Tetratheca.'] xill. tremanduk^. 131 



aiid others ; brushy forest north of Bathurst, J. Cumihigham ; iiortlnvarJ to Hnstin^^s river, 

 Beckler, and southward to Twofold Bay, F, Mueller, 



Victoria. Heathy mountam tracts, frequent, F. MiieUer, 



F. Mueller considers this and the two following species as varieties only of T, pUosa, but 



l^thymifolla, especially the broad-leaved Queensland form, appears to me nearer to T. 



Ciliata than to T. ericifpUa, and I cannot lind the more or less open calyx so constant a 



character as tlie foliage, indefinite as that rnay often be. At any rate, if the MhiJe scries be 



divided into two species, the one would seem rather to include T. ciliata, ihymifolia, aral 



encifohay with leaves mostly verticillate, pedicels usually longer than the leaves, and ovules 



generally two, superposed ; whilst the other, formed of T, glandalosa and pilosa, has the 



leaves scattered, rarely verticillate, tlie pedicels short, and ovules solitary in eaeb cell, in- 

 serted at the top. i ^ ^ > 



3. T, ericifolia, Sm. Exot. Bot. i. 37. t, 20. A lieath-Uke uiulersbrub, 



i^ore branched and diffuse than the two preceding species, rarely attaining 1 

 it-, minutely and roughly pubescent or nearly glabrous, very rarely shortly 

 hirsute. Leaves mostly verticillate, but not so regnlarly so as in the last two 

 species, narrow-lfnear, with the margins closely revolute or rarely oblong- 

 lanceolate and more open, mostly under \ in. Flowers on slender pedicels, 

 usually longer than the leaves. Sepals as in T, ciliala, ovate, obtuse or 

 • scarcely acute, but not reflexed. Ovary glabrous or rarely pubescejit, with 3 

 superposed ovules in each cell, or rarely a single ovule attached below tlie top 

 of the cell. Capsule obovate-cuneate. Seeds hairy.— DC. Prod. i. 343 ; 

 K^ulge, in Trans. Liun. Soc, viii. t. IL 



N. S. "Wales. Very abundant about Port Jackson, R, Brown, Sieber, n. 231, and 

 others. 



Var. rudiceoides. Leaves broader, less revolute and more regularly verticillate, almo.4 

 iiKe those of T. tJnjmifoUa, but glabrous or shortly pubescent, and the sepals obtuse as in 7'. 

 encifoHa.—T. rvhiceoides, A. Cunn. in Field. N. S. Wale^, 3:35.— Kocky declivities of the 

 ■tihie .Mountains, A. Cunningham, 



*• T. glandulosa, Lahill PL Nov. IIolL I 96. /. 123, Eather coarse 

 jind mueh branched, ofteu exceeding 2 ft. in height, more or less densely pu- 

 bescent or hirsute with glandular hairs. Leaves scattered, not verticillate, 

 visually elliptical-oblong, acute or obtuse, 3 to 5 lines long, the margins 

 ngully ciliate or almost toothed and sliglitly revolute, always narrowed at the 

 base. Pedicels rarely exceeding the leaves. Sepals ovate, acute, about 1 line 

 l^ng. Petals broad/about 4 or 5 lines. Anther-tubes often more elongated 

 tbau in the allied species. Ovarv glandular, with 1 ovule, snspended as in 

 ^- pUosa from the summit of each cell, with veiy rarely a second collateral 

 !»oortive one. Capsule obovate. Seeds hairy.— DC. Prod. i. 343 ; Hook. f. 

 I'l- Tasm. i. 34. 



Victoria. Ranges near Avon river in Gipps' Land, and dry scrubby hills between 

 ^vens and Eroken River, F, Mueller, Some of thfi Avon river specimens referred here by 

 i?. Mueller, have the leaves remarkably broaJ, sometimes almost oibicular. , . ■, i 



Tasmauia. Dcrweut river, K Brown; heathy places ahuudaat throughout the island, 

 «'• x). Hooker. 



The N. S. Wales specimens, often referred io this species, belong to the following ouc. 



5. T. pilosa, LabilL PL Nov. IIolL i. 95. /. 122. Much braxichcJ and 

 heath-like, glabrous or hispid, but not generally glandiilar, and seldom much 

 exceeding 1 or 1^ ft. in height. Leaves usually linear, with the margins 

 tnuch revolute, 4 to 6 lines long, but in very luxuriant shoots they are some- 

 times broadlv lanceolate or oblon^r, but with au obtuse base. Flowers scarcely 



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