2=3 II. DiLLENiACE^. [HiMertia. 



above, white-cottony and hairy on the under surface, which is however almost 

 concealed hy the revolute margins. Spikes termincd or lateral, about 3- 

 flowered. Sepals softly haiiy, about 4 lines long. Stamens and cai-pels as 

 in //. Banlisii and dealbata. 



N, Australia. Barreu places at tlie uioutli of the A^ictoria, ProvicleTice Hill, etc.j 



■ 7, H. ledifolia, Beuth. Branches rigid, the young ones as w^ell as tlie 

 under side of the leaves densely covered with a loisty or wliitish down. Leaves 

 oblong-lhiearj about \ in. long, obtuse, rather thick, "with the margins revo- 

 lute, hoary above when young, but soon glabrous. Peduncles short, terminal, 

 1- to 3-ilowered. Sepals ovate, about 5 lines long, thick and densely villous 

 as w^ell as the bracts. Petals scarcely longer. Stamens about 20, with about 

 15 shorter stamiuodia outside. Caqoels very villous, with usually 3 ovides 

 in each. — Hemistemma ledi/oliumy A. Cunn. Herb. 



N. Australia. York Sound, A. Cunningham. 



8. H. verrucosa, Benth. Much branched, the young shoots and leaves 

 Tery scabrous, with tubercles forming the base of stellate hairs. 'Leaves 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, \ to \ in. long, the margins very revolute. Peduncles 

 idl 1-flowered, very short, or seldom 4 or 5 lines long. Calyx about 3 lines, 

 sometimes nearly glabrous, more frequently more or less covered with stellate 

 hairs, which are sometimes stipitate, the outer sepals always acute, the inner 

 more obtuse- Petals obovate, slightly obcordate. Stamens often under 10, 

 with at least as many smaller staminodia outside. Carpels as in the allied 

 species, 3, hairy and biovulate. — Fleurandra verrucosa^ Turcz. in Bull, Mosc. 

 1852, ii. 139. . .' 



• . ^V. Australia. Cape Riche?, Brummond, Wi Coll. n, 289; Bald Island and Mount 

 Monypeak, MaxwelL — lu habit and inflorescence this species resembles II, hjpericoldeSy but 

 the acute sepals, and especially tbe stamens, readily distiDguish it, 



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Section II. Hemipleurandka. — Stamens rarely more than 12, all on 

 one side of tlie pistil ; staminodia small, usually subulate or club-sliaped, 

 either a or 3 on each side of the fertile ones, or continued round to the op- 



■ posite side of the pistil, with very rai-ely any outside the fertUe ones. Pedun- 

 cles in two species bearing a 1 -sided spike of several flowers, in all the others 

 l-flowered. Carpels 2, villous, with 2 or rarely 4 ovules in each. The species 

 are all West Aiistralian. 



9. H. spicata, F. Muell. Fragm. ii. I. Glabrous or very slightly and 

 mniutely pubescent. Leaves linear, usually obtuse, | to 1 in. long, the mar- 

 gins much revolute. Pedimcles lateral, usually longer than the leaves, bear- 

 ing a 1-sided spike of 4 to 8 flowers. Sepals about 3 lines long, pubescent 

 or shortly hairy. Petals deeply obcordate. Stamens usually 8 td 1 on one 

 side .of the carpels, with a ring of short, subulate or spathulate stamiuodia'* 



f continued all round the carpels, and a few even behind the fertile ones.— if'?- 



midejjJivs linearis, J. Drumm. and Ilarv. in Kew Hook. Journ. vii. 52. 



W Australia. Flinders' Bay, CoUle; Port Gregory, Walcotl and Oldfeld; north" 

 cru districts, Dnuumond. ' 



10. H. polystachya^ Brntli. rrocumbtnt and much branched, with 



