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Softly hairy. — 8. H. Muelleri. 

 Glabrous. 



Leaves white underneath. 1. H. angustifolia. 



Section II. JEuhibbertia. — Stamens placed all round the carpels, with 

 occasionally small staminodia outside. 



Leaves oval, oblong, or cuneate. • 



Leaves f to 1 in. long, with an intramarginal vein underneath. 



Peduncles 1 to 2 lines long. — 9. H. oblongata. 

 Leaves J to | in., without intramarginal veins. Peduncles 1 to 2 Unes 



long. 11. H. tomentosa. 

 Leaves ^ to IJ in., without intramarginal veins. Peduncles 1 to 



1| in. long.— 3. H. cistifolia. 

 Leaves scabrous with scattered stellate hairs. Sepals very scaly. 

 Peduncles 1 to 2 hnes.- — 5. H. echiifoha. 

 Leaves narrow-hnear. 



Tomentum stellate. Peduncles i to IJ in. — 10. H. scabra. 

 Tomentum of peltate scales. Peduncles 1 to 3 lines.- — 7. H. lepidota. 



1. H. angustifolia, Benth. — Amhem's Land, R. Brown, 



2. H. Brownei, Benfh. — ^N.A., R. Brown. 



3. H. cistifolia, R. Br. — GuK of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Port Essington , 

 Armstrong. 



4. H. dealbata, Benth. — ^Amhem's Land, R. Brown ; Port Essington, 

 Armstrong ; A. Cunningham ; Leichhardt. 



5. H. echiifolia, R. Br. — ^N. Coast, R. Brown. 



6. H. ledifolia, Benth. — ^York Sound, A. Cunningham. 



7. H. lepidota, R. Br. — Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, A. Cunningham ; 

 rocky barren sandstone table-land at the sources of Roper River, at the Head of 

 MacArthur River, Upper Victoria River, and near M'Adam Range, P. v. 

 Mueller. 



8. H. Muelleri, Benth.- — Barren places at the Mouth of the Victoria, 

 Providence HiU, etc., F. v. Mueller. 



9. H. oblongata, R. Br. — Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; rockj- situa- 

 tions, Sim's Island, A. Cunningham ; sandstone ravines on the table-land and 

 rocks of the Fitzmaurice River, F. v. Mueller. 



Var. brevifolia, Benth. — ^Upper Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



10. H. scabra, R. Br. — ^N. Coast, R. Brown. 



11. H. tomentosa, R. Br. — Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



H. Holtzei, F. v. M. ; H. candicans, Benth. ; H. Goyderi, F. v. M. ; 

 recorded from North Austraha in Nat. Herb. Census. 



2. PACHYNEMA, R. Br. 1818. 



(Huttia, Drumm. and Harv. 1855.) 



Stem and branches terete and rush-hke. — 3. P. junceum. 

 Stem and branches flat. 



Branches 1 to 2 hnes broad, not glaucous.^ — 1 . P. complanatum. 

 Branches i to |-in. broad or more, very glaucous.^ — 2. P. dilatatum. 



1. P complanatum, R. Br. — ^N. Coast, R. Brown; Melville Island, 

 Eraser ; Port Essington, A. Cunningham, Leichhardt. 



