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glabrous above, slightly ate g beneath, the venulation much — 
concealed. Racemes terminal and oft naa axillary ; pedicels very 
thin. Bracts and bracteotes minu upper end of the edicel: 
Hab. : as River, W. Sayer. 
Order ROSACEAE. 
Trine ROTENTILLEA, 
FRAGARIA, Linn.. _ : 
Ca lyx persistent, with 5 bractcoles at its base; lobes 5, en : 
in the bud. Petals 5. Stamens many, persistent. Carpels many, o2 
a convex *receptacle; styles ventral, persistent; ov ule 1, ascending: . 
Achenes many, minute, sunk in the surface of a large a receptacle 
Perennial _Seapige erous herbs, with creeping stolons. Leaves digitately : 
3, rarely 5, foliolate, very rarely pinnate or simple. Stipules adnate ae 
the petiole. Flowers white or yellow, often polygamous. os 
F. indica, Andr., Pot. Rep. t. 479; Hook, Flora. of Brit. Ind. : : 
343. Indian Strawberry. A more or less silky -hairy plant. Bore . 
stout, with many long, slender prostrate stems. Leaves distant; 
membranous, simply or doubly crenate, or toothed, or serrat . 
cuneate, entire; nerves parallel. Petiole Lto 5 in. long, ¥ ery sle ener <e 
rr leafy, toothed. Peduncles very slender, equalling the 
aked. Flowers 4 to lin. diameter. Calyx-lobes ovate or lanceolate; 
acta narrow or broad, often oreaily exceeding the caly i 
rarely quite entire. Petals obovate, cordate, yellow. Fruit t sphe dee 
or et te bright red, spongy, insipid ; achenes minute, obscurely pitt - 
ae 
iad nage 
ley 
: Stafford-on-Kedron, H. St. John Somerset. This — plant bas 
some ec, strayed from garden culture into adjoining pastures 
Order MYRTACEA. 
Trisze LEPTOSPERME. 
LEPTOSPERMUM, Forst. 
E. woorooncoran, Buail., Rep. Bot. Bellenden-Ker sae 
1889. At the time of my visit to the Bellenden-Ker Range, flow 
not —— These have since been gathered A. mi ye 
us I am enabled to co mplete the diagnosis of the 8 the 
You <= growth silky ; ; flowers few or solitary, terminating : 
branchlets. Gidys muricate, tube Cadinaies lobes bluntly ae : 
the upper part bea aring a dense, woolly pubese sence. Petals : 
lines long, or twice as long as calyx-lobes, rotund, ovate and velD 
Hab. : Summit of Bellenden-Ker. ~ 
