Wormia.] II. DILLENIACEiE. 11 



Stamens very numerous, the inner ones long and recurved, the others shorter, and 

 the outermost sometimes small and barren. Gynoecium of 5 to 8 glabrous, deep- 

 crimson carpels, tapering into long recurved styles. Ovules 6 to 8 in each carpel. 

 Seeds enclosed in a waxy-white arillus. 



Hab.: Tropical coast. 



Wood of a dark colour. Cut one way It shows a pretty red "clash," differing in colour 

 but somewhat resembling that of English oak. It is close in grain and easy to work — a good 

 cabinetmaker's wood Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, No. 1. 



2. HIBBERTIA, Andr. 

 (After Dr. Hibbert). 



(Hemmistemma, Pleurandra, mid Hibbertia, DC. ; Ochrolasia, Turcz. ; 

 Hemistephus, Drummmid). 



Sepals 5, spreading, sometimes shortly united at the base. Petals 5. Stamens 

 indefinite, rarely fewer than 12, and then usually all on one side of the carpels, 

 either all perfect or some of them reduced to staminodia, all free or the filaments 

 shortly and irregularly united at the base. Anthers erect, oblong, or rarely ovate 

 or orbicular, opening in longitudinal slits. Carpels usually 2 to 5, rarely 

 solitary or more than 5, free or shortly cohering on their inner edge, with 2 to 6 

 or rarely only 1 or more than 6 ovules in each. Styles filiform, diverging, 

 terminal, or almost dorsal. Fruit-carpels usually dehiscent at the top. Seeds 

 reniform or nearly globular, with an entire or divided arillus. — Shrubs or under- 

 shrubs, usually much branched and low, erect or procumbent, sometimes almost 

 herbaceous or climbing, rarely 5 or 6 feet high. Leaves usually small, alternate 

 in aU the Australian species, with a midrib prominent underneath, the lateral 

 veins reticulate and rarely prominent. Flowers yellow or white, solitary and 

 terminal, or (owing to the shortness or abortion of the flowering shoot) appar- 

 ently axillary sessile in a tuft of floral leaves or pedunculate. 



Sect. I. Kemmistemina. — Perfect stamens and staminddia all on one side of the carpels, 

 the staminodia outside. Peduncles mostly 2- or more-flotDcred. 



Leaves oblong or lanceolate, flat or the margins slightly recurved. 

 Leaves obtuse. 

 Leaves with recurved margins, narrowed into a petiole, rusty-brown 



underneath. Sepals obtuse 1. H. Banksii. 



J Leaves flat, closely sessile with a rounded base, white underneath. 



Sepals acute . . 2. H. Brownei. 



Leaves acute or mucronate, white underneath. 



Peduncles lateral, 2- or 3-, rarely 1-flowered 3. -ff. candicans. 



Flowers rather large, midrib of leaf not red i. H. Millari. 



Sect. III. Pleurandra. — Stamens all on one side of the cm-pels without any staminodia. 

 Peduncle 1-flowered or none. 



Flowers s'lbsessile. Stamens cohering at the base 5. H. synandra. 



Flowers pedunculate. Leaves narrow-linear, rigid, glabrous or scabrous. 



Calyx glabrous, stellate-tomentose, or, if hirsute, pedicels very short . 6. H. stricta. 



Flowers pedunculate. Leaves obovate, oblong or shortly-linear. 



Peduncles usually short. Ovules 2— r4 1. H. Billardieri. 



Leaves nearly flat, rigidly pungent S. H. acicularis. 



Sect. IV. Eubibbertla. — Stamens placed all round the carpels, with occasionally small 

 staminodia outside. 



§ 1. Tomentos(B. — Carpels usually tomentose or scaly and 2-ovulate. Stamens numerous, 

 without any or rarely with small staminodia outside. Leaves flat or the margins slightly 

 revolute, usUaUy steUately tomentose or scaly. Flowers pedunculate, axillary. 



Tomentum soft and velvety. Leaves oblong, 1 — 2in. long 9. H. velutina. 



10. JS. melhanoides. 

 Leaves narrow-linear. Tomentum of peltate scales. Peduncles 1 to 3 



lines • . . 11. i?. lepidota. 



§ 2. Vestitre. — Carpels (usually 3) villous, 4 — 6-ovulate. Stamens with or without staminodia 

 outside. Leaves small, narrow, with revolute margins. 

 Flowers sessile, or pedunculate not exceeding the leaves 12. H. vestita. 



