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half of Tasmania, but there grows from sea-level to almost 

 the tops of mountains. At a low altitude it is a medium- 

 sized tree; at a high one it becomes almost a procumbent 

 shrub. The leaves and flowers also become smaller as a high 

 elevation is reached. This change of feature is not exactly 

 in proportion to altitude, the two forms often overlapping; 

 in consequence of this some people prefer to treat them as 

 separate species. The leaves are in opposite pairs, oblong, 

 with a plain margin, pale on the under surface, and from 

 i-inch to 2 inches long, according to locality. The flowers 

 are nearly an inch across, and are placed singly in the 

 upper axils. There are four small sepals, and a similar 

 number of large white petals, which give the flowers much 

 the appearance of apple blossoms. The stamens are 

 numerous, forming a circle round the pistil. This latter 

 organ is not at all sunk in the thalamus, and is composed 

 of five slender carpels united along their inner sides. 

 Each has its own style and stigma, and the ovarian cavities 

 are not blended as in the last two genera. The fruit differs 

 little from the pistil of the flower, except in being larger 

 and tougher. There are few seeds in each chamber : they 

 are flat, with a well-formed membraneous wing at the upper 

 end. 



Bauera, also called Native Rose, is, when commonly 

 met with, a pretty little trailing shrub with slender 

 wiry stems, often supporting itself amongst the under- 

 growth, but under favourable conditions it will spread for 

 many yards, and when luxuriant forms a dense mass of 

 wiry shrub that it is next to impossible to break through. 

 The leaves are comparatively small, and divided into three 

 narrow, equal segments, and as they are placed in opposite 

 pairs, it gives the appearance of having them in circles of 

 six small leaflets arranged at intervals. The flowers are 

 white or pink, and sometimes double, each on a long 

 slender stalk placed singly in the upper axils ; they are 

 about half an inch in diameter. There is a plant with 

 yellow flowers and very similar in general appearance, but 

 with simple leaves, which goes by the name of Yellow 

 Bauera. It does not belong to the genus, but is a Hib- 

 bertia. There are generally six or seven small sepals. The 

 same number of rather broader, larger petals, and very 

 numerous stamens inserted on a fleshy disc. The pistil con- 

 sists of two carpels blended, but with distinct styles and 

 ovaries. The seeds are numerous and without wings. 

 Bauera is the only one of our Saxifrages which is found 



