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HIBBERTIA dentata. u 



Toothed- leaved Hibbertia 



w* 



POLYANDRIA TRIGYXIA. 



r 



Nat. ord. Magnolia. Jussieu gen. 280. Div, Genera Magnoliis af- 



finia. 



DiLLENiACEiE. Decaud. sysL nat* 1. 395. Tribus 2***. 

 Dillenese, 



IIIBBEIiTIA* Foliola calycina 5 persistentia- PeL 5- Stam. tnde- 

 finita, libera, inter se subsequalia; awM. ovales aut oblongs terminales; 

 germ. 1-J5, saepius 2-5; stt/H filiformes, divergentes aut incurvl; capnliB 

 ^lembranaceaB dehiscent;^, saepiiis 1 -2-spermse ; rariiis polysperrae; senm. 

 exarillata. 



Sitffrutices ramosi scepius erecth rarius procumhentes nut voluhUes ; foUa 



alterna^ subcoriacea^ Integra aut dentata^ orevissime pettolata. Flora ^vi 

 terminalcs st)litarii subsessiles aut pediinculatL Decand. loc. cit. 425. 



Div.IL Ger minibus \-B glabris. 

 H, dentata^ foliis oblongis acuminatis glabris aristulato-sterratis, fioribus pe 



dunculatis trigynis, caule volubili. Decand. h c. 426. 

 Hibbertia dentata. Brown ined. 



(/3.) pedicellis glabris. * 



Caules sarmentosi teretes glabri; fol. petiolata ohlonga acuminataf serra-* 



turis exsertis aristulatis distantibus hinc inde detitafa^ coriacea, glabra^ juniorq^ 



mbtus vix ac ne vix vilosa; pedunculi l-Jlori folio breviores nispidi deflcxif 



bracteae iineari'-submati^ membranaceeB ; flores pauld minores juam tn H. 



volubili; foliola calycina *« acumen aristatum desinentia extus viilosula ; pet. 



, obovata calyce paido longiora ; itSLtn. calyce breviora ; gftm. S glabra; styK 



\fitjformeSy divergentes acuti. Far. non differtnisijoliis magls serraiisy pe^ 



dicellis calycibusque glabris aut vix pilosis. Dec. 1. c» Pedunc. solitanuSf 



pilosus, primo terminalisy inde axillaris; hrsictem paroa uabro-ciliata. Cal. 



rotatus^ subduplo brevior corolla^ foliolis cordato-eUipticis mucronatis sub- 



imegualibus. Cor. rosaceo-totata^ lutea^ diametro subbiuticiali, petalis o6- 



longo-^bcordatis. Stam. 2plQ bfeviora cal^ce: BX\th. continuo-terminales^ 



compressO'OvaleSy recurvatiS^ secundum margtnem dehiicentes. Germ*, alba^ 



ovata^ stylo cnudato-continuo aquante stamina, puncto stigmatoso simplicu 



Folia subovato-v. elongato-oblo7iga, ^Sundalia citiata muQronata^ dentata 



dentibus incequaliter distqnlibus aliquibus mucronato-productisy subtus pilis 



brevibus anirorsum aduncis scabro-villosa ; petiolus viUosus, pluries brevior 



laminay subalatus^ canalicnlatus. 



Of the DUieniace^, the ordinal head under which we 

 find the present genus in the volume by which the arduous 

 enterprize of arranging and describing the members of the 

 vegetable creation according to affinity has just been opened, 

 we find no species was known in the time of Gasper Bauhin, 

 probably not even in that of Tournefort ; Linnee us was ac- 



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