300 xsviii. BUTACE.^. '[Zieria, 



opposite or alternate, sessile or nearly so, ovate or oblong, obtuse, mostly 3 

 to 4 lines and rarely ^ in. long, the margins revolute. Flowers solitary or 2 

 or 3 together, on short pedicels. Bracts small but leafy. Calyx tomentose. 

 Petals about twice as long, tomentose outside, much imbricate. Filaments 

 haiiy. Anthers obtuse or obscurely apiculatc. Ovary and style stellate- 

 pubescent. Cocci tomentose. — Boro)iia veronicea^ F. Mucll. PL A^ict. i. 228. 



Victoria- Sandy IMallee scrub along the lower Wiiiimera, Tiallachy. 



S. Au-stralia- Eucounter Bay and Kangaroo Island, f*. Mueller and others. 



6. Z. involucrata, U. Br, Eerb. The whole plant densely and softly 

 tomentose-hirsute. Lower leaves simple, oblong, obtuse, 1 to \\ in. long, 

 flat; upper ones 3-foliolate with a short common petiole; leaflets similar to 

 the simple leaves or smaller. Flowers several together, sessile, in dense ht.^ads 

 on axillaiy peduncles. Bracts ovate, leafy, softly villous, nearly as long as 

 the flowers and imbricate with them. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, more 

 than half as long as the petals. Anthers not apicidate. 



^, S. ^Vales. Valleys of the Blue Mountains, Backhouse. 



7. Z. cytisoidesy Sm, ; DC. Prod. L 723, A much-branched shrub, 

 hoar)^ all over with a soft close or more or less velvety tomentum. Leaflets 3, 

 with a common petiole of 1 to 3 lin^s, obovate-oblong, about \ or rarely i in. 

 long, obtuse or minutely pointed, the margins revolute, naiTOwed at the base. 

 Cymes dense but few-flowered, rarely much exceeding the leaves, Bracts 

 leafy, as long as the pedicels or often nearly as long as the flowers. Calyx 

 rather short, with broad acute segments. Petals rarely twice as long, much 

 imbrcate in the bud. Anthers not apicnlate. 



N, S, "Wales. In the mountains, Calet/ ; high granitic ranges near Bathurst, i^m^-?/", 

 J. Ciinninyliam ; Twofold Bay, Ilaegel, F. Mueller ; Castle Creek, Leichhardt. 



8. Z. furfuracea, _B. Br. Herb, A tall slirub, so nearly rescmblin 

 some forms of Z. Smitkii in the shape and size of the leaves and in inflores- 

 cence that P. Mueller suggests it may be only a remarkable variety. Whole 

 plant densely clothed with a soft velvety stellate tomentum, the ' tubercular 

 glands also tomentose and often projecting on the branches and under side of 

 the leaves, and the dots quite opaque or rarely pellucid. Leaflets lanceolate, 

 flat. Plowers numerous in the cymes; much smaller than in Z. Smifhih a^^' 

 the petals less imbricate or almost valvate. Cocci haiiy. 



N. S. ^Wales. N.W. interior, Fraser ; Hastings river, Beckler. 



\ 9. Z. Smithii, AvfJr. Bot. Rep. t. 606 (1810). A tall shrub or small 

 tree, glabrous or slightly pubescent uith a very minute usunllv stellate down, 

 the branches terete or compressed, occasionally covered with u'landular tu- 

 bercles. Leaflets 3, with a distinct common petiole, lanceolate or the larger 

 ones oblong, clhpticjd, acute or rarely obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long in the original 

 form, flat or the margins slightly recurved. Flowers usuafly about 3 lines 

 diameter, m axdlaiy 2-3-chotomous cymes, shorter than the leaves. Calyx- 

 lobes broad and short. Petals fully 3 times as long as the calyx, tomentose 

 outside. Anthers obtuse, not apiciilate. Cocci about 2 lines long, glabrous, 

 usually glandular-tuberculate. Seeds shining, finely reticulate-striatc.— Bot- 

 Mag. t. 1395; Bonpl. Jard. Malm. 62, t.24; Z. lanceolata, H. Br.; PC. 



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