Hihbertia.] ii. dillbniace/E. 37' 



Var. dUataUu More erect aud very much Lraacliecl. Leaves small, LrouJly spathulate, 

 and much coutracted at the base, with a petiole often longer than the blade. Carpels 1, 2, 

 or 3.—//. monogpza, R. Br. in DC. Syst. Yeg. i. 429 ; H. dilataia, A. Cunu. Herb.— 

 -rort Jackson, R, Brown aud others ; aud southward to Yowaka river, F, Mueller. 



53. H. saligna, R. Br. in DC. Syst, Veg. i. 427. Branches eloiigatecl, 

 flexuose, apparently diirusc or half ti-ailing, softly pubescent when young. 

 Leaves oblong-Hncar or lanceolate, usually shortly pointed, 1^ to 3 in. long, 

 narrowed below, with a broader stem-clasping base, leaving a raised ring on 

 the branch, glabrous or nearly so above, loosely villous underneath. Flowers 

 sessile in a cluster of floral leaves. Sepals oval-oblong, 6 to & lines long, the 

 luner ones obtuse, the outer ones more lanceolate and pointed, very silky- 

 nairy outside. Petals broadly obovate, scarcely notched. Stamens 20 to 30, 

 without staminudia. Carpels 3, glabrous, 2-oVuIate. 



^N, S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown and others; to the Blue Mouatains, A. Can- 

 nxngham. Miss Atkinsoyi, and others. 



53. H. volubilis, Andr, BoL Rep. t 126. Stems woody, short and 

 traihng, or twining and climbing to the height of 2 to 4 ft., the young parts 

 nioi'e or less clothed with silky hairs. Leaves from obovate to lanceolate, 

 ootuse or acute, li- to 3 in. long, naiTowed below, but slightly enlarged and 

 steui-clasping at the base, leaving a raised ring on the stem, as in most Can- 

 dolleas, glabrous above, silky-hairy underneath. Flowers tlie largest of the 



, but sometimes up to 8, glabrous, 6- to 8-ovulate. — DUlenia scaudeus, Willd. 

 fpec. u. 1251 ; Dillenia volubilis, Vent. Choix, t.\\;J). s^eciosa, Bot. Mag. 

 t. U^, not of Tlumb. 



Queensland. Loose sanil aud sides of rodcs near the sea, Jforeton Island, M'GiUi- 



^ray, F. MvfilJer. 



N. S. Wales. N. shore. Port Jackson, R. Brown and others ; Kiama, Haney ; 

 «astiugs river, Beckler ; Paramatta, Woolh. 



§ 7. IlemiMdderlia.—Cameh glabrous, except in II. r/rosmlariafolia and 

 JI lasiopus. Stamens very numerous, ivith several, often numerous, smaU 

 subulate or clavate staminodia round the outside. Leaves flat. Flowers 

 pedunculate. 



54. H. grossularigefolia Salisi. Farad Loud. L 73 (Biulonia on tlie 

 Piaje). Stems weak and prostrate or trailing, loosely pubescent. Leaves 

 oistmctly petiolate, ovate or oval-oblong, obtuse, 1 to U i^. long, undulate 

 and coarsely tootlicd, prominently pinnate-veined underneath, glaI)rous or 

 scabrous above, more or less pubescent or hairv underneath. F knvers rather 

 pjill, on filiform peduncles of 1 in. or more, with 2 or 3 narrow bracts at their 

 ^^e. Sepals ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, about 3 lines long, silky-hairy, 

 -petals obovate, entire or nearly so. Stamens numerous, with several fthtorm 

 "!• cfavate staminodia outside; anthers short but oblong. Carpels 10 to lo, 



Vn Olio a _ t . ^ ^. * _ _ . ^« ^ . TT ^_ • ^rtc . T?ow>hh In 



'W, 2-ovnlate. 

 et Deser. Pi. t. 74 



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