•72 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Bhamneee. 
late petals. Fruit globular, covered with a brittle brown membranous perianth. Cocci broadly oblong, almost 
orbicular, much compressed from back to front, obscurely keeled in front, indehiscent ; integument white, membra- 
nous, dotted. Seed conformable to the coccus : 
3. Cryptandra Lawrencii (Hook, fil.) j erecta, rigida, ramosa, ramis puberulis, ramulis tomentosis, 
foliis orbiculari-obovatis bullatis superne convexis velutinis subtus dense lanatis marginibus revolutis, capi- 
tulis multifloris parvis axillaribus terminalibusque dense lanatis, bracteis coriaceis calycibusque late obconicis 
dense villosis, fructu obovato calyce 3-partibili tecto, coccis indehiscentibus crustaceis. {Gunn, 1043.) 
Hab. SwanTtiver, near Great Swan Port {Backhouse), St. Paul's Eiver (a tributary of the South Esk), 
forty or fifty miles south-east of Launceston, Gunn. 
First discovered by Mr. Lawrence, but I do not know in what locality. It appears, from the specimens be- 
fore me, to form a small prostrate or suberect shrub, 1-2 feet high.— Branches robust, tortuous, covered with 
black pubescent bark ; branchlets velvety. Leaves spreading, petiolate, \ inch long and broad, broadly obovate- 
oblong, orbicular, or somewhat obcordate, very coriaceous, convex above, velvety, and with a deep central groove, 
margins very revolute, under surface densely woolly. Capitula small, \ inch across, densely woolly, sessile. 
Floicers immersed in coriaceous imbricated villous scales. Calyx broadly obconic, very villous with long hairs. 
Stamens included in the cucullate sessile petals, both inserted on a prominent disc. Style granular. Fruit obovate, 
covered with the closely adherent calyx, which splits into three, villous at the base and apex. Cocci oblong-obovate, 
rounded at the back, keeled in front, very coriaceous and almost crustaceous, apparently indehiscent. 
4. Cryptandra eriocephala (Hook, fil.) ; erecta, virgata, ericoidea, ramulis pubescenti-tomentosis, 
foliis anguste lineari-subulatis aristato-acuminatis marginibus ad costam revolutis superne glaberrimis nitidis 
subtus albo-tomentosis, capitulis terminalibus subpedunculatis densifloris bracteis scariosis tectis albo-to- 
mentosis, floribus parvis, calyce late obconico villoso, fructu calyce indehiscente tecto, coccis membranaceis 
indehiscentibus.— Spyridium eriocephalum, Fenzl, Plant. Hiigel. 24. {Gunn, 1044.) 
Hab. Banks of the Derwent {Ferd. Bauer), in dry places from above Hobarton to Glen Leith; South 
Esk, thirty miles from Launceston, Gunn. — (PI. Oct. Nov.) {v. v.) 
A small heath-like bushy shrub, 2-3 feet high, with erect branches and twiggy branchlets, thickly covered 
with appressed down.— Leaves ±~% inch long, scattered, shortly petiolate, rigid, almost pungent, narrow linear- 
subulate, or elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate, margins revolute to the midrib, rarely recurved, when the leaves are 
broader ; upper surface deep green, shining, glabrous ; under covered with white wool, but generally concealed by 
the revolute margins. Capitula terminal, often stalked, the peduncles woolly, size of a peppercorn or pea, brown 
from the many imbricated scarious shining bracts, white at the tip from the villous hairs of the flowers almost con- 
cealing them. Calyx very shortly obconic, broad, densely villous ; segments with a very prominent keel on the inner 
face. Stamens concealed in the cucullate petals. Style granular on the surface. Fruit broadly obovoid, covered 
with the indehiscent, almost crustaceous calyx-tube. Cocci very broad, almost orbicular, much compressed, white, 
membranous, indehiscent. Seed with a hard crustaceous testa, mottled with red and brown.— This closely resembles 
a New South Wales species (from the Euryalean scrub, A. Cunningham) that has a scabrous or pubescent upper 
surface of the leaves. 
5. Cryptandra ulicina (Hook. Journ. Bot. i. 257) ; fratex erectus ramosus foliosus, ramis ramulis- 
que tomentosis virgatis, foliis ramulis lateralibus abbreviatis confertis linearibus obtusis v. superne dilatatis 
retusis furcatis bifidisve superne glabris subtus albo-tomentosis, capitulis sessilibus axillaribus terminalibus- 
que paucifloris, floribus majusculis sericeo-tomentosis, calyce late obconico. {Gunn, 150.) 
Hab. Common on the banks of the Derwent above New Norfolk, and at Launceston ; also on the 
summit of Mount Wellington, Lawrence, Gunn.—(E\. Oct.) {v. v.) 
A very handsome species, forming a bush 4-8 feet high by the banks of streams, of a bright green colour, pow- 
