1162 
XCIV. MYOPORINEiE. 
[F rentophila 
rarely acute, thickened in the middle, 2 to 3 lines long. Corolla glabrous outside, 
about lin. long, scarcely contracted above the ovary, the tube gradually enlarged 
from the base, the lobes all broad and short, the 2 uppermost more united, the 
lowest twice as broad as the others and 2-lobed. Stamens shortly exerted from 
the tube but shorter than the corolla-lobes. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 pairs of 
ovules to each cell. Drupe ovate, acute, Mn. long or more, succulent, the 
putamen hard and bony, more or less completely 4-celled. — F. v. M. Myop PI. 
t. 15 ; Stenochilus bignoniajlorus, Benth. in. Mitch. Trop. Austr. 386. 
Hab.: Balonne River, Mitchell ; Suttor River, Bowman, Sutherland; Rockhampton, Herb. F. 
Mueller ; Georgina and other inland localities. 
Wood of a yellowish-brown, close in grain, prettily marked and fragrant ; useful for cabinet 
work. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods, No. 297. 
Supposed poisonous to stock. 
10. 23. Treelingii (after Captain Freeling), F. v. M. in Proc. Ii. Soc. Tasm. 
iii. 295 ; Benth. El. Austr. v. 25. An erect shrub, more or less hoary-tomentose 
and glutinous or the foliage at length glabrous. Leaves crowded, lanceolate, 
acute, entire, contracted into a rather long petiole, f to l|in. long. Peduncles 
solitary, mostly 2 to 3 lines long. Calyx-segments much imbricate, ovate or 
lanceolate, rather acute or acuminate, not dilated upwards, the outermost usually 
much broader and larger than the inner ones. Corolla above lin. long, 
pubescent outside, the tube constricted above the ovary, then enlarged, the 4 
upper lobes rather broad and acute, the 2 uppermost more united than the others, 
the middle lower lobe broader and obtuse. Stamans included. Ovary ovoid, 
with 2 or 3 pairs of ovules in each cell, suspended from short broad flat erect 
superposed funicles. Drupe conic-oval 4 -celled. — F. v. M. Myop. PI. t. 11. 
Hab.: Towards Cooper’s Creek. 
11. S, CffOOdwinii (after — Goodwin), F. v. M. Bepp. Babb. Exped. 17; 
Benth. FI. Austr. v. 25. A shrub of several feet, more or less glandular and 
viscid and often hirsute with spreading hairs which are rarely wanting on the 
calyxes and pedicels. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 
entire, scarcely contracted or even dilated at the base and sessile, the midrid 
often very prominent underneath, mostly 1 to nearly 2in. long. Pedicels solitary, 
f to lin. long or even more. Calyx-segments much imbricate, lanceolate, very 
acute, 4 to 8 lines long, the outer one usually broader and the 2 innermost 
smaller than the others. Corolla more or less pubescent outside, f to above 
lin. long, <jhe lobes broad, obtuse or shortly acute, the 2 uppermost more united, 
the middle lowest lobe scarcely broader than the others. Stamens included. 
Ovary shortly ovoid, very hairy, with 2 pairs of ovules in each cell. Fruit very 
obtuse or retuse, hairy, 4 to 5 lines long, very thick with a thick bony 4-celled 
putamen. — F. v. M. Myop. PI. t. 2. 
Hab.: Wilson’s River and Bulloo, J. C. Weale ; and towards Cooper’s Creek. 
12. U. Willsii (after W. J. Wills), F. v. 31. Fragm. iii. 21, t. 20 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. v. 26. Branches and foliage more or less covered with a glandular rust- 
coloured pubescence and somewhat glutinous. Leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse or 
almost acute, entire or serrulate, contracted at the base but not petiolate, about 
lin. long. Pedicels solitary, hispid, short. Calyx-segments much imbricate, \ 
to fin. long and enlarging after flowering, the outermost almost ovate, the 
innermost narrow, all acute. Corolla glabrous, or slightly pubescent outside, 
blue, the lohes all broad obtuse, or very shortly acute, the middle lower one 
rather broader than the others. Stamens included. Ovary narrow, densely 
tomentose, with 2 pairs of ovules in each cell. Fruit conical, hairy, 4-celled. — 
F. v. M. Myop. PI. t. 6. 
Hab.: A variety with branches and leavos glabious found by Ch. Winneche near the 
Queensland border (F. v. M.) 
