Empalement. Cup five leaves; leaflets tough, nearly egg-shaped, concave, sharp, and remaining.
Blossom. Five petals, inversely heart-shaped, longer than the cup.
Chives. Threads numerous, thread-shaped, fixed into the receptacle of the fructification. Tips linear, upright, notched at the ends.
Pointals. Five seed-buds, between oblong and egg-shaped, terminating in zig-zagged shafts, nearly the length of the chives. Summits, simple, and hollowed at the top. A small awl-shaped, skinny substance in the middle of the seed-buds, and of their length.
Seed-vessel. Five capsules, egg-shaped, three-sided, one celled, and distinct.
Seeds many, roundish.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hibbertia foliis obtuse-serratis, obovato-lanceolatis, floribus solitariis, sessilibus, fœtidissimus.
Hibbertia with obtusely sawed leaves, between lance and inversely egg-shaped; flowers grow solitary, sitting close on the stem; very fœtid.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.