H a b . Common b j the margins o f forests and banks o f streams tiu-oughout the Colouy.— (F l. N o v .)
(v . V.)
D i s t r ib . South-eastern Australia; N ew South YVales and Victoria.
A branching shrub, 5 -7 feet high, eveiywhere glabrous, except the fiowers, which have very hairy corollas.—
Leaves lanceolate, seirate and toothed, 2 -4 inches long. Floweis in axillaiy and terminal, leafless, paniculate
racemes, large and showy, Calyx minutely fringed. Corolla about | inch in dhuneter.
2 . Prostanthera rotundifolia (Br. Prodr. 5 0 9 ) ; ramulis pubescentibus tomentosisve, foliis (parvis)
pe tiolatis coriaceis rotundatis spathulatis cuneatisve integerrimis crenatisve glabris puberulisve, fioribus
axillaribus subracemosisve, calyce cinerascente labiis integerrimis, corolla pilosula, antherarum calcaribus
æqualibus obscuris lo cu lis adnatis.— in D C . P ro d r . xii. 5 6 0 . {Gunn, 5 8 .) ( T a b . L X X X IX .)
H a b . A bundant on the N o r th and Sou th E sk Rivers, S coit, Law ren c e, etc.— (El. N o v .)
D i s t r i b . New Sou th YVales and mountains o f Yictoria.
i l r . Gmm describes tbis as one o f the most beautiful plants in the Colony, and veiy easily cultivated; it is
also very local, he not having found it anywhere but iu the localities indicated : it forms a lai-gc, strong-smelling
bush, 4 - 7 feet high, loaded with deep lilac or pmple flowers.— Branches robust, pubescent or tomentose. Leaves
small, 1 inch long, petioled, spathulate, cuneate or rotimdate, coarsely crenate, rarely entire, minutely downy.
Flowers shortly pedieelled, axillaiy or arranged in terminal, subsecund, simple racemes. (7afya.'-tube deeply grooved ;
lips short, rounded. Corolla about ^ iuch across, pubescent externally. Anthers included, the spurs very obscure.
— P late LXXXIX, Fig. 1, branch aud leaf; 2, side, and 3, front view o f flower; 4 , corolla, laid open; 5, front,
and 6, back view of stamen ; 7, pistil :— all magnified.
3 . Prostanthera cuneata (Ben th . iu DC. Prodr. xii. 5 6 0 ) ; ramulis pubescentibus, foliis (parvis)
coriaceis obovatis cuneatis obtusis integerrimis v. subcrenatis glabris marginibus recurvis, floribus axillaribus
et subracemosis, calycis labiis amplis, corollæ labio superiore brevi lob is truncatis antherarum calcare altero
loculum bis superante altero locu lo breviore aduato. {Gunn, 7 2 5 .) (Tab. XC.)
H a b . Sterile, gravelly so il on th e banks o f the Sou th E sk , about n ine miles from Launc eston ; abundant,
Gunn.— (F l. D e c .)
A small, powerfully odoriferous shrub, about 2 feet high, with rooting branehes and white flowers. Stems and
brauches robust, pubescent. Leaves veiy small and coriaceous, about 2 -3 lines long, spreading, obovate or spathulate,
blmit, entire or nearly so, glabrous. Flowers in subterminal racemes. Calyx glabrous, veiy large, half as long
again as the leaves, with large, broad lips, very different from those of P . rotundifolia. Corolla about as large as
that o f the last-named species, sHghtly pubescent.— P l a t e XC. Fig. 1, branch and leaf; 2, flower; 3, corolla, laid
open ; 4, ft-ont, and 5, back view o f stamens ; 6, pistil :— all magnifled.
Gen. V I . Y V ESTRING IA, 5?».
C alyx campanulatus, subæqualiter 5-dentatus v. 5-fid u s, costatus. Coi-olla labium superius alte bi-
lobum, planum. S tam in a superiora fertilia, antheris dimidiatis, connectivo brèvi sub insc rtione v ix prod
u c to ; inferiora antheris bipartitis cassis.— F rutice s eglandulosi, sæpius tomentosi, sempervirentes ; foliis
integerrimis, v e r tic illa tis ; floribus a x illa rib u s, s o lita r iis p a u c isv e , b ibracteatis, albis.
About twelve species o f this genus are knomi, all of them Australian, and the majority natives ol' the southeast
quarter of the continent. All are slender, with whorled, eglandular, evergreen, coriaceous leaves, often glabrous
above and white beneath.— Flowers axillary, solitary or few together, bibraeteate, generally wbite. Calyx
tive-toothed, five-angled. Corolla with a plane, bifid upper lip, and three-parted lower. Stamens distant, tlio two
upper only polliniferous, dimidiate ; the lower with bipartite, empty anthers. (Named in honour of J. P . Wesiring,
ÍI physician to the King of Sweden.)
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1. W e s t r i n g i a r u b ia e f o lia (Br. Prodr. 5 0 1 ) ; ramulis puberulis, fo liis quaternis lanceolatis e llip tic
is planiuscnlis v . margiuibus recurvis glaberrimis nitidis su b tu s concoloribus pallidioribusve, calycibus
glabriusculis, dentibus tubo sublongioribus.— B en th . in B C . F r o ir . x ii. 6 7 1 . {Onnn, 3 6 0 , 1 2 2 4 .)
