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COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN STUllT. 331

depending on its smooth leaves, and its axillary nearly sessile corymbi or fasciculi, which are niiicli shorter than their subtending leaves ; Ijut even in the specimen con- tained in the collection presented to the l]ritish ^luseuni by Sir Thomas iMitchcll, the young branches, as well as the pedunculus and pedicelli, arc covered wiPli similar ])ubesccnce, and in the same degree as that of J. lincare ; the specimens from l)amj)ier's Archipelago have leaves equally smooth, but have the inflorescence of J. lineare ; and I have s])ccimens of J. hneare in which, with the usual ])ubescence of that species, the inflorescence is that of Mitchellii. Among Sir Thos. Mitchell's collection at the Museum, there is a Jasminum not noticed by Professor m Lindley, -which, though very nearly related to J. lineare, and possibly a variety only, may be distinguished by the following character.

Jasminuin {)nic rani hum) cinereo-pubescens, foUis ternatis ; foliolis hmceato-linearibus, pedunculis axillaribus 1-3 floris, covollae laciniis obtusis dimidio tubi brevioribus.

17. GooDENiA (ci/cloptera) ramosissima pubescens, foliis radicalibus serrato-incisis ; caulinis lanceolato-ellipticis obso- lete serratis in petiolum attenuatis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris folia subsequantibus, seminibus orbiculatis mem- brana augusta cinctis.

Loc. Indicatio nulla stationis in Herb. D. Sturt.

18. ScvEVOLA {depauperafa), erecta ramosissima, ramis alternis ; ultimis oppositis divaricatis, foliis minimis sub- linearibus : ramorum alternis ramuloruni oppositis, pedun- culis e dichotomiis ramidorum solitariis unifloris.

Loc. *' In salt ground, in kit. 26° S.^' D. Sturt.

Desc. Herbacea, vix suff'ruticosa, adulta glabriuscula, erecta, ramosissima. Hami ramulique angulati ; ultimi oppositi, indivisi, divaricati, apice di})hylli, foliis minimis et rudimento minuto floris abortivi. lolia sessilia, linearia, acuta, brevissima, ramos subtendentia alterna, ramulos ultimos brachiatos opposita. Pedunculi e dichotomiis ramu- loruni ultimorum pcnultimorumque solitarii, uniflori, cbrac-

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