56? 
terminali, cylindraceo, basi vix incrassato; capsnla ovata, 
ventrieosa, acutiuscula, ecalcarata, leviter rugosa et ver- 
ruculosa; seniinis nucleo rugoso, hinc anguste alato, alam 
terminalem attenuate) -acuthisculam aequante. 
a vulgaris, foliis arete congestis, margine undulatis, subin- 
tegerrimis v. levissime repando - dentatis scabris v. passim minute 
spinulosis, ramis dense velutinis, superne longius villosis. 
H. cucullata Ii.Br. suppl. pag. 30. Ilook. ic. t. 441 ! 
In confragosis sylvae ad radices raontis Wiiljenup, Plantagenet, et in lapidosis 
eollinis prope montem Manypeak s. T’jilberup , Kent, in. Oct. et Nov. 1840 fructif. 
Herb. Preiss. No. 53T. 
(3 conchifolia. foliis laxioribus, margine subplanis breviter 
spinuloso - dentatis, ramis apice patentim bispido - pilosis interne 
glabratis. 
H. conchifolia Hooker ic. t. 432 ! 
(Swan -River, Drummond n. 611! in Hb. Shuttl.) 
„Frutex 8- 10-pedalis, strictus, pauciramosus. Flores violacei 44 . Fo- 
lia juniora pubescentia, iiifima plantae juvenilis ovata fere plana (nec cu- 
cullata) margine vix undulata, remote repanda v. subintegerrima et laeviu- 
scula, adulta plus minus glaucescentia. Calyx (ex rudimentis superstitibus) 
3-4 lin. longus, pedicello aequalis, stylo filiformi dimidio brevior, sepalis 
angustissimis, stigmate semilineam longo. — II. conchifolia, cujus fructus 
ignotus, an specifice distincta sit nec ne, dijudicare non audemus. Speci- 
mina Preissiana foliis margine hinc inde distincte denticulatis et minute spi- 
nulosis earn inter et H. cucullatam. veram ambigunt. 
25. Haken smilaclfolfa Meisn. foliis subsessilibus, ova- 
tis 9 acuminatis, spinescenti-mucronatis, subcucullatis, mul- 
tinerviis, reticulato - venosis, margine nerviformi subrepando 
laevibus, utrinque ramulisque pubescentibus; floribus axil- 
laribus aggregatis, subsessilibus, glabris ; stylo ealyeem 
parum superante, stigmate terminali conico; capsulis pa- 
tentibus, parvis, ovato-oblongis, acutis, ecalcaratis, lae- 
viusculis, nitidis. 
In planitie arenosa Quangen, Victoria, d. 20. Mart. 1840. Herb. Preiss. 
No. 535, fruct. et in region, interior. Australiae merid. -occid. , m. Oct. 1840. 
No. 536 , ttor. 
Inter H. cucullatam. et repandam medium tenens; a priore differt: fo- 
liis multo minoribus (interdum tamen 4 2 poll, longis, 14 lin. latis) magis acu- 
minato - attenuatis , margine haud undulatis, capsulis parvulis (4-5 lin. lon- 
gis) laevibus lucidis; a posteriore: foliis plus minus cucullato- concavis (ra- 
rius subplanis) pubescentibus, tarde (vix unquam penitus) glabrescentibus, 
acuminatis, mucrone longiore pungente terminatis, capsulis nitidis duplo an- 
gustioribus; ab utraque: foliis subpetiolatis, nervis priinariis crassioribus 
capsulaeque forma et laevitate. - — „Frutex sesquipedalis 44 , ramis paucis bre- 
vibus semierectis. Folia circ. semipollicein dissita, patentia (ramulum baud 
abscondentia) subglauca, utrinque pube brevi patula molli dense pilosiuscula, 
nervatione II. cucullatae. Flores 3-4 lin. longi, sepalis angustissimis, stylo 
vix dimidio longiore, stigmate y 3 lin. longo. Capsula semipollicaris, ventri- 
coso-oblonga (margine altero recto) olivacea, supra medium subcompressa, 
infra turgidula punctisque nonnullis prominulis sparse verruculosa, caeterum 
iaevissima nitida. Semina nigra, nucleo obovato - Iiemisphaerico utrinque 
