{Myoporineæ.
H iB . N o t uncommon in dry places in various parts o f th e Colony : Hobai-ton, ( .».— {Pl. N o v .)
D i s t r i b . N ew S o u th W a le s and Yictoria.
Gen. T i l l . A JU G A , L .
C a lyx ovato- v . globoso-campanulatus, subæqualis, B-Sdus. Corolla bilabiata, labio superiore minimo,
mferiore elongato pateute. S tam m a exserta, ascendentia, omnia fertilia, inferiora longiora, antheris 2 -locu-
lan b u s reniformibus, locu lis conflnentibus.— Herbæ hm n le s ; foliis r a d k a lib m p e tw la f is ; verticillastris
a x illa r ilm v . ( f o l iü j h r a l i tm aU r e v ia tis ) in sp iea s v . racemos fo lio s o s terminales d isp o sitis.
The distribution of this genus is rather pecnhar; in the northern hemisphere vai-ious species inhabit Europe,
Northern and Westem Asia, and the Himalayas ; one is foimd in Sonth Africa, and the rest (four or five) in Australia.
The majority are lowly herbs, with petiolate, radical loaves, and erect or ascendmg branches, bearing whorls
o f nearly sessile flowers in the axils o f the floral leaves, and when the latter are small, the inflorescence appears
racemose or spiked. The A . A ustralis is. according to Bentham, very closely aflied to a European species {A.
OenevenA) ; it fom s a small, glabrons, pnbescent, vibons or somewhnt silky, leafy herb. 3 -1 0 inches Ibgh, with a
stont, perennial root, and erect or ascendmg, stout stems.— J i o f c i leaves 1 - 4 inches long, petiolate, oblong-spa-
thuiate, obtnse, entire or crenate; oanbne leaves nsnabj silky, bnear-oblong. very variable in sise, sessile, rarely
petiolate ; floral leaves simflar to the cauhne, much longer than the flowers. fn ,o r ls of flowers distent or crowded,
ve iy villous. Calyx bell-shaped, flve-cleft. Corolla bluish, two-hpped; upper bp very short, tnmeate, lower large.
Stamens ab fertile, with long, exserted, ascending filaments, and renifomr anthers, whose cells are divaricating helow
and confluent above. (Nome ft'om a, privative, and {svyos, a yo k e ; in aUnsion to the equal calyx.)
^ 1 . A j u g a A u s t r a l i s (Br, Prodr. 5 0 3 ) ; pubescens v illosns subsericeus glabratusve, stolonibus n u llis,
caulibus ascendentibus erectisve, foliis radicalibus anguste oblongis obtnsis petiolatis crenatis integerrimisve,
caulinis sæpius sinuatis crassiusculis floraUbus conformibus flores superautibus.— A. Australis e t A . D ie -
menica, B en th . L ah . 6 9 5 e l in B C . F ro d r . xii, 5 9 7 . (Gunn, 3 2 e t 8 6 5 .)
H a b . Common in damp meadows, e tc ., th roughout th e Colony.— (F l. N o v .) (v. v.)
N a t . O r d . LV II. MYOPORINEÆ, D r .
Th is extensive Austraban Famfly abounds in th e subtropical and extratropical regions o f the Australian
contment, b o th on tb e east and west coasts and in th e interior, but, singularly enough, only one species in h
abits Tasmama : it w ould be a curious problem to inv e stig a te th e causes o t its rarity in Tasmama, o t
which L o ran th u s affords a parallel case. Very few species are found in other parts o f th e world, and these
are chiefly P olynesian. Ab ou t flfty Australian species are known, b e lon g in g to ten genera ; th e majority
inhabit th e south-western quarter o t the continent. Of th e largest g en u s, Myoporum, th e species are extremely
variable, and n o t well defined : many o f them appear to me to be common to the south-eastern and
south-western quarters, and some o f the same to be subtropical also, bu t without extensive suites o f specimens
o f such variable plants it is impossible to define their lim its satisfactorily.
Gen. I . M Y O PO R UM , B a n k s e t Sol.
Calyx 5-partitus, persistens, fruetifer haud v. parum auctus. Corolla hypocrateriformis v. subcampaimlata,
tubo brevi, limbo 5-lob o subæquali. S tam in a 4 , didynama. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 2 -o v u latis
V. 4 -locular e locu b s 1 -ovu latis, ovulis pendubs ; sty lo erecto, stigmate obtuso. B ru p a baccata, 2 - 4 -
loculans. Semma albuminosa; em iryon e te r e ti; radicula supera.— Fru tic es ram u lis f o liis q u e nov e llis sxpe
b in a tis ; foliis pl&iisque altern is.
