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LABIATE. LXII. PROSTANTHERA LXIII. HEMIANDRA. 



leaves small, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, with revolute edges, fascicled 

 in the axils, scarcely pubescent ; floral leaves conforming to the 

 others ; flowers few, axillary, pedicellate ; calyx pubescent, with 

 quite entire lips ; longer spur of anther about equal in length 

 to the cell. fj . G. Native of New Holland, Caley. Allied 

 to P. aspalatholdes, but distinct. Leaves 1-2 lines long, con- 

 vex. Corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. 

 Caley's Prostanthera. Shrub humble. 



18 P. MICROPHY'LLA (Cunningh. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 454.) 

 branches almost glabrous ; leaves small, thick, all obtuse, quite 

 entire, spreadingly recurved, glabrous : floral leaves similar to 

 the others ; flowers few, axillary ; calyx pubescent, with nearly 

 equal, quite entire lips ; spurs of anthers adnate : longer one 

 scarcely exceeding the cell. T? . G. Native of the interior of 

 New Holland, in desert places near the river Lachlan. A hum- 

 ble, much branched shrub. Leaves numerous, scarcely a line 

 long : the floral ones and bracteas similar. Corolla scarlet, 

 hardly twice as long as the calyx, pubescent outside. 



Small-leaved Prostanthera. Shrub humble. 



19 P. SAXI'COLA (R. Br. prod. p. 509. Benth. lab. p. 454.) 

 leaves linear-oblong, quite entire, thick, rather pilose while 

 young ; floral leaves similar to the others, exceeding the flow- 

 ers ; flowers axillary ; calyx hairy at top ; longer spurs of an- 

 ther twice the length of the cell. 1? . G. Native of New 

 South Wales, about Port Jackson ; and on rocks near Bathurst, 

 on the west side of the Blue Mountains. Stem diffuse, suffruti- 

 cose at the base, R. Br. A slender shrub, with twiggy, hairy 

 branches. Leaves sessile, 3-6 lines long, obtuse. Corolla twice 

 as long as the calyx, pubescent outside, ex Benth. Lips of calyx 

 nearly equal, R. Br. 



Stone Prostanthera. Shrub diffuse. 



20 P. MARIFOLIA (R. Br. prod. p. 509.) branches hairy ; 

 leaves ovate, or elliptic-lanceolate, quite entire, with revolute 

 edges, hispid on both surfaces ; flowers axillary, subracemose ; 

 calyx hairy, with nearly equal lips ; lower lip retuse ; spurs of 

 anthers exceeding the cells a little. Tj . G. Native of New 

 South Wales, at Port Jackson, and on the Blue Mountains. 

 Leaves distant, nearly sessile, 2-4 lines long; floral leaves equal- 

 ling the calyxes. Calyx bluish at top. Corolla a little longer 

 than the calyx. 



Cat- Thyme-leaved Prostanthera. Shrub 1 to 1 ^ foot. 



21 P. THYMIFOLIA (Cunningh. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 455.) 

 branchlets finely pubescent ; leaves ovate, roundish, few-cre- 

 nated, glabrous, with recurved margins ; flowers shortly race- 

 mose ; calyx almost glabrous, with quite entire lips ; spurs of 

 anthers equal, adnate, shorter than the cells. Jj . G. Native of 

 New South Wales, near Port Jackson ; and at Springwood. P. 

 retusa, Sieb. fl. nov. holl. exs. but not of R. Br. Leaves on 

 short petioles, 1-2 lines long, 



glabrous, or ciliated with a few 

 hairs on the nerves beneath : 

 floral leaves minute, deciduous. 

 Calyx glabrous, or ciliated on 

 the stripes. Corolla white, gla- 

 brous, exceeding the calyx a 

 little. Nearly allied to P. vio- 

 lacea. 



Thyme-leaved Prostanthera. 

 Shrub. 



22 P. VIOLA'CEA (R. Br. 

 prod. p. 509.) leaves roundish, 

 crenated, with revolute edges, 

 pubescently hairy on both sur- 

 faces, as well as on the branches; 

 racemes dense, few-flowered ; 

 calyx pubescently hairy, with 



FIG. 83. 



quite entire lips : lower lip twice as long as the upper, and nar- 

 rower ; spurs of anthers equal, rather shorter than the cells. 

