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1 . H e m ip h u e s b e l l i d i o i d e s (H o ok . fil. in Lond. Journ. B o t. vi. 4 7 0 ) .
Var. su ffocata; densissime compacta, foliis integerrimis.— H. suffocata, Nob. l. c. [Gunn, 1970.)
( T a b . x x x v i . a . )
Yar. tr u le n ta ta ; foliis ápice trilobis tridentatisve.—H. tridentata, Nob. L e . {Gunn, 1969.) (Tab.
X X X \ I . B .)
K m . f u l v a ; foliis grosse crenatis, calycis lobis ciliatis.— H. bellidioides, Nob. l. o. ( T a b . X X X V I . C.)
Var. ajfinis ; foliis subcrenatis, calycis lob is glaberrimis.— H . afflnis, Nob. l. c. (T a b . X X X V I . B .)
Hab. On Mount F a tigu e , south-south-a-est o f Lak e St, Clair, e le ï. 4000 fe e t ; also at Eecberche
Bay, Ounn.— (Fl. Oct. N o v .)
Tbis is one ot the most cmious plants o f tbe Order to whicb it belongs, and qnite unlike any other; one of
the mericarps .appears as if ivhoUy suppressed, but is in reality entn-ely incorporated with the other, and Its cavity
obliterated; the stylopodia and styles are however nearly equal, and, except the obhquity o f the whole fmit, there
are no outw.ard signs o f the fruit being other than simple, I much regret never having seen floweiiiig specimens,
all Mr. Gunn’s being far advanced in fiaiit. The ridges o f the fruit are not ve iy well dehned, or constant in figure
or position, and, as with all alpine plants, there are many i-arintions iu the amonnt o f pubescence and wool, form
and creiialiires of the leaves, etc. Though so anomalous, I have little doubt that the true place o f the genns is
amongst the tnbe Sauiatleie o f Umbettiferte, hut it cannot be ranked close to any known genus. The analogy between
its fmit and that o f Gu,mem (with its two styles but sobtaiy eeb and ovule) is very close.— A small.'perennial-
rooted, herbaceous plant, forming large, flat, dense tnfts in wet or boggy soil; whole plant more or less shaggy
with white or fulvous hairs. E m eu ab radical, nnmerous, spreading, a _ ( inch long, with sheathing petioles, s /a -
thnlate, obovate-oblong or oblong, blunt, coriaceons, quite entire or three-toothed or obtusely crenate leaves.
Scapes solitary, 1 -2 inches high, erect, stout, villous wdtli spreading hairs, leafless, or bearing one smab, short bracti
Umiel solitary, terminal, simple, J inch broad, sim-onnded by a cup-shaped involucre of six to ten leaves, united at
the base or to the middle, their free apices lanceolate, blunt. Flmcers six to ten, sessile. I r u ii obbquely obovate.
sessüe, compressed, eoriaceous, sometimes baby at the base, with five obscure ribs, and as many oblong, blunt, un!
equal, glabrous, or hairy calyi-teeth, which fab away wben the frait is quite ripe. Fetals smab, meet, Itacar.
Filaments long, snbnlate; anthers broad. Stylopodia thick, elongated, united tlironghout their length, spHt into
two erect, somewhat coimivent, subulate stigmata. Seed sobtaiy, pendulous, with a dark-colonred,°m!ttIed, very
membranous testa.— I at one time divided this species into four, but, upon re-ciamination of many specimens, am
inclined to suppose ab to be varieties of one. The fiowers may be unisexual in some states, with sometimes only
four ridges, and as many calyx-lobes. (Name fr-om ÿ p i, half, and Jew, to be em p ty , in allusion to the suppressed
me rie«ip .)-P iATE X X X V L « , var. mffooata, fig. 1, leaf; 2, umbels; 3 and 4, fruits; 6, transverse section of
ditto ; 6, seed aS magnified. B , var. tridentata, fig. 1, leaf ; 2, umbel ; 3, fruit -.—a ll magnifiei. 0, var. fuloa,
fig. 1, leaf; 2, immature frnit. witb stamens and petals adhering; 3, petal; 4 , stamen; 5, mature’ fi-uit
magnified. I t, var. affinis, fig. 1, leaf; 2, immature fruit, with stamens adhering; 3. mature ditto; 4, transverse
section o f ditto :— oil magnijied.
Gen. V I I . M IO EO SC IA D IUM , Hook. f il.
Fructus elongato-ovatus v. snbcylindricus, calycis limbi lobis ovatis acutis coronatus; mericarpiis
semiteretibus, dorso convexis, evittatis, 5-7-jugis v. angulatis, ad commissuram vix contractis. P e ía la 5,
ovata, obtusa, apice non inflexa. Stam in a 6, fllamentis brevibus. Sty lo p o d ia crassa, S ty li validi, subu!
lati, recurvi.-Herbæ acaules, g la b e rrirn x ¡ foliis omnibus radicalibus, coriaceis, lo batis V. d e n ta tis : scapis
erectis, rig id is, a p k e die/,otome ramosis : ramis l-fio r is v. umbellam simplieem pau e ijlo ram gerenlUjus, a i
basin ramomm v. umhellæ b racteatis ; floribu.s p a r v is .
