800 
leaves small, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, with revolute edges, fascicled 
in the axils, scarcely pubescent ; floral leaves conforming to the 
others ; flowers few, axillary, pedicellate ; calyx pubescent, with 
quite entire lips ; longer spur of anther about equal in length 
to the cell. kh. G. Native of New Holland, Caley. Allied 
to P. aspalathoides, but distinct. Leaves 1-2 lines long, con- 
vex. Corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. 
Caley's Prostanthera. Shrub humble. 
18 P. uricRoru/rrA (Cunningh. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 454.) 
branches almost glabrous; leaves small, thick, all obtuse, quite 
entire, spreadingly recurved, glabrous: floral leaves similar to 
the others; flowers few, axillary ; calyx pubescent, with nearly 
equal, quite entire lips; spurs of anthers adnate: longer one 
scarcely exceeding the cell. 5. G. Native of the interior of 
New Holland, in desert places near the river Lachlan.—4A hum- 
ble, much branched shrub. Leaves numerous, scarcely a line 
long: the floral ones and bracteas similar. Corolla scarlet, 
hardly twice as long as the calyx, pubescent outside. 
Small-leaved Prostanthera. Shrub humble. 
19 P. saxrcora (R. Br. prod. p. 509. Benth. lab. p. 454.) 
leaves linear-oblong, quite entire, thick, rather pilose while 
young ; floral leaves similar to the others, exceeding the flow- 
ers; flowers axillary ; calyx hairy at top; longer spurs of an- 
ther twice the length of the cell. bh. G. Native of New 
South Wales, about Port Jackson; and on rocks near Bathurst, 
on the west side of the Blue Mountains. Stem diffuse, suffruti- 
cose at the base, R. Br.—A slender shrub, with twiggy, hairy 
branches. Leaves sessile, 3-6 lines long, obtuse. Corolla twice 
as long as the calyx, pubescent outside, ex Benth. Lips of calyx 
nearly equal, R. Br. 
Stone Prostanthera. Shrub diffuse. 
20 P. wamirüLiA (R. Br. prod. p. 509.) branches hairy; 
leaves ovate, or elliptic-lanceolate, quite entire, with revolute 
edges, hispid on both surfaces; flowers axillary, subracemose ; 
calyx hairy, with nearly equal lips; lower lip retuse; spurs of 
anthers exceeding the cells a little. h.G. Native of New 
South Wales, at Port Jackson, and on the Blue Mountains. 
Leaves distant, nearly sessile, 2-4 lines long; floral leaves equal- 
ling the calyxes. Calyx bluish at top. Corolla a little longer 
than the calyx. 
Cat-Thyme-leaved Prostanthera. Shrub 1 to 14 foot. 
21 P. raymrrorra (Cunningh. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 455.) 
branchlets finely pubescent; leaves ovate, roundish, few-cre- 
nated, glabrous, with recurved margins; flowers shortly race- 
mose; calyx almost glabrous, with quite entire lips; spurs of 
anthers equal, adnate, shorter than the cells. h. G. Native of 
New South Wales, near Port Jackson ; and at Springwood. P, 
retusa, Sieb. fl. nov. holl. exs. but not of R. Br. Leaves on 
Short petioles, 1-2 lines long, 
glabrous, or ciliated with a few FIG. 83. 
hairs on the nerves beneath: 
floral leaves minute, deciduous. 
Calyx glabrous, or ciliated on 
the stripes. Corolla white, gla- 
brous, exceeding the calyx a 
little. Nearly allied to P. vio- 
lacea. 
Thyme-leaved Prostanthera. 
Shrub. 
22 P. viora‘cea (R. Br, 
prod. p. 509.) leaves roundish, 
crenated, with revolute edges, 
pubescently hairy on both sur- 
faces,as well as on the branches ; 
racemes dense, few-flowered ; 
calyx pubescently hairy, with 
LABIATZE. LXII. PnaosrANTHERA. 
a 
LXIII. Hemranpra. 
quite entire lips : lower lip twice as long as the upper, and nar- 
rower; spurs of anthers equal, rather shorter than the cells, 
h. G. Native of New South Wales, at Port Jackson. Bot, 
reg. 1072. Leaves 3-4 lines long; floral leaves small: upper 
ones minute. Corolla violaceous, twice as long as the calyx, 
(Fig. 83.) 
