Opercularia. LXI. RUBIACER. 435 
rsembling the weaker forms of O. as 
spera, var. hyssopifolia. Leaves linear 
hà ge attenuate at both ends.  Flower-heads nearly sessile at 
E but reflexed, much smaller than in O. aspera, and the calyx-lobes 
d ^s dg ipw asd much pitted-rugose on the inner face, without M 
ri as Sie 
Mes Raten (EN sessiliflora, Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par 
land 
z Re Ee pvods Fs nd Solander ; Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, 
S. Wales. Botany Bay, Banks and Solander. 
166, p vata, Hook. f. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 465, and Fl. Tasm. 
id ,Difus, spreading from a few inches to about 1 ft. glabrous 0 or 
E^ m escent. Leaves petiolate, ovate or lanceolate, mostly about 4 in. 
ei i etimes $ in. long. Heads small, nearly sessile in the forks or on 
i udin peduneles. C ad usually 3, shorter and broader than 
e aspera. Seeds broad, smooth outside, and nearly so on the inner 
seer it oi eri Sede s Promontory and near Brighton, F. Mueller; Wendu valley, 
Nur Tauneeston in stiff clay soil, Gunn. 
KR geg -Moollo: e 
3. O. varia, Hook. f. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 466, and Fl. Tasm. i. 167. | 
Ei 
ter sa and diffuse or with wiry stems ascending to nearly 1 ft., glabrous, 
almost Y hirsute. Leaves very shortly petiolate, oblong lanceolate or 
ng and 
mh pies with Gelee Das and A you SEN 
—A alter iari appears s d to 
Sé 5. Wal 
Var ener real of this species, but not in see 
E . "NOM, Allitt ; Glenelg En Robertson ; Latrobe river, F. PEL 
8. ery common in dry stony places throng the colony, J. D. Hook 
CH South co KH Brown; Rivoli Bay, Mount Disappointment, etc., 
is Kat tor. Ser ven Re and eier Leave ss ae linear.— O. home F. Muell. ; 
A 
10, 
Be Chee Juss, in y" ol Par. iv. 428 (from the char. given). 
` ke q rather stout and rigid, apparently erect and perhaps woody at the 
hier mors Ves sessile, si dr ug or lanceolate, acute, } to 1 in. long or 
e margins recurved, the upper surface scabrous. Flowers 
e. 
| rcs in globular heads on short Gah petias. or nearly ses 
. Prod. iv. 616. 
-lobes lanceolate, Seeds not seen 
mes SC Zoe Drunnond, 5th d n. 435.— This accords 
: ka To 
| "Ze pen s chara pecially as to the a leaves, than any of the ae of 
hich have e onn woe to 
m lubilis, 2. Br. Herb. Glabrous or nearly so, the stems twin- 
; ood 
e taining several feet Leaves petiolate, lanceolate or emt 
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