidwill; Cape River, Bowman; Eockhampton, O'Shanesy ; Brisbane Biver, Moreton Bay, 

 P. V. Mueller. 



12. Vfl. multicaulis (many-stemmed), R. Br. Prod. 4:53; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 ^ iv. 357. An erect annual of 2 or 3in., nearly simple or branching from the base, 



pubescent at least at the base. Leaves linear-subulate, acute, 2 to 4 lines long. 

 Pedicels slender, often above Jin. long, scarcely umbellate. Flowers small. 

 Calyx narrow, the lobes subulate or very acute, as long as the tube. Corolla- 

 tube cylindrical, longer than the calyx, the throat not contracted ; lobes much 

 shorter than the tube. Anthers small, oblong, included in the tube. Capsule 

 ovoid, shorter than the calyx. — A. DC. Prod. ix. 10 ; M. ramosa, K. Br. Prod. 

 453 ; A. DC. I.e. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brpwn ; Endeavour Eiver, Banks and Solander 



13. IMC, laricifolia (Larch-leaved), R. Br. Prod. 458 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 

 358. A slender but rigid, glabrous, or slightly pubescent annual, usually 1 to 

 2in. high. Leaves linear-subulate, very acute, 2 to 4 lines long, the upper ones 

 usually crowded. Pedicels filiform in the upper axils, often longer than the 

 rest of the plant. Calyx about f line long, the lobes very acute. Corolla about 

 2 lines long, the tube cylindrical, bearded at the mouth, the lobes very obtuse, 

 about half as long as the tube. Anthers linear-sagittate, included. Stigmatie 

 lobes oblong. Capsule small, globular. — A. DC. Prod. ix. 10. 



Hab. : Endeavour River, Banks and Solander. 



14. IMC. prolifera (proliferous), R. Br. Prod. 453 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 

 368. A little densely branched erect or diffuse annual of J to lin., minutely 

 scabrous-pubescent. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, If to 3 lines long. 

 Pedicels clustered, scarcely as long as the leaves. Calyx very prominently 4- 

 angled, about 1 line long, the lobes divaricate, mucronate or almost aristate, 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube about as long as the calyx, the throat bearded 

 inside ; lobes rather shorter than the tube. Stamens inserted below the middle 

 of the tube ; anthers ovate, included. Style split at the base from the time of 

 flowering ; stigmatie lobes oblong. Capsule nearly globular, shorter than the 

 calyx. Seeds very small. — A. DC. Prod. ix. 10. 



Hab.: Shoalvrater Bay, R. Brown. 



Var. ? major. More erect, less branched, attaining 2in.; leaves also rather larger. Endeavour 



River, Banks and Solander. 



15. M. phascoides (Phascum-like), R. Br. Prod. 454; Benth. FL Austr. 

 iv. 359. A minute plant, forming sessile stemless tufts of leaves and 

 flowers, not above Jin. high. Leaves linear, hispid with rather long hairs. 

 Flowers nearly sessile in the axils. Calyx-tube very short, the lobes linear and 

 hispid like the leaves. Corolla not seen. Capsule globular, but the summit 

 widely gaping, the 2 short styles connivent at the tips.— A. DC. Prod. ix. 11. 



Hab.: Endeavour Biver, Banks and Solander/ 