Var. B, glàbrior (Benth. lab. p. 455.) leaves smaller, and 
more glabrous. kh. G. Native of New South Wales, near 
Port Jackson; at Springwood, and on the Blue Mountains, 
This appears to be an intermediate plant between P. violàcea 
and P. thymiflia. 
Violaceous-flowered Prostanthera. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1820, 
Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
23 P. rca‘na (Cunningh. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 455.) leaves 
ovate, obtuse, crenated, bullately wrinkled, hispid from villi on 
both surfaces, as well as the branches; racemes very short, 
dense; spurs of anthers equal, adnate, shorter than the cells. 
h.G. Native of New South Wales, on the Blue Mountains; 
and on rocks at the junction of the rivers Nepean and Warra- 
gumba. Shrub divaricately branched. Leaves 3 an inch long; 
floral leaves smaller, sometimes coloured a litte. Flowers 
almost sessile. Corolla purple, scarcely pubescent outside, ex- 
ceeding the calyx a little. 
Hoary Prostanthera. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
24 P. rucdsa (Cunningh. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 456.) leaves 
crenated, bullately wrinkled, hispid from villi on both surfaces, 
as well as the branches; flowers few, axillary; calyx hispid: 
upper lip somewhat tridentate, and the lower one emarginate; 
spurs of anthers shorter than the cells. h. G. Native of 
New Holland, at the river Hunter. Habit and leaves that of 
P. violacea, but more hispid ; but the inflorescence and calyx 
are very distinct. Corolla almost glabrous outside, 
Wrinkled-leaved Prostanthera. Shrub 5 to 6 feet.? s 
25 P. ruómsra (R. Br. prod. p. 509.) leaves rhombeo-orbi- 
cular, quite entire, shining above in the adult state, glandular 
beneath ; branches and calyxes pubescent; flowers axillary ; 
spurs of anthers shorter than the cells. h.G. Native of New 
South Wales, about Port Jackson. Branches divaricate, sparingly 
pilose. Leaves almost sessile, bullately convex above, 2-4 lines 
long; floral leaves similar to the rest, on short pedicels. Co- 
rolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. 
Rhomb-leaved Prostanthera. Clt. 1823. Shrub 3 to 4 
feet. ? : 
Cult. All the species are showy when in blossom. A light 
rich soil, or one composed of equal parts of loam, peat, and sand, 
will answer. Cuttings of young wood strike root readily in the 
same kind of soil, with a hand-glass over them. 
LXIII. HEMIA'NDRA (from jj, hemi, a half; and avn? 
avépoe, aner andros, a male; so called in allusion to the dimi- 
diate anthers.) R. Br. prod. p. 502. Benth. lab. p. 456. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Gymnospérmia. Calyx campanulate, 
striated at the base; lips flat, closed over the fruit: upper lip 
entire, mueronate: lower one semi-bifid. Corolla with a short 
ample tube, a campanulate throat, and a bilabiate limb; lips 
flat, spreading : upper one bifid: lower one 3-lobed, the middle 
lobe emarginate. Stamens 4, loosely ascending, didynamous: 
lower ones the longest; filaments glabrous, naked ; anthers dimi- 
diate : fertile cell ascending, and the sterile cell slender, and de- 
scending on the filament. Style almost equally bifid at apex; 
lobes subulate, stigmatiferous at tops.—A small shrub, with the 
habit of Prostanthéra. 
1 H. ru'ncrns (R. Br. prod. p. 502.) 
New Holland, on the south coast, R. Br. ; on hills near Swan 
River, Frazer.—A stiff, decumbent, densely leafy shrub ; 
branches hard, glabrous or pubescent at the base. Leaves ses- 
h.G. Native of 
