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XLV., is Hybanthus floribundus (or Ionidium floribundum). 
Its genus did receive the name from the descending hollow 
protrusion of the lower petal, usual in Viola, from which it differs 
in having the sepals not or but slightly lengthened at the base 
beyond the point of insertion ; moreover Viola comprises mostly 
herbaceous, Hybanthus contrarily generally shrubby plants, but 
exceptions to this rule can even be observed in plants of this 
colony, two small species 
with blue flowers occur- Fie. XLY. 
ring in Gippsland (H. 
filiformis and H. Ver- 
nonii). The shrubby 
species, of which an illus- 
tration is given, grows 
in the Murray - desert, 
thence to the Pyrenees, 
where it was gathered 
already by their dis- 
coverer, Sir Thomas 
Mitchell. 
In river valleys espe- 
cially of the forest-tracts 
we meet not rarely a very 
tall shrub with spines- 
cent branchlets, oblong- 
linear or somewhat 
wedgeshaped _leaves, 
solitary small fragrant 
flowers on decurved short 
stalklets bearing yellow 
petals and with small 
globular or oval berries. 
However unlike in ex- 
ternal appearance, this 
is a member of the order Fie. XLV.—(Hybanthus floribundus).— a, 
of Violaceze, namely flower ; 4, lowest petal; c, one of the upper petals ; 
/ d,a sepal; e, fruit seen from above; f, seed; g, 
HHymenanthera Banksii, longitudinal section of seed ; all magnified, 
