100 NATIVE FLOWERS OF VICTORIA. 
with bright purple irregular markings, and with 
good green foliage, it is a very uncommon plant. 
Plectranthus parviflorus, which is placed in the 
same family, may not be known to many by name, 
but it is frequently grown as a basket plant. Its large, 
somewhat hairy leaves, purplish on the back, with a 
pendant habit, make it a decorative plant, and when 
the large racemes of small delicate pale heliotrope 
flowers come, its daintiness appeals to everybody. 
This grows naturally in East Gippsland. 
Our violets are small, but of good form, and very 
floriferous. The common one is Viola hederacea, with 
small white-and-purple flowers, while Viola betonici- 
folia is a large heliotrope species, favouring swampy 
localities. 
It is unusual to find a shrub or a small tree 
included in the violet family or Violaceae. Yet we 
have one, and it is well named the tree violet. The 
flowers of Hymenanthera Banksii are unlike a violet, 
being very small and yellowish. But they are indeed 
most fragrant, and are usually crowded in sweet 
scented masses along the stems of the shrub. It is an 
unusual plant, and being of dense growth, it should 
make a good hedge plant. It is usually to be found in 
moist places and along river or creek banks. 
The ‘ ‘ wedding bush ” is a free-flowering heath -like 
bush, covered with masses of white starry flowers, 
and growing in sandy soils along the south and east 
coast. This plant is somewhat impatient of garden 
conditions, requiring an almost sandy soil, deep, and 
with a warm sunny situation. It is botanically known 
as Ricinocarpus pinifolius. 
