DILLENIACE. XIII. ADRASTÆA. 
and author of many approved and useful botanical works. He 
is justly considered one of the first botanists of the present age). 
Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 33. t. 176. ‘D.C. syst. 1. p. 423. prod. 1. 
p 73. 
lin. syst. Polyadélphia, Polyéndria. Calyx of 5, oval, 
mucronate, permanent sepals. Petals 5, obovate or obcordate, 
deciduous. Stamens indefinite, polyadelphous. Styles filiform. 
Carpels 2-5, ovate, opening on the inside. Shrubs, natives of 
New Holland, having the appearance of Pleurdndra and Hibbér- 
tia. Flowers yellow. 
1 C. cunerro’rmis (Lab. nov. holl. 2. p. 34. t. 176.) leaves 
smooth, obovately-cuneated, blunt at the top, entire. h.G. 
Native of New Holland on the western coast at Lewin’s Land, 
and at Port Royal George. Hook. bot. mag. 2711. Hibbértia 
cuneiformis, Smith. in Rees’ cycl. vol. 17. Shrub about 4 feet 
high ; branches cinereous, rough. Ovaries 5-6, smooth. 
Wedge-formed-leaved Candollea. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1823. 
Shrub 4 feet. 
2 C. pepuncuza'ra (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 424.) leaves 
smooth, linear-cuneated, truncate at the top, 3-toothed. h. G. 
Native of New Holland at King George’s Sound. A small 
branched shrub, with the younger branches villous, and the adult 
ones smooth. Ovaries 3? 
Pedunculated Candollea. Fl. May, Oct. Shrub 2 feet. 
3 C. rascicura`ra (R. Br. in D.C. syst. 1. p. 424.) leaves vil- 
ous, linear, entire. h. G. Native of New Holland at King 
George s Sound. Branches round, younger ones villous. Ovaries 
3-4, smooth. 
Fascicular-leaved Candollea. F).? Shrub 2 feet? 
Cult, _Candéllea is a genus of beautiful greenhouse shrubs. 
he species will thrive well in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, 
and cuttings will strike root readily in the same kind of soil, 
under a hand-glass, 
Jog: ADRASTÆ'A (Adraste in mythology, daughter of 
es er and Necessity, who, according to Plutarch, was the only 
ry that exercised the vengeance of the gods). D. C. syst. 1. 
P 424. prod. 1. p. 73. 
Lin. syst. Decéndria, 
Permanent sepals. Digýnia. Calyx of 5, acuminated, 
sepals. § Petals 5, oval, deciduous, shorter than the 
obon S gamens 10, free, equal ; filaments flat, bearing the 
iia g ce s of the anthers on their margins. Ovaries 2. Styles 
D ae » conico-subulate. A little shrub, having the appearance 
Species of Hibbértia. Flowers yellow. 
1 A. SALICIFO'LIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 424.) leaves linear, near] 
entire, furnished at the top on both sides with 3-5 callose, toothe 
meS -G. Native of marshes about Botany Bay. 
We weaved Adrastea. Shrub 2 feet. 
loam and This pretty little shrub will thrive well in a mixture of 
tings wil] peat, but it will require to be kept rather moist. Cut- 
of soil vw: root readily if planted in a pot filled with the same kind 
with a hand-glass placed over them. 
F. ity. HIBBE'RTIA (in honour of George Hibbert, F. R. S. 
plants, H © was once eminently distinguished for his love of 
tingen, and purchased the entire herbarium of Murray of Got- 
Collector of la some tıme maintained Mr. Niven, an eminent 
syst, 1 plants, atthe Cape). Andr. bot. rep. t. 126. D.C. 
w P. 425. prod. 1. p. 73. 
Permanent T. pE olyándr ta, Monogynia to Polygynia. Sepals 5, 
; anthe etals 5, deciduous. Stamens indefinite, filiform, 
dened. Carrel, oblong. Ovaries 1-15 ; styles filiform, in- 
Seeds Without any aril. ranous, dehiscent, usually 1-2-seeded. 
With yellow flowers. Erect, procumbent, or twining shrubs, 
XIV. Hispertia. 75 
§ 1. Burtònia (see Burtònia), Sal. Carpels 10-15, mith 
their base smooth, but rather pilose at the apex.— Perhaps a 
proper genus. 
