320 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Protectee*. 
trifidis, capitulo terminali globoso, squamis late ovato-oblongis acuminatis inferne sericeo-lanatis, perianthio 
glabro laciniis apice barbellatis, stigmate tenui subarticulato infra medium puberulo. — Br. in .Linn. Trans. 
x. 72; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 280. {Gunn, 898.) 
Hab. Islands in Bass' Straits, Bynoe ; Flinders' Island, G?.mn.—(F\. Nov.) 
Distrib. Victoria and South Australia. (Cultivated in England.) 
Gen. III. AGASTACHYS, Br. 
Flores spicati. Perianthium regulare, tetraphyllum ; foliolis basi cohserentibus, medio staminiferis. 
Filamenta distincta. Glandules hypogynse 0. Ovarium sessile, trigonum, 1-loculare, 1-ovulatum; stylo 
.long to, stigmate unilaterali. Fructus ignotus. — Erutex glaberrimus ; foliis sparsis, integerrimis, plants ; 
spicis nvmerosis ; floribus 'avo, deciduo. 
The only known species is a beautiful bush, 5-9 feet high, turning black in drying, with robust branches, and 
very numerous, erect, long spikes of white, sweet-scented flowers. — Branches glabrous, somewhat angled. Leaves 
1-2 inches long, erect, extremely coriaceous, glabrous and shining, linear-oblong, blunt or emarginate, shortly 
petioled, with an obscure midrib. Spites erect, stout, 3-6 inches long, bearing flowers throughout their length. 
Bracts curving outwards, linear, blunt. Perianth about | inch across, of four linear spreading pieces united at the 
base. Stamens with short filaments inserted on the segments of the perianth, and long linear anthers. Ovary three- 
angled, one-celled, with one ovule. Fruit unknown. (Name from ayaaros, conspicuous, and arayy<i, a spike.) 
1. Agastachys odorata (Br. Prodr. 371).— Linn. Trans, x. 158; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 328. 
[Gnnn, 1236.) 
Hab. South and West coasts ; Eecherche Bay ; country South-west of Lake St. Clair, towards Mac- 
quarrie Harbour, Gunn, Milligan, etc.—(F\. Jan.) (Introduced into England.) 
Gen. IV. CENARRHENES, Lab. 
Flores spicati. Perianthium tetraphyllum, regulare, deciduum, foliolis apice angustatis. Stamina 
basi perianthii inserta. Glandules hypogynee 4, staminiformes. Ovarium sessile, 1-ovulatum. Stylus 
filiformis, deciduus. Stigma simplex. Drupa baccata, compressa, putamine osseo.— Arbor glabra, sicco 
nigrescens, faitida ; ramis angulatis ; foliis petiolatis, obovato- v. elongato-lanceolatis, ohtusis, grosse serratis, 
coriaceis, nitidis (sicco opacisj , penninerviis ; spicis foliis brevioribus, rachi crassa. 
1. Cenarrhenes nitida (Lab. Nov. Holl. i. 36*. t. 50).— Br. Prodr. 37 1 ; Linn. Soc. Trans, x. 158 ; 
Lamh. Illustr. t. 914./. 1 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 328. (Gunn, 556.) 
Hab. Shaded woods, etc.: Recherche Bay and Macquarrie Harbour; also in the mountains of the 
interior; Hampshire Hills, Arthur's Lakes, Lake St. Clair, etc., A. Cunningham, Gunn, etc.— (El. Oct.) 
(Colonial name, " Native Plum.") 
A very fine, glabrous, bright-green tree, the only species of the genus, 15 feet high, fetid when bruised, and 
turning black in drying, very similar when growing to Anopterm glandularis (Gunn).— Leaves 3-5 inches long, pe- 
tioled, lanceolate, coarsely toothed. Flowers in short axillary spikes. Perianth regular, deciduous, of four leaflets, 
with the stamens inserted at their base. Ovary one-celled, with one ovule and four staminodia at its base. Fruit 
a small Plum-like drupe, uneatable. (Name from *m> s , empty, and Afr w , masculine; in allusion to the stamen- 
Gen. V. PERSOONIA, Sm. 
Flores ssepissime solitarii, axillares. Perianthium deciduum, tetraphyllum v. quadripartitum, regulare; 
foliolis medio staminiferis, demuui recurvis. Stamina exserta. Glandule* 4, hypogyn®. Ovarium pedi- 
