Flora of Atidralla. lU'J 



Hermanma velutina, DC. ■■ Velvet Herimmnia." (Sterciiliaeeae). 



Coude Isliind, Victoria. .1. I{. Tovey, March •-'.'{rd. I91l>. 

 Indiireiious to Soutli Africa. An exotic not yet siitHciently estab- 

 lished to be considered naturalised in this State. 



Ht'YLEYA, Ewart. new <renus. Verbenaceae. Tribe 2, Viticeae. 

 Suh-tril)e 3, Oxereae. 



Ovary distinctly 2 or 4 lobed. Calyx 5 cleft. Plants erect, leaves 

 undivided. 



Flowers rather large, solitary, without bracteoles in the axils of 

 leaves. Calyx deeply cleft into 5 segments. Corolla tube narrow and 

 elongated, about the same width throughout, limb spreading into 5 

 segments. Stamens 4, protruding beyond the tube of the corolla. 

 Anthers 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled, each cell 

 containing one anatropous ovule attached to the side near the base, 

 style long, stignui slightly bifid. 



This genus differs from Faradaya, the only other Australian genus 

 of this sub-order, in having the calyx 5-lobed (instead of 2), 5-lobed 

 corolla (instead of 4), equal stamens (not didynamous), ovary 2-lobed 

 (not 4), in being an upright herb (not a woody climber), in the flowers 

 solitary (instead of in terminal panicles). 



These distinctions are almost sufficient to make an additional sub- 

 tribe. 



HexLEYA LixiFOLiA, Ewart and Rees. (Verbenaceae). 



Flowers on long pedicels without bracteoles in the axils of opposite 

 leaves (usually 2) near the a]:M?x of the stem. Calyx about 5 lines long, 

 tubular below, spreading above into 5 narrow acuminate segments, 

 sparsely beset with hairs on the outer surface. 



Corolla tul)e about 1 inch in length. Segments about half the 

 length of the tube, with tufts of hair at the base, somewhat obovate, 

 regular or nearly so. Stamens exerted, filaments attached to corolla 

 tube below the rim, protniding about \h lines beyond it. Anthers 

 somewhat .sagittate with a bluntly pointed tip. Ovary dark, almost 

 black in dried specimen. Style almost 1 inch in length, slightly 

 bifid. Stigma reaching to the opening of the corolla tube. No fruit 

 present on the specimen. 



Locality — Port Darwin, North Australia, X. Holtze, 1892. 



Herbaceous plant about 1 foot in height. Stem 4-angled, chan- 

 nelled, and devoid of hairs. Leaves l^-S inches in length, long, linear, 

 accuminate, opposite or sometimes alternate towards base of stems, 

 under surface sparsely pitted with minute glands. 



