Plant very variable iu size, from 2 inches to a foot high ; also in amount of pubescence, and the size of the
flower, and size and shape o f the calj-x-lobes and bracts.— Iiave® oblong-lanceolate, bluutiy toothed, petiolate, 2 -S
inches long. Scapes stout, erect, often trichotomously branched ahove the middle ; braets eutire or lobed or cleft
to the base, and, as weU as the peduncles aud pedicels, densely pubescent. Flowers inclined. Ga?^a;.lobes Ihiear-
ohlong, blunt, entke, longer than the tube o f the corolla. Corolla with a short spur that projects doivnwards between
the calj'x-lobes, and is persistent after the fall o f the corolla.
2 . V e lle ia montana (H o ok . fil. in L on d . Jonrn. B o t. vi. 2 6 5 ) ; depressa, pilosa v . glabrata, foliis
stellatim patentibus lanceolato- v . ob longo-spathulatis obtusis integerrimis v . subdentatis, scapis brevibus,
calycis lob is 3 lineari- v . ovato-oblongis basi edentulis, corolla ecalcarata.— D e Vriese, Gooden. 1 7 6 . [Gunn,
227.) (Tab. LXVIII. D.)
H a b . Mountainous districts, forming large patches, a s at Marlborough, Arthur’s Lakes, Hampshire
H ills , We stern Mountains, e tc ., L am e n c e , Gnnn, e?c.— (Fl. D e c .-F e b .)
D i s t e i b . A lp s o f S outh-eastern A u stra lia : Snowy P lains, 4 - 5 0 0 0 fe e t elevation, M u e lle r.
A small, depressed species, with numerous radical, spreadmg leaves, very short scapes, small flowers, with
three-leaved calyx, and corolla without auy spur.— leave® 2 -4 inches long, spathulate, entire or rarely obscurely
toothed, pubescent and pilose or glahrous. Scapes shorter than the leaves, slender, branched, and, as well as the
broadly-oblong or linear-ohlong calyx-lobes, more or less pubescent. Corolla o f a dingy reddish colour.— P l a t e
LXY III. B . Fig, 1, flower ; 2, the same cut open ; 3, transverse section of ovary :— all magnified.
Goodenia rotundifolia, Br., and Euthales trinerois, Br., are stated by De V riese (Gooden., pp. 145 and 169) to
have been found in Tasmania by Baron Hügel ; but they have not been detected hy auy other coUector, and I
suspect some mistake.
N a t . O e d . X LV. STYLID IEÆ.
O f this eminently Australian Natu ral Order a few genera and about seventy species are known. Of
these genera, S ty lid ium is th e only large one , and is confined to Australia, with th e exception o f three
spec ie s wh ich inhabit Eastern B en g a l, Malacca, and Ceylon. Of the second genus, Leeuweukoehia, only
two speeies are known, natives o f Australia; the third, F o rste ra , contains several N ew Zealand, one F u e gian,
and one Tasmanian species. The majority o f the Na tu ra l Order are found along the south coast of
Australia, aud are pretty equally d istr ib u ted ; there are several tropical species, bu t comparatively few
Tasmaniau.
Gen. I . S T Y L ID ILM , Sw a rtz.
Calycis limbus bilabiatus. Corolla irregularis, 5-fida, lacinia quinta (labello) dissim ili, minore, defiexa
(raro porrecta), reliquis patentibus (raro geminatim cohærentibus). CoVumna reclinata. Antheræ 2-lobæ,
lobis divaricatis. S tigm a obtusum, indivisum. Capsula bilocularis, dissepimento superne quandoque in-
com pleto.— Herbæ v . suffruticuli, g la le n im a v. pilo so -g lan du lo sa ; foliis radicalibus, rosulatis, ra riu s sp a rsis
; inflorescentia va ria .
This curious genus is familiar to most persons who are even sbghtly acquainted with botany, on account of
the kiitabihty o f the column o f the combined stamens and style ; this is bent back with a double flexure, with its
top reposing on the labellum o f the coroDa, and when irritated at the bend externaUy, it turns over with a sudden
- jerk, and rests on the opposite side of the flower, scattering the pollen in the operation. The genus Stylidium jnay
be distinguished from Forstera by the unequal lobes of the corolla, one o f which forms a lip, by the double flexure
o f the irritable column, and by the undivided stigma, (Name from crrvXoç, a column; in allusiou to tlie column
of stamens and style.)
