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Hibbertia continued. 



be effected by cuttings, inserted in sandy peat, under 

 a bell glass. The commonest and most useful species 

 is H. dentata. The undermentioned species require green- 

 house treatment, except where otherwise stated. 



H. Baudoulnil (Baudouin's). /. secund, sub 



2in. in 



lnil (Bauoun's. . secun, su-sesse, n. n 

 diameter ; sepals green, oblong, concave, apiculate ; petals bright 

 yellow, obovate-cuneate, retuse ; racemes axillary, equalling the 

 leaves, stout, sub-recurved. Summer. I. crowded towards the 

 ends of the branches, 1ft. long, sessile, narrow-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, entire or minutely serrulate. Stem grooved. New 

 Caledonia. A small stove shrub. (B. M. 6053.) 



H. crenata (crenate). A synonym of H. grossularicefolia. 



H. Cunningham!! (Cunningham's), fl. yellow ; sepals thin, 

 broadly ovate, the outer ones more acute; petals slightly notched ; 

 peduncles axillary. July. I. linear, mostly pointed ; the edges 

 scarcely recurved, narrowed below the middle, but expanded 

 again into a stem-clasping at su-ittate base. Branches slender. 

 Western Australia, 1832. (B. M. 3183.) 



Hibbertia continued. 



H. pedunoulata (pedunculate), fl., sepals ovate, very obtuse, 

 usually minutely pubescent outside ; petals obovate, slightly 

 emarginate. 1. narrow-linear, rigid, obtuse ; margins revolute, 

 numerous, but not clustered. Stems diffuse, prostrate, or rarely 

 erect. New South Wales. There is a variety, cortfolia, figured in 

 B. M. 2672. 



H. perfoliata (perfoliate).* fl. pale yellow. Summer. I. ovate, 

 acute, edged with minute distant teeth, perfoliate near the base. 

 Stem shortly trailing, procumbent or erect. West Australia. 

 See Fig. 224. (B. R. 1843, 64.) 



H. stricta (upright).* /. bright yellow, small, profusely produced, 

 solitary, axillary, and terminal. I. linear. Australia. A wiry 

 and much-branching species. There are several forms. 



H. volubilis (twining), fl. rather foetid, sessile, the largest of the 



fenus. Summer. I. obovate-lanceolate, nearly entire, mucronate, 

 in. to 4in. long. Stems twining. Queensland and New South 

 Wales, 1790. (A. B. R. 126.) 



HIBISCUS (the old Greek name for the Marsh 

 Mallow, used by Dioscorides). Including Laguncea, Pa- 



FIG. 224. FLOWERING BHAKCH OF HIBBERTIA PERFOLIATA. 



llary, 

 smooth,' serrated, awhed. 



H erossularisefolia (Gooseberry-leaved). /. yellow, rather 

 small, on filiform peduncles ; sepals ovate or lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate- petals obovate, entire, or nearly so. May. I. distinctly 

 petiolate, ovate or oval-oblong, obtuse, undulate and coarsely 

 toothed, prominently pinnate, veined underneath, glabrous 

 scabrous above, more or less pubescent or hairy beneath, otei 

 weak and prostrate, or trailing, loosely pubescent. Western 

 Australia, 1816. SYNS. H. crenata, (A. B. R. 472 ; B. M. 1218), 

 fl. latifolia. 



H. latifolia (broad-leaved). A synonym of H. grosmlaruxfolia. 



FIG. 225. FLOWERIKG BRANCH OF HIBISCUS COCCINEUS. 



ritium, and Trionum. ORD. Malvaceae. An extensive 

 genus, comprising about 150 species of stove, greenhouse, 



