Mamnea.] FLORA Of Tasmania. 
subgenus varies exceedingly is habit, breadth of leaves, in the amouni of OO Bip O wtiOB of fte < 
ness of the inflorescence, number ol brae!-. • white t 
cymes, and thickm ss, etc, ol the disc— Species L-9. 
§ II. i7oa??r* solitary, or nearly 10. Only* broadly campanula!.-, tub.' produced I 
coriaceous, dehiscing alon- the ventral suture. —To this belong < 
besides about six Swan River and other Western extratropicd ipeciee, and u m 
South-eastern Australian ones. — Specie- LO, 11. 
§ III. This section, i 
produced far t 
above the disc. Cocci crustaceous, bivalved.— In habit this entirely correspond 
Spyridium. I know of only one species.— Species 12. 
§ I. Flores gtomerati, capitati. Calycis obcouici tubus ultra or art km arm prcductus. Ovariuv • 
annulo epiiiyuo circiiiiidatmii. 
1. Cryptandra obcordata (Hook, fil.) ; procumbens, caulibus ramisque elongatis virgalis prostrntis, 
ramulis foliosis furfuraceo-puberulis, foliis breve petiolatis obovato-obcordatis v. truncate ■■ 
medium 1-2-dentatis v. integerrimis supra glabra vobfai pallidu A DM pnbeecentibtu mar. 
-cymis in capitula multiflora congestis, squamulis extimis pubesccntibus interior i!ni> seariosis margine villosis, 
coccis puberulis indehiscentibus. [Omm, 1 2 ID.) 
Hab. Trap liills on the banks of the Tamar; also abundant on t! I ,— (FL ( >ct.) 
Forming taxgi Datehei . oppressed to the ground. — Bnmeke* terete, slender, Tery kmg, 
interlacing; irmcAMt leafy, ootered with rilkras pnbea late pubescence lower down; 
Leaves £— ■ i inch long, on short, slender petioles, broadly obovate, obcordato, or truncate, and deeply emarginate or 
retuse, sometimes bifid at the apex, usually with one or two strong marginal teeth ; margins recurved ; upper surfaei 
bright green, glabrous, under pale, densely pubescent with villous hairs, pilose along the midrib. Stipule* broadly 
ovate, with acuminate tips. Flowers small, in crowded capitula siibt. nded by a few small leaves and surrounded 
by sheathing brown scarious bracts with villous margins ; bracts blunt, outer pubescent at the back. Calyx-tube 
obconical. Cocci chartaceous, pubescent, compressed from back to front, keeled in front, obovate-oblong, apparently 
quite indehiscent. Seed conformable to the coccus, with a coriaceous shining testa. 
2. Cryptandra vexillifera (Hook. Journ. Bot. i. 257) ; erecta v. prostrata, ramosa, ramis ramu- 
lisque virgatis pubescentibus, foliis lineari-oblongis lanceolatisve mucronatis acuminatisve marginibus re- 
volutis superne eanaliculatis subtus albo-pubescentibus, a \ 
petiolatis ellipticis albis subtensis, floribus minutissimis late obconicis, fructu calyce iadelnao : 
membranaceis late ovatis indehiscentibus. [Omm, 19, 702.) 
Hab. Northern parts of the Island; Woolnorth, Launceston, Port Dairy nr,: . 
(Fl. througliout the year.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. 
A strnirtrlmg undershrub. with prostrat. .r erect branches ncarb a f it hiirh - 
with rufous or white down. Leaves scattered, on slender short petiofc - \-\ inch kmg, rigid and coriaceous, linear- 
or oblong-lanceolate, rarely elliptical, acuminate or mucronate, margins revolute ; ttppi r 
deep central groove, under densely covered with white or red down, midrib generally ferruginous 
flowers as large as a peppercorn, terminal, brown from the number of closely imbricating Bcanous short orbicidar 
bracts, subtended by one or two petiolate broad downy white leaves. Flowers very numerous and minute. Calyx 
broadly obconic, with a short tube and five spreadii. _ nafly. stamen* included in the cucul- 