H a b . Abundaut throughout th e Colony, ascending to 3 0 0 0 fe e t.— (F l, Oct.) (r. r.)
A small and very beautiful shrub, 1 - 3 feet high.— Sfei» woody at the base, with many erect branches, lea v e s
closely set, quaternate, glabrous, shining above, not white below, though often pale green, chiptical or laneeolate,
acute or blunt, margins revolnte. rarely plane, i - i inch long. Mowers cohected towards the ends ot the branches,
forming leafy capitula.— I t is remarkaHe that this species has not been fouud iu the Victoria Colony.
^ 2 . W e str in g ia brevifolia (Benth, in DC. Prodr. xii. 6 7 0 ) ; fruticulus, ramulis gracilibus puberulis,
foliis quaternis an gu ste lineari-effiptiois linearibusve acutis snbtus argentéis marginibus recurvis, floralibus
calycem æquantibus, calycis argeutei dentibus tubo dimidio brevioribus. (Gunn, 2 1 3 .) (Tab. X C I.)
H a b . Ab ou t tb ir ty-Jve miles south o f Lauiioeston, Gnnn.— (F l Oct.)
A small shnrb. with more slender branches, and smaller, narrower leaves, than IF. ruhiafolia, ft-om which it
may be at once distinguished by the white nuder-surface o f the leaves.— P ia t e XCI. Fig. 1, branch and whorl of
leaves ; 2. side, and 3. ft-ont view of flowers ; 4, coroha, laid open ; 6, fertile, and 6, sterile anther ; 7, pistil ;— « «
3 . Westring ia angustifolia (Br. Prodr. 5 0 1 ) ; ramis robustis puberulis tomentosisve, foliis tem is
linearibus acutis subpungentibus margimbus fere ad costam r evolutis sicco superne rugulosis subtns ciñereis,
dentibus calycis tubo dimidio b r e v io r ib u s .-® e n « . in B C . P ro d r . xii. 6 7 1 . (Gunn, 1 2 2 3 .)
H a b . Southern and central parts o f the Colony, as at Marlborough, South Cape, H u o n River, and
N ew N o r fo lk .— (F l. N o v ., D e c .) (v. v.)
D i s t e i b . N ew Sonth W a le s ? (Cultivated in En g lan d .)
This is veiy distinct from either o f the preceding spedes, but is, I suspect, a large slate o f the IF. eremicotu,
A. Cunn., o f New Soiitli W a le s .-A smah shi-ub, 4 - 6 feet high, with stout branches and pnbescent or tomentose
branchlets. lea ve s close-set, ternate, spreadmg, abont | - 1 inch long, narrow-linear, acute, almost pungent, smooth
above, shinmg and rugnlose, below white, the margms rolled bock to the midrib. Calyx cinereous or glabrons,
with short, acute teeth.
Gen. T I I . T E U C R IÜM , B.
Calyx tubulosus, 5-fidus, subæqualis. CoroUæ tub u s brevis, iu tu s exan n u latu s; labium superius abbre-
viatum, bipai-titum, laciniis lateraUter refiexis ; inferius 3-lobum, lobo medio majore. S tam in a 4 , fertilia,
inter lacinias labii superioris exser ta; antherarum lo cu lis eonfiuentibus. Nn cu læ latere interiore báseos
oblique afiixæ.— Herbie, ra riu s frutices ; habitu. e tc. variæ.
Of this extensive Enropean and Asiatic genus there are only six or seven Austraban speeies, one o f which (T.
eoryttixsum) likeivise inhabits T a sm a n ia .-A slender, erect, pnbescent, sparingly-branched herb, 2 feet high. Leaves
opposite, ovate-elhptical, obovate or lanceolate, shortly petioled, coarsely, irregularly, bluntly serrate, J - I J inch
long, ajnex axilki-y, panicled towards the euds o f the branches; peduncles erect, slender, bracteolate at the forks.
Mowers pedieelled, erect. Calyx oampaiudate, 1 | bne long, very pubescent; teeth acute, shorter than the tnbe.
Corolla 4 Hnes long, its tube longer than the calyx; Hmb i-higenl, two-lipped, nppci- lip bifid, under three-lobed,
midibc lobe the largest, bnear-oblong, concave. Stamav, ab fertile ; filaments veiy long, exserted from between the
lobes of the upper bp. (Named after Teueer, King o f Ti-oy, said lo have used a species mcdicbiaUy.)
1. Teucrium corymbosum (Br. Prodr. 6 0 4 ) ; herbaceum, pubescens, foliis ovatis ovato -ob lon g is
lanceolatisve grosse irregulariter obtuse serratis, cymis .axillaribus pedunculatis versus apices ramorum paui-
culatis, calyce campanulato pubescente lobis acutis.— ® e « a . in B C . P ro d r . xii. 5 7 7 . (Gunn, 7 0 .)
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