læ d u .,culis gtacflibua spicis angustioribus d o u g a tis paucifloris, lloribus iuterdum d issitis, corollæ lob.s
o b l „ „ g o - l a „ c e o l a t a . _ P .D a I t o m , i ) « , t o . P . leptostaohys, AW. A c. (G n n n ,1 2 iS ? )
W d l i J L T T / “ ■''V «" ttto inouutaius, elev. 3 - 4 0 0 0 feet. Var. n. Monut
W « M a ■' ’'"°""“ “ - T ” - V Lake W este rn Monntams, Archer.— (F l D e c ., Jan.) S t. Clair, Gunn ■
b r o „ r T „ ! e Z r T " - “ “‘/ e f »B Guuu’s specimeus, upou which I foauded tbe tteee species here
t a l g / d s í l n f f ? " "'°” ° ““ ' “ 'ft ° “ “ ft' "ft"' a
fi.p' „ 1 • D7 ^ ^ Arelier, I bave no hesitation in considering them as one. This is in fact
fact o f'tam d s 's r d - ° ”l T ° f T“™»™», and, like aU other alpine plauts, is an extremely variable one, and the
xt‘ 1 ? , " " ‘"■'"‘y’ L aa evidence of this. Like P . „ / i t differs
o t h e ? h " h ? 1 r ■ ■ . '’“ '"“"C " “ are iu all
Shane of t ^ 1 , 7 S ""ft ft“ - " g i a s . The
numb i l l . ‘ ““ “ ""''‘’“" ft ft"“ ft "““ft I aow perceive to vaiy very
I 2. Flowers capitate, eery few (one to three).
P l u i l s l l e ? “ ! / '™ " “ ft“ Miia
l b “ v 1 b " “™ - L ™ ( a t i s spathulatisve iu c so -d eu ta tis ruucinatisve
»lab ern im s V. pilosis basi nudis, peduuculis plurimis brevibus, spicis capitatis 1 -4 -flo r is sepalis ovatis bre
Viter aeuniiuatis corollæ lob is ovalibus, capsula globosa O - S - s p e rm a .! * « « . « D C Z * x ï ï m "
l. tn a n lh a ,§ , r e « j ,.N y » A 1 . 4 3 9 , (Gnnn, n i l ) e.
H a s . Tasmania, B r o w n ; Coal CUff a t South Cape, G m x .— (m . D e c .)
D i s t e i b . N ew Zealand; Lord A u ckland's Island.
its f l d l ! : '"'"ft"“ “ ° t which it pushes
h i Z “ ft«“ >*“ “ =‘” - " P ™ d very
or dmnlcrmTate,o to2otehedd. ' ' 'FTedmrw UI s st1ont. shorter or longer then t“he" «le■a Pve's“, w“ith“’ tflt“u-e“e“ “t'o“ f“iv e te“r“aP,;",..“l-"' "““ ftJ “d
breve / " “ ‘ " « P p a r a d o E a (N o b . in Lond. Journ. B o t. vi. 2 7 7 ) ; pumila, fobis lanceolatis sessüibus v.
I d n i l ‘ i T l " " / " " ‘ “ -ft“ " “ “’ P f t“ P * “ “ - V. glabratis, peduuculis bres
mis paleaceis 1 -3 -flo r .s , sepabs ovato-rotundatis glabratis, corollæ lobis ovatis acutis, capsulæ loculis
é - s p e r m i s . -D « « , „ Z ) a P « * . Xlii. 7 2 8 , (f f» » » , 8 8 1 .)
j l f “*^ ftft“ "“ """■ “ “""ft “P ft"“
e n t d l L ? r 7 “ T “" ’ T ? “ ' ““« ““ft'' ft“ ft“' “ • '"'ft L dilfei-eut, tho leaves are more
(Iwhdich aarree jiolmt tded paleær) ar“e ?disp ose7d i’n bands acioss the upper su"r■f"a'“ce “o f’ yt h““e ''lfeta"f.ï- ft" ™ " P ™ Bairs
c , r t i b l d l ‘? ° r ° " ”“" ft“"'"- ftft“ft- "■ ft- ft®)' P"“ ""' P“''* " " “ «t'Pitosa, caulibus e longatis d.visis gracibbus foliosis, foliis au gu ste ovato-oblougis subacutis concavis basi in petiolum
d u l l ” " “ r -"‘“« - f t " “ “ - ' g ' " 'B u s lou g e ciliatis, peduuculis brevibus 1 -flcn s, b r a c t e i s l l Z
subæquantibus, sepabs ovatis acutis, capsulæ lo cu lis l - s p e r m i s . -D « « . (» 1 )0 . P r o ir . xiu. 7 2 9 . ( L n ,
H a b . L o ftie st parts o f the W e stern Mountains, forming green cushions, Gunn, A r c h e r . - ( n . Jan.)
