418 FLORA OF VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. 
Eréctus, glaberrimus, frutescens. Rami teretes, rubri, 
tuberculati, elongati. Folia alterna, copiosa, obovato-lan- 
ceolata, sessilia, 3 unc. longa, superne subnitida, ad margines 
precipue tuberculata, inferne glanduloso-punctata, nervo 
valido excurrente. Flores breviter pedicellati, pedicellis ad 
basin bituberculatis v. bibracteolatis, axillares, plerumque 
solitarii, rosei, segmentis calycinis 4 brevibus obtusis, petalis 4, 
pedicello longioribus. Stamina 8, filamentis latis compressis 
ciliatis, antheris intus dehiscentibus. ^ Ovarium 4-loculare ; 
stylo simplici ; stigmate capitato. + 
Differs fromany described species, and from the genus in the 
constantly quaternary arrangement of the parts of the flower. 
1, Phebalium retusum, Hook. l. c. p. 254. Ic. Pl. t. 57. 
Dr Scott. Mr Lawrence (1831.) Mr Gunn (n. 455.) 
2. P. montanum, Hook. l.c. p. 255. Ic. Pl. t. 59. 
Mr Lawrence, (n. 321). Western mountains, Elev. 3500 
feet. Mr Gunn (n. 223.) 
3. P. Billardierii, Adr. Juss,— Hook. Comp. Mag. p. 211. 
Mr Gunn (n. 545.) — Grows from 6-15 feet high. e 
1, Boronia tetrathecoides, Pers.— Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag: =: 
p. 277. T. 
. . 2. B. hyssopifolia, Sieb. (n. 296). Hook. Bot. Journ. p. oe 
255. Mr Lawrence, (1831.) Mr Gunn (n. 458, 1832.) | 
Stamens always hairy. oe 
. 8. B. variabilis, Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. p. 211. Mr Gun, 2 
(nos. 214, 666, 667.) (not 667 of 1837.) zm 
Varies with regard to the quantity of tubercles and gen d 
dular dots upon the leaves. It is the only species with — 
broad, obtuse, obcordate or spathulate leaflets, often trifid at 
|. the extremity or bipinnate. Flowers abundantly produced, 
large, pink. “It is the Lemon-plant of the colonists, and 
= diis upon hills, at 4000 feet of elevation, to the height of 18 
es. The rougher and more glandular varieties 8 
a less" elevation, and are from £ 2-3 feet high, 
e Mango. "—Gunn. | seer 
dra, Lab. | 125. -DC. Lc. sed floribus sempe 
