Ealoraffis,] XLV. halorage^. 481 



21. H. paniculata^ R Brown, Herh, Erect, very slender, and but little 

 branched below the inflorescence, glabrous or slightly hairy. Stem-leaves 

 opposite, few in distant pairs, linear, obtuse, | in. long or" more, entire or 

 obscurely crenate, narrowed at the base but not petiolate, the floral ones re- 

 duced to minute alternate bracts. Racemes slender, divaricate, in a loose ter- 

 minal panicle. Flowers very small, solitary or 2 together. Calyx-tube 8- 

 nbbed, shortly ciliate, the lobes ovate, not cordate, glabrous. Petals 4, about 



a- line long. Stamens 8. Styles and ovules 4. Truit only seen when 

 young, 



iV. Australia. King George's Soundj R, Brotvn, Harvey, 



22. H, pusilla, R. Br, Herb. A small slender annual, branching at 

 the base only, most of the specimens not above 2 or 3 in. high and quite 

 glabrous. Lower leaves opposite, linear, entii-e, 3 to 3 lines long, upper ones 

 smaller and alternate, the floral ones reduced to minute bracts. Flowers 

 solitary under each bract, very small and distant, sometimes scarcely forming 

 a terminal raceme. Petals 4, not above \ line long. Stamens 8. Styles 

 and ovules according to R. Brown's notes 4. Fruit a§ small as in TL mi- 

 <^rantha, nearly globular, 8-ribbed. 



W. Atistralia. To the E. of King George's Soun<l, J?. Broton {Herh. R. Br) 

 ^'ar. (?) suhajihyUa, Stems slender and wiry, 3 to 6 in. loiig, ahnost leafless, riowera 

 < few and very distant.— S. coast, R. Brown. 



* 23. H. intricata, Benth. Diffuse or ascending and veiy much branched, 

 glabrous or sprinkled with a few rather ri^id hairs, branchlets 'filiform, very 

 flexuose. Stem-leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acutely and 

 coarsely serrate, under \ in. long, the floral ones alternate, mostly reduced to 

 small narrow bracts often as lonir as the flower. Eaccmes filiform, flexuose, 



form in 



niuiute 





; very much branched terminal panicles leafy at the base. Flowers 

 , solitary, distant, hispid with a few stiff hairs. Calyx-lobes small 

 cordate. Petals 4, scarcely \ line long. Stamens usually 8. Styles and 

 ovules 4. Fruit minute, globular, obscurely angled, but not seen ripe. 



W- Australia, D'nmmond, ^th Coll. n.Z%. 



^ 24. H. nodulosa- TFalp. Hep. v. 672. Apparently annual, much 

 branched, rarely exeefcding J ft., sprinkled with a few short rigid hairs, 

 branches slender, flexuose. Stem-leaves opposite, oblong, entire or obscurely 

 toothed, under i in Ion"-, narrowed into a distinct petiole; the floral ones 

 ^Jteruate, small, yet all petiolate and exceeding the flowers. Racemes slender 

 nexuose, paniculate leafy at the base. Flowers minute, solitary, distant, and 

 •nearly sessile. Calyx-tube urceolate, about \ line long, lobes small, not cor- 

 date. Petals 4 scarcely ^ line long. Stamens in the flower examined 4 

 «"ly- Styles and ovules 4. Fmit about i line long, globular and muncate 

 at the base, with a narrow smootli neck crowned by the calyx-lobes.— Gowio- 

 '^«'7'"« mdidoms, Nees in PI. Preiss. i. 158. 



^- Australia. Swan River, Drnnnnond, 1st Coll Preiss,^ «- 2378. The urceolate 

 ''^n distinguishes this from all the other species ; the reduction in the number of stamens 

 ""^y not be constant. 



25. H. trichostachya, Benth. A small, rather rigid, erect species, 

 probably annual, branched at the base, not 6 in. high including the panicle, 



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