A curious little plant, very dissimilar iu liabit from any of its congeners, forming matted tufts of slender, leafy,
branciied stems, 1 -2 inches long. Stems covered below with the withered leaf-sheaths. Leaves closely imbrieating,
erecto-patent, inch long, lanceolate, acuminate, very concave, narrowed into a membranous, sheathing petiole,
pilose above, glabrous on the back, mai-gins with long cilia. Peduncles pilose, longer than the leaves. Flowers
solitary.
Obs. Plantago Coronopus, L. (Gunn, 1 9 9 9 ), has been introduced into the neighbourhood of Georgetown,
where it was found by Gunn in 1 844, abundantly. I t is also introduced into the Swan River Colony; it may be
known hy its hispid, deeply i-uncinate or pinnatifid leaves, very stout, curved, ascending peduncles, and dense, cylindrical
spikes of flowers, with spuriously four-celled ovaries.
N a t . O r d . LXIV. PO LYGONEJ i.
I u his excellent revision o f this Order, which has ju s t appeared in D e Candolle’s ‘ Prodromus,’ M.
Meisner enumerates twen ty-e igh t .Yustralian species, all b elon gin g to th e genera Rum ex, Polygonum, and
Muehlenheckia, o f which th e latter alone is more common in th e southern than in the northern hemisphere;
by much the larger proportion o f th e se are confined to th e south-east quarter o f ..iustralia and Tasmania,
only two or three b e in g found in the south-west.
Gen. I . R UM E X , L.
P e ria n th ium 6-partitum, foliolis biseriatis, 3 interioribus fructu auc tis. S tam in a 6 , perianthii foliolis
alterna. Ovarium 3-augulare. Stigm a ta 3 . N u x triquetra, perianthii laciniis interioribus acutis valvæ-
formibus te c ta .— He rbæ; foliis in te g r is ; stipulis ocreæformibus; floribus irre g u la r ite r p a n ic u la tim racem
o s is ; floribus v irid ib u s v . rubris.
A very common European geuus, also found in all otlier temperate regions, and in the tropics sparingly,—
Herbs, with usually perennial roots, alternate leaves, with ocreate stipules, and branched, panicled racemes of
inconspicuous flowers. Pen an th of six green or reddish leaflets, in two rows, imbricate. Stamens six, alternate
with the leaflets o f the perianth. Ovary three-angled, irith tliree styles aud fimbriate stigmata. N u t pendulous
from the curved pedicel, tlirec-angled, enclosed in the appressed, greatly enlai-ged, inner leaflets of the perianth,
which are often toothed or armed. (Name of unknown origin.)
1. Rumex Brownii (Campd. Rum. 64); caule ramoso, iuternodiis e longatis, foliis petiolatis e
basi cuneata truncata v. subhastata elongato-lanceolatis obtusis acumiuatisve margiuibus plauis undulatisve,
racemis in d ivisis e longatis aphyllis, vertieillis remotis, pedicellis crassiusculis, valvis ovato-ellipticis siibulato-
acuminatis ecallosis marginibus 3-.5-sp in osis, spinis elongatis hamatis.— Me isn . in B C . P ro d r. xiv. 61.
R. fimbriatus, B r . P ro d r . 421, non P o ir . {Gunn, 8 9 7 .)
H a b . Abundant in marshy places near Circular Head.— (F l. N o v ., Dec.)
D i s t k i b . N ew South YValcs and Y^’ictoria.
S tem sparingly or much branclieil, 1-3 feet high. Leaves petiolate ; cauline and radical similar, a S])an long,
narrow-lanceolate, with a cuneate, truncate, or subhastate base, margin flat or crisped, point blunt or acuminate.
Floicers whorled, in long racemes, lieniiaphrodite. Valves o f the fruit elliptical-ovate, acuminate, cut at the margin
iuto many long, hooked spines.
2. Rumex bidens (Br. Prodr. 421) ; caule erecto simplici v. diviso, foliis elongato-lanceolatis acutis
obtusisve e basi inæqiiilatera obtusa subcordata v. attenuata marginibus planis crispatulisve summis linearibus,
vertieillis remotis inferioribus axillaribus, pedicellis medio artieulatis apice incrassatis, valvis majusculis
vor,. I. 4 I