67 



TETRATHECA hirsuta. 

 Hairy Tetratheca. 



OCTO-DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. orcl. Tremandrace^. 



TETRATHECA, Smith. Calyx 4-5-partitus. Petala 4-5. Stainina 

 8-10 ; anthercE biloculai'es, loculis ssepe bilocuiatis, tubulo apicis dehiscentes. 

 Ovarium biloculare, loculis biovulatis. Stylus «& stigma simplex. Capsida 

 bilocularis, coiupressa, loculicide bivalvis. Semina m loculis solitaria, in- 



versa. Frutices ericoidei, interdum juncei ; foliis parvis, alternis, verti- 



cillatisve, scepe pilis glandulosis conspjersis v. setosis. — Endl. Gen. 5644. 



T. hirsuta ; ramis tomentosis nunc setosis, foliis oblongis sparsis oppositisve 

 subtus tomentosis supra hispidis, pedunculis setosis scabrisve, floribus 

 pentameris — Lindley, Sketch of Swan River Flora, p. sxxviii. 



Tremandra Hugelii, Hort. 



Where the name has been published which this pretty 

 greenhouse plant bears in our gardens I have failed to ascer- 

 tain. It is certainly no other than Tetratheca hirsuta, and 

 by no means a Tremandra, if, as seems clear, the essential 

 character of that gfenus consists in its anthers not terminatinof 

 in a tube nor opening by a pore at the point. 



Messrs. Rollissons received it from Baron Hugel in the 

 summer of 1843, and flowered it last March, when the 

 accompanying drawing was made ; it has since spread to 

 many collections. 



Fig. 1. represents the stamens, with the calyx and corolla 

 removed ; 2. is an ovary, style, and stigma, with one side of 

 a cell cut away to shew the curious ovule with its hooked 

 point. 



It is a very nice greenhouse plant, gay with purple starry 

 blossoms. It grows freely in a compost of peat loam and 

 sand in equal proportions, and if a few potsherds are mixed 

 with it so much the better. In summer plenty of air and 

 water should be given, and shade in sunny weather. In 



