Rubiacea7\ FLORA OF TASMANIA. 
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cilibus prostratisascendentibusvesubflaccidis glabris, foliis petiolatis ovatis obton sul.acutisve ciliatis utnn- 
que glabratis parce pilosisve submembranaceis, capitulis axillanlms breviter pedunnilatis, floribuj h.rnia- 
phroditis (dioicisve) 3-4-andris, calycis lobis 3 oblongis ciliatis, corolla inlumlilmlif..nni, flkmentis stvl.M,u< 
longe exsertis, baccis infra medium inter se et cum involucro coalitis. {Omm, 78.) (Tab. X \ \ \ 1 1 1 . 
Hab. Launceston, on stiff clay soil, (?»»».— (Fl. Nov., Dec.) 
Distrib. Victoria, Mueller, Robertson. 
Whole plant stinking abominably when bruised, forming patches from a few inches to a -m 
—Stems numerous, slender, spreading, prostrate or ascending, 3-6 inches long, branched, leaft . ' 
long, shortly petioled, ovate, oblong-ovate, or lanceolate, subacute. Flowers morioni according to (innn. h„i 
decidedly hermaphrodite in some of my specimens, united by the bases of their calyces, together with the invo- 
lucre, into a shortly peduneled axillary capitulum. Calyx-lobes three, ciliate, creet. OoriU* Ami 
lobed. Styles and filaments long, exserted.-PLATE XXXVIII. A. flowering, and B. fnuimg .pecunens. l'ur. I. 
capitulum; 2, corolla and limb of calyx; 3, head of fruit.; 4, longitudinal section of pari of a fnnt , 5 and I, 
seeds : — all magnified. 
2. Operctilaria varia (Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bat vi. 486) ; prnflla, 
caulibus e radice lignosa perplurimis gracihbus erectis dmunbentilm u ang.i n. , I., s | .rv.s >™**™ 
petiolatis rigide coriaceis linearibus lineari-oblongis ovatisv. ubiusis acutisv. i.irm.|U«- -j . <> ' |ih| 7J 
bridis laevibusve, vaginis brevissimis, capitulis axillaribus breviter pedunrulahs, OOTO ■ I e 
calycis lobis subulatis a3quilonga, staminibus 2. 
Var. a. hispidula ; foliis majoribus scaberulis linewi-oblongu obtaaia, wmM difflns» 
V«. £. scabrida; hispido-pilosa, foliis ovatis oblongisvc obtusis, ramil rob W 
882.) ,.. ,. „ r . i fI1 ,iK ni( , ,,,.,, 
Var. y.filiformis; glaberrima v. glabrata, nitida, folns lineanbus MM* ramis ■RWHUtow . 
(<?»«», 546.) 
Hab. Very common in dry, stony places throughout the Colony.— (H. WOT.; p. t.j 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. 
A smaller species than 0. ovata, equally offensive in smell, with much narrower U „ 
or ilo , e —Stem very numerous from the root, slender, branched, erect, Mcendmg or prostofc 
Z^ es generally linear, rigidly coriaceous. Fhwen in small axillary head, Calyx-Y 
short funnel-shaped corolla. Stamens two.-This is a very variable species. 
Gen. III. NEBTEEA, Banks et Sol. 
Mores hermaphroditi. Calycis tubus ovoideus; limbus truncatu? v. obft 
tubulosa v. infundibuliformis, 4-loba. Stamina 1; filament, baa < «o& insert . 
M« 2-loculare; loculis 1-ovulatis. %/• 2, elongate audi [* ; 
carnosa, dicocca; coccis coriaceis, 1-spermis. &■*«« 1- 
pentes; foliis sempervirentibus ; stipuhs intrafoliaceu; flon us aj-j 
This little genus is placed in the I 
to Coprosma, from which it scarcely differs, except in the herinap iro ite n- ^ ^^ ■ ^ 
there are several species, chiefly natives of New Zealand. (Name from veprepe, o« y , . 
growth.) 
1 Nertera depre»a (Banks et Sol. in tortn. Frnct. i. IU. t 26) ; glaberrima canle ropente, 
nJL lereetb v. demies, foU.s petiolatis late ovaris aentU, eol.ve.bna ovamsaoe glaberrun.s.-DC 
