DILLENIACE.E. XII. CANDOLIEA. 



Native of New Holland near Port Jackson. Flowers small, 

 3-lines in diameter. Stamens 3-5. 



Small-flowered Pleurandra. Shrub 2 feet. 



3. Hibbertiance (plants with (he habit of HibUrtia). D.C. 

 syst. 1, p, 418. prod. 1. p. 72. Stamens free at the base. Leaves 

 linear or oblong, small, spreading, smooth or scabrous with sim- 

 ple hairs, but not with starry hairs, as in the preceding section. 



9 P. OVA'TA (Lab. nov. holl. 2. p. 5. t. 143.) leaves ovate, 

 obtuse, upper surface somewhat scabrous, under surface smooth ; 

 flowers on pedicels ; calyx rather pilose ; ovaries pilose. Tj . G. 

 Native of Van Diemen's Land. Pedicels terminal, slender, 

 naked, 1-flowered. Stamens 9-12. 



Ouate-leaved Pleurandra. Shrub 2 feet. 



10 P. SCA'BRA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 418.) leaves oblong, 

 blunt ; upper surface scabrous, under surface somewhat canes- 

 cent ; flowers on pedicels ; calyx smoothish ; ovaries tomentose. 

 \) . G. Native of New Holland near Port Jackson. Stamens 7-8. 



Var. a, leaves oblong-linear. 



Var. ft, leaves oblong-oval: P. ovata, var. Lab. nov. 

 holl. 2. p. 5. 1. 143 ? Perhaps a proper species between P. sea- 

 bra and P. ovata. 



Scabrous Pleurandra. Shrub 2 feet. 



IIP. CAMFORO'SMA (Sieb. pi. nov. holl. ex Spreng. syst. app. 

 191.) leaves in fascicles, filiform, pilose; branches white with 

 hairs ; flowers solitary, sessile ; sepals smooth, mucronate. 

 fj . G. Native of New Holland. 



Camphor-scented Pleurandra. Shrub 1 foot. 



12 P. RIPA'RIA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 419.) leaves linear, 

 bluntish, almost smooth, with subrevolute margins ; flowers ses- 

 sile ; calyx smooth ; ovaries hairy. ^ . G. Native of New 

 Holland and on the banks of rivers in Van Diemen's Land. 

 Stamens 5-7. 



River-bank Pleurandra. Shrub 2 feet. 



13 P. MICROPHY'ILA (Sieb. 1. c.) leaves crowded, rather 

 terete, obtuse, 4-furrowed, hoary-pubescent ; peduncles short, so- 

 litary, pubescent ; sepals bluntish. Jj . G. Native of New Holland. 



Small-leaved Pleurandra. Shrub 1 foot. 



14 P. PEDUNCULA'TA (R. Br. inD. C. syst. 1. p. 419.) leaves 

 linear, blunt, smooth, with subrevolute margins ; flowers on pe- 

 dicels ; calyx and ovaries smooth. T? . G. Native of the southern 

 coast of New Holland, near a place called Lucky Bay, and Van 

 Diemen's Land. Stamens 7-8 ; filaments very long. 



Peduncled-fiovrered Pleurandra. Shrub 2 feet. 



15 P. EMPETRIFO'LIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 420.) leaves linear, 

 blunt, upper surface somewhat shining, under surface velvety ; 

 flowers on pedicels ; calyx smoothish ; ovaries hairy ; stamens 5. 



fj . G. Native of New Holland. Pedicels very slender, a little 

 longer than the leaves. 



Empetrum-leaved Pleurandra. Shrub 1 foot. 



16 P. INTERMEDIA (D.C. syst. 1. p. 420.) leaves linear, ob- 

 tuse, with subrevolute margins, upper surface somewhat shining, 

 under surface a little pubescent ; flowers on pedicels ; calyx 

 smooth; ovaries hairy ; stamens 10-15, scattered. Tj . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland on the mountains. Flowers small ; inner 

 sepals with membranous margins. 



Intermediate Pleurandra. Shrub 2 feet. 



17 P. ERICFO V LIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 420.) leaves linear, 

 bluntish, with somewhat revolute margins, upper surface sca- 

 brous, under surface pubescent ; flowers sessile ; calyx some- 

 what villose ; ovaries hairy, t; . G. Native of New Holland. 