1, H. GRossuLARIÆFO`LIA (Sal. par. lond. no. 73. t. 73. under 
Burtònia.) leaves nearly orbicular, crenate-toothed ; flowers 
on peduncles, opposite the leaves; stems procumbent or climb- 
ing. hk. G. Native of New Holland at King George’s 
Sound. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1218. H. crenata, Andr. bot. rep. 
t. 472. 
Gooseberry-leaved Hibbertia. Fl. Mar. Aug. Clt. 1573. Sh. cl. 
§ 2. 
2 H. voxv'siuis (Andr. bot. rep. t. 126.) leaves obovate-lan- 
ceolate, nearly quite entire, mucronate, under surface pubescent ; 
flowers sessile, with 4-8-styles ; stems twining. h.%™. G. Na- 
tive of New Holland near Port Jackson. Dilleénia speciosa, Curt. 
bot. mag. t. 449. exclusive of the synonyms. Dillènia humilis, 
Donn. hort. cant.?  Dillénia turnerzflora, Gawl. recens. pl. bot. 
rep. 27. Dillénia scandens, Willd. spec. p. 1251. Duham. arb. 
ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 239. t. 63. Dillénia intègra, Moench. suppl. 
t. 76. Dillénia volubilis, Vent. choix. p. 11. t. 11. Pers. ench. 
Carpels 1-8, glabrous. 
2. p.72. Flowers fetid, about the size of those of Cistus Lada- 
dani ferus. Seeds black, pea-formed, compressed, hard, ex- 
arillate. 
Twining Hibbertia. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1790. Shrub cl. 
3 H. penta‘ra (R. Br. in D, C. syst. 1. p. 426.) leaves ob- 
long, acuminated, smooth, serrated, awned ; flowers on peduncles 
with 3 styles; stems twining. h.^. G. Native of New Hol- 
land on the Blue Mountains. Ker. bot. reg. t. 282. Lodd. bot. 
cab. t. 347. . Sims, bot. mag. t. 2338. 
Var. , pedicels and calyx smooth or scarcely pilose; leaves 
more serrated. 
Toothed-leaved Hibbertia. Fl. Jan. Aug. Clt.1814. Sh. cl. 
4 H. satiena (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 427.) leaves oblong- 
linear, mucronately-pointed at the apex, quite entire, under sur- 
face villous; flowers sessile, with 2-4 styles; stem erect. h.G. 
Native of New Holland about Port Jackson and among brush- 
wood in several parts of the Blue Mountains, particularly about 
Spring Wood. Stamens 25-30. 
Willow-leaved Hibbertia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1823. Sh. 3 ft. 
5 H. vrocu'mBens (D.C. syst. 1. p. 427.) leaves linear, acu- 
minated, thickish, smooth, veinless ; flowers nearly sessile, with 
3-5 styles; stems procumbent. kh. G. Native of New Hol- 
land and Van Diemen’s Land. Dillénia procimbens, Lab. nov. 
holl. 2. p. 16. t. 156. H. angustifolia, Sal. par. lond. no. 73. 
Flowers the size of those of Lysimachia nummularia, Stamens - 
16-24. Seeds immersed in pulp.—Perhaps a proper genus. 
Procumbent Hibbertia. Shrub trailing. 
6 H. virea'ta (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 428.) leaves linear, 
bluntish, smooth; flowers sessile, with 7-8 anthers and 3-4 styles ; 
stem erect. h.G. Native of New Holland about Port Jack- 
son. A small, slender, smooth shrub. 
Twiggy Hibbertia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 2 ft. 
7 H. rascicura'ta (R. Br. in D.C. syst.1. p. 428.) leaves 
linear, awl-shaped, smooth, in fascicles ; branchlets rather pilose ; 
flowers sessile, with 3-4 styles ; stem erect. R. G. Native of 
New Holland about Port Jackson. This shrub has the appear- 
ance of Hypéricum fasciculdtum. Stamens 11-12. 
Fascicled-leaved Hibbertia. Shrub 1 foot. 
8 H. uwea'ris (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 428.) leaves linear, 
acute, quite entire, smooth ; flowers sessile, with 2 styles and 20 
stamens; stem erect. h.G. Native of New Holland about 
Port Jackson. 
Linear-leaved Hibbertia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt.1821. Sh. 2 ft. 
9 H. osrusiro 11a (D. C. syst. 1. p. 429.) leaves linear, ob- 
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