EMpoffonum.] OXXXV. LILIAOE^. 1621 



'Glabrous. Leaves narrowed into a, distinct twisted petiole. , 



Leaves mostly 3 to 4in,, not above twice as long as broad. Flowers 



usually pedicellate . . .' 1. R. album. 



Leaves mostly 6 to 8in., tliree times as long as broad. Flowers usually 



sessile 2. E. discolor. 



More or less pubescent. Leaves rounded or cordate at the base and 

 nearly sessile. . , .' 



Leaves 2 to Sin. long. Ovary glabrous 3.' JJ. Faiocettiamm, 



Leaves 3 to 6in. long. Ovary densely villous 4. 11, Elieyanum. 



1. B.. album (white), R. Br.^ Prod. 293 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 9. A tall 

 glabrous climber, the principal branches often covered with prickles, the smaller 

 ■ones usually without any, or only with a few small ones. Leaves ircegularly 

 ■opposite or alternate, on short twisted petioles, elliptical or oblong, varying to 

 ovate or almost lanceolate, shortly acuminate, narrowed at the base, mostly 3 to 

 4in. long, though occasionally nearly twice as long or under 3in.; coriaceous, 3 

 or 5 -nerved, the intermediate reticulate veins prominent. Racemes axillary, 

 -simple, shorter or scarcely longer than the leaves, a few of the upper ones 

 sometimes forming a terminal leafless panicle. Flowers usually distant along the 

 rhachis, at first nearly sessile, but the pedicels growing out to 2 or 3 lines, or 

 sometimes pedicellate from the first. Perianth 3 to 4 lines long. Ovary 

 glabrous. Berry 4 to 5, lines diameter, said to be red when fresh, drying black. 

 — Kunth. Enum. v. 272 ; F. v. M. Fragm. vii. 79 ; B. Mooreanum, F. v. M. 

 Fragm. i. 44. 



Hab.: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham; Eockhampton, Dallachy; and many 

 ■other localities. 



Var. leptostachya. Racemes slender, often branched, but with few flowers on slender 

 pedicels of 3 to 4 lines. - , .,,^_. ■-••.. < ;._ 



Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 



2. R. discolor {2-ooloured), F. v. M. Frar/m. vii. 78 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 vii. 9. A stout glabrous climber, nearly allied to R. album, with similar prickly 

 ■or smooth branches. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, 6 to Sin. long, and rarely 

 above 2in. broad, rounded or narrowed into a twisted petiole at the base, much 

 thicker than in R. album, the transverse reticulate veins much fewer and not so 

 iine. Eacemes axillary, 4 to 6in. long, the flowers sessile or nearly so. Perianth- 

 segments rather shorter and broader than in R. album. Ovary glabrous. 



Hab.: From the Tweed River to Wallangarra. 



3. B.. Fawcettianum (after — Faweett), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 Tii. 9. Branches slender, without prickles, sprinkled with a loose rufus pube- 

 scence. Leaves on very short petioles or almost sessile, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, cordate at the base, 2 to 3ih. long, 3 or 5-nerved. 

 Eacemes axillary, slender but many-flowered. Flowers shortly pedicellate, 

 rather smaller than in jR. album. Filaments slender, as long as the anthers. 

 Ovary glabrous. 



Hab.: The southern border of Queensland. 



4. It. ZSlseyanum (after J. Elsey), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 44, vii. 80 ; Benth, 

 Fl. Austr. vii. 10. A stout climber, the branches leaf-nerves and rhachis of the 

 racemes clothed with a loose brown pubescence, the main stems said to be prickly 

 ^s in other species, although our specimens are entirely unarmed. Leaves on 

 •very short petioles or almost sessile, elliptical oblong or ovate, 8 to 6 lines long, 

 acuminate, rounded or cordate at the base, of a thick texture, 3 or 5-nerved, but 

 the lateral nerves starting from the midrib considerably above the base so as to 

 be almost penninerved. Eacemes axillary, about as long as the leaves. Flowers 

 rather large, closely sessile or very shortly pedicellate. Perianth-segments 



