300 FOUR NEW TASMANIAN PLANTS. 



45. Var. — Hab. Ceylon; Matale, Gardner. 

 512. Var.? — Hab. Ceylon; Matale, Gardner, 



{To be continued.) 



Descriptions of Four New Tasmanian Plants ; by Dr. Ferdinand 



Mueller, Colonial Botanist, Melbourne, Victoria. 



1. Geum (Sieversia) renifolium^ Ferd. Muell. ; rhizomate estolonoso, 

 caule simplice unifloro pube brevi articulato glanduligero et sim- 

 plice vestito, stipulis latis antice dentatis ciliatis, foliis hirsutis ra- 

 dicalibus pinnatisectis, segmentis lateralibus 1-3-jugis minutis v. 

 nullis, terminali maximo reniformi crenato et brevissime lobato, foliis 

 caulinis parvis dissitis ambitu cordato- v. orbieulari-ovatis inciso- 

 dentatis, bracteolis oblongo-lanceolatis subemarginatis calycem dimi- 

 dium aequantibus, calycis extus hirsuti laciniis late ovatis subacu- 

 minatis, petalis . . . , aristis semiexsertfs pilosis prope apicem revo- 

 lutum nudis inarticulatis. 



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Hab. In monte La Perouse Tasmanise, Stuart I 



Rhizoma crassum, cortice badio obductum. Stipulm amplse, fuscse vel 

 spadicese, collum radicis terminantes. Petioli foliorum radicalium 

 cum rachi longitudinem lobi terminalis sequantes v. duplo exce- 

 dentes, velutino-pubescentes. Lobus folii terminalis H-2|" latus, 

 radiato-nervosus, pulchre reticulato-venosus. Caules supra medium 

 foliis tribus acute dentatis, ^-1" longis, sessilibus, amplexantibus 

 obsessi. Calyx circiter seinunciam lonsrus. Petala fugacia desunt. 



Stamina numerosa, calyce dimidio breviora, filamentis dilute flavis, 

 lineari-subulatis. Antherce subrotundse, fulvescentes, decidual. 

 Styli semunciales, pilis paulo flavescentibus induti, apice saturate 

 rubri. Carpidia numerosa, pubescentia. — (Anth. Mart.) 

 Senecio primulifolius, FeVd. Muell. ; herbaceus, perennis, caule sim- 

 plice adscendente v. erecto basi dense sericeo-tomentoso, foliis radi- 

 calibus confertis cordato-ovatis repandis petiolatis obtusis subtus v. 



folio caulino solitario 



duriformi 



bractea foliacea sufFultis araneoso-lanuginosis, involucri late campa- 

 nulati foliolis 16-18 lanceolato-linearibus parce araneosis bracteas 

 laxiusculas subduplo superantibus apice barbatis discum axmantibus, 



