120 FLORA OF TASMANIA. \Haloragea. 
gulariter pinnatifido-inciso-lobatis, floribus in axillis supremis subsessilibus alternis oppositisve, stigmatibus 
breviter plumosis, ovario pubescente subgloboso 4-loculari obscure 8-costato. {Gunn, 1961, 559.) 
Hab. Northern parts of the Colony, South Esk Eiver, Gunn.— (Fl. Feb.) 
Distkib. South-east Australia. 
The almost invariably alternate, linear, irregularly cut, and almost pinnatiiidry lobed leaves, at once distinguish 
this species from its Tasmanian allies. Owing to the fruit being very immature, I am doubtful whether it is eight- 
angled (and thence a Goniocarpus), or globose, which would refer it to Cercodia. — Stems much branched at the base. 
Branches ascending, slender, a span and upwards long, grooved, smooth below, scabrid at the tips. Leaves few, 
scattered, 1 inch long, | inch broad, scaberulous. Mowers monoecious, sessile or very shortly pedicelled. Calyx- 
tube broad, pubescent or scabrid, its lobes triangular, ovate, acute. Petals as long as, or longer than, the calyx, 
linear-oblong, scabrid at the back. Stamens eight. Anthers slender. Stigmata shortly plumose in the female 
flowers. Young fruit obscurely eight-angled. 
b. Leaves opposite. 
2. Haloragis Gunnii (Hook, fil.) ; scabrida, caule erecto basi suffruticoso trichotome ramoso, 
ramis strigoso-hispidis, foliis coriaceis breve petiolatis v. sessilibus ovatis subacutis grosse argute serratis 
utrinque scabridis, floribus in axillis superioribus oppositis sessilibus, petalis breviusculis, fructu globoso 
8-costato verruculoso v. scaberulo. — H. elata, Nob. in Lond. Journ. Bob. vi. 475 ; non Fenzl in Plant. Hiigel. 
{Gunn, 1958.) 
Hab. Abundant in wet, shaded places, Gunn, etc. — (Fl. Oct. Nov.) (v. v.) 
The largest species of the genus, distinguished by its great size. —Stems 2-3 feet high, simple, and almost 
woody at the base, very scabrid, trichotomously branched above; branches suberect, slender. Leaves opposite, 
small, i-f inch long, sessile or shortly petioled, ovate or cordate, coarsely sharply serrate, scabrid on both surfaces. 
Flowers minute, almost sessile in the axils of the uppermost leaves, opposite. Fruit eight-ribbed, scabrid.— Asa 
Gray (Bot. U.S. Expl. Exped.) doubtfully refers this to H. teucrioides, DC, which however appears to me to be a 
very different plant, with much narrower leaves. 
3. Haloragis tetragyna (Hook. fil. H N. Zeal. i. 63) ; rigida, scabra, caule prostrato v. ascen- 
dente ramoso, ramis tetragonis erectis, foliis oppositis duris coriaceis oblongis ovatis lanceolatisve acutis 
grosse acute serratis utrinque scabris, floribus versus apices ramulorum axillis foliornm parvorum racemoso- 
spicatis alternis brevissime pedicellatis, fructu ovoideo 8-costato rugoso v. lsevi immaturo scaberulo. — Go- 
niocarpus tetragyna, Lab. Fl. N. Hott. i. 39. t. 53; Be Card. Prodr. iii. 66. {Gunn, 85.) 
Hab. Common in dry stony places, fields, etc. — {v. v.) 
Disteib. South-eastern Australia and New Zealand. 
The alternate racemose or spicate flowers, with small bracteal leaves, distinguish this from all the Tasmanian 
species but H. micrantha, which is a much more delicate and smaller species.— Everywhere scabrid with short, 
stiff, white hairs.— Stems decumbent, erect, or diffuse, 3-8 inches long. Leaves opposite, sessile, rounded, i-f 
inch long, subacute, rigid, acutely serrate, with cartilaginous margins. Flowers in the axils of the small upper 
alternate leaves. Fruit variable in size, shape, colour, and amount of hairiness. 
4. Haloragis depressa (Walp. Rep. ii. 99) ; pusilla, caule prostrato v. ascendente filiformi scabe- 
rulo, foliis oppositis breve petiolatis lanceolatis ovatis suborbiculatisve acutis obtusisve grosse cartilagineo- 
serratis integerrimisve glaberrimis v. superne scaberulis, floribus 4-andris oppositis in axillis supremis 
sessilibus, fructu nitido 4-8-costato.— Goniocarpus depressus, A. Gunn. FL N. Zeal, in Ann. Nat. Hist. 
iii. 30 s Fl. N. Zeal. i. 63. G. serpyllifolius et G. vernicosus, Hook, fil. in Ic. Plant, t. 290 et 311 . 
Var. /3. montana ; robustior, caulibus crassiusculis, foliis majoribus ovatis v. ovato-cordatis. 
