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- W* AustraUa, S-\van River, Mi/he. 



63, H. lasiopus, Benth. Stems usually rather short, with a short 

 pubescence, mixed with long spreading hairs, in our specimens nearly simple 

 and erect from a thick rhizome. Leaves from oLovute to oblong, 1 to 2 m. 

 lono*, or rather more, the lar^-er ones often coarsely toothed and more or less 

 •liairy, tlic younger ones often deeply toothed, narrowed but hali-stem-ciasp- 

 inar at the base. Plowers on vei-v liairv peduncles of k to. \h in., sunwmded 



at the base by broad brown scarious bracts. Sepals very densely silky-hauy 

 in, long, acuminate. Petals broadly obovate, deeply notched. Stamens 



very numei'ouSj witli a ring of filiform or clavate staminodia outside. Carpels 

 5, very villous, 2-ovulate. 



W. Australia. Swan River, Brummond^ Mylne. 



' C3. H, potentillseflora, F. Muell Herb. Stems either nearly simple; 

 erect, from a thick rhizome, and |- to 1 foot high, or longer, and branched, 

 hoary, \vith a short, close, somewliat silky pubescence. Leaves oblong-liucar or 

 lanceolate, usually obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, the margins flat or slightly recurved, 

 silky-bairy on botli sides wben young, Imt nearly glabrous above when olu, 

 narrowed below, and scarcely stem-clasping. Peduncles clustered, or rarely 

 solitaiy, silky -hairy, 1 to \\ in. long, surrounded at the base by broad brown 

 scarious bracts. Sepals silky-hairy, ovate, rather acute, about 5 lines lougj 

 with membranous edges* Petals obovate, retuse, stamens veiy numerous, 

 more or less clustered between tlie carpels, but free, with a considerable 

 number of subulate staminodia outside. Antlicrs oval-oblong, opening 

 laterally. Carpels 5, glabrous, 2-ovulate. 



W. Australia* Swaa River, Brumnwnd, Ut Coll.; Mvircbisou lliver, Oldfield. 



§ 8. BracJiyantJierfS, — Cai-pels glabrous. Stamens about 15 to 20, with- 

 out staminodia, Antliers (except in //, ptivgens) ovate or orbicular, flattened, 

 with the cells opening on the inner face. Leaves nan'ow-linear, glabrous. 

 Flowers pedunculate. 



64. H. pungenSj Benth. Glabrous and rigid witb the pungent leaves 

 of _ff. GuclcularU \xxA II. acerosa^ but very different stamens. Leaves narroW- 

 lluear, or linear-subulate, often fasciculate, the longest about \ in. long, very 

 rigid, with a fine pungent point- Peduncles shorter tlian the leaves, recurved. 

 Sepals about 2 lines long, broad, obtuse, or the outer ones with a short, fii^^ 

 point, quite glabrous. Carpels 5, glabrous, 2-ovulate. Stamens about 15, 

 without staminodia. Anthers oblong. 



W. Australia, E. Mount Barren and Phillip's River, Maxwell {lib, F. Muell)' 



^65. H- nutans, Benfh. Branches rigid, rather wiry, and erect from 8 

 thick rhizome, the young ones ash-coloured, but glabrous. Leaves rigidi 

 linear, with a short recurved point, mostly about ^ in, long, the margin^ 

 sliglitly recurved, the midrib undei-neath very thick, whitish, but glabrous- 

 Peduncles recurved, about ^ In, long. Sepals 5 to 6 lines, glabrous, th« 



inner ones with membranous edges. Petals not seen. Stamens about 2U. 

 without staminodia. Anthers ovate, fiat, opening inwards, the connectiu" 

 ending in an obtuse, prominent point. Carpels 5, tdabrouSj 2-ovulate. 



"W. Australia. Swan Kivur, Drummond^ Coll. 1843, n, 10. 



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