“ “ “ 1 “ F 0 i “ c t a . - D . Menziesii,
H o o k a m p . B o t. M a g . i. 8 7 4 , « * , p i „ t , t. 5 3 ( „ « B r .) . {Gunn, 4 4 0 .)
XB. Northern coast, Eeckj Cape, Georgetown, etc.; rare on the southern coasts.-(Pl. Sept.) (r .o .)
Disr iUB . South-eastern Australia, from P o r t P h illip to E n cou n ter P a y .
S '“ “ S“ * “ - ‘ » “ “« “» 1 - its e lf by « s viscid g l a u d s . -
* U u c U o n ! r “ “ “ " “S’» « ' » • *»<■» y te rn a te , on s le n d e r/e tio le s ,
« h i o f ih T ft“ " “" Sl“ >aul«v hairs. M ow e n two or three.
1 l a, p L s a h r / f t 7 " " f t" ' ' “ “ 'ft ' - » - » l o - S . W - t . vfflons
w ith appressed. shaggj-, gland,d a r h au s . P « a& fugaeions. (3>p<»k threc-valved.
slmphoi M S S . ; Plauehon, I. c. p . 06) ; caule erecto elongato glaberrimo
oedfe II t ' r ° iT '■“ ;* '7 '''u s parvis, caulims grac ile petiolatis lunatis, racemo laxo 6 - 8 -doro, floribns
s t l t l l l f “ T f 7 " “ ft"®" "• ““P“" “ S-Plo longior ibus obovato-obcordatis,
1 1 1 tT y 7 / ft' 'ft- ftft-peltata, L a b . N o v . S o l i . i . t. 1 0 6 . {Gunn, 3 5 0 .) p“‘ft“'™ ’ ^ -i' {v“ * *■■;) D •
H a b . T h roughout th e Islan d , abundant in rocky, grassy, heathy p laces, e tc., e a w . - ( P l . N o v .) [v v )
D lsm iB . N ew S ou th W a le s, South-eastern Australia, aud N ew i a la i é d .
“ 6 ". ‘m a t i n g below ip a bldbous root. R a ik a l loaves few;
» » & « distant, ad on slender petioles; lanuua lunate and peltate. Baceme, 3 - 4 inches long, six- to eirtit-Howered
^ r i n i r i l t : : ^ ■“ S . p i n k .M b.eb » « 0=». A r tu r s white, veiy variable, a e e o i^ g to Mr!
7.^ Drosera peltata (Sm. in W illd , Sp, PI. i. 1 5 4 6 ) ; caule erecto elongato simplici v . subramoso
'" f t f t / f t / “ ' ““ i f » ™ * “ » '■ trausverso-oblongis, caulinis peltato-lunatis, racemé tSLïï'S; rr.'tîS2î.‘'srs; “■—-
p . . ■” ■“ * ■ '
D i s t r i b . N ew Sou th W a le s and S outh-eastern Australia.
(as v l t L l l T r i ' " T f “ "'“ ft ‘ ™™ft^ “ft ft"“ ^ " “‘' “ftft“"- “"ft ftft“« “ P f t * “» “ »'»■“ * a t o f Smith
V t l i a t " l e t e J Ì b l f 7 ft‘ ' “ ftft'^ ft“ " “ o"“ »^»ft ''» “» “ ™ ““ «
Ihas wwhl itt e Tflo wers, round1 er 7bud s, and yedow anftthft"e“rs. ft’"ft"“' ft ft“” '» i» »»“« “Od to grass’y land
foliis l ° f n " " ft" "“ft“ “"“” ’ ’• “■ * “'» “*» »>»“ g “f" »¡■“ Pbci,
fobis S.COO M vm radicalibns transverse semicircularibns reniformibusve, caulinis p e ltato-lunatis, racemo laxo
oZb ionlg i s 7bre7vite r caTuda. t is. {7Ou nn, 7 8“4 .") ‘ft“ (Tft“a”b®.“ V “.*) “" » ” '» “ » >“ » 'g i“ =» villosis, seminibus cyliudraeeo-
H -11 “ ft “ »“ “ f““ » “ » * » t'io ts , scarc e; on moist banks o f rivers, Eormosa, Hampshire
H d ls , Ar thur s Lake, elev, 3 0 0 0 - 4 0 0 0 fe et, G « r , e f c ._ { p i . Jan. Eeb.)
