166 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Bubiacece. 
ramis ramulisque puberulis, foliis parvis coriaceis nitidis brevissime petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis oblongisve 
obtusis subacutisve enerviis marginibus recurvis, floribus solitariis 4-fidis. {Gnnn, 874.) (Tab. XXXIX.) 
Hab. Common on the mountain-tops and in open alpine situations generally, Gunn. — (PI. Jan.) 
(v. v.) 
An erect, rigid, woody shrub, 5-6 feet high, with stiff, puberulous branches, generally densely covered with 
leaves. Leaves i-| inch long, shortly petioled, very coriaceous and shining above, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 
blunt, with recurved margins. Stipules transverse, truncate. Mowers solitary, sessile, tetramerous. Berries pale 
orange-red, refreshing, and of service in allaying thirst.— Plate XXXIX. A. Branch with female flower ; and B. 
Branch with fruit. Fig. 1, stem, leaf, and stipule; 2, male flower; 3, female ditto; 4, berry; 5, transverse sec- 
tion of ditto ; 6, seed : — all magnified. 
4. Coprosma pumila (Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 465) ; fruticulus repens glaberrimus v. 
foliis junioribus puberulis, ramulis brevibus suberectis Miosis, foliis parvis lineari- v. elliptico-obovatis 
lanceolatisve obtusis acutisve rigidis coriaceo-carnosis in petiolum brevem angustatis, floribus (pro planta 
magnis) sessilibus axillaribus, calyce brevi 4-fido, corolla tubulosa 4-fida.— Fl. N. Zeal.i. Ill; Fl.Antarct. 
i. t. 16 B. sub nom. C. repens. {Gunn, 304.) 
Hab. Middlesex Plains, and on all the mountain-tops, abundant, Gunn.—(FL Feb.) 
Distrib. Victoria, Mount Kosciusko, elev. 6000 feet, Mueller; mountains of New Zealand. 
A small, densely matted, creeping species, with stout, much branched, spreading, prostrate, often flexuose, 
densely leafy branches, the yoimger pubescent. Leaves very thick and coriaceous, bright green and shining, shortly 
petiolate, linear or elliptic-obovate or lanceolate, sharp or blunt, \-\ inch long, margins recurved, the petioles 
connate with the stipules at the base, and forming together a sheath. Flowers solitary, sessile. Calyx-lobes very 
short. Corolla nearly as long as the leaves, tubular, curved, four-cleft at the mouth. Stamens very much exserted, 
with long, pendulous anthers, hooked at the apex. Berries red, two-celled, two-seeded. 
Gen. II. OPERCULAKIA, A. Rich. 
Mores dioici v. hermaphroditi, in capitula globosa concreti. Calycis limbus 3-4-lobus. Corolla in- 
fundibuliformis v. campanula, 3-5-fida. Stamina 1-5. Styli 2, elongati, per totam longitudinem piloso- 
stigmatiferi. Ovaria 2-locularia, loculis 1-ovulatis. Bacca in capitulum concrete, biloculares, loculis 
dispermis, lobis calycinis persistentibus coronatas. Semina solitaria, oblonga, dorso convexa, facie 3-jugata. 
— Herbse basi mffruticulosa ; foliis utrinque stipulatis ; capitulis terminalibus v. e axillis ramulorum sessi- 
ons peduuculatkve; involucro generali nullo v. e stipulis foliisque parvis concrete, partiali namophyllo, 
S-10-dentato. 
A remarkable genus, which, together with another Australian genus {Fornax), has been placed in a tribe of 
Rubiacea, at the end of the Order, but which I consider as appertaining to Anthospermea. About twenty species 
are known, of which more than half are natives of South-western Australia and the remainder of South-eastern, 
none being tropical.— Herbs, with the stems often shrubby at the base. Branches erect or prostrate, slender, 
sparingly branched. Leaves opposite, with interpetiolar stipules. Flowers hermaphrodite or dioecious, coUected 
into sessile or peduncled, involucrate capitula. Calyces confluent below, each with a three- or four-toothed limb. 
Corolla campanulate or funnel-shaped, three- to five-lobed. Stamens with long filaments and oblong anthers. 
Styles two, elongated, exserted, covered with stigmatic hairs. Fruits aggregated into a fleshy mass by the cohesion 
of the bases of the tubes of the calyces, their upper parts often separating like an operculum; two-celled, cells 
one-seeded. Seeds oblong, plano-convex, with three prominent ridges on the inner face. (Name from operculum, 
a hd ; m allusion to the dehiscence of the fruits.) 
1. Opercnlaria ovata (Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 465) ; glabriuscula, ramosa, ramis gra- 
