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short close tomentum. Lower leaves ovate, intermediate ones lanceolate, the 
uppermost narrow, or sometimes quite linear, and rarely above l^in. long, 
obtuse or almost acute, the margins often recurved, reticulate and glabrous or 
slightly hairy underneath. Flowers of H. longifolia or rather larger. Calyx 2 to 
3 lines long, the lower lobes sometimes nearly as long as the upper lip, but very 
narrow. Ovary and pod of H. longifolia, but quite glabrous or shortly pubescent. 
Hab.: Stradbroke Island, Fraser, A. Cunningham; Sandstone Hills, towards Brisbane, 
Leichhardt ; Severn Kiver, C. H. Hartmann. Flowering in July. 
3. XI. acutifolia (leaves acute), A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Sgst. 
ii. 126; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 174. A tall shrub, allied to the var. pannosa of 
H. longifolia, but with the leaves always narrowed at both ends. Branches 
densely tomentose-villous. Leaves elliptical-oblong or lanceolate, acuminate or 
acute, narrowed at the base, mostly 2 to 3in. long, and the larger ones lin. broad 
in the middle, the margins slightly recurved, densely but minutely reticulate 
above, loosely tomentose-villous underneath, the primary veins few, nearly 
transverse or arcuate. Flowers in clusters of 2 or 3, like those of H. longifolia, 
var. pannosa or rather larger. Ovary sessile, tomentose-villous. Pod rhomboid- 
ovate, sessile, 6 to 8 lines long, black when ripe, turgid almost glabrous. 
Hab.: Brisbane River, Fraser, A. Cunningham, F. v. Mueller, and others; Pine River, 
Fitzalan ; common on southern coast lands. 
Wood close-grained, firm, yellow.- — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 115. 
4. H. longifolia (long-leaved), R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew ed. iv. 275 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. ii. 172. A stout, erect shrub, attaining 8 to 10ft. ; branches usually 
erect, softly tomentose or the smaller varieties bushy and stunted. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, with or without a small callous point, all 
under fin. long in some varieties, in others all above 2in., thickly coriaceous, 
with flat recurved or revolute margins, glabrous above and smooth and shining or 
densely reticulate, the primary veins when conspicuous transverse or arcuate, 
more or less rusty tomentose underneath. Flowers sometimes white (F. v. M.), 
very shortly pedicellate in axillary clusters, which sometimes grow out into 
interrupted spikes or racemes, or rarely solitary. Bracts and bracteoles small, 
usually obtuse. Calyx tomentose, 2 to 3 lines long ; lobes all short, the upper 
broad truncate lip not much longer than the lower lobes, which are usually more 
obtuse than in H. linearis. Standard twice as long as the calyx. Staminal tube 
open on the upper side only. Ovary tomentose. Pod sessile, 4 to 6 lines broad, 
softly rusty-tomentose or almost villous. 
Hab.: Near Mount Owen, Mitchell; Newcastle Range and Suttor River, F. v. Mueller; 
Shoalwater Bay passages, R. Brown ; Moreton Bay, A Cunningham ; near Warwick, Beckler ; 
Ipswich, Nernst; to Rockingham Bay. 
Leaves sometimes on the inland plants infested with Asterina Hoveafolia, Cke. and Mass. 
The following forms, usually considered as distinct species, pass into each other by such 
insensible gradations, that I am unable to distinguish them otherwise than as varieties. — Benth. 
Var. normalis. Leaves linear with revolute margins, usually 1£ to 3in. long, but in some 
specimens shorter. Flower-clusters often shortly racemose. — H. longifolia, Bot. Reg. t. 614 ; 
Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 994 ; H. racemulosa, Benth. in Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 4 (the supposed Swan River 
origin probably a garden mistake). Some specimens are very difficult to distinguish from H. 
linearis. — Benth. 
Var. lanceolata. Leaves oblong or lanceolate or broadly linear, with flat or recurved margins, 
§ to 3in. long, often rather thick, closely but often densely tomentose underneath. — 11. lanceolata, 
ftims, Bot. Mag. t. 1624; Bot. Reg. t. 1427 (a weak slender form?); DC. Prod. ii. 115; H. 
apiculata, A. Cunn , and H. mucronata, A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 126 ; II. purpurea, 
Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1457 ; Maund, Botanist, t. 72 ; Hook. f. FI. Tasm. i. 93, but scarcely of Sweet ; 
H. Becltleri, F. v. M. in Lirmeea, xxv. 391.- -Extends over the whole range of the species and the 
most common form. The more northern specimens have often elongated interrupted 
inflorescences, and the tomentum of the under side of the leaves thin and pale-coloured. — Benth. 
Var. pannosa. Leaves linear or oblong, rather large and very coriaceous, the tomentum soft 
and dense, often almost woolly. Flowers rather large, in close clusters, the calyx densely 
hirsute, the lower lobes narrow and acute. Pod often rusty-woolly. — H. purpurea, Sweet, FI. 
