436 LXI. RUBIACER. [Opercularia 
late, natrowed into a long point, often above 2 in. long. Heads many- 
flowered, on short recurved peduncles. Calyx-lobes subulate-acuminate, 
often 3 lines va Seeds broad, with a prominent ridge on the inner face, 
but not seen ri 
W. Aus np Demand, 2nd Coll. n. 936; King Georges Sound, R. Brown; 
Princess Royal vom dn Mazwell. 
12. O. hispidula, Endl. in Hueg. Enum. 58. A rather coarse species, 
more or less hirsute with scattered hairs, the stems weak or ascending, often 
several feet lo es Leaves petiolate, from ovate to lanceolate, ep? or acumi- 
nate, 3 to 14 in. long, sprinkled with rather long hairs n both sides. 
Flower-heads Soinpould; usually on very short recurved pedufilos or almost 
sessile, rarely on longer peduncles in the primary forks. Calyx-lobes subu- 
la Seeds ovoid, obtusely 4-angled, very rugose, almost muricate, but only 
seen in the few-flowered variety. —Bartl. in Pl. Preiss. i. 369. 
. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, lst Coll., Preis, n. 2431 ; Australind and 
Cape Naturaliste, Oldfield. 
. Var. pauciffora. Flo wer-heads smaller with fewer flowers, and the plant usually les 
colin e NS pau e ra, Endl. in Hueg. Enum. 57; King George's Sound, A. Cunningham, 
arvey, vd 
It sie ars Ce Huegel’s tan form was from eas George’s Sound, and the 
few- aetas one from Swan River. r specimens are the reverse. 
rea, Bartl. in Pl. Pre Wii from Darliug ra mei reiss. n. 2430, NN 
ui but the desenipton price qos | very well to several of our er | 
mau 
3. O. echinocephala, Benth. Erect or diffuse, much-branched, very 
hispid with short speeding hairs, and not drying black like the other en 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate or linear, — shortly petiolate, mostly 4 to 2 ™ " 
long, very sca Vines o with recurved margins. Heads n T 
bular, compound, many-flowered, on very short recurved peduncles or 
sessile, the aiian: ones sessile within the last leaves. Caly 
late-subulate, hispid, rigid, giving the heads a very echinate appearance mi- 
initia veier? Tugose, the inner face nearly flat, bai a very p 
1.0. e TR Labill. Pl, Noo. Holl. i. 35. t. 48. ër 
and diffuse, or erect and twiggy, or flexuose, bot almost lea e 
brous or sprinkled with a few small hairs. Leaves linear or Deeg very 
very acute, usually few and small, rarely exceeding $ ! e? „lobes 
sho curved, with a 5 flowers., Cay? face 
acuminate. Corolla very short, campanulate. Seeds ovate, the ae det 
very concave with denticulate margins and a very prominent cent 
longitudinal rib.—DC. Prod. iv. 615. 
W. Australia, Ladillardidre. Swan River, Drummond, n 
n Oldfield.— Some almost leafless ie: wedmcni et O0. —— ha ve some Tesem 
is species, but are not so slender, and the seed is very differe 
| 34. POMAX, Soland. 
Flowers connate by the calyx-tubes in simple heads, 
. 487; N. of hakere 
of which several aè | 
