116 XCIII. LABIATJE. [ Hemigenia, — 
into a petiole, under $ in. long. Flowers small, axillary, an pedicels 
sometimes above 1 line he but usually short; bracts subu Calyx . 
2 lines, or after flowering nearly 3 lines long, shortly eae the |. 
tube turbinate, the teeth not longer than the tube, acute or almost o 
tuse, more or less distinctly 2-lipped or almost equal. Corolla not twice 
as long as the calyx, pubescent outside. Connective of the upper anthers 
shortly bearded at the lower end, that of the lower anthers glabrous. — | 
. Australia, Drummond, 2nd coll. n. 147; plains near Observatory hill, Salt j 
Lagoons, Maxwell. 
Szcr.3. Hemicenra.—Calyx-teeth nearly equal, subulate-acumi- a 
nate or acute. Lower end of the connective of the lower antha at 
tenuate. Leaves sessile, except in H. humilis. 
1l. H. sericea, Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 80, and in DO. Prod. xii. 56. 
A stout shrub of several feet, with erect branches more or less silky- - 
villous or at length glabrous. Leaves byposita, — erect or spread- | 
ing, lanceolate vs = ong, a or amor cgi 0 ontracted at the 
rie ay 8, re or less Sive or silvery | 
—Bar Ee n Pl. Preiss 
w. tralia Me river, Lis Huegel, D d, 1st coll., Preiss, n. 2338, . 1 
Oud and others. : y PERO Y i 
Var. parviflora. Leaves cupri but not always narrow, and more contacted at n i 
base, sometimes narrow-linear, silvery-white or nearly gla brous. Flowers smaller bit gi 
variable i in size, the calyx eometinits scarcely above 2 lines long.— "parvifarg, 3j 
aM Pl. dept i 359 ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 567.—With the typical form, Drummond, $ 
Dru ian n. 148 of the 3rd coll. with nearly glabrous very ae or rather ai | 1 
leaves, and n 453 of the 1st coll. with d leaves, are in Wh I 
mediate forms, and to — poma of H. se neshe peur be saddd ag [ 
Bartl. l.c. 360; Benth. in DC. Lc. 567, via ] Th have not seen. plank a 
y Joa a, F. Mue "n 5 and flowers of the AI form, but the whole plans f. 
especially ay young parts ds woolly vid long soft silky hai rs. — Drummond! 
to H. sericea, but the short broad ey and loose indumentum 
a very different aspect. Young branches densel pre with lo 
spreading but silky hairs, which wear off wi Lea 
mostly rather above 4 in. long, and nearly 1 in. broad, loose 
villous on both sides. Flowers small i 9 in each axi 
sessile, each with 2 linear membranous hairy bracts. Calyx* 
lines long, silky-villous, the teeth nearly de soft, acutely acum 
