204 MR. 8. MOORE ON THE FLORA 
ASCLEPIADES. 
PENTATROPIS LINEARIS, Decne. Near Kilkenny soak, June. 
Flowers clive-green. 
Marspenta LEICHHARDTIANA, F. Muell. Between Ninety- 
mile and Mt. Margaret, March. Near Kilkenny soak, June. 
BORAGINER. 
HarGANIA RIGIDA, sp. nov. Suffruticosa, erecta, viscida, 
ramis sat validis tomentellis vel pubescentibus tandem fere 
glabris, foliis brevipetiolatis linearibus apice obtusis interdum 
recurvis marginibus arete revolutis crassiusculis rigidis subtus 
albo- vel rufo-tomentellis, cy mis paucifloris quam folia brevioribus, 
floribus mediocribus, calycis lobis omnibus subzquilongis ex- 
terioribus ovatis interioribus ovato-lanceolatis, corolle lobis 
ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis emarginatis, antheris abbreviatis apice 
brevissime appendiculatis intus pubescentibus. 
Hab. Crescit juxta Coolgardie, mens. Aug. florens, neenon 
mens. Oct. ad Gibraltar. 
Suffrutex metralis vel $-metralis, sursum ramosus. Ramuli 
crebro foliosi, subteretes, tomento minuto fulvo vel cinereo 
vestiti vel pubescentes nonnunquam puberuli. Folia 1:5-2:5 cm. 
long., 0:18-0:25 em. lat., integra, pag. sup. puberula, erecta vel pa- 
tentia, juniora vernicosa ; petioli inerassati, 0'2 em. long. Cymæ 
in toto usque ad 1:5 em. long., vernicose. Bracteæ oblongis, 
obtuse, calyci applicate et eum subsquantes vel superantes, 
usque ad 0:6 cm. long. Pedicelli circa 0:25 cm. long., una cum 
bracteis et calycibus vernicosi. Calyeis pubescentis, lobi vix 
0°25 cm. long., exteriores 02 cm. lat., interiores circa 0:18 em. 
Flores cyanei. Corolle vix 10 em. diam. lobi 0:4 em. long., 
dorso obscure puberuli. Antheræ late oblonge, 0:2 cm. long., 
appendice rotundata brevissima coronat®. Fructus haud obvii. 
Near H. lavandulacea, Endl., which has different leaves, 
larger flowers, linear inner calyx-lobes, longer and narrower 
corolla-lobes, and differently shaped anthers with (although 
short for the genus) longer spathulate appendages, the cells 
villous on the inside instead of pubescent. 
H. viscosa, sp. nov. Suffruticosa, erecta, sursum ramosa, 
folis parvis sessilibus anguste linearibus obtusis planis una cum 