PLORA OP TASMANIA.
p e llu c id o -p u n c ta tis ; pedunculis ; corolla f a u c e
About thirty Austraban species o f Myoporum are known ; all are erect or suberect shrubs, with alternate leaves,
and with the young branches and leaves often covered with a viscid seeretiou from pehucid glands.— « « »O T without
bracts, axibary, pedimcled, sobtaiy or fascicled. Calyx five-cieft. Corolla salver-shaped or campanulate. rather
obliquely fivc-lohed. bearded at the throat, Stamem torn-, didynamons. Ovary two- or four-ceUed; cells, when
two. each two-seeded, when tour, each one-seeded. StyU erect, with a simple stigma. Drupe with two- or four-
celled nuts, with albuminous, pendulous seeds. (Name from pvw, to .shut, and wopos, a p o r e ; in abiision to the
glands of the fohage.)
1 . M y o p o r u m T a sm a n i c u m (DC. Prodr. 7 0 9 ) ; erectum^ glaberriruum, ramulis non viscidis^ foliis
petiolatis lanceolatis obovato-lanceolatis ellipticis spathulatisve acuminatis v. acutis v. rotundatis cum apiculo
integerrimis v. ultra medium serrulatis, corolla in tu s tomentosa, drupa 2 -3 -lo cu la r i.
Var. a ; foliis majoribus 1 -1^ -p o llica r ib u s obovato-lanceolatis spathulatisve acutis v. apiculatis in te gerrimis.—
. near th e sea. Y"ar. y .
M. ellipticum, B r . ? P r o d r . 5 1 5 .
Var. f l ; foliis majoribus 1 - li-p o llic a r ib u s lanceolatis acuminatis ultra medium serratis, ovario 2-Iocu-
lari.— M. serratum. L in d i, in B o t. Beg. 1 8 4 5 . t. 1 5 , a?* M. serratum, B r .? I. c ., v . M. insulare, B r .? I. c.
Var. 7 ; foliis minoribus |- l - u n c ia l ib u s lanceolatis acumiuatis v ix serrulatis, ramis tuberculatis.— M.
tuberculatum, B r . ? P ro d r . I. c.
H a b . Var. a and fl. A bundant on the north coasts o f th e Island, in
Flinde rs’ Islan d .— (F l. Jan.)
D i s t e i b . Coasts o f Australia, from th e tropics, on th e east coast, to Swan River.
Gunn does not distinguish at aU between the vars. a and fl, and probably they were gathered from one tree,
nor would I have separated them as varieties hut to draw attention to their possible identification with Bron-n’s
plants. The var. y Gunn thinks undoubtedly the same species. I find specimens fr-om various parts o f the coasts
o f extratropical Austraha agreeing with ah these forms, but stih none o f them perfectly tally with Brown’s description;
thus var. a differs from his M. elUpticim in tlie leaves being sometimes serrate; var. fl from M. sei-ratum
in the dru]>e being only biloeular, and from M insulare in that character, aud in the young leaves not being viscid,
and from M. adscendens in the branches not being diffuse; var. y differs from M. tuberculatum in the leaves not
being covered with tuberculated glands as the branches are. On the other hand not one o f these characters, negative
or positive, is o f any constancy ; the leaves varying extremely in shape and sen-atiires ; the viscidity being in ah
probably very variously developed, according to season, age, etc. ; the number of cells of the fom--celled drapes is
sometimes reduced to three, and sometimes even to oue ; and the habit of the species is probably still more variable.
It is also far too nearly allied to the New Zealand M. insulare, Forst.— Gunn describes this as foi-ming a
dome-shaped bush, 6 -1 0 feet high, with white flowers, speckled with purple and blue ben-ies.
N a t . O r d . LV III. SOLANEÆ.
This eminently tropical Order has many (thirty or forty) species in Nor thern Australia, in c lu d in g some
widely distributed Indian and Polyne sian p la u ts; there are also a few extratropical species. B y far the
larger number be lon g to tlie geuus Solanum itself, the only other genera b ein g N ico tia n a , containing two
or three truly indigenous and some naturalized sp e c ie s; L y c ium , with one species from YTctoria; and
Vhy salis, o f which several Sou th American kinds are naturalized, and especially the common “ Cape
Gooseberry,” P . P e i-u vian a ?
Gen. I . SO L A N UM , L .
Calyx 5 -4 -fid u s. Corolla rotata, raro campanulata, 5 -4 -fid a , limbo plicato. S tam in a 5 , laciniis co