 Jj . G. Native of New South Wales, at Port Jackson. Bot. 

 reg. 1072. Leaves 3-4 lines long ; floral leaves small : upper 

 ones minute. Corolla violaceous, twice as long as the calyx. 

 (Fig. 83.) 



Var. /3, glabrior (Benth. lab. p. 455.) leaves smaller, and 

 more glabrous. T? . G. Native of New South Wales, near 

 Port Jackson ; at Springwood, and on the Blue Mountains. 

 This appears to be an intermediate plant between P. violacea 

 and P. ihymifblia. 



Fiolaceous-fiov/ered Prostanthera. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



23 P. INCA'NA (Cunningh. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 455.) leaves 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, bullately wrinkled, hispid from villi on 

 both surfaces, as well as the branches ; racemes very short, 

 dense ; spurs of anthers equal, adnate, shorter than the cells. 

 \l . G. Native of New South Wales, on the Blue Mountains ; 

 and on rocks at the junction of the rivers Nepean and Warra- 

 gumba. Shrub divaricately branched. Leaves ^ an inch long ; 

 floral leaves smaller, sometimes coloured a little. Flowers 

 almost sessile. Corolla purple, scarcely pubescent outside, ex- 

 ceeding the calyx a little. 



Hoary Prostanthera. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



24 P. RUGOSA (Cunningh. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 456.) leaves 

 crenated, bullately wrinkled, hispid from villi on both surfaces, 

 as well as the branches ; flowers few, axillary ; calyx hispid : 

 upper lip somewhat tridentate, and the lower one emarginate ; 

 spurs of anthers shorter than the cells, fy . G. Native of 

 New Holland, at the river Hunter. Habit and leaves that of 

 P. violacea, but more hispid ; but the inflorescence and calyx 

 are very distinct. Corolla almost glabrous outside. 



Wrinkled-\ea\ed Prostanthera. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. ? 



25 P. RHOMBEA (R. Br. prod. p. 509.) leaves rhombeo-orbi- 

 cular, quite entire, shining above in the adult state, glandular 

 beneath ; branches and calyxes pubescent ; flowers axillary ; 

 spurs of anthers shorter than the cells, fj . G. Native of New 

 South Wales, about Port Jackson. Branches divaricate, sparingly 

 pilose. Leaves ah.i3st sessile, bullately convex above, 2-4 lines 

 long ; floral leaves similar to the rest, on short pedicels. Co- 

 rolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. 



Rhomb-leaved Prostanthera. Clt. 1823. Shrub 3 to 4 

 feet. ? 



Cult. All the species are showy when in blossom. A light 

 rich soil, or one composed of equal parts of loam, peat, and sand, 

 will answer. Cuttings of young wood strike root readily in the 

 same kind of soil, with a hand-glass over them. 



LXIII. HEMIA'NDRA (from f /A u, hemi, a half; and avnp 

 avSpot, aner andros, a male ; so called in allusion to the dimi- 

 diate anthers.) R. Br. prod. p. 502. Benth. lab. p. 456. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 striated at the base ; lips flat, closed over the fruit : upper lip 

 entire, mucronate : lower one semi-bifid. Corolla with a short 

 ample tube, a campanulate throat, and a bilabiate limb ; lips 

 flat, spreading : upper one bifid : lower one 3-lobed, the middle 

 lobe emarginate. Stamens 4, loosely ascending, didynamous : 

 lower ones the longest ; filaments glabrous, naked ; anthers dimi- 

 diate : fertile cell ascending, and the sterile cell slender, and de- 

 scending on the filament. Style almost equally bifid at apex ; 

 lobes subulate, stigmatiferous at tops A small shrub, with the 

 habit of Prostanthera. 



1 H. PU'NGENS (R. Br. prod. p. 502.) T; . G. Native of 

 New Holland, on the south coast, R. Br. ; on hills near Swan 

 River, Frazer. A stiff, decumbent, densely leafy shrub ; 

 branches hard, glabrous or pubescent at the base. Leaves ses- 



