Hibbertia.'] n. dilleniace^e. 85 



shorter and clustered, sometimes nearly ovate. Flowers ratlicr small, sessile 

 lu the tufts of iioral leaves, and surrounded by sliorL broad brown scarious 

 bracts. Sepals lanceolate, usually acute, stiffly menjbranous, quite glabrous, 

 nearly 3 lines long. Petals broadly obcordate. Stamens 10 to 15, or rarely 

 above 20, without staminodia. Carpels 3, glabrous, 1- or 2-ovulate. 



W. Australia. Swan River, DrumDwnd, \st CoU. w. 8 of 1843. 

 ar. . canescens. Leaves hoary, with a miinitc nppressed pubescence. Sepals larger but 

 glabrous. Gordon river, Ohifield ; rock at Oolini^^arran, Uerb, Miwller, The specimens 

 are insufficient for accurate determiuation. 



47. H. argentea, Sfeud. in FLFrelss.l 268. Allied to IL77ton tarn, hut 

 the whole plant is silvery -white, with densely appressed silky hairs. Leaves 

 iiarrow-oblong, ^ to f in. long, obtuse or w'ith a minute point, slightly con- 

 tracted at the base. Flowers closely sessile in tufts of floral leaves, and sur- 

 rounded by broad short braets, brown on the edges, but more or less silky- 

 hairy on the back, and not so obtuse as in //. viontana. Flowers smaller. 

 Sepals 3 to 4 lines long, lanceolate, acute, very silky-hairy. Petals broad, 

 emarginate, almost 2-lobed. Stamens above 40, without staminodia. Car- 

 Pels 3, glabrous, 2-ovulate. Arillus veiy short. 



^- Australia. Brummoyid ; Cape Richc, Freiss, n. 2144. 



Var. dlj'usa. Dwarf, with oLovatc-oWon-; leaves of 1 in. or rather more. Flowers largo. 



^tonev hUls, Tone river, Oldjield. 



48. H. pilosa, Ste^/J. in PL Preiss. i. 272. Branches slender, weak, 

 loosely pubescent or hairy. Leaves narrows-oblong or oblong-oval, above 1 

 |n. long, the margins slightly recurved, nearly glabrous, scabrous, or loosely 

 nairy Flowers closely sessile, surrounded by broad brown scarious bracts, 

 T^sually mucronate, and shorter and thinner' than in //. montana. Sepals 

 "^Jp', with loose spreading not ;:.ilky hairs, acute, about 3 lines long. Stamens 

 and carpels of //, mordana, of which this plant may possibly hereafter prove 

 to be a variety only. " 



W. Australia. Dense shady places, Darling's Baiige, Frelss, w. 2130 {Jib. Sonder.), 



*9- H. montana. Stead, in PL Preiss. i- 270. Stems usually erect, 

 ^oiu a thick rhizome, 1 ft. high or rather more, pubescent. Leaves in the 

 J|ormal fonn linear-oblong, obtuse, with a minute point, | to 1 in. long, the 

 D^argins slightly recurved, narrowed at the base, usually glabrous above, silky- 

 ^^iry underneath. Tlowers closely sessile, and suiTounded by 2 or 3 orbicular 

 Jiiumg brown bracts. Sepals very densely clothed with long silky hairs, the 

 uter ones acuminate, and often above 5 lines lon«r. Petals obovate, emar- 

 ^ ^^te Stamens very numerous, without staminodia. Cai^pels 3, glabrous, 

 ^-ovulate.— ^, discolor and //. coMmtata. Steud. in PI. Preiss. i. 267. 



^ ■"■■'-atralia. 



Ka 



^nimond, Preiss, n, 2135, 213G, and 2137. and others. 



l,^'r\'l°''f"( 'folia. Leaves and flowers smaller.—//, confer tlfolia, SteuJ. in PI. Trciss. i. 

 yJ^'"o.G';orge's Sound and nci-Uljouring districts, Oldjield, Preiss, n. 2143, and otlicr=. 



f- major. Larg 



andr *'i '^''^'^^ "*"^"^' ^"'•ger, on luxuriant shoots often above U or 2 in. long, broad 



coaraely toothed, almost all less contracted at the base than in the normal form, and closely 



PrJ ' ^'■''^^^' Stp'id. in PL Preiss. i. 270.— Swan River, Brumniond ; Darhng Itange, 



their "■ ^^^- Some specimens of this variety look so ditfrrent from II. :^iontana, with 



. '"'^^e tabit, long spreading hairs, and broad-toothed leaves, that I had at first retained 



