gulariter pinnatifido-inciso-lobatis, floribus in a x illis supremis subsessilibus alternis oppositisve, stigmatibus
breviter plumosis, ovario pubesc ente subgloboso 4 -lo cu la r i obscure 8 -costato. {Gunn, 1 9 6 1 , 5 5 9 .)
H ab . Nor th e rn parts o f th e Colony, Sou th E sk River, Gunn.— (El. F eb .)
Distiu b. Sou th -ea st Australia.
The almost invariably alternate, linear, irregularly cut, and almost piimatifidly lobed leaves, at once distinguish
this species from its Tasmanian allies. Owing to the fmit being very immature, I am doubtful whether it is eightangled
(and thence a Goniocarpus), or globose, which w ould refer it to Cercodia.-—Stems much branched at the base.
Branches ascendiug, slender, a span and upwards long, gi-ooved, smooth below, scabrid at the tips. Leaves few,
scattered, 1 inch long, | inch broad, seaberulous. Flotcers monoecious, sessile or ve iy shoitly pedieelled. Calyx-
tube broad, pubescent or scabrid, its lobes triangular, ovate, acute. P etals as long as, or longer tban, the calyx,
linear-oblong, scabrid at the back. Stamens eight. Anthers slender. Stigmata shortly plumose in the female
flowers. Young f r u it obscurely eight-angled.
2 . H a loragis Gunnii (H o ok , f il.) ; scabrida, caule erecto basi suffruticoso trichotome ramoso,
ramis strigoso-hispidis, foliis coriaceis breve petiolatis v. se ssilibus ovatis subacutis grosso argute serratis
utrinque scabridis, floribus in axillis superioribus oppositis sessilibus, petalis breviusculis, fructu globoso
8 -costato verruculoso v. scaberulo.— H . elata. Nob. in L on d . Journ. B o t. vi. 4 7 5 ; non F en zl in P la n t. Hiigel.
{Gunn, 1 9 5 8 .)
Hab. A bundant in wet, shaded places, Gunn, e tc.— (El. Oc t. N o v .) («. «.)
The largest species of the genus, distinguished by its great size.— Stems 2 - 3 feet high, simple, and almost
woody at the base, very scabrid, trichotomously branched above; branches suberect, slender. 'Leaves opposite,
small, A-|- inch long, sessile or shortly petioled, ovate or cordate, coarsely sharply seiTate, scabrid ou both surfaces.
Flowers minute, almost sessile in the axils o f the uppennost leaves, opposite. Fruit eight-ribbed, scabrid.— Asa
Gray (Bot. U.S . Expl. Exped.) doubtfully refers this to H . teucrioides, DC., which however appears to me to be a
very difi'erent plant, with much narrower leaves.
3 . H a loragis tetragyna (H o ok . fil. E l. N . Zeal. i. 63) ; rigida, scabra, caule prostrato v. ascend
ente ramoso, ramis tetragonis erectis, foliis oppositis duris coriaceis oblongis ovatis lanceolatisve acutis
grosse acute serratis utrinque scabris, floribus versus apices ramulorum axillis foliorum parvorum racemoso-
spicatis alternis brevissime pedicellatis, fructu ovoideo 8 -costato rugoso v. læ v i immaturo scabe rulo.—G oniocarpus
tetragyna, L a b . FI. N H o ll. i. 3 9 . f. 5 3 ; D e Cand. F ro d r. iii. 6 6 . {Gunn, 8 5 .)
H ab. Common in dry ston y places, fields, etc .— («. v.)
Dis t e ib . South-eastern Australia and N ew Zealand.
The alternate racemose or spicate flowers, with small bracteal leaves, distinguish this from all the Tasmanian
species but S . micrantha, which is a much more delicate and smaller species.— Everywhere scabrid with short,
stiff, white hairs.— Stems decumbent, ereet, or diffuse, 3 - 8 inches long. Leaves opposite, sessile, rounded,
inch long, subacute, rigid, acutely serrate, with cartilaginous margins. Flowers in the axils of the small upper
alternate leaves. F ru it variable in size, shape, colour, and amount o f hairiness.
4. H a loragis depressa (Walp. Rep. ii. 9 9 ) ; pusilla, caule prostrato v. ascendente filiformi scaberulo,
foliis oppositis breve petiolatis lanceolatis ovatis suborbiculatisve acutis obtusisve grosse cartilagineo-
serratis integerrimisve glaberrimis v . superne scaberulis, floribus 4-andris oppositis in axillis supremis
sessilibus, fructu nitido 4 -8 -c o s ta to .— Goniocarpus depressus, A . C m n . FI. N . Z eal, in Ann. N a t. H is t.
iii. 3 0 ; FI. N . Z eal. i. 6 3 . G. serpyllifolius e t G. vernicosus. Hook. f i l . in Ic . F la n t. t. 2 9 0 c t 3 1 1 .
Var. /S. montana ; robustior, caulibus crassiusculis, fo liis majoribus ovatis v. ovato-cordatis.
