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30 II. DILLENIACE^. {Hibhertk. 



eacTi. Stamens numerous, without any, or rarely with small staminodia exit- ; 

 side. Leaves ovate, obovate, cuneate, oblong, or linear, flat, or with the mar- 

 gius slightly revolute, usually covered with stellate hairs or peltate scales. . 

 Flowers asillaiy, pedunculate, with a small bract under the sepals, those at 

 the base of the peduncle minute or wanting. The species are all tropical or 

 subtropical. 



29. H, hermanniaefolia, DC. S^st. Fe^A. 431. Kesembles in general 

 aspect II , fitrfuracea^ but very different in the stamens. Whole plant covered 

 with a rather rigid stellate down, mixed, especially on the upper side of the 

 leaves, with simple hairs. Leaves from obovate-oblong to cuneate, very ob- 

 tuse or retuse, \ to f in. long, the margins not recurved. Peduncles axillary, 

 mostly about \ in. long. Sepals about 4 lines, rather obtuse, membranous, 

 pubescent. Stamens about 15. Carpels 2, villous, with 2 (or perhaps some- 

 times 4 ?) ovules in each. 



. N. S. "Wales ? " DoveJale," Cale^, 1 have been unaWe to find the locality in any of 

 our maps. (iTJ. -B/vY. il/z/j.) 



30. H, velutina, H. Br. Serb, "VYhole plant clothed with a soft, velvety 

 tomentnm. Leaves oval or oval-oblong, sometimes slightly cuneate, obtuse, 



1 to 2 in. long, the margins scarcely recurved, and very soft. Peduncles 

 axillary, ^ to J in. long. Sepals about 3 lines long, softly tomentase. Petals 

 broadly obovate. Stamens numerous. Cai'pels 2 ?, tomentose. 



Queensland. N. E. Coast, i?. Brown. {lib, K Br.) 



31. H. oblongata, J2. Br, in DC, Si/si, Teg. i. 431. Branches rather 

 slender and elongated, covered as well as the leaves with a close whitish ^^' 

 mcntum consisting of stellate hairs more or less united into a scale at their 

 base. Leaves narrow-oblong, obtuse or with a very short slightly recuryed 

 point, mostly f to 1 in. long, the margins flat, the lateral veinlets converging 

 on the under side into an intraraarginal vein. Peduncles axillary, seldom above 



2 lines long. Inner sepals about 3 lines long, obtuse, the outer shorter and 

 more acute. Petals 3-lobed. Stamens above 20, all perfect or rarely one or 

 two on the side where there are fewest reduced to small staminodia. Carpels 

 2, scaly-tomentose, 2-ovulate. 



N. Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; rocky situations, Sims' Island, ^• 

 Ctinyiingltam ; sandstoue raviacs on the taLle-Iand and rocks on the Pitzinaurice river, 

 P. Mueller. 



Var. brerifoUa. Leaves mostly 3 to 4 lines long.— Upper Victoria river, F, Mueller^ 



33. H. toraentcsa^ Tl. Br. in DC, SysL Veg. i. 43S. Allied to -S- 

 oblongata, but more slender and much more branched. Leaves oljlong-lii^^^''' 



3 to 4 lines long or very seldom \ in., hoary on both sides, with a tniii"^^ | 

 close tomcntum, and without the iiitramarginal vein of //. oblo}ujata, Tlowers 

 smaller, with the sepals more prominently keeled. 



«*• Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, M. Brown. {Kb. iJ. 5n) This and some otkr 

 species of the present group may possibly, when better known, be reduced to varieties. | 



33. H. cistifolia, 7?. Br. m DC. S^/st. Veg. i. 431. Kesembles //. oh 

 lougata in the whitish tomentum, consisting of stellate hairs proceeding fr^,^ 

 a scale-like base, Vvhich covers every part, bnt the branches appear to ^^^ 

 fuse or shortly trailing from a woody rhizome, the leaves are broader, n'*^^ I 



