Victorian Plants. 123 



605. Leaves narrow 606 



Leaves broadish ... ... ... ... ... 607 



606. Leaves rather long, broad-linear, pointed. 



Always prostrate and nearly always glabrous ; leaves some- 

 what channelled, very often glabrous ; flowers almost 

 sessile, rather large; stamens many; seeds usually several; 

 appendage of seeds fringed. H. aiigustifolia. 



Leaves rather short, narrow-linear. 



Prostrate or oftener diffuse or erect ; leaves small, some- 

 what channelled, often fascicled, nearly always beset with 

 hairlets ; flowers sessile, rather small ; stamens several ; 

 seeds usually two. H. fasciculata. 



607. Leaves generally indented at the summit. 



Often spreading and glabrous ; leaves rather small, con- 

 spicuously stalked, from spatular- to obcordate-cuneate, 

 dark-green above ; flowers almost sessile, rather small ; 

 stamens many ; fruitlets one to three. H. diffusa. 



Leaves generally entire. 



Often erect and densely beset with minute hairlets ; leaves 

 flat or somewhat recurved at the margin, short-stalked, 

 greyish-green on both sides, from elliptical- to spatular- 

 cuneate, usually entire; flowers almost sessile, rather 

 large ; stamens several or many ; fruitlets often two or 

 three ; appendage of seeds fringed. H. obtusif olia. 



608. Flowers usually on rather long stalks ... ... 609 



Flowers nearly or quite sessile ... ... (bis.) 610 



609. Leaves recurved at the margin. 



Mostly erect, sometimes tall ; leaves from obovate to narrow- 

 elliptical, at the base cuneate; seeds one to two; appendage 

 of seeds somewhat or hardly lobed. H. Billardieri. 



Leaves repressed at the margin ... ... ... 610 



610. Leaves pungent. 



Mostly prostrate or diffuse ; leaves linear, glabrous, rigid, 

 acute ; stamens few ; appendage of seeds almost lobeless. 



H. acicularis. 



