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and author of many approved and useful botanical works. He 

 is justly considered one of the first botanists of the present age). 

 Labill. nov. holl. 2. p. 33. t. 176. <D. C. syst. 1. p. 423. prod. 1. 

 p. 73. 



LIN. SYST. Polyadelphia, Polyandria. Calyx of 5, oval, 

 mucronate, permanent sepals. Petals 5, obovate or obcordate, 

 deciduous. Stamens indefinite, polyadelphous. Styles filiform. 

 Carpels 2-5, ovate, opening on the inside. Shrubs, natives of 

 New Holland, having the appearance of Pleurdndra and Hibber- 

 tia. Flowers yellow. 



1 C. CUNEIFO'RMIS (Lab. nov. holl. 2. p. 34. t. 176.) leaves 

 smooth, obovately-cuneated, blunt at the top, entire. ^ . G. 

 Native of New Holland on the western coast at Lewin's Land, 

 and at Port Royal George. Hook. bot. mag. 2711. Hibbertia 

 cuneiformis, Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 1 7. Shrub about 4 feet 

 high ; branches cinereous, rough. Ovaries 5-6, smooth. 



Wedge-formed-\ea.veHi Candollea. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub 4 feet. 



2 C..PEDUNCULA'TA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 424.) leaves 

 smooth, linear-cuneated, truncate at the top, 3-toothed. ^ Gf. 

 Native of New Holland at King George's Sound. A small 

 branched shrub, with the younger branches villous, and the adult 

 ones smooth. Ovaries S 1 



Pedunculated Candollea. Fl. May, Oct. Shrub 2 feet. 



3 C. FASCICULA'TA (R. Br. inD. C. syst. 1. p. 424.) leaves vil- 

 lous, linear, entire, 1? . G. Native of New Holland at King 

 George's Sound. Branches round, younger ones villous. Ovaries 

 3-4, smooth. 



jRowdcu/ar-leaved Candollea. Fl. ? Shrub 2 feet ? 



Cult. Candollea is a genus of beautiful greenhouse shrubs. 

 The species will thrive well in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, 

 and cuttings will strike root readily in the same kind of soil, 

 under a hand-glass. 



XIII. ADRAST.E'A (Adraste in mythology, daughter of 

 Jupiter and Necessity, who, according to Plutarch, was the only 

 fury that exercised the vengeance of the gods). D. C. syst. 1 . 

 p. 424. prod. 1. p. 73. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx of 5, acuminated, 

 permanent sepals. Petals 5, oval, deciduous, shorter than the 

 sepals. Stamens 10, free, equal ; filaments flat, bearing the 

 oblong cells of the anthers on their margins. Ovaries 2. Styles 

 straight, conico-subulate. A little shrub, having the appearance 

 of a species of Hibbertia. Flowers yellow. 



1 A. SALICIEO'LIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 424.) leaves linear, nearly 

 entire, furnished at the top on both sides with 3-5 callose, tooth- 

 like dots. Jj . G. Native of marshes about Botany Bay. 



Willow-leaved Adrastaea. Shrub 2 feet. 



Cult. This pretty little shrub will thrive well in a mixture of 

 loam and peat, but it will require to be kept rather moist. Cut- 

 tings will root readily if planted in a pot filled with the same kind 

 of soil with a hand-glass placed over them. 



XIV. HIBBE'RTIA (in honour of George Hibbert, F. R.S. 

 F. L. S. who was once eminently distinguished for his love of 

 plants. He purchased the entire herbarium of Murray of Got- 

 tingen, and for some time maintained Mr. Niven, an eminent 

 collector of plants, at the Cape). Andr. bot. rep. t. 126. D. C. 

 syst. 1. p. 425. prod. 1. p. 73. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Monogynia to Polygynia. Sepals 5, 

 permanent. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens indefinite, filiform, 

 equal ; anthers oval-oblong. Ovaries 1-15 ; styles filiform, in- 

 flexed. Carpels membranous, dehiscent, usually 1-2-seeded. 

 Seeds without any aril. Erect, procumbent, or twining shrubs, 

 with yellow flowers. 



1. Bwtbnia (see Burtonia), Sal. Carpels 10-15, with 

 their base smooth, but rather pilose at the apex. Perhaps a 

 proper genus. 



