Hlbhertia.'] n. BILLEMAce^ 



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spreading Iiairs, or at length scabrous only or nearly glabrous. Leaves nar- 

 i'ou-linear, obtuse, 3 to 5 lines, or lu some specimens ^ in. long, tlie margins 

 niucli revolute. Peduncles lateral, usually above 1 in. long, bearing a 1-sided 

 spike of 2 to 4 flowers. Sepals broader and more scarious tliau in H. spicala, 

 n-om wliich this species differs chiefly in its hairs, and in the stamiuodia, 

 which altliough continued from the fertile stamens round the rest of the torus, 

 yet are usually entirely wanting, or there is only a single one behind the per- 

 fect stamens. The 2 ovules in this and the last species do not appear to be 

 really superposed, although one is usually" borne on a much lon*::er funiculus 

 than the other. o j o 



^v. Australia, Swan Kiver, Bnmmond ; Blackwood 'river, Oldjleld. 



, ^^' H* furfuracea, BentJi, Bather coarse and erect, 3 to 4 ft. lu'gh, 

 the branches thickly clothed with rust-coloured, loosely stellate hairs. Leaves 

 narrow-oblong or linear, very obtuse, 1 to 2 iu. long, the margins revolute, 

 but lenmg the under surface open, villous above when young, scabrous when 

 old, closely tomentose and white or hoary uuderaeath. Peduncles mostly 

 axillary, 1-flowered, | to 1 in. long. Outer sepals ovate ox ovate-lanceolate, 

 sometimes near 5 lines long, inner ones shorter and rounder. Petals 2-lobcd. 

 fetamens 8 to 12, with numerous small staminodia ou each side, and on the 

 opposite side of the carpels. Carpels 2, globose, villous, 4-orulate. Arillus 

 very short.— P^,^z,r^;,^;.^yi,,y),;-^.^^^^ r. Br. in D^;. Syst. Teg. i. 417 ; Deless. 

 ^c. bel 1. t. SO; Ilibheriia astrophjlla, Steud. in PI. Preiss. i, 270; Hemi- 

 ^temma asperifoUum, F. MuelL Fragm. i. 161. 



.^T' ■^^^^*^^^^'^- Bocky liills, from King George's SounJ to the Stirling range, R. 



icrs; rocks on the western side of Mount 



7 ***"'*" -i^ocKV iiuis, irom iving 



'^^^^>hA.Cu7imnffham, Drummond, and o(f 

 Clarence, Prem, n, 2167. 



H, hypericoides, BenlJi. Brand 



^)^^^^ as the leaves hoaiT, with a short stellate down. Leaves linear-oblong, 

 J'ery obtuse, \ in. long 'or rather more, those of the smaller branches half as 

 Jf'iig, the thick margins much revolute. Peduncles mostly terminal, l-flowered, 

 4 to I in. long. Sepals broad, very concave and obtuse, shorter than in 11. 

 Jiirfuracea, hoaiy outside. Petals 2-lobed. Stamens 12 to 15, with rather 

 nnmorous (or rarely very few) small spathiJate or clavate stamiuodia on each 

 8Kle or on the opposite side of the cai-pels. Carpels connate at the base, 

 giobular, 2-ovulate.— P/e«rff«f7;-a hjpericoides, DC. Syst. Veg. i. 421 ; Deless. 

 ^•^^ feel. 1. t. 81 ; Ilibbertia trachjphjila, Steud. in PI. Preiss. i. 271 ; //. 

 '^^P'^ra, Steud. 1. c. i. 270 ; H. proxhna and //. cinerascciis, Steud. 1. c. i. 271. 



"Vy-. Australia. Co:nmoii aLont rcrth, Frebi, n. 2133 mid 2136 a, Drummond and 

 '■''; Cape Lcuuwin, Co/iie ; Port Gregory and Blackwood river. Oldfield ; Darling 

 S„„-L \ ™*' «• 2147 ; Cataract VaUcy, Frdss, n. 2140; between Perth and King George s 

 »"na, Ilarveij ; Stokes' Inlet, Maxwell. 



others 

 range. 



Branches erect and 



ly pubescent or 



convex, some- 



c^u, or sometimes s](uuler and decumbent or diffuse, minute 



o ai^rous. Leaves usually 1 to 1^ line long, ovate and very 



^ «ies more linear and 2 lines long, always very convex and very patent or 

 Closely reflexed on the stem, glabrous or rough, with a minute pubescence, 

 ^^cluneles 1-flowcrcd, slender, often ^ to | in. long, arranged m the upper 



