402 FLORA OF VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. 
5. P. hirsuta; foliis linearibus acutis marginibus revolutis 
(sed non ad costam attingentibus) sericeo-hirsutis, floribus 
axillaribus sessilibus solitariis, calycibus totis dense sericeis. 
Hook. in Comp. Bot. Mag. l.c. Mr Gunn (n. 445). Port 
Arthur, Mr Backhouse. 
6. P. acicularis, Lab. Nov. Holl. t. 144. DC. Prodr. v. i. 
p.13. Rocky Cape, Mr Gunn, (n. 641). 
T. P. astrotricha, Sieb. Pl. exsicc. Nove Hollandia, (n. 149). 
Spreng. Syst. Veg. iv. p. 191.— P. parviflora, Sieber, (n. 144). 
not Br. in DC. = 
Mouth of the Tamar River, and Flinders’ Island in Bass’ 
Straits, where it grew under the Xanthorrheas, or Grass-trees, 
Mr Gunn, (n. 893).*—A dense much branched shrub, 2—3 
feet high. Branches, especially their tips, hairy, upper part 
and revolute margins of the leaves scabrous with minute, 
white, callous points, under-side obscurely hispid, most so 
upon the nerve which is strong and sometimes excurrent. 
Pedicels half an inch long, and as well as the ovaries and 
calyces, hairy or tomentose. These specimens differ in no 
particular from Sieber's P. astrotricha, except that the flowers — — 
` * The specimens were accompanied with the following note from Mr 
unn :— : 
* As this was one of the few plants I was enabled to collect upon — 
: Flinders’ Island, during my few hours’ stay there, I cannot omit the present © — 
opportunity ofexpressing my hearty obligations to Sir Johnand Lady Franklin, 
who most kindly invited me to accompany them on their visit to the aborigi- — 
nal establishment upon that island. Such an opportunity so seldom arrives, — 
and encouragement to scientific pursuits has been of such rare occurrence - 
from influential individuals in this colony, that their attention was more -— 
eee. than usually felt. Sir John and Lady Franklin accompanied me upon -— 
-~ foot in the evening, to see the Grass-trees, (Xanthorrhea), distant about — 
~ four miles, over a most rough and hilly road. It was quite dark before 
. We returned, when a number of the aborigines met us with torches made of 
the bark, which lies in quantities upon the ground. In walking along, they 
up fresh pieces, and the light was really excellent, the effect most 
que. The accomplished lady displayed her usual energy, walking 
Over trees and bushes in a manner which astonished and 
clothes suffered not a little from the thorny shrubs 
