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Order ASCLEPIADEZ. 
Trine CYNANCHEA. 
ARAUJIA, Brot. 
(Named after Antonio de Araujo, a great promoter of botany in 
Portugal. 
Calyx 5-parted, eglandulous inside, segments foliaceous ; corolla 
i 
hypocrateriform or almost infundibuliform, with 5 swellings outside : 
¢ the base and a corresponding number of cavities inside; lim 
base of the 
d by their tapering tops. Stigma ovate, 9-horned at the apex. 
i do 
Seeds comose, 
adhering to the lamelle of the dissepiment. Twining plants, hoary oF 
Flowers whitish or 
rose-coloured. 
A. albens, G. Don. (Physianthus albens, Mart.) A twiner, 
with ovate or lanceolate leaves 2 or 3 in. long, truncate or cordate at 
the base,and acute at the apex, white un Po meath as well asthe 
young shoots. Flowers in subdichotomously branched cymes; pedicels 
tub Corolla with a broad 
-shaped or con x 
Follicle glaucous, 
River and 
Darling Downs. 
Order VERBENACEZ. 
Trine VERBENE. 
STACHYTARPHETA, Vahl. 
S. mutabilis, Yahi. A rather dense shrub of 4 or 5 ft., geri 
pubescent. Leaves ovate, serrate, contracted into the petiole, sca i 
above, pubescent beneath; spikes elongated, 12 8 in. long, Or 
furrows at length narrower than the thickened rhachis; — ee 
lanceolate-subulate, spreading above the middle; calyx 5 to ie ; 
long, 4-toothed, hispid; corolla large red or rosy-red, the limb 
lines in diameter at time 
Hab.: This South American shrub has become naturalised neat Port Douglss 
E. Cowley. The plant is also naturalised in the Seychelles. 
Trrz CHLOANTHES. 7 
NEWCASTLIA, F. v. M. sie | 
Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, valvate in the bud. Corolla 4 
campanulate, the limb.of 5 nearly equal lobes. Stamens 5; ¥" vile | 
minutely 2-lobed. Fruit not exceeding the calyx, © 
es Le tee nuts. Densely hes ge co aie 
eaves opposite, undivided. Flowers opposite and ses!» mane 
4 icle with spike 