Hab. Abundaut in alpine and subalpine situations, Gwnn, e tc.— (FI. D e c . to F eb .) Var. /9. Arthur’s
Lak e, and summit o f th e We stern Mountains. Gun'n.
Dis t e ib . N ew Zealand.
A common and Tery raiiable little species, nsuahy smaher than G. tetragyna, from which it is readüy disliii-
gnishcd by the opposite flowers.—Sean Tciy slender, rough, prostrate or ascending, straggling or densely tufted,
sometimes eïcesswoly numerous trom the root, 2-10 inches long. Leaaet smaü, all opposite, 1-n inch long, rigid
aud scabrid, ovate, rarely lauceolate or orbicular, generally acute, toothed and glahrous, rarely blunt, quite entire.
Mowers rather large for the small size of the plant, sessüe. Fruit tm-gid, four- to eight-ribbed, shiniug.—The
variety fi, montana, ia much larger oud more robust : I had hence supposed it to be a dfflcrent species, but I And
no characters whatever beyond the greater size, luxuriant habit, and sometimes obscurely cordate leaves. Tbe
flowers .and fi-uit are identical witb those of II. o
.3. H a loragis micrantha (Br. in Elind. V o y . App. 6 6 0 ) ; teu d la , glaberrima, caulibus filiformibus
ramosis prostratis asceudentibusve apice lon g e aphyllis, foliis pancis oppositis sessilibus orbiculatis la te ovatisv
e grosse ponce cartilaginco-scrratis, racemis e longatis sæpe divaricatim ramosis, floribus alternis ebracteatis
{bracteolis miuimis) breve pedicellatis pendulis, fi-uctibus oblougo-globosis nitidis 8 -costatis.— Sieb.
e t Zucc. Fam. N a t. J a p . in, A i J m d l . A m i . Monac. i. 25 ; A sa G ra y in B o t. V. S . E x p l. E x p . i. 6 2 6 .
Goniocarpus micrautlms, TImni. FL J a p . 6 9 . t. I S ; Koe n ig in, An n . B o t. 5 4 6 . t. 1 2 . f . t - , l i e Cand.
Fro d r. iii. 6 6 . G. citriodorus, A . Cunn. F r o ir . F t. N . Z eal. G. microearpus, mil. BO . I. c. G. rotun-
difolius. F o r i. M u e lle r. Haloragis teuella, Brongn. in B u p e rre y Toy. i. 6 8 (non B C .) ; FI. N . Z eal. i. 6 3 .
Hab. Abundant in moist, sandy sofl, iu several qiarts o f the Colony, d a n n .— (M. De c .) Ip. v.)
Dis t e ib . South-eastern Austraha, N ew Zealand, the Khasia Mountains in B en gal, Japan.
Much the smallest and most slender of the Tasmanian species, eashy recognized by its wiry stems, few, broad,
glabrous leaves, and long, branched, fihform, leafless racemes of very uhnute, pendulous, alternate, ebracteate,
pm-ple flowers. This plant has a very wide distribution.— I am indebted to Asa Gray for identifying it with the'
Japanese plant o f Tluinberg.
Gen. I I . M Y R IO PH Y L L UM , F a ill.
Flores unisexuales v . hermaphrodite bibracteolati. Calyc is limbus 4-lob u s, interdum brevissimus v. 0.
F e ta la iu fl. ? 0 , in fi. (J 4 , concava, membranácea, decidua. S tam in a 2 - 8 ; filamentis sæpius brevibus,
antheris Hnearibus. Carpella 4 , plus minusve arete cohærentia, apice stigmatibus plumosis abrupte terminata.
Fructus nucumentaceus, 4-co c cu s. Semina peudula, albumine parco ; embryone axili, tereti ;
ra d icu la e longata.— ïïe rbæ a q u a ticæ ; foliis oppositis, v e r tic illa tis a ltem is v e ; floribus ax illa ribu s, so lita riis,
subsessilibus, ineonspicuis.
Y ater-lierbs, found in aU parts of the globe, with submerged, flaccid stems, and whorled lower capillaceo-
multifid leaves, the upper leaves often sobtaiy and entfte, and sometimes aU are entfte and opposite or alternate.—
Flowers sessile, axillary, rai-ely if ever hermaphrodite. Calyx in the female flowers with no bmb or a fom--toothed
one ; in the male foiu--sepaled. Fetals, noue in tlie female flower ; fom-, coucave and deciduous in the male, rarely
absent. Stamens two to eight, with short filaments. Fruit of four oblong cocci more or less united together, each
crowned u'ith the ivithcred remains of a featheiy stigma. (Name from pvpuxs, a myriad, and <pvWov, a lea f)
a. Leaves tchorled. Stamens 8 .
1 . MyriophyUum elatinoides (Gaud, in An n . Sc. N a t. v . 1 0 5 ) ; foliis 4 -5 -n a t in i v erticillatis
inferioribus capillaceo-multifidis intermediis pinnatifldis superioribus linearibus oblongisve acutis acumiiia-
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