Ealoragis^l XLV. halokage^. 479 



bmnclied, some specimens under \ ft., others- above 1 ft. long, the branches 

 sliglitly angular. Leaves alternate, or a few of the lowest or on some barren 

 shoots opposite, from oblong-lanceolate to linear, acute, | to 1^ in. long, 

 entire or with a few minute remote teeth, narrowed at the base but scarcely 

 petiolate, rather thick, the floral ones smaller and naiTower, but all much ex- 

 ceeding the flowers. Flowers very small, pendulous, usually 2 together iu 

 each axil, forming slender terminal leafy racemes. Pedicels usually short, 

 but sometimes longer than the flowers.* Calyx-lobes 3 or rarely 4, ovate- 

 triangular. Petals usually 3, even where the calyx is 4-merous, little more 

 than \ line long. Stamens 6. Styles and ovnles 3. Fruit very small, 

 ovoid, with 6 ribs, occasionally prominent and tubercular-rugose. 



"W. Australia, Drummond^ Uh ColL w. 84; bogs near 'Wilsou^s Inlet, Oldfield, 



14. H. odontpcarpa, F, MuelL Fragm. i. 108. Apparently tall, 

 glaucous and nearly glabrous or loosely haiiy. Leaves alternate, distinctly 

 petiolate, lanceolate, mostly 1 to 1-^ in. long, coarsely serrate and rather thick, 

 the floral ones very small, mostly reduced to bracts shorter than the flowers. 

 Flowers clustered, in ternjinal racemes, smaller than in H, ceratophylla. 

 Calyx-lobes short, acute, ciliatc. Petals 4, scarcely 1 line long. Stamens 8. 

 Styles and ovules 4. Fruit ovoid, above 1 line long, promineutly 4-angIcd 

 or almost winged, more or less muricatc, and often with 1 or 2 thick promi- 

 iient conical or tooth-like protuberances on each of the 4 sides. 



N. S. Wales. Kulkyne on the Darlino:, Goodwyn and Dallachj. The habit and 

 petiolate leaves are those of //. alata, but the leaves appear to be all alternate, aud the 

 ^hinate poiuts, if constant, are quite characteristit;. 



15. H. serra, Brongn. in Duperr. Voy. t. 69. Erect, brancliing, quite 

 glabrous or the angles of the stem and edges of the leaves minutely scabrous. 

 Stem-leaves opposite, lanceolate, acute, regularly and sharply Semite, nar- 

 rowed at the base but scarcely petiolate, the floral ones alternate, mostly re-- 

 <^uced to small bracts. Flowers glabrous, rather small, distinctly pedicellate, 

 ^ostly clustered, jn glender racemes, leafy at the base. Calyx-lobes short. 

 Jt-'tals 4, nearly 1 line long. Stampns 8 or fewer. Styles and ovules 2. 

 ^mit small, 2-eelIcd, smooth or obscurely rugose. 



N. S. -Wales. Common about Clifton, Ne^y England, C. Stuart; near Casilcrcagh, 

 "■ Moore ; Liverpool range, Lelchhardi. 



16. H, glauca, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Audr. 91. Apparently annual, 

 tall and erect, slightly branched, quite glabrous and glaucous with terete 

 stems. Stem-leaves opposite, lanceolate, acute, entire or slightly sen-ate, nar- 

 fOffer than in H. serra, the floral ones alternate and gradually reduced to 

 5TOaII bracts. Flowers glabrous, pendulous but scarcely pedicellate, mostly 

 clustered, in terminal racemes leafy at the base. Calyx-lobes lanceolate or 

 oblong. Petals 4. Stamens 6 to 8. Styles aud ovules 2. Fruit globular, 

 ^gose, 2-celled. ' 



W. S. "Wales. Swamps of the Narran, mitchen flleri. Lindhy). Verj- near //. 

 *^a, arid perhaps a variety, but the aspect too dissimilar to justify the unitiDg it without 

 •^'ng intermediate specimens. 



. 17. H. alata, Jacq. Ic. PI. Mar. i. 7, t. 69. A taU erect species, appa- 

 Gently glabrous, but scabrous with minute asperities only visible under a lens, 



