36 ICONES PLANTARUM, 
obtusa, utrinque glaberrima, marginibus pilis curvis rigidis ciliatis, Co- 
rolla 5—6-loba, hie oblongis aaron Rentra inatuen vy. exserta, fila- 
mentis brevibus v. elongatis. m glaberrim 
This genus was established, in on Handbook = the New Zealand Flora,’ 
on two curious little plants, natives of the Southern Alps; it is closely allied 
to Veronica, differing in the leaves not being obviously quadrifariously arranged, 
though strictly opposite, and in the 5-6- lobed corolla; the lobes of the latter 
are, however, unequal, and one is evidently larger than the rest. In both 
species the filaments vary in len 
Fig. 1. Leaf. 2. Flower. 3. ai laid open. 4. Ovary. 5. Transverse section of 
ditto : aiid 
P. pulvinaris, Hook. /. /. 
Has. New Zealand; Middle “Teland, summit of ak Torlesse, forming 
hoary matted patches, Dr. Haast. Flowe ering in Janua 
Herba densissime ceespitosa, pilis albis subcrinita. i olia lineari-oblonga, 
dorso et marginibus albis, pilis laxis subflexuosis. Corolla 5-loba, lobis 
obovato-rotundatis. Stamina inclusa, rarius exserta, Ovarium apice pilo- 
sum. 
Clearly allied to P. ciliolata, but with longer leaves, that are furnished 
with ee and laxer hairs, that give the whole plant a hoary appearance. 
The ovary also is pilose, 
g.1. Leaf. 2. Pair of ditto and branch. 3. Flower. 4. Corolla, laid open. 5, Ovary 
ca rs 6. Fruit. 7. The same, cut transversely :—al/ magnified, 
Puate 1048. 
SILVIANTHUS BRACTEATUS, Hook. /. 
Rusiaces, Tribe Hepyrormes ? 
Silvianthus, Hook. f. gen. nov.— Calycis tubus obconicus; lobi 5, rarius 
4, lineari-oblongi, obtusi, subzequales, post a anthesin accrescentes. Corol la 
infundibuliformis, tubo et fauce ampliato intus pubescentibus ; limbus parvus, 
5-fidus, lobis brevibus rotundatis intus papillosis valvatis, Stamina 2, tubo 
corollie te usa, filamentis brevibus ; anthere dorso affixze, lin eari-oblongze. 
8 nus, conicus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus gracilis, stigmate punc- 
tiformi ; ov numerosa, placentis septo affixis inserta. Fructus subcarnosus, 
ina majuscula, ovoi ideo-oblonga, =e, testa cellulosa, albumine co- 
pioso ; embryo minutus, ovoideus.—Fru glaberrimus, ramosus, ramis tere- 
tibus. Folia opposita, Letom ous v. ap isd Seo acuminata, basi 
sepe inaqualia, a ato-dentata, Stipule Flores albi, inter con- 
generes majusculi, apes etl dunculatas axill densi dispositi, 
bracteati, bracteis og obtusis = — for as dispositi 
‘ bracteatus, //: ook. f. Pea leirig sp., Wall. Cat. n. 8367,—Neuro- 
calyx (7) sp., Hook. 3 et Thoms. Herb. tad Oe. 
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