* 



Salgonia.'] LXXX. boragineje. 401 



i^ly t!iosc of Trlc/iodesma, but the fruit is rather that of the section IleUopki/ium of He- 

 mropium. The species, though usually very different iu aspect, are very difficult to cha- 

 ftcterize, as most of them appear couuccted by occasional intermediate specimens. 



kaves more or less toothed or rarely entire, flat concave or com- 

 plicated. 



Scabroiis-pubcsccut or nearly glabrous slirubs or undershrubs. 

 Leaves entire or obtusely toothed. Corolla-lobes broad, 

 usually obtuse. 

 Leaves mostly entire, obovate oblong or cuneate. Calyi-lobes 



obtuse 1. //. solanacea. 



Leaves mostly obtusely toothed, at least at the end . . . . 2. -ET. lUtoralis, 

 Undershruh. Stems erect, corymbose at the top, hispid as well 



as the foliage with long spreading hairs. Corolla-lobes acute , 3. 11. cori/mhosa, 

 Undershrubs. Corolla-lobes rather acute. Inflorescence white, 



^vith appressed silky hairs ^, H. sericiflora. 



Glandular-glutinous, small branching shrubs, nearly glabrous or 

 With a very short appressed pubescence. 

 Leaves mostly complicate, the margins uudulatc-plicate, with 



very prominent teeth 5. ZT. Preissia7ra. 



Leaves narrow, mostly shortly 3-toothed at the end only . . 6. ZT. strigom. 

 l^ves quite entire, thick, convex or with recurved margins. 

 Leaves mostly obtuse, i to J in. long. Outer calyx-lobes broad. 



^lowers in cymes . . 7- -ff. lavaudulacea. 



Leaves under i in. long, few and distant. Mowers almost solitary, 

 ^lilys-lobes linear 8. ZZ". hitegerrlma, 



^^ lelmanniana, Sond. iu PI. Preiss. ii. 238, from York district, Treiss, n, 2336, is 

 entirely unknown to me, but, from the character given, it would appear to be one of the 

 numerous forms of H, Freissiana, 



1- H. solanacea^ F. Muell. in Hook, Kew Journ. ix. 21. An erect 



Dvaiicliing undershriib, the stems and foliage covered witliaclose pubescence, 

 ^ith more or less of longer appressed or loose hairs, almost silky on the iu- 

 fiorescence and calyx. Leaves obovate or cuneate-oblong, very obtuse, entire 

 l^r sparingly toothed?), flat, penniveined with the midrib prominent under- 

 ^^% narrowed into a short petiole, f to 1^ in. long. Cymes loose, with 1 

 ^* leafy bracts at the base, or without any bracts. Calyx-segments lau- 

 ^•ate, obtuse, 3 to 4 lines long. Corolla-lobes shortly exceeding the calyx, 

 apparently obtuse, but not seen perfect. Anthers pubescent. Fruit obtuse, 

 ^ to 2i lines long, 



^•Australia, Upper Victoria river and Start's Creek, F. Mueller; between the 

 ^^ nver and Mount Morpeth, ^PDouaU Stuart, 



und' ?' ^^*tp^alis, Gaudlch. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 449. /. 59. A shnib or 

 ^ershrub, ^vitb ascending or erect rigid branching stems, more or less hir- 

 1^^^ ^^^^**' oppressed and rigid or longer and loose hairs, or the foliage 

 enl K ^ ''^^^* Leaves cuneate-oblong,, obtuse, bordered especially at the 

 bas fv f^^ ^^^"i^se broad mostly obtuse teeth, entire and narrowed at the 

 ^-^; thick and firm, ^ to 1^ in. long. Cymes without bracts, compact and 

 inflor^^^^^ ^^'^f^» many-flowered, but often reduced to very few flowers, the 

 ]inAn^°^^^5^ usually villous with rather long soft hairs. Calyx-segments 



Bo 



Scarce! % ^^^"^^^^^^te, rather obtuse, varying at the time of flowerin 

 jfjo. "L ^^ above 4 lines in length, and sometimes still longer after ^i^,...*- 

 ^* , ^^'^^^^'^-^ohes broad, rather obtuse, spreading to a diameter of | to \\ 



g from 

 flower- 