Of this curious genus (of the tribe Sankuleæ) only two species are at present known, one the Tasmanian, and
another much larger, discovered by the indefatigable Dr. Mueller on the alps of South-eastern Australia, and described
hy him as Pozoa § Sphagnosciadium cundfoUum in the ‘ Transactions o f the Yictoria Institute,’ and as Mi-
c rosciaditmcundfoliummiV t seventh volume o f the ‘ Kew Jounial o f B otany.’ Both are glabrous herbs, w ith perennial
roots, simple, petiolate, radical leaves, and slender, wiry scapes, that are in the M. cuneifoUum, Muell., dichoto-
inously branched, with single-flowered branches, but which in the Tasmanian species bear irregular umbels o f two
to three flowers, on very long pedicels.— Calyx-tdoe, obconic, limb five-toothed. Petals ovate, blunt. Stamens
short. Stylopodia very large. Styles short, recurved. Fruit ovate ; mericarps convex or semiterete, without
vittæ, five- to seven-angled or five- to seven-ribbed, crowned with the persistent calyx-lobes, scarcely contracted at
the commissure. (Name from fiiupoí, small, and crxuaSioç, an umbelliferous p la n t)
1. Microsciadium Saxifraga (Hook. fil. in L on d . Journ. B o t. vi. 4 6 8 ) ; foliis petiolatis coriaceis
orbiculatis late ovato-cordatisve grosse dentatis v . multi-lobatis, lobis subacutis, scapis gracilibus, umbellis
2 -3 -flo r is, involucri foliolis oblongis parvis. [Gunn, 1 9 6 8 .)
H a b . Abundant in wet, heathy places in tbe Loddon Plains, on the road to Maequarrie Harbour,
G u n n ; Maequarrie Harbour, M illig a n .— (IT. Feb.)
A small, inconspicuous plant, 3 -5 inclies high.— Leaves few, coriaceous, petiolate, orbicular or broadly ovate-
cordate, cut at the edge into large teeth or deep lobes. Scapes bearing a two- to three-floweved umbel o f small
flowers on long pedicels.
Gen. Y I I I . E R Y N G IU M , L .
Fru c tu s subteresj ovatus, squamatus, calycis lob is 5 foliaceis coronatus; mericarpiis semiteretibus,
evittatis, ejugatis, carpophore per totam longitudinem adnatis. P e ta la abrupte emarginata cum apice
iuflexo. Stam in a 5. Sty lo p o d ia subglobosa. S ty li fiHformes.— Herbæ acaules v . caulescentes, r ig id a ,
sa p iu s pu n gen tes ; umbellis in c a p itu la densa ovoidea aggregatis ; involucri f o lio lis exterioribus ra d ia tis ,
in te rio ribu s sparsis, p a lea c e is, flo rib u s immixtis.
There are two Australian species of tliis genus, which abounds in South Europe and South America, but is
scarce in other parts o f the globe. One of the Australian ones is also Tasmanian, and tlie other {E. ovinum, A.
Cunn., a tall branched species) is common to New South Wales, Yictoria, and South-western Australia.— Herbs
with often coriaceous, pungent leaves. JJmbels deformed and aggi-egated into capitula, suiTounded at the base by
a whorl of invohicval leaves, the leaves of tbe partial involucres scattered amongst tbe flowers. Fi-uit ovoid,
crowned with the five large calyx-lobes, without vittæ or ribs. Petals tnincate, with a deep notch and inflected
point. Stamens five. Stylopodia globose. (Name, the epvyytov of Dioscorides.)
1. Eryngium vesiculosum (Lab. PI. N o v . I lo ll. i. 7 3 . t. 9 8 ) ; glaberrimum, foliis radicalibus lon g e
petiolatis laiiceolato-oblongis linearibusve acuminatis grosse argute iuæqualiter spinoso-dentatis subpinnatifidisve,
surculis prostratis uodosis hie illic foliosis (foliis imperfectis), pedunculis radicalibus erectis, in volucri
S -lO -p h y lli foliolis radiatis lanceolato-subulatis pun gen tib u s capitulo depresso multo longioribus,
calyce squamulis builatis dense obtecto.— B C . P ro d r . iv. 9 2 ; Fl. N . Z eal. i. 8 5 . {Gunn, 3 7 9 , 4 9 2 , 8 2 1 .)
H a b . Marshy places iu the northern and central parts o f th e Island, Gunn, M illig a n .— (Ei. F eb.)
D is t iu b . South-eastern and South-western Australia; N ew Zealand.
A very variable plant, from 1 to 8 or 10 inches high.— Roots stout, descending, as thick as a goose-quill, throwing
out stolones 4 - 8 inches long, that do not root. Radical leaves tufted, 3 -6 inclies long, on long petioles,
rarely ^ inch broad, deeply tootlied or pinnatifid, the segments sliai-p, spinous. Stolones jointed or knotted, with a
pair of small toothed leaves at the joint. Umbels peduncled or sessile, radicid ; peduncles longer or shorter than
the leaves. Involucral leaves J—i inch long, spreading, rigid, pungent. Flowers in small dense heads, very incon