This species is closely allied to the preceding, bnt differs conspicuously in the form o f the sepals and seeds
the e l b r , r 7 “ftft ft" ‘’’’“ft"®' 'ft'*'“ ft“’’“'“ »»"»M»'»bly »mader than those o f I), p e lta te
" ff„ 7 er I n e t l '»d- i ? - - p in k is h . - l’pATB V. Pig. I, radical, and 3 . Z i «
reag.ified ' ’ "ft“" ' ™'™ “ft ““f”""“’ P'»“ “ ' “ »“ d »«eds; 8. seeds «77
9 . Drosera fo lio sa (H o ok . fil. M S S . in Planehou, 1. e, p. 2 9 8 ) ; humilis, caule simplici v . siepius e basi
ramosa, fo liis radicalibus transverse orbieulari-oblongis securidiformibusve, caulims crebris (ratione plautm
majusculis) luuatis racemis 3-4.-floris, ramuHs axiUaribus terminalibuscjue eou tin u is, sepalis ovatis ciliatis
( Z 7! r ° “ft'ft'’“'“ “ ‘""““‘ft" ““““'“‘ft“’ ““"ft“-
H ab. Marshy places, Eormosa, Georgetown, and Lake S t. Clair,— (El. Oc t. to D e c ) ( 7?®»» )
Dis t r ib . S outh-eastern Australia.
A much shorter, stouter, and more leafy plant than any other o f the same section in T asm an ia.-A 7« s 3 - 5
inches long, branching nearly from the base. lea v e s rather crowded, radical ones with petioles an inch long and
an axe-shaped lamma; cauUne lunate. Jtavexes abbreviated. Flowers as in A pe77a7a, large and white. Foliage
pale gieen. l a t b \ L Pig. 1, flower; 3. p e ta l, 3, stamen; 4, o v a iy ; 5. se ed ; 6, longitudinal section o f seed ■
7 } emoryo:— «?< Tn.fuTn.ifier} ’
N a t . O e d . VIII. POLYGALEÆ.
The A ustralian P o lg g a le x . o f which there arc about twenty-flve known species, are, with few exceptions,
members o f one endemic g en u s, Comesperma: the exceptions are three species o f P o ly g a la , whereof two
are perhaps Indian, aud one is apparently pecuKar to th e tropical parts o f th e Continent, T h e Order is
unknown in N ew Zealand. Of Comesgierma alone, about twenty-five species are k n ow n ; th ey are pretty
equably diffused th roughout th e extratropical parts o f the con tin en t and o f Tasmania.
Gen. I . COM E SP ERM A , Lab.
S epala i , decidua, 2 interiora alæformia maxima. P e ta la 3 , in coroUam gamopetalam 3 -lo b am
coa ita, p e tabs laterabbus parvis, lobo medio imberbi integro v. emarginato. S tam in a 8 , plus minusve mon-
adslpha. Jm tk e r x poro dehiscentes. Ovarium 2 -lo cu la ie , locnHs 1 -o vu la tis, sty lo cnrvato deciduo, stigmate
bilobo. ^ Capsula cnneato-spathnlata, 2 -valvis. Semina 2 , apice lo cn li pendula, comosa, earunculata. Em-
bryo a xi albumiuis carnosi mucilaginosi orthotropus.
Erect or climbmg herbs or slmibs, often small, with entire, alternate, exstipidate leaves and panicles of irre-
gu ar flowei-s— Oiiyai of five deciduous sepals, two diterior veiy large. Pe tals combined into a tripartite corolla,
rath the middle lobe beardless, entire or emarginate. Stenwas eight, more or less united. Capmle bdocidar obcor-
date or spathidate. Seeds solitaiy, with a long dedcate tnft of had-s. (Name from s„p,, U i r . and an.ppa. a seed)
1 . C o m e s p e rm a v o ln b i l e (Lab. N o v . H o b . ii. 2 1 . t . 1 6 3 ) ; berbaceum, glabrum, volubile, foliis
paucis linearibus la u c e o la t is v e .-D G F r o ir . i. 3 3 4 ; Hook. Comp. B o t. Mag. I 2 4 8 ; Ste e te , P la n t. P re iss.
u . 3 0 3 . {Gm in , 1-47.)
IIab . Throughout the Island, abundant in a b g h t soil, climbing over bushes, e tc ., Ounn.— (Fl. Oct )
{v .v .)
Dis t e ib . Extratropical East, W e st, and Southern Austraba, abundant.
This IS one ot the most beantifid and gracctid plants in the Colony, well known as the “ Blue creeper ” It
Climbs four to six feet, and covers bushes with its beautiful bright pale-bliie blossoms, wldch occasioiiaUy varv to
White and Idae.-to,« as thick as a crow-qiiid, apparently climbing either to the right or left, bnt the first direciioii
aken by the young stem or plmnide is not known. Leaves scattered, acute, entire, petiolate. linear-lanceolate or
9 a ° 7 '■ ft“"®’ “‘ft“ “' ‘" “ inaring short, axdlary and lateral branches. 3-10-floweied. Pedicels
3-3 hues long, with a smaU concave bract at tbe base. Flowers variable in size (whence the var. ¡3 micrantba.
ee z, . c.). Sepals three ; outer roimded. inembiaiious, entire, with parade! veins ; two inner three times longer.