Rosacea.'] flora of Tasmania. US 
v. lobatis v. ternatim v. pinnatim trifoliolatis, foliolis ovatis obovatisvo iluplicnto-crcnatis intcgris \. \an< 
lobatis, pedunctilis siibteriiiinalibiis solitariis l-tloris, cahcis lobis o\atis siibaeutis pilosis petalis llavis bre- 
vioribus, ovariis 5. [Gunn, 271.) 
Hab. Common on the mountains at 3000-5000 feet elevation, Gu,n,.—{Y\. Oct. ; fr. Feb.) (t\ v.) 
A very remarkable little species, especially from having a definite number of ovaries, and. according to Mr. 
Gunn, yellow flowers. — A small, creeping, i lifted, glabrous plant. formim: patches on peaty soil - 
diameter. Stems much branched, slender, flexuose, usually buried in the soil. Vrtiolrs slender, \~i inches long, 
bearing one or more simple or lobcd doubly-creuatc leaflets, that are extremely variable in shaj)e. b a fir t x coria- 
ceous, ternate or pinnate, the upper ovate, deltoid, or oblong, simple or lobed ; lateral -mall, inegoJai in outline. 
Peduncle* solitary, short, simple, one-flowered. Tlomrs often nestled amongst the leave-, about \ inch across, 
yellow. Drapes very fleshy, scarlet; endocarp rugose. FntU u large M that of B. t amfiiit, hid 
leaves; its fla\ I • that of the cranberry. 
Gen. II. POTENTILLA, L. 
Calyx explanatus, 4-5-bracteolatus. Petala 5, calyce inserta. Slauti iul nmncroxi. Ovaria recep- 
taculo inserta, 1-ovulata. Achenia sicca, receptaculo sicco piloso insert. i, stylo bivvi laferali. 
The only Australian species of this extensive European and North American genui 
parts of the globe, ami is the common Silver-weed of England. The genu- dill'er- from Hi'lm.-, in it- almost inva- 
riably herbaceous hal)it, the bracteolatc calyx, and in the dry achenia whieh form tiie fnui. (N;i 
powerful ; in allusion to the reputed virtues of some species.) 
1. Potentilla anserina (Linn. Sp. PI. 710); glabrata v. sericeo-villosa, eaule radicantc stolomfero. 
foliis abrupte piiinatisectis, pinnis multijugis ovatis rotuudatis oblongisve argute serralis stibtus sericeis, 
pedunculis gra< 'i- 1-lloris, |)etalis aureis. — I)e Cand. Prvrfr.W. 5^2; /.•;.'. I! ■■'. '. t>M ; 
Fl. Ant. ii. 262. {Gimn, 251.) 
Hab. Circular Head and elsewhere on the north and west coasts ; rarer to the southward of the 
Colony, Gunn.—(fl Nov. to Jan.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. South-east Au-tralia, New Zealand, western extratropical South America, and throughout 
the temperate and colder zones of Europe, Asia, and America. 
A very beautiful plant, extremely variable in size and amount of hairiness, being.almost glabrous or densely 
silkv. with silvery, shaggy hairs. — St'-m* -tout or slender, sending out long rooting stolons; leaf-bearing branches 
very short. Leaves in tufts, 2-8 inches long, unequally pinnate: leaflet* six to twenty pairs, oblong-obovate or 
rounded, the alternate pairs often minute, deeply acutely civnate or cut. Peduncles solitary, erect, generally longer 
than the leaves, one-flowered. Flower* large, -olden yellow, very variable in size. 
Gen. III. GEUM, L. 
Calyx 5-lobus, 5-bracteolatus. Petala 5. Stamina numerosa. Achenia sicca, in capitulum receptaculo 
sicco disposita ; stylo elongato rigido persistente post anthesin elongato articulato geniculato v. barbato. 
I have several times examined the southern species, but never been able to satisfy my-el! n -garding them, the com- 
mon Tasmauian and New Zealand species especially appearing to be the same as the South American, and to be 
scarcely, if at all, different from states of the common G. urbamou of Europe and temperate Asia. The genu, is 
readily distinguished by the globose or oblong head of achenia, terminating in rigid, persistent, awn-like styles, that 
have a sharp bend or articulation above the middle, or are plumose. 
