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Hibbertia.l II. dilleniaceIB. 25 



• "W. Australia. King George's Sound, R, Brown, Fraser^ and others ; Swan River; 



Drummo7id, 1st Coll. and 1845, n. 2; Mount Melville, Freiss, n, 215G; Champion Bay, 

 OldfieJd, 



Var. nlicifolia. Leaves stouter and not so long. King George's Sound, Baxter. 



/^ 17, H. aurea, Btend, in PL Freiss. i. 273. Eirid, and somewliat 

 virgate, perfectly glabrous, or the leaves slightly scabrous, and sometimes 

 shortly ciliate. Leaves narrow-linear and stift', shortly pointed^ the lower ones 

 2 to 4: in., those near the flow^ers about half as long, the margins much revo- 

 lute< riowers terminal, sessile, with 2 or 3 small sepal-like bracts at their 

 base. Outer sepals fully 3 lines long, stiffly coriaceous and almost sliinm^_ 

 ^vith a prominent keel projecting into a sharp point, inner ones less pointed, 

 broader and thinner. Petals broad. Stamens about 10, one-sided, with 2 

 •to 4 small staminodia on each side of them. Carpels 2-ovalate. — IT. pallida^ 

 Steud. in PL Preiss. i. 272, 



^^. Australia. Swan River, Bruminond ; in gravelly places at the foot of Darling 

 range, Freiss^t. 2153 ^ and 2152 5. 



Var. ohtusa. Leaves ohtuse, sepals scarcely keeled or pointed. — Flenrayidraglmicophjlla, 



. Steud. in PI. Preiss. i. 262? The fragments I have seen without flowers agree with this 



wiety ; but Steudel describes the ovaries as glabrous, which I have not observed in any 



- Hemipleurandra. lie does not describe the stamens, bnt I know of uo other western groups 



to which his specimen could be referred. Swan River, Brummond ; sandy places near Avon 



Dale, York District, Frelss, n, 2159. 



18.^ H. crassifolia, Bentli. Erect, with the habit of some of the hoary 

 varieties of //. dricta. Leaves linear-oblong, very obtuse, 2 to 3 Unes long, 

 the margins much rolled back, rather thick, hoary or rough witli very short 



stellate hnirst th^ flm-nl r.v»oc r»»fof« lonr.or^lofo nn ooiTl O" 1 Ilf H tl\P. bnipts. YloWCrS 



lioary, 

 nearly 3 lines long, surrounded by several ^bracts. Stamens about 12, one- 



stellate hairs, the floral ones ovate-lanceolate passing into the bracts. 1 

 closely sessile, solitary, and terminal. Sepals ovate, brown, slightly 

 nearly 3 lines long, surrounded by several bracts. Stamens about 1 

 sided, with 3 or 4 spathulate staminodia on each side of them, and not half 

 ^ long. Carpels "l-owA^i^.—Tleurandra crassJfoUa, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 



1819, ii. 5, 



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4^- Australia, Drtmmond, ith Coll. n. 120. 



Section III. Pleueandea.— Stamens often verj- few, and rarely more ^ 

 than 15, all on one side of the pistil, and often more or less united at the 

 base, without any staminodia. Peduncles 1 -flowered, or flowers sessile, soli- 

 tary, or in terminal heads. Carpels 2, villous or tomcntose, or very rarely 

 glabrous, with 2, 4, or more ovules in each. 



19. H. nitida, Benth. Erect, much branched and glabrous. Leaves 

 crowded, especially under the flowers, oblong, obtuse, or with a short pouit, 

 ■a to f in. lonor, narrowed at the base, the margins flat or shghtly recurved, 

 somewhat coriaceous and shining. Plowers sessUe within the last leaves, and 

 aun-ounded by a few short bracts. Sepals lanceolate or oblong, very pointed 

 »na (iuite glabrous, 3 to 5 lines long. Petals broad and notched. Stamens 

 ^W 11. Cai-pels hairy, 4-ovulate! Arillus slightly sinuate.-P/^';'-««^'-« 

 •«'^'rfa. R. Br. in DC. Syst. Vcg. i. 416 ; P. Cneonm, DC 1. c. i. 416. 



20. H. bracteata, Beni/i. Erect and much branched, with the aspect 