1. Stylidium graminifolium (Swartz, Mag. N a t. Ges. Berl. 4 7 . t. 1 . f. 1) ; foliis omnibus radica-
libus anguste linearibus, scapo aphyllo glanduloso piloso, racemo subspicato simplici, labello basi appcndi-
cu la to .— JBr. Fi-odr. 5 6 8 ; DC . Frodn-. vii. 3 3 3 ; B o t. Reg . i. t. 9 0 ; B o t. M a g . 4 4 . t. 1 9 1 8 . Veiitenatia
major, Smith, E x o t. B o t. ii. 1 3 . i. 6 6 . CandoUca serrulata, Lab. in A nn. d u M u s. v i. 4 1 4 . t. 6 4 . / . 2.
{Gunn, 1 0 2 , 1 1 8 1 , 1 9 8 0 , 2 0 2 9 .)
Var. a ; foliis margine denticulatis.
Var. f l ; foliis margine lævib u s.— S. melastachys, B r . P ro d r . 5 6 8 . S. Armeria, Lah. N o v . H o ll. ii.
6 6 . t. 2 1 6 .
H a b . Very abundant throughout the Colony, from the level o f th e sea to 4 0 0 0 fe e t.— (PI. O c t.,
N o v .) (« . V.)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern and Southern Australia, from P o r t Stephens to South Australia.
I am unable to distinguish more than one species amongst the many forms of this common plant which Gunn
has sent me. In its usual state it forms a somewhat tufted plant, 8 -1 0 inches high, with fibrous roots, very numerous,
rigid, radical, linear leaves, and a slender scape, bearing a spike of shortly-pediceUed flowers ; ft-om the mountains
1 have specimens not 2 inches high, and it further varies extremely in the comparative length o f the leaves
and scapes, in the breadth and rigidity of the leaves, in thek smooth or serrulate margms, in the more or less
glandular or pilose calyx and scape, which beai-s from three or foui’ to thirty or forty flowers, in the size of the
flowers, and length and breadth of the lobes o f the corolla, and their equahty or inequality.— Flowers pink (rarely
yeUowish?), turning purple iu diying, sometimes white. In some o f Gmmi’s specimens (No. 2029) the panicle is
in a monstrous state, branched, and the calycine lobes show a tendency to become foliaceous, and the lobes o f the
corolla to become regular. I have specimens from New Zealand, said to have been gathered near AucHand, but
suspect either some mistake, or that the plant has been introduced there.
2 . Stylidium despectum (Br. Prodr. 3 7 1 ) ; parvulum, glaberrimum, foliis paucis squamæformibus,
caule superne dichotome ramoso, ramis paucifloris, calycis tubo lineari-elongato, corolla minima, limbi lac iniis
inæqualibus fauce nuda, labello inappendiculato basi tu b o aduato.— B C . P ro d r . v ii. 3 3 6 . S. inunda-
tum, B r . et B C . II. cc. {Gunn, 4 3 7 .)
H a b . We stern Plains, Circular Head, Backhouse ; sandy soil, Georgetown, Gunn.— (Fl. Sept.)
D i s t r ib . Soutb-eastern Australia : Victoria, Mu e ller.
A very different-looking plant from S. graminifolium, being a smaU, almost leafless, glabrous, rather succulent
herb, 1 -3 inches high, with the stem rather stout, simple below, aud dichotomously branched above.— Leaves very
few, minute, scale-like, linear-ovate. Flowers terminating the branches, very inconspicuous, shortly pediceUed;
pedicels bracteate at the base. Gafy^-tube about 4 inch long, slender, its lobes obloug. Corolla very smaU; its
lobes rather unequal.— I cannot distinguish the Tasmaniau specimens from Mueller’s Victoria ones o f S. inundatum.
3 . Stylidium perpusillum (H o ok . fil. in L on d . Journ. B o t. vi. 2 6 6 ) ; graciUimum, glanduloso-
puberulum, foliis radicalibus lineari- v , obovato-spathulatis, scapis 1 -3 -flo r is , pedicellis elongatis, calycis
tubo globoso, corolla? tubo brevissimo fauce nuda lac iniis subdentatis, labello inappendiculato. {Gunn,
1 2 2 6 .)
IIab . In we t sandy so il at Georgetown, common, Gunn.— (F l. Oct., N o v .)
This curious little plant perfectly resembles Bauer’s drawing o f S. calcaratmn, except in wanting the spur to
the corolla.— Whole plant 1 -1 4 inch high, extremely slender, more or less glandular. Roots of minute fibres.
Leaves all radical, 1 line long, spathidate. Scape no thicker than a thread, bearing one to four flowers, o f which
the lateral arc on long, ascending, slender pedicels, forming a sort o f umbel, Gafya'-tuhe globose, its lobes oblong,
bhmt. Corolla white, veiy short, its lohes spreading, unequal.
O b s . Of Stylidium umbellatum, Lab. Nov. Holl. ii. 66. t. 217, described as a native of Van Diemen’s Land,