28 II. BILLENIACE.^. {Ilibbertiii 



jr. 



long, or iu some varieties rather sliorter or longer, tlie outer ones usually 



pointed, tlie inucr broader and more obtuse, glabrous, or nearly so. Petals 

 broad. Stamens usually 10 to 13, Carpels downy or villous, with 2 to 4 

 ovules. Arillus sometimes almost enveloping; the seed, sometimes very 

 short. — Tleurandra ovata^ Labill. PL Nov. IIoll. ii. 5, t. 143; Hook. f. H- 

 Tasm. i, 16. 



QueenslancL Glasshouse Mountains, P. Mueller. 



N. S. "Wales. Port Jacksou, R. BrowUy Sieher, n. 144, and others; Hastings river, 

 Beckler. 



Victoria. Scattered over the sontlicrn part of the colony, F. Mueller, 



Tasmania- SunJy soils on the coast ia various places^ /. Z). Hooker, Gunn. 



S, Australia- Spencer's Gulf, F, Mueller, 



Although apparently not so common as M, stricta, this species appears to be more van- 

 ahle, and the following forms have in general the appearance of distiiict species, 1^"^.^ 

 always too much connected by intermediate specimens to admit of their being charactenzea 

 as such. 



a. moiiadelpha, F. Muell. mss. Leaves large, obovate or oblong. Flowers large. Ovult^ 

 4. ■ Sealers' Cove, F, Mueller ; Flinders Island, Gunn. „ 



h. ohovala. Leaves and flowers of a, but ovules only 2. — Fleurandra oiovatcty K. -d ■ 

 Herb., from Port Dalrymple ; Hastings river, Beckler ; West Head, Tasmania, Gunn. ^ 



e. ovata. Leaves and flowers small, ovate or oblong. Ovules 2. The most conicio 

 Tasmaniau and N, S. Wales form. . i (t 



rf. scabra. Leaves narrow, seldom (except a few of the lower ones) above 4 lines loOq' 

 and usually much rcvolute on the m^'^nu— Fleurandra scahra, R. Br. iu DC. Syst. v e?- " 

 418; P.empetrlfolia,J)CA.Q.\.A2d', P. mterotricha, Sicb. in Sprci.g. Syst. Cur. I'o^' 

 101 ; PL Exs. n. 149, and FL Mixt. n. 505 (n. 139, P. cinerea, is a rather more c;uicsceu 

 form). Common about Sydney. .^ 



^ e. parvfjlora. Slender and much branched. Leaves 2 to 4 lines long, from obovate 

 linear-oblong, flat or much revolute. Sepals under 2 lines long. Ovules 2, or rarely ^_ ,^ 

 Fleurmidra parviflora, R. Br. in DC. Syst. Veg. i. 418 ; Hibbertia asprra, 1>C. Syst. >«^S' 

 430. Port Jackson, R. Brown ; Sieher, m. 144, aud PL Mixt. w. 504, and others. 



26, H. gracilipes, BentJi. ISTcarly" glabrous, diffuse or prostrate, »^^^^ 

 mucli brauclicd, with mucli of the appearance of //. acicidaris, but ^^^^ ^^^. 

 are usually broader aud not puugent. Tliey are narrow-linear, usually v . 



f 



linear obtuse leaves, the margins much revolute, but these leaves are usually ^ 

 longer and the flowers much larger, always borne on a pedicel of from ^ to 2 in- 

 From some specimens of H, stricta, var. Jdrtiflora, it diiFcrs chiefly in its low, 

 prostrate habit, in being more hairy, and the peduncles much longer. Sepals | 

 4 to 5 lines long, and very hairy. Petals, stamens, and carpels of H. st/ictd- 

 Ovules usually 6. 



Victoria- Barren scrubby plains near Mount Zero, F. Mueller. \ 



25. H. Billardierf, F. MuelL PL Vict. i. 14. Stems weak, sometimes 

 short and erect, but more frequently trailing to the length of two or three feet 

 or more over other shrubs, the branches clothed with stellate hairs, often mixed 

 with long spreading ones. Leaves from obovate, ovate or oval-oblong to 

 oblong-cuneate or narrow-oblong, the larger ones -^ to 1 in. long, but ui ttie 

 commoner slender varieties not half that size, the margins recurved, more or 

 less stellately pubescent, especially underneath, and scabrous above, but be- 

 coming glabrous with age. Pedicels terminating short, leafy shoots, or appa- 



Tentlv axillary, slender, and recurved, |- to •§ in. long. Sepals 2 to 3 hues 



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