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Hibbertia—continued. 
be effected by cuttings, inserted in sandy peat, under 
a bell glass. The commonest and most useful species 
is H. dentata. The undermentioned species require green- 
house treatment, except where otherwise stated. 
H. Baudouinii (Baudouin’s). fl. 
diameter ; sepals green, oblong, concave, apiculate ; petals bright 
— obovate-cuneate, retuse ; racemes axillary, equalling the 
eaves, stout, sub-recurved. Summer. J. crowded towards the 
ends of the branches, 1ft. long, sessile, narrow-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, entire or minutely serrnlate. Stem grooved. New 
Caledonia. A small stove shrub, (B. M. 6053.) 
H. crenata (crenate). A synonym of H. grossulariefolia. 
H. Cunninghamii (Cunningham’s). fl. yellow; sepals thin, 
broadly ovate, the outer ones more acute ; petals slightly notched ; 
peduncles axillary. July. 1. linear, mostly pointed ; the edges 
scarcely recurved, narrowed below the mid dle, but expanded 
again intoa stem-clasping or sagittate base. Branches slender. 
Western Australia, 1832, (B. M. 3183.) 
secund, sub-sessile, 2in. in 
Fig. 224. FLOWERING BRANCH OF HIBBERTIA PERFOLIATA. 
H. dentata toothed).* f. dark yellow, lżin. to 2in. in diameter, 
Solitary, aria Sorin and A aries l. oblong, acuminated, 
Smooth, Serrated, awned. 1814. Climber. ag M. measa — 
Gooseberry-leaved). . yellow, rather 
small, on Een A BS og pic ovate or lanceolate, acumi- 
nate; petals obovate, entire, or nearly so, May. J. distinctly 
petiolate, ovate or oval-oblong, obtuse, undulate and coarsely 
toothed, rominently pinnate, veined underneath, glabrous or 
scabrous oe: more or less pubescent or hairy beneath. Stems 
weak and prostrate, or trailing, loosely pubescent. Western 
Ao tralia, 1816. Syns. H. crenata (A. B. R. 472; B. M. 1218), 
- latifolia, 
(broad-leaved). 
A synonym of H. grossulariæfolia. 
Hibbertia—continued. 
H. pedunculata (pedunculate). A. se ovate, very obtuse 
usually minutely pubescent outside ; an obovate, slightly 
emarginate. /. narrow-linear, rigid, obtuse; margins revolute, 
numerous, but not clustered. Stems diffuse, prostrate, or rarely 
— — South Wales. There is a variety, corifolia, figured in 
H. perfoliata (perfoliate).* fl. pale yellow. Summer. l. ovate, 
acute, edged with minute distant teeth, perfoliate near the base. 
Stem shortly trailing, Procumbent or erect. West Australia. 
See Fig. 224. (B. R. 1843, 64.) i 
H. stricta (upright).* /l. bright alee, small, profusely produced, 
solitary, axillary, and terminal. zZ. linear. Austral A wiry 
and much-branching species. There are several forms, 
H. volubilis (twining). jl. rather foetid, sessile, the largest of the 
enus. Summer, J, obovate-lanceolate, nearly entire, mucronate, 
in. to 4in. long. Stems twining. Queensland and New South 
Wales, 1790, (A. B. R. 126.) 
HIBISCUS (the old Greek name for the Marsh 
Mallow, used by Dioscorides). Including Lagunæa, Pa- 
Fic. 225. FLOWERING BRANCH OF HIBISCUS COCCINEUS. 
ritium, and Trionwm. ORD. Malvacew. An extensive 
genus, comprising about 150 species of stove, greenhonse, 
