JDilleniacece.] 
THE COLONY OE VICTORIA. 
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Order DILLENIACEiE. 
Salisbury, Farad. Lond. 73. 
Sepals persistent, seldom deciduous, 5, rarely more, very rarely numerous, dis¬ 
tinct, hypogynous, imbricate in prasflorescence. Petals 5, rarely 6, free, imbricate in 
aestivation. Stamens hypogynous, free or connate, 3, several or numerous. Anthers 
introrse, or rarely with marginal dehiscence, bilocular; cells adnate, bursting length¬ 
wise or rarely with a terminal pore. Pistils generally few, sometimes solitary or 
numerous. Ovaries free or coherent. Ovules frequently more than one, anatropical, 
fixed to the inner and sutural edge of the ovary. Carpels one-celled, with one or 
several seeds. Seeds with rarely without an arillus. Albumen large, fleshy. Embryo 
min ute, erect, lodged at the base of the albumen. 
Trees, or more frequently shrubs, rarely sufiruticose plants, never annual herbs, 
without aroma or acridity. Leaves alternate or fasciculate rarely opposite, simple. 
Stipules very rarely present and then early deciduous. Hair, when present, simple 
and radiate-branched.— Cand. Syst. Veg. i. p. 395; Midi. Gen. 839; Lindl. Veg. 
Kingdom, ed. iii. 423. 
This order is closely allied to the preceding one, indeed scarcely claims a higher 
rank than that of a suborder. It counts members in all equinoctial countries, but 
scarcely reaches beyond the tropic in the northern hemisphere, whilst in Australia 
the extratropica! species are far more numerous than those occurring within the 
tropics. Of the tribe Delimese, distinguished by broad antlier-cells, disunited by a 
dilated connective, no indigenous genus has been noticed in this part of the globe; 
yet it is not unlikely that in the unexplored ranges and jungles of North-East 
Australia delimeous genera will be discovered, since Tetracera occurs as far south as 
New Caledonia. In a collection of several hundred plants, gathered during Mr. 
Babbage’s expedition into the country north-west of Spencer’s Gulf, not a single 
dilleniaceous plant occurred. 
Tribe I. DILLENEiE, Cand. Syst. i. 411. 
Anther-cells narrow. Connection not dilated. 
HIBBERTIA. 
Andr. Bot. Repos, t. 126; Pleurandra et Candollea, Labill. Nov. Holl. Plant. Specim. ii. 5 & 33, t. 143, 
144, & 176; Cand. Syst. i. 415, 423, & 425; Advasttca, Cand. Syst. i. 424. 
Sepals o, coriaceous or membranous. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens 3 or more, persistent, all 
fertile, either surrounding the ovaries or unilateral. Filaments free, all or partially united into 1-5 
bundles. Anthers oval or oblong, bursting by longitudinal introrse or marginal slits, connective 
more narrow than the linear or filiform-linear filaments. Styles capillary or rarely subulate. Stigma 
minute. Ovaries generally few, rarely one or numerous, free or coherent, with few or several ovules. 