1 H. GROSSULARLSFO'LIA (Sal. par. lond. no. 73. t. 73. under 

 Burtonia.) leaves nearly orbicular, crenate-toothed ; flowers 

 on peduncles, opposite the leaves ; stems procumbent or climb- 

 ing- J? y G. Native of New Holland at King George's 

 Sound. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1218. H. crenata, Andr. bot. rep. 

 t. 472. 



Gooseberry-leaved Hibbertia. Fl. Mar. Aug. Clt. 1573. Sh. cl. 



2. Carpels 1-8, glabrous. 



2 H. VOLU'BILIS (Andr. bot. rep. 1. 126.) leaves obovate-lan- 

 ceolate, nearly quite entire, mucronate, under surface pubescent ; 

 flowers sessile, with 4-8-styles ; stems twining. Tj . ri . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland near Port Jackson. Dillenia speciosa, Curt, 

 bot. mag. t. 449. exclusive of the synonyms. Dillenia humilis, 

 Donn. hort. cant. ? Dillenia turneraeflora, Gawl. recens. pi. bot. 

 rep. 27. Dillenia sc&ndens, Willd. spec. p. 1251. Duham. arb. 

 ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 239. t. 63. Dillenia integra, Mcench. suppl. 

 t. 76. Dillenia volubilis, Vent, choix. p. 11. t. 11. Pers. ench. 

 2. p. 72. Flowers fetid, about the size of those of Cistus Lada- 

 daniferus. Seeds black, pea-formed, compressed, hard, ex- 

 arillate. 



Twining Hibbertia. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1790. Shrub cl. 



3 H. DENTA'TA (R. Br. in D, C. syst. 1. p. 426.) leaves ob- 

 long, acuminated, smooth, serrated, awned ; flowers on peduncles 

 with 3 styles ; stems twining. T; . / ^ > . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land on the Blue Mountains. Ker. bot. reg. t. 282. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. t. 347. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2338. 



Var. /3, pedicels and calyx smooth or scarcely pilose ; leaves 

 more serrated. 



Tooled-leaved Hibbertia. Fl. Jan. Aug. Clt. 1814. Sh. cl. 



4 H. SALI'GNA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 427.) leaves oblong- 

 linear, mucronately-pointed at the apex, quite entire, under sur- 

 face villous ; flowers sessile, with 2-4 styles ; stem erect. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland about Port Jackson and among brush- 

 wood in several parts of the Blue Mountains, particularly about 

 Spring Wood. Stamens 25-30. 



Willow-leaved Hibbertia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1823. Sh. 3 ft. 



5 H. PROCU'MBENS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 427.) leaves linear, acu- 

 minated, thickish, smooth, veinless ; flowers nearly sessile, with 

 3-5 styles ; stems procumbent. J? . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land and Van Diemen's Land. Dillenia procumbens, Lab. nov. 

 holl. 2. p. 16. t. 156. H. angustifolia, Sal. par. lond. no. 73. 

 Flowers the size of those of Lysimachia nummularia. Stamens 

 16-24. Seeds immersed in pulp. Perhaps a proper genus. 



Procumbent Hibbertia. Shrub trailing. 



6 H. VIRGA'TA (R. Br. inD. C. syst. 1. p. 428.) leaves linear, 

 bluntish, smooth ; flowers sessile, with 7-8 anthers and 3-4 styles ; 

 stem erect. Tj . G. Native of New Holland about Port Jack- 

 son. A small, slender, smooth shrub. 



Twiggy Hibbertia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 2 ft. 



7 H. FASCICULA'TA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 428.) leaves 

 linear, awl-shaped, smooth, in fascicles ; branchlets rather pilose ; 

 flowers sessile, with 3-4 styles ; stem erect. T; . G. Native of 

 New Holland about Port Jackson. This shrub has the appear- 

 ance of Hypericum fasciculdtum. Stamens 11-12. 



F<wcJc/erf-leaved Hibbertia. Shrub 1 foot. 



8 H. LINEA'RIS (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 428.) leaves linear, 

 acute, quite entire, smooth ; flowers sessile, with 2 styles and 20 

 stamens ; stem erect, fj . G. Native of New Holland about 

 Port Jackson. 



Zinear-leaved Hibbertia. Fl.Jul.Aug. Clt. 1821. Sh. 2 ft. 



9 H. OBTUSIFO'LIA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 429.) leaves linear, ob- 

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