H'Mertia,'] ii. dilleniacEjE. 2T 



23. H. stricta, R. Br. Herb.; F.MuellFL VicLl 15. Erect, spread- 

 ing; or diffuse, but scarcely prostrate, sometimes throwing up almost simple 

 stems of 6 in. from a thick rhizome, sometimes attaining several feet in height, 

 more or less hoary or scabrous, with a minute stellate tomentum, although 

 sometimes appearing glabrous at first sight. Leaves naiTow-linear, erect or 

 spreading, rather obtuse, mostly i to ^ in. long, the closely revolute margins 

 disclosing little more than the midrib underneath. Flowers nearly sessile, or 

 on pedicels of 2 or 3 lines in length. Sepals usually about 3 lines long, 

 oblong, lanceolate, or the iimer ones ovate. Stamens usually 8 to 12. 

 tai-pels^tomentose, or verj^ rarely glabrous, with 4 to 6, or very rarely more 

 ovules in each. Arillus usually very small. — Fleurandra stricta, K. Br. in 

 I»C. Syst. Veg. i. 422 ; P. riparia, E. Br. in DC. 1. c. i. 419 • P. ericifoUa, 

 DC. 1. c, i. 420 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 17 ; P. cistiflora, Sieb. in Spreng. Syst. 

 Cur. Post. ]91; Eeichb. Icon. Exot. t. 79. 



Queensland- Port Curtis, SrGiUivrmj; ^roreton Bay, F. Mueller, and inland to 



the rau2:es on the Burritt river, D. Moore, and Maranoa river, MiicJielL 



N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, E. Broicn and others, and apparently throughout the 

 colony, 



Victoria. In sandy, rocky, or heathy locahties of the lowlands and hills, not rare, F. 



Tasm 



auia. Abundant thront^hout the island, /. 2?. Ilooher, 



->. Australia. From the Murray to Streaky Bay, WMtaker, F. Mueller, Warhurion, 

 and others. ^ ^ 



• W. Australia. Only at the extreme eastern limits on the south coast, Maxn-elL 



Alus is a very variaLlc species, with the flowers seldom so closely sessile as in the preceding 

 ones, nor home on peduncles so long as in most of the following ones. There are a few spe- 

 cimens, however, which come near to the narroiv-leaved forms of II, Billardieri, and others 

 Which are very close upon //. liumifasa. The following arc the most striking forms :— ^ 



^' glahriuscida. Glabrous or nearly so, procumbent or erect. Flowers neaily sessile. 

 Lillys not hoary. Carpels toraentose. Ovules 4 to 6. The commonest form in N. S. Wales, 

 r ^ 1 ,? Victoria, and Tasmania, including Sieber's n. 150 (P. riparla), 151 (P. strida), 

 ana 47 [P.fumana), the latter a straggling variety approaching H, BlUardien m habit, 

 f*^' ^^l (P- cisiijiora) is the same, with longer, more acute, sometimes almost pungent leaves, 

 irom the Blue Mountains; and a form with very short obtuse leaves appears to be common 

 about Lake Hindmarsh. in YiVtnri,^ 



Ovules 4. From 



o. letocarpa. Procumbent and perfectly glabrous, even the carpels 



^^ south coast of W. AustraUa, east of Stokes Inlet, Maxwell. 

 J\ "^^^^^cens. Leaves and calyx more or less hoary with stellate hairs. ^ Flowers pedun- 

 V^r^ Z. ""^^ ^^^*^ly nearly sessile. Ovules usually ^.--Fleurandra incana, Imdl. m 

 ^''tch.ThreeExped. ii. 156. Apparently common in Victoria, extending also ov^r ^. b. 

 :;f,7 ^^J« Queensland and westward to Spencer's Gulf. In this I should include F 7^^^rr^- 

 feS%^''^-^^-^^^-^-143; Spreng. s/st. Cur. Post. 191, a small-flowered and small- 

 Rrll •'''?. ^'^^ ^^^ I^^^e Mouatains and from Tasmania, Guun. n. 1020 ; and F cutoff ^; 



^f' m Jlitch. Trop. Austr. 3G3, from New England, A Stnarf. and Queensland. Mitchell. 



Ranges, _ . , . 



^ torn from Spencer's Gulf and Streaky Bay, Herb. Mueller. 



H. humifusa, F. MuelL PL FicL I 16, t Sujqd. 1. Prostrate, 



