1022 LXXXl. LOGANIACEJ;. [Logania. 



or looser on long peduncles. Calyx-segments broad and obtuse, scarcely ciliolate, 

 not ^ line long. Corolla about 1 line long, the lobes very broad, obtuse, shorter 

 than the broad tube, quite glabrous inside. Anthers in the males ovate, 

 included ; stigma ovoid ; ovary abortive. Female flowers usually rather smaller 

 than the males, in more compact inflorescence, the calyx-segments less obtuse ; 

 anthers quite abortive and the filaments minute ; ovary prominent, with a thick 

 stigma on a very short style. Capsule about 2 lines long, somewhat compressed. 

 Seeds oblong, much flattened, the testa minutely reticulate. 

 Hab.: Among rocks near Mouat Pinto, Mitchell. 



3. I., pusilla (diminutive), E. Br. Prod. 456 ; Benth. Fl. Atistr. iv. 366. 

 A small glabrous or pubescent, procumbent or diffuse herb or undershrub, the 

 branches ascending to a few inches. Leaves from obovate to elliptical or obloilig, 

 obtuse, with recurved or revolute margins, narrowed into a short petiole, ^ to 

 nearly ^in. long. Flowers solitary in one axil of the pair of leaves, sessile or 

 shortly pedicellate. Calyx-segments lanceolate-Subulate or linear, acute, with 

 almost scarious edges, longer than the corolla-tube. Corolla about 3 lines long, 

 prominently veined, slightly hairy inside, the lobes about as long as the 

 tube. Stamens inserted under the sinus of the lobes ; anthers oblong. Ovary 

 tapering into the style ; stigma ovoid. Capsule rather acute, about as long as the 

 calyx.— DC. Prod. ix. 26 ; Endl. Iconogr. t. 58. 



Hab.: Brisbane River and other southern localities. 



3. GENIOSTOMA, Forst. 

 (Kef erring to the beard in the mouth of the corolla- tube.) 

 Calyx 6-lobed. Corolla-tube shortly cylindrical, hairy inside at the throat ; 

 lobes 6, spreading, imbricate, usually contorted in the bud. Stamens 5; anthers 

 exserted. Ovary 2-eelled ; ovules several in each cell ; style simple, with a thick 

 capitate or oblong stigma. Capsule opening in 2 broad spreading valves, leaving 

 the erect placentas consolidated with the axis in a pulpy mass enclosing the 

 seeds. Embryo cylindrical, nearly as long as the albumen. — Shrubs. Flowers 

 small, in Opposite axillary sessile cymes or clusters. Bracts small. 



The genus extends from the Masearene Islands to the Indian Archipelago, the islands of the 

 South Pacific, and New Zealand. 



1. G-. australianum (Australian), F. v. M. Fragm. v. 19 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Attstr. iv. 367. A tall shrub or small tree, quite glabrous. Leaves shortly 

 petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, cohtracted at the base, under 2in. long 

 in some specimens, 3 to 4in. long in others ; stipule a short truncate sheath. 

 Flowers white, in sessile dichotomous cymes shortly exceeding the petioles, the 

 pedicels scarcely 1 line long, each with a pair of minute bracteolBS at or below 

 the middle. Calyx under 1 line long, the lobes acuminate. Corolla-tube broad, 

 about as long as the calyx, the lobes rather longer, more or l«ss bearded inside, 

 at least at the throat, contorted in the bud, the left-hand edges overlapping. 

 Filaments very short and flat ; anthers opening rather broad, nearly as long as 

 the corolla-lobes. Capsuk ovoid or almost globular, but rather acute, about Jin. 

 diameter, the valves when open rather thick, concave, recurved, the plteenlas 

 remaining long persistent, enveloping the seeds in a thin peUicle, , which when 

 soaked swells into a pulpy mass. 



Hab.; Rockingham Bay, Dallaclitj. 



Very closely allied to the narrow-leaved forms of G. npeitm, Forst., aujl probably a variety 

 only, with rather larger flowers, the inflorescence usually more compact, and the fruits less 

 obtuse. — Benth. 



