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foliage indicated under the varieties; (:5) the ue, from 1 to 6 inches and Iron, s<,lit : .rv pkttfa to patches mono- 
polizing many yards of soil ; (4) the habit, fron. a stunted, densek-tufted plant, with the stoloncs reduced to slu.rt 
lateral branches from the top of the root, to aslender, straggling herb, with the stolones so long (li-'t inches) and nu- 
merous that the original plant is not distinguishable amongst the mass; ,;.» the size of the Qowew, Iron. L> liru- 
to nearly half an inch ; (6) that of the fruit, the capsules being 2 lines to 4 lines long ; i,7) thai of the stipules 
from broad ovate-subulate, entire, imbricating, to linear-lanceolate, herniated, almost leafy; the former being most 
abundant on the plants of a dry sod, the latter on those inhabiting wetter and shaded placet, 
2. Viola betonicaefolia (Sm. Rees' Cycl. n. 7) ; csespitosa, glabra, foliis erectis oblongo- v. lincari- 
v. cordato- v. sagittato-lanceolatis obtusis obscure crenntis, stipulis ovato- v. lanceolato-sulmhitis integris 
laciniatisve, pedunculis unifloris infra medium bibracteolatis, stjinlis ubhmgo-lanrrolatis, calcarc lato brevi, 
stylo columnari geniculato apice conico incrassato truncato.— DC. Prodr. i. 201. [Chmu, 84.) 
Hab. Common in moist, good soil, marshes, etc., throughout the Island. — (FL Oct. Nov.) [v. v.) 
Distrib. New South Wales and South-eastern Australia. 
A very pretty Violet, much more resembling its English congeners than /'. hnb.rur, 
in size, from an inch to a span high. — Leaves elongated. Flotcers handsome, |-J inch broad, pall blue. VduU 
very variable in form, the lower with a short blunt pouch or spur.— This is ver\ neari\ 
Gen. II. HYMENANTHEBA, Br. 
Flores regulares. Sepal a 5. Pctala 5, patenti-recurva, obliipie imbrirat i. 
tubum connata, connective) in cristajn producto, dorso appendicular. Orarimn l-loeulaie. 
bifidus, rarnis intus stigmatiferis, ovulis 2 parietalibus oppositis. /.' us 1-sprrma. 
Semina parietibus oppositis atfixa, superposita, supcrius horizontal^ inferius penduluin ; testa misiacea : 
albumine copioso; embryone cylindraceo; radicula hilo pruxima. — r'ruiices Ugmim ; foliis parvit, subcona- 
ceu, alter tiis ; stipulis „iravf>x ; 1 1 oribus parvu. 
The only species of this remarkable genus known to me are— (1) R. dentata, from New South Wales; (S) 
H. latifolia, End., of Norfolk Island; (3) H. crassifolia, Hook, til., from New Zealand; and (4) the present, H. an- 
gustifolia, of Tasmania. The //. Banksii (F. Midler, MBS., from Victoria, name only) I have not seen. All form 
small, woody, branching shrubs, often spinous, with small, toothed or entire leaves, and minute flowers.— Flowers 
regular. Sepals five. Petals five, erect, with recurved apices. Stamens five, sessile, united into a tube. Jnthers 
with an expanded connective, crested at the back. Ovary one-ceded, with two opposite parietal ovules. Berry 
two-seeded.— De Candolle quotes Brown as describing the berry as two-celled; it certainly is not so in the 
Tasmanian and New Zealand species. (Name from i>tup» « membrane; in allusion to the appendage at the back 
of the anther.) 
1. Hymenanthera angustifolia (Br. in DC. Prodr. i. 315) ; foliis linearibus obovato- v. cuneato- 
linearibusve integerrimis apice rotundatis retusisve.—JIooL Gmp. to Bot. Mag. i. 274. [Gunm, 459, 
1945.) 
Hab. Northern parts of the Island, Port Dalrymple, Brown; Launccston, and summit of Western 
Mountains, 3-4000 feet; Arthur's Lakes, and Vale of Belvoir, Gunn.— (Fl. Nov.) 
This remarkable plant forms, near Launceston, an impenetrable thicket, 6-8 feet high, with twiggj branches. 
usually monopolizing patches of good rich sod (Gunn), whereas on the mountains it grows appressed to the rocks, 
and has stiff, gnarled branches.— Bark pale grey, papdlose. Leaves solitary or tufted, \-\ inch long, linear, more 
or less dilated upwards, or cuneate, coriaceous, quite entire. Floicers minute, * inch broad, nearly sessile on the 
branches, having very short bibracteolate pedicels. Bracteolce connate. Calyx-lobes rounded, glaucous, with 
