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LXXXVIL SC RO I»H U L A R I N E M . 
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almost imbricate in 1 rows and scarcely exceeding the calyxes. Calyx glandular- 
pubescent. about 2 lines long, the segments narrow-lanceolate, acute, rather 
unequal. Corolla shortly exceeding the calyx, the upper lip broad, truncate or 
slightly notched. Anthers all 2-celled. Capsule hard, acuminate, not exceeding 
the calyx. — Stemodia cternlea, Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 381. as to A. Cunningham’s, 
plant but not R. Brown’s synonym. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, II. llrown (not inserted ii Brown’s l’rodronuis). 
2. S. viscosa (sticky), AW/'. I'l. < Hram. ii. 33, t. 16 b : Heath. I'l. Anstr • 
iv. 486. A perennial with ascending or erect not much -branched stems from 
under 6in. to above lit. high, the whole plant pubescent or villous, viscid and 
scented. Leaves opposite or in whorls of three, the lower ones often ovate and 
contracted into a petiole, the upper ones or nearly all lanceolate, acute, serrate, 
often dilated and stem-clasping at the base, the larger ones 1 to 2in. Long but 
often all under lin., the upper floral ones gradually smaller but usually distant. 
Flowers axillary, on pedicel- always longer than the calyx and sometimes 
exceeding the leaves. Calyx usually about 2 lines long, the segments narrow, 
nearly equal or one larger. Corolla as least twice as long as the calyx, the 
upper lip very broad, entire or slightly notched, the lower with 3 ovate very 
obtuse lobes. Anthers all 2-celled. Capsule acuminate, as long as the caivx. — 
Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 381 ; Wight Ic. t. 140s. 
Hab.: Gulf of Carpentaria Lavdxhorough. 
The sp-cies is common in Hast India. 
9. MORGANIA, R. Br. 
(After Hugh Morgan.) 
Calyx divided to the base into 5 narrow segments, all equal or nearly so. 
Corolla tubular at the base, the upper lip broad, entire or shortly 2-lobed, the 
lower one spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, in pairs; anthers 2-celled. with 
the cells quite separate and somewhat stipitate. Style deflected at the summit, 
with 2 short spathulate stigmatic lobes, scarcely winged at the bend. Capsule 
ovoid oblong or shortly acuminate, opening septicidally in 2 2-fid or in 4 valves, 
leaving the placentas united in a single column in the centre. Seeds numerous, 
small, striate. — Herbs either glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves opposite or 
rarely in whorls of 3, narrow. Flowers solitary in the axils, sessile or pedicellate, 
with small linear bracts close under the calyx. 
The genus is limited to Australia. 
Flowers sessile or the pedicels rarely as long as the calyx Corolla-lips li- 
king as the tube, the upper one entire. 
Plant glabrous or nearly so . . 1. M. Jioribunda. 
Plant hoary-pubescent 2. M. pubescens. 
Pedicels mostly longer than the calyx. Flowers rather large, the lips shorter 
than the tube, the upper one entire ‘6 M. r/labra. 
1. JYI. floribunda (flowers abundant), Benth. in Mitch. Trap. Anstr. 384, 
and FI. Austr. iv. 488. Stems from a perennial stock erect, usually taller less 
branched and more rigid than in M. r/labra, glabrous or nearly so and often 
glaucous. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, entire or with few teeth, from 
about iin. to above lin. long. Flowers blue, fragrant, almost sessile or on 
pedicels usually very short or rarely as long as the calyx, often appearing 
clustered with small leaves in the axils owing to the partial development of 
axillary branchlets. Calyx rather larger than in M. r/labra and corolla the same 
size, but much more deeply cleft, the tube scarcely exceeding the calyx and the 
lips as long as the tube, the upper one broad truncate and ent,ire as in M. r/labra. 
Filaments white, anthers at first black. Capsule shortly acuminate. 
Hab.: Rockhampton and Keppel Bay, Thozet Crocodile Creek, Bowman : Bnlonne and 
Narran Rivers, Mitchell. A common inland plant. 
