Hemiandra
(from hemi, a half, and andros, a male; alluding to the dimidiate anthers). ORD. Labiatae. A genus comprising three species of greenhouse shrubs or sub-shrubs, inhabiting South-west Australia. Flowers white or pink, axillary, solitary, with a pair of bracts under the calyx. Leaves opposite, entire, narrow, rigid, pungent-pointed. The species thrive in a sandy loam and peat compost. Propagated by cuttings, made of half-ripened wood, and inserted in sand, under a bell glass, during April.
H. pungens (stinging). fl. white or pink, with darker spots; calyx two-lipped; corolla tube exserted and dilated into a broad throat. May. l. sessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, rigid, acute, with pungent points. h. 1ft. to 2ft. A diffuse or spreading rigid shrub. The following, according to Bentham, are but forms of above H. brevifolia, H. emarginata, H. glabra, H. hirsuta, and H. rupestris. (L. J. F. 126.)