16 II. mLLENIACE^. [Hibbertia. 



16. H. diffusa (wide-spreading). R. Br. in DC. Syst. Veg. i. 429 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. i. 36. Stems low, usually diffuse or prostrate, with numerous short 

 ascending branches, pubescent or at length glabrous. Leaves from obovate to 

 linear-cuneate, very obtuse or truncate, seldom above ^in. long, and then often 2- 

 or 8-toothed. Peduncles very short. Sepals broadly oblong, obtuse, about 4 

 lines long, the outer ones rather shorter and narrower. Petals obovata, entire. 

 Stamens about 20 to 25, without staminodia. Carpels usually 3, or rarely 2 or 

 4, glabrous, 2-ovulate. 



Hab. : Southern parts of the colony. 



17. H. volubilis (twining), Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 126 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 37. 

 Stems woody, trailing, or twining and climbing to the height of 20 to 30ft. 

 the young parts more or less clothed with silky hairs. Leaves from obovate to 

 lanceolate, obtuse or acute, IJ to Sin. long, narrowed below, but slightly enlarged 

 and stem-clasping at the base, leaving a raised ring on the stem, as in most 

 Candolleas, glabrous above, silky-hairy underneath. Flowers the largest of the 

 genus, nearly sessile, the upper leaves passing into sepal-like bracts. Sepals 8 

 lines to lin. long, ovate-acuminate, very silky-hairy outside. Petals obovate, 

 entire. Stamens very numerous, without staminodia. Carpets usually 6, but 

 sometimes up to 8, glabrous, 6- to- S-ovulate. — Dillenia scandens, Willd. Spec. ii. 

 1251 ; Dillenia volubilis, Vent. Ohoix, t. 11 ; D. speciosa, Bot. Mag. t. 449, not of 

 Thumb. 



Hab. : Both southern and northern parts of the colony. 



18. H. dentata (leaves toothed), R. Br. in DC. Syst. Veg. i. 426 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. i. 38. Stems woody at the base only, trailing or twining, glabrous or the 

 young branches pubescent. Leaves distinctly petiolate, oblong, obtuse or acute, 

 1^ to 2|in. long, flat, marked with a few distant callous teeth, or slightly sinuate, 

 rounded at the base, glabrous or pubescent when young. Flowers rather large, on 

 short peduncles, with 1 or 2 small bracts at their base. Sepals ovate, ^in. long, 

 the inner ones obtuse, the outer rather shorter and more acute, rarely all aoumi- 

 nate, pubescent or silky-hairy. Petals obovate, entire or scarcely notched. 

 Stamens very numerous with slender filaments, the anthers short, although not 

 so broad as in the BrachyantJiera, and a considerable number of filiform or olavate 

 staminodia outside. Carpels 3, glabrous, 6- to 8-ovulate.' — F. Muell. PI. Vict. i. 

 217 ; Bot. Reg. t. 282 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2338 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 317. 



Hab. : Towards the N.S.W. border. 



19. K. glaberrima (smooth without indumentum), F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 1 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 89. Perfectly glabrous. Leaves (the upper ones only 

 known) oblong-lanceolate, obtuse with a short glandular point, 1 to l^in. long, 

 quite entire, tapering below the middle almost into a petiole, and slightly 

 expanded so as to half-clasp the branch. Peduncles axillary or terminal, about 

 l^in. long. Innermost sepals fully 6 to 7 lines long, and very broad, the others 

 gradually diminishing to the outermost, which is lanceolate and about 3 lines. 

 Petals not much longer than the calyx. Stamens very numerous (200 to 30 )), 

 with numerous (2 or 3 dozen) short olavate staminodia outside. Carpels 3, 

 glabrous, with aljout 8 ovules in each. 



Hab. : Inland northern parts of the colony. 



20. K. longifolia (long-leaved), F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 115. A perfectly 

 glabrous shrub about 2ft. high. Leaves narrow-elongate to linear-lanceolate, 

 quite entire, about fiin. long, and 2 to 6 lines broad, narrowly stem-clasping, the 

 apex attenuated. Peduncles 1 to Ifin. long. Bracts about ^in, long, linear- 



