tHymifolia 



if'olia 



Intenncdiate between 



rS flin fniTVlOr. l)Ut 13 



inucli more pubescent or hirsute. Leaves almost all vcrticillate iu threes or 

 fours, ovate-elliptical or laticeolnte, the niarm'ns more or less recurved or re- 



volute. Flowers of T. ciltaia, exce 



:;pt that the sepals are usually ovate-lanceo- 

 an in either of the two alliiul species, ami 



late, more acute or 'acuminate than 



seldom reflexed. Ovary glabrous, or more frequently pubescent. Ovules 



fruit and seeds of 21 ciliata, — DC. Prod. i. 343. 



Queensland. Glasshouses, Moreton Bay, P, Mneller. 



N. S. "Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mo-untaiiis, Herb. Smith, A, Cunnivgnd^^^ 



I 



130 XIII. tremand:re.e. [Tetratheca. 



% 3. Stems terete, leafy y or almost leafless. Ovules solitary in eacJi cell. Seeds 



glabrons and shining. (Western species.) 



Leaves minute and distant, or linear-terete and alternate. 



Leaves niiuute and distant, riowers 5-merous. Ovarj glandular- 



hirsnte 9. Z 7iuda. 



Leaves either minute and distant or not crowded. Flowers 4-merons. 



bvary glabrous * . 10. 21 virgafa,^ 



Leaves crowded. Flowers 5-merons. Ovary glandular-hirsate . • 11. T, confer tifolia. 

 Leaves alternate, lanceolate or ovate. 



Leaves glabrous underneath, except the sctse of the midrib . • . 12. T. setlgera. 

 Leaves softly pubescent underneath. 



Leaves ovate, flat. Setai long and numerous 13. T, htspidissima. 



Leaves lanceolate, much revolute, occasionally vcrticillate. Sette 



rare 14. Z hirsitta. 



Leaves mostly vcrticillate or opposite. 



Leaves villous underneath, ol'tcn alternate . . . ; 14. T. hirsuta. 



Leaves glabrous underneath or pubescent on the midrib, vcrticillate 

 in threes or fours, very rarely alternate. 

 Anthers purple, the tubular process as long as the cells. 



Leaves glabrous or ciliate, or rarely hirsute above . » • - lo. T. vimmea. 

 Leaves coriaceous, scabrous or pubescent, not ciliate .... 16. T. pubescens. 



Anthers yellow, contracted into a very short tube 17- T. pilifera. 



Leaves membranous, lanceolate-linear, flat, opposite or vcrticillate. 



Anthers very short and curved, with a slender tube .... 18. T^fiUfonms. 



1. T. ciliata, LindL in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 206. Au undershrab 

 with slender erect or diffuse stems, of 1 to 2 or rarely 3 ft,, veiy sliortly and 

 roughly pubescent or glabrous. Leaves almost all vcrticillate in threes or 

 fours, broadly ovate or nearly orbicular, obtuse or slightly pointed, rarely ex- 

 ceeding \ in. and mostly smaller, the margins flat or scarcely recurved, ciliate 

 or rarely glabrous. Pedicels usually longer than the leaves. Sepals broadly 

 ovate, obtuse or scarcely acuminate, about 1 line long, more spreading than 

 in the following species, and sometimes reflcxed, bearing like the pedicels a 

 few black glandular hairs or setae. Petals obovate-oblong, about \ in. long. 

 Anther-tubes short. Ovary pubescent, with 2 superposed ovules in each cell, 

 and occasionally a third collateral one. Capsule broad, 3 to 4 lines long. 

 Seeds balry.— ilook. *Ic. PL t. 268 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 34 ; T- Muell. 

 PL Vict. i. 181 ; r. hauercrfoUa, P. Muell. in Schuch. Syn. Trem. 29. 



Victoria. Port Phillip, R. Brown; frequent on heathy ground and harren forest 

 ridges in many parts of the colony, not ascending to the Alps, F. Mueller, Mitchelly and 

 others. 



Tasmania. Sandy heaths, Port Dalrymple, R. Brown ; mouth of the Tainaraud other 

 parts of the north of the island, Gnnn. 





