Ilovea.] XL. LEC;uMlNos.E. 175 



■ 



undulate, 1| to nearly 3 in. long, coriaceous, reticulate and usually glaljrous. 

 Flowers 2 to 6 together, rather sicall, on short pedicels, Bracteoles subulate. 

 Calyx silky-villous, 2 to 3 lines long ; upper lip very large and broad, lower 

 lobes very smnl!. Ovary glabrous, with 2 ovules. Staminnl sheath open on 

 the upper side, and sometimes also on the under side, the upper stamens 

 usually quite free. Pod glabrous, about as broad as long, on a short stipes. 



iA 



'/^ 



l-c. in a note ; Meissn. 1. c. ; B. ilici/oUa, A. Cann. in Bot. 1 „ 

 (a narrow-leaved branch). 



*^- Australia. Comnion from King George's Sound to Swan Biver, JR. Brown, 

 fraser, Brummond, \st Coll. and n. 181, Preiss, n. 1052, 1058, 1060, and others. I 

 have in vaiu endeavoured to distribute our numerous sij^'ciinens into appreciable varieties. 



8. H. elliptica, DC. Prod. ii. 115, A tall shrub, attaining sometimes 

 8 to 10 ft., tlie branches rather slender, rusty with a minute tomentuui. 

 Leaves from ovate-elliptical to nar:ow-lanceolate, usually narrowed at both 



«- ^11^ as ine tube and veiy broad, lower lobes about nan as loug. oiauudivi 

 f«l y twice as long as the c?.lvx. Staminal sheath open on the upper side 

 and scarcely splitting on the lower side. Ovary glabrous with 2 ovules. Pod 

 shpitate, glabrous, about as long as broad.- Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1450? (a 

 starved sneHmpn ^^ . p^.v.av, .7/;^/;.^ Cv, It. Tr^mQ T.inn. Soc. ix. 805: 



^^' , i^U i'rod. li. 116; Goodia simpUclfoUa.Sp'cus. l^ystAur. rosi. ^o/ ; 

 f'^'^Cehi, Bonpl. Jard. Malm. t. 51; DC. Prod. ii. 115; Bot. Reg. t. 

 uh ^^*' ^^'^S' t. 2005 ; Maund, Botanist, I. 40 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab t. 



1*88; Me 



iifoUa, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 30 (?) (from the figure) 



^^' '^!'!^**-a«a. Ki„g George's Sound, R. Brown, Menzies, Drummo>,d, an 

 =^«ss€x aud Plantagcnet districts, Preiss, n. 1053 and 1055; Vasse nver, Ohjield. 



9- H. trieniiM.^ T>.,„j7. • ir.. '-. v..„y» S7 An undersl 



d others; 



An underslu-ub or 

 stems, of 1 to 2 ft., 



fibrous or pubescent. Lower leaves ovate or elliptical, | to U i"- jo"?. 

 "Pper ones lanceolate or linear, 1 to 3 i.i. long, obtuse with a short pomt or 

 J^'^te, glabrous and reticulate above, slightly tomentose or loosely pubescent 

 ^n<lerneath. Flowers rather large, usually 2 or 3 together on short pedices. 

 f^^ts and bracteoles subulate Calyx silky-villous, 3 to 4 Imes long, the 

 7 very short, the upper lip very large and rounded-truncate, the lower 

 tV i as long. Stamina sheath usually open on the lower as well a 



on thP ii«v. -i^ . . , , *^/- _\ A ^n^oKr \\if^. innermost 



uppermost 



form ^ ^^^ary glabrous with 2 or more ovules, usually o lu -- "-— 

 ^''^^ Pod fully us broad as long, glabrous, on a stipes from half as long to 



