Stackkomea.] FLORA OF TASMANIA 
alternate filaments longer than the other*. Orary three- to five-lobcd, with as man;, 
above into as many stigmatiferous lobes. Ovules solitary in the eells. rreet. anatr- 
crustaceous, indehiscent cocci, separating from a central axis. Cboci one- 
Alhme*&shy. Embryo straight, with the radicle towards the hilmn. (Named in honour of J< I 
English botanist.) 
1. Stackhousia monogyna (Lab. Nov. lloll. 77. t. 101); crecta, gracilis, ramis elntigutis, foliis 
lincaribus lineai ttsre acutis, -puis dezuaflozia apioc ilabtitn ittennnttt, tlorilms alhis, 
bracteis calycem sequantibus brevioribusve, carpellis (sicco) rugosis. — Hook. Jo 
Lhicll. Bot. Be 9 . sub 1917. {Gtnni, 69, 462.) 
Hab. Abundant throughout the Island in a light soil, LobiUardidre, etc — (Fl. Oct. Nov.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. East Coast of Australia, from the Tropics to Bass' Straits. 
Much the tallest Ta>manian -peeies, (> inches to:. 1 ; feel high, ot'ti n nnieii branched Irmii tlie very base— 
Roots fibrous or creeping. Branckea Meet, -lender. Bometimea divided. Lvr,* l-fl inohei long, linear or lnneco- 
late or linear-spat lndate, very variable in breadth, acute or acuminate, fleshy, one-nerved or nmv!. 
inches long, 1 inch in diameter, much narrowed at the apex before the flowers are fully expanded /' 
ing, sweet-scented, white or cream-colour, \-± inch long, variable in breadth ; /warts generally longer than the calyx. 
Immature cocci (in dried specimens) have the surface wrinkled. 
2. Stackhousia Gunnii (Hook, fil.) ; humilis, robuflta, ra.liee repente, eaulibus phr.mnpie soliiariis, 
foliis carnosis linearibus lanceolatis lineari-spathnlatisve enerviis, lloribus lla\idis, spit is apiee obtusis 
conicisve. {Gwrn, 104-8.) 
Hab. Open sandy pasture-lands, Formosa, Epping Forest, Norfolk Plains, < 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. 
I have retained this species in deference to Mr. Gunn's opinion, who has repeatedly studied it. and assures 
me that though so similar to S. monoggna, it is always truly distinct The dilb moot * he indicate- 
size, more robust habit, more creeping root, generally solitary stem, blunter spike, and deeper cream-coloured or 
yellowish flowers. He adds that it is also a perennial. None of the above characters are at all satisfactory to me. 
and much diminished in value from the plant affecting only certain soils, that tend to produce civ. | 
short stems and fleshy habit. The roots of S. monogyna appear to me to be pen nnial, and Gunn remarks that they 
creep sometimes ; the flowers too of that plant vary much in shade of white and cream-colour 
who sends S. Gunnii from Melbourne, says that the flowers have a disagreeable odour. 
3. Stackhousia maculata (Sieb. PL Exsicc. 246) ; eaulibus ramosis, ramis robustis ascendentibus, 
foliis (plurimis) obovato-spathulatis obtusis acutisve coriaceo-carnosis enerviis, spin- bn-ubu-, ftoribna con- 
fertis flavidis aurantiaco-maculatis, coccis lateraliter compresaia ragosu dowo pxodncto carinat 
in Joura. Bot. ii. 421. S. cuneata, A. C. MSS. in 116. Hook. Tripterococcus spit] 
{Gunn, 895.) 
HAB. Sand-hills by the sea, Barren Islands h 
differ in breadth, the spikes in length and breadth, the flowers in size and colour, and the calyx-]. ■' 
and size.— A diffuse species, branching from the base and sparingly upwards. Boot perennial. Stems ascending, 
stout. Leaves rather fleshy, more or less spathulate, generally broadly so, acute, apiculate, or blunt, f-l* inch 
long. Spikes short and broad, l|-2 inches long, 1 broad. Flowers cream-coloured, with orange and red spots, 
