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HlBBERTIA DENTATA. BltOWN-LEAVED 

 HlBBERTIA. 



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Class and Order. 



POLYANDRIA PoLYGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-phyllus, in fructu connivens. Petala 5, decidua. 

 Capsular plurimae (1 — 15) glomeratae. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Hibbertia dentata ; foliis ovato - oblongis ; aristulato - 

 dentatis, floribus trigynis pedunculatis, caule volubili. 



Hibbertia dentata ; foliis oblongis acuminatis glabris 

 aristulato-serratis, floribus pedunculatis trigynis, caule 

 volubili. Be Cand. Syst. Nat. Veg. 1. p. 426. Bot. 

 Reg. 282. 



Hibbertia dentata. R. Brown ined. Lodd. Cab. 347. 



The genus Hibbertia belongs to the natural order of 

 Dilleniacece of De Candolle, an order first proposed by 

 Salisbury in the Paradisus Londinensis. Most of the 

 genera of this order had been joined by Jussieu either to 

 his order of Magnolia, or that of Rosacea. 



Hibbertia dentata is a climbing shrub and if planted in the 

 border of a conservatory., to which it is well suited, will, if 

 properly supported, in a few years attain the height of six 

 or eight feet. It produces abundance of bright yellow 

 flowers, which contrast beautifully with the dark brown 

 foliage amongst which they are seated. In cultivation it 

 is principally on the younger leaves that the denticulation 

 is observable, the full grown ones being either quite entire 

 or concealing it by the reflection of their margins. 



Only two species of this genus are inserted in the Hortus 

 Kewensis, the volubilis, figured at No. 449, of this work 



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