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■^V. Australia, Shady woods ou the north side of Mount "Wuljcuup, Freiss,n.^ol; 



Blount Monypeak river, Maxwell. . , 



Var. parviflora. Howers small, as in H. acerosa, midrib of the leaves less promineni 

 underneath.— P/^Mra«(/;« dlamesofjems, Sleud.in Pl.Preiss. i. 265.— Boggy woods, SussW 

 district, Preiss,n. 2141. This variety approaches JI. gracilipes in aspect, but is readil)' dis- 

 tinguished by the presence of staminodia, . 



16. H. acerosa, BenUi. Usually low and very raucli branclicd, l^ut 

 sometimes throwing up ascending stems of nearly 1 ft. from a tliick base, g a- 

 brous or rough with short spreadiuc: liairs. Leaves linear-subulnte or broade 



preauiug 



at the base, very pointed and usually pungent, 4 lines to 1 in. long, erect or 

 spreading, the margins closely revolutc, biit much narrower than the^ broat 

 prominent midrib. Peduncles 1-flowcred, slender, i to 1 in. long. PloweiJ 

 nearly those of //. acicularis, except that there are always 1, 2, or 3 snw^ 

 club-shaped or spathulate staminodia on each side of the fertile stamen^- 

 Carpels 2-ovulate.— P^t'«raH(7;-a acerosa, E. Br. in 1)0. Syst. Veg. i- 422; ^• 

 coguata, Steud. in PI. Preiss. i. 2G5 : P. juniperina, Turcz. iii Bull. Mo^c 

 1849, ii. 6. ' J i ' 



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axils so us to form a kind of leafy raceme towards tlic ends of tlic branches. 

 Sepals 2 to near 3 lines long, glabrous or stellate-pubescent. Stamens 8 to 

 10 on one side of the pistD, with 1, 2, or 3 sitiall spathulate staminodia on 

 each side. Carpels 2 -ovulate. Arillus very short. — //. lefidophjlla, ¥. Muell. 

 Fragm. i. 217 ; Hcmhtenwm revolutnm, Turcz. in Bull, Mosc. 1849, ii. 4. 



^ "W. Australia. King George's Sound, JSIenzies, R. Brown; and thence to the Stirling 

 range, Brumwond, Preiss, n. 2154 and 2180, Oldjleld, and others. 



14. H, recurvifolia, BentlK A shrub with the foliage nearly of //. 

 rostellata or of Candollea nncinata, but with the flow^ers of a Ilemipleurandra. 

 Leaves nan-ow-linear, rigid, obtuse and hooked or recurved at the extremity, 

 2 to 4 lines long, convex underneath, but furrowed by the closely recurved 

 margins, whitish on both sides but glabrous, or ^vith a minute tuft of short 

 hairs at the tip. Peduncles 3 to 5 lines long, nearly glabrous. Sepals 

 whitish, about 2 lines long, the outer ones keeled and acute, surrounded by 

 2 or 3 small bracts. Stamens about 8 on one side of the pistil, wuth a fe^v 

 small staminodia on eacli side or behind them. Carpels villous, 2-ovulatc. 

 Tleurandra recitrvifoUa^ Steud. in PL Preiss. i. 264. 



. W, Australia. Gravelly places at the foot of the Konkoherup hills, Preiss, «. 2170; 

 riiillips river. Maxwell. 



Yar. virens. Leaves rather longer, the margins more prominently revolute, green hut 

 rough with small tuherclcs or a short stellate puhesceuce. — Point Henry, Oldjield, 



15. H. lineata, Steud, in PL Preiss. i. 272, Intermediate as it were 

 between //. hjpericoides, H. recurvi/olia^ and //. acerosa, dlftcriug from the 

 .first by its leaves much narrower, wdth the margins closely revolute so as ^o 

 appear 2- or 3-grooved on the under side, either glabrous or rough, with scat- 

 tered tubercles or a few spreading hairs ; from IL recurvifoUa , by the leaves 

 nearly twice as long, not hoary, quite straight or scarcely perceptibly recurved 

 at the tip ; and from II. acerosa by the leaves not pungent, either obtuse or 

 with a minute recm'ved point. The flowers in Preiss's original specimens are ^ 

 rather larger than in M. acerosa, of which species tliis plant may prove to ^ 

 be a variety. 





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