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93. SPIRiEA lanceolate. Poir. diet. 7. 353. Cambess. in ann. sc. nat. 1. 

 366. t. 25. 



A hardy shrub with white flowers, native of China. It 

 has the habit of Spiraea bella, and others of the same section 

 of the genus Spirsea, from which it is known by its lanceolate, 

 lobed, and serrated leaves, which are quite smooth, but paler 

 on the under than the upper side. The clusters of flowers 

 are on longer stalks than are represented in the figure pub- 

 lished by M. Cambessedes, but it exactly agrees with his de- 

 scription. In the gardens it is known under the name of 

 Sp. Reevesiana. 



94. HIBBERTIA perfoliate. Hugel's Enum. p. 3. 



A very handsome Swan River greenhouse shrub, with firm 

 glaucous oblong leaves, stem clasping, terminated by a free point 

 and slightly toothed at the margin. The flowers are single, op- 

 posite the leaves, bright clear yellow, and almost as large as 

 those of the old Hibbertia volubilis ; they are free from all 

 unpleasant smell. The specimen before me is a foot high, 

 branched from the base, as it is described by Endlicher in 

 Hugel's enumeration. But I find no sign of twining, and the 

 stems are very slightly four-cornered, while the ovaries vary 

 in number from four to five, the number three not having 

 been found upon any one of the four flowers that expanded ; 

 nevertheless I entertain little doubt that these differences 

 arise from the state of Baron Hugel's dried specimens. Occa- 

 sionally the leaves are slightly repand. This species has 

 flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 



95. STYLIDIUM Brunonfanum. Benthani in Hugel's Enum. p. 72. 



A very pretty species, with two or three whorls of narrow 

 glaucous leaves, and pyramids of bright pink flowers placed 

 tier upon tier. It is a greenhouse plant, and probably an 

 annual, native of the Swan River colony. It has flowered in 

 several collections near town. 



96. GESNERIA discolor; caule herbaceo erecto pubescente, foliis oppositis 

 ovatis alte cordatis dentatis longe petiolatis incanis, panicula aphylla 

 glaberrima vernicata, corollis clavatis glabris pedicellis dupl6 longio- 

 ribus : limbi lobis rotundatis subsequalibus. 



