Rlchea.] 



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iautlie HpretKjeUohles, R. Br. Prod. 555; DC. Trod. vii. 7G9; Hook f F] 

 rasiu. 1. 2G5 ; F. Muell. Fragm. i. 38. ' " ' 



Tasmania. Derwent river and Mouut Welliugtou, R. Brown, Gunn ; Western moun- 

 Uuns, Uwrence, JrcJier, C. Stuart; Mount SorrcU, MiUigan. 



2. R. procera, J. Muell. Fragm. vi. 68. Closely resembles R. spren- 

 petmdes, and included in it as a variety by most authors. It is usually a 

 taller shrub, attaining 6 to 8 ft. according to Gunn, or 20 to 30 ft. accord- 

 ing to C. Stuart, the leaves longer and narrower, and usually very spreading 

 or recurved, varying from |- to 1 in. Inflorescence, calyx, and corolla of 

 J(-spren^elwides. Filaments thickened and papillose upwards; anthers 



bt 2 1 ^^^^^''' *^'^ "^^^'^1?' completely divided above the point of attaelnnent 

 " 03 lobes, each opening in a longitudinal fun-ow, and scarcely or very 

 larcliJy opening below the point of separation. No hypogynous scales.— 



or 



Cy^tanthe procera, F. Mueli; Fragm. i. 38 ; Hook. f. Fl/tasm. ii. 3G6. 



-Tasmania. Summit of Mount Wellington, /. D. Hooker and others ; between Ho- 



K.,tl? ,^ ^^^'^^' ^"^ summits of the Western mountains, Gunn, Originally distri- 



o^ted as a variety of Cystantke sprengelioides. 



1 



lA { ^' acerosa, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 69. An erect bushy shrub, usually 

 2 z ft. high. ^ Leaves erect or spreading, lanceolate-subulate, tapering 

 ^ a pungent point, mostly about ^ in. long, the upper ones smaller, pass- 



%\rl^^^\ ^^^ tri^'^^g^ilar-lanceolate, short, acute floral leaves. Flowers in a 



3 t 'p '?.^^'. ^^^'™'^^*^1 head, each one nearly sessile within a floral leaf, with 



k ^^^*^^^^^' complicate, keeled bracts or bracteoles. Sepals broad, 



sho t' ^\^^^ ^ ^^^^^ long. Corolla conical. Filaments glabrous, rather 



no/^^^ \ ^^^ ^^^y^ ' anthers undivided as in 72. sprengelioides. Hypogy- 

 s scales usually bifid, with long points projecting above the ovary, but 



ill ^""n^^^^- Style short.— P/V/Z/s acerosa, Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. ed. 2. 



aJj ^ ■^*'^^- ^^^^- '^69; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 265. t. 82; Cystanthe 



^^^'•^^^^F. Muell. Fragm. i! 38. 



^mn ^^^^*' Arthur's Lake and summits of Western and other mountains, Lawrence, 



Ijrat'p)^* ,^*^iiiigani, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. C9. An erect shrub, the 

 late \"^""^ed of leaves except a short tuft at tlie end. Leaves lanceo- 

 ones T f *''*P^'"'"8' into a rigid point, mostly about 1 in. long, the floral 

 nearl ' •^' ^^*^' ^ ^'"°'''^ ^''^^- I^^o^'ers in short terminal heads, each one 

 bract^ f ^^^'^ ^^■^^''" ^ ^'^^^^ ^^'^^' ^^'^^'^ ^ *° * \i(:c\tCi and complicate bracts or 

 acute fi^^' ^''*^ "^"*^'' ^"''^ ^'^^ ^'^^^^^ ^(^^^\i about 4 lines long. Sepals 5, 

 small' '^"^'^^ "^"^^ ^'^T "^'^"^^> lil^'6 the bracts but less keeled, the inner ones 

 sistenT'b^^^^'^^^^'-' ^"^^ ^^itter. Corolla not seen, except the truncate, per- 

 Bot loh T^' T -^^^^"i^nts filiform, nearly 1 iu. long ; anthers narrow-linear, 

 Milr.n . \, %Pog.ynous scales broad' reti 



Filitis 



Fra 



38. 



CustautM MilUgani, F. Muell. 



"lania. Mount Sorrel, Macquarrie Harbour, MiUigan. 



Brar^f^^' ^, '^'^'^'COi'HYLLoiDES.— Spike or panicle compound, elongated. 

 ' ^"'l bracteoles verj^ deciduous. 



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