Victorian Plants. 383 



WESTRINGIA. 



1677. Corolla violet. 



Forest-plant, nearly glabrous ; leaves generally three in a 

 whorl, from ovate- to lanceolar-elliptical, almost flat ; 

 bracteoles much shorter than the calyx; lobes of the 

 calyx about as long as the tube ; corolla beset with 

 minute hairlets outside. W. glabra. 



Corolla white ... 1678 



1678. Leaves generally three in a whorl ... ... ... 1679 



Leaves generally four or six in a whorl ... ... 1680 



1679. Leaves elongated. 



Riparian plant, imperfectly beset with minute hairlets'; 

 leaves linear, somewhat recurved at the margin, nearly 

 glabrous beneath ; lobes of the calyx rather shorter than 

 the tube. W. longifolia. 



Leaves abbreviated. 



Desert-plant, much beset with minute hairlets; leaves 

 mostly linear-lanceolar, somewhat pungent, refracted at 

 the margin ; lobes of the calyx considerably shorter than 

 the tube. W. rigida. 



1680. Leaves generally four in a whorl. 



Coast-plant ; leaves from elliptic- to linear-lanceolar, re- 

 curved at the margin, beset with a close white rather 

 shining vestiture underneath ; lobes of the calyx nearly 

 as long as the tube ; corolla outside beset with appressed 

 hairlets. W. rosinariniforztiis. 



Leaves generally six in a whorl. 



Highland -plant, much beset with rather long whitish hair- 

 lets ; leaves mostly lanceolate-linear, revolute at the 

 margin ; lobes of the calyx about as long as the tube. 



W. senifolia. 



1VIENTHA. 



1681. Tall, erect ... 1682 



Dwarf, diffuse 1683 