 The plant has the appearance of Hibbertia pedunculata. Stamens 

 10-12. 



Heath-leaved Pleurandra. Fl. May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 ft. 



18 P. HYPERICOI'DES (D. C. syst. 1. p. 421.) leaves linear, blunt, 

 with revolute margins; upper surface scabrous, under surface 



FIG. 18. 



hoary ; flowers on pedicels ; calyx 

 rather pubescent ; ovaries velvety. 

 Tj . G. Native of. the eastern 

 coast of New Holland. Deless. 

 icon. sel. 1. t. 81. A small, much 

 branched shrub, having the appear- 

 ance of Rosemary or a narrow- 

 leaved species of Hypericum. Sta- 

 mens 11. (f. 18.) 



Hypericum-lihe Pleurandra. Sh. 

 2 feet. 



19 P. STRIA'TA (Sieb. pi. nov. 

 holl. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 191.) 

 leaves linear, callose at the apex, 

 striated, scabrous ; flowers termi- 

 nal, sessile ; sepals acute, pubes- 

 cent. Tj . G. Native of New 

 Holland. 



Striated Pleurandra. Shrub 1J foot. 



20 P. CISTIFLO'RA (Sieb. pi. nov. holl. ex Spreng. 1. c.) leaves 

 linear-filiform, acute, furrowed, full of rough dots ; flowers ses- 

 sile, terminal ; sepals quite smooth, with membranous margins. 

 Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Rchb. hort. hot. t. 79. 



Rock-rose-flowered Pleurandra.' Shrub 1J foot. 



21 P. ENE'RVIA (D.C. syst. 1. p. 421.) leaves linear, rather 

 acute, nerveless, smooth ; flowers sessile ; calyx blunt, mucro- 

 nulate. and is, as well as ovaries, smooth. lj . G. Native of 

 New Holland. A much branched humble shrub. Stamens 

 15-20. 



Nerveless-leaved. Pleurandra. Shrub 1 foot. 



22 P. ACICULA RIS (Lab. nov. holl. 2. p. 6. t. 144.) leaves 

 linear, awned at the apex, smooth ; flowers on pedicels ; calyx 

 somewhat hispid, mucronate ; ovaries hairy. Tj . G. Native of 

 New Holland, and Cape Van Diemen. Stamens 7-8. 



Needle-leaved Pleurandra. Fl.May,Ju. Clt. 1822. Sh. 2 ft. 



23 P. ACERO'SA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 422.) leaves linear- 

 subulate, with revolute margins, upper surface scabrous, under 

 surface smooth ; flowers on pedicels ; calyx rather scabrous and 

 acute ; ovaries villous. Tj . G. Native of the southern coast of 

 New Holland at a place called Lucky Bay. A very dwarf much 

 branched shrub. Stamens 6-7. 



Chaffy-leaved Pleurandra. Shrub 1 foot. 



4. Candollednce (plants with the habit of Candollea) D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 72. Stamens monodelphous at the base. Leaves 

 linear, erect, scarcely spreading. Perhaps a proper genus. 



24 P. STRI'CTA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 422.) leaves linear, 

 bluntish, erect, upper surface scabrous, under surface smooth ; 

 flowers sessile ; calyx somewhat scabrous ; ovaries velvety, tj . 

 G. Native of New Holland near Port Jackson, and in barren 

 brushy situations on the Blue Mountains. An erect, branched 

 shrub. Stamens 5-7. 



Erect Pleurandra. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1826. Shrub 2 feet. 



25 P.CALYCI'NA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 422.) leaves linear, acute, 

 erectish, upper surface scabrous, under surface somewhat pu- 

 bescent ; flowers sessile ; calyx sericeously-velvety ; ovaries 

 hairy. Tj . G. Native of New Holland on forest land near 

 Bathurst. Stem erect, branched. Stamens 5-8. 



Large-calyxed Pleurandra. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1826. Sh. 2ft. 



Cult. Pleurandra is a genus of pretty little greenhouse 

 shrubs. They thrive best in an equal mixture of loam, peat, and 

 sand. Ripened cuttings root readily under a hand-glass, in the 

 same sort of soil. 



XII. CANDO'LLEA (in honour of Augustus Pyramus De 

 Candolle, F. M. R. S. and L. S. Professor of Botany at Geneva, 



