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BOTANY OF THE HAETZ AND ADAMSON 



RANGES. 



By L. Eodwat. 



(Bead May 20th, 1895J 



The south-west of Tasmania has many attractions to the 

 botanist, the principal of which are, firstly, that the district 

 has not been examined botanically beyond a few flying visits 

 to a few places ; secondly, that there are many plants growing 

 in this district that are seldom or never found elsewhere. 



It is only my intention to refer to plants of unusual interest, 

 whether of distribution or other detail, and in doing so I 

 shall deal with them in the order they occur in Bentham's 

 Flora Australiensis. 



Eriostemon oldfieldii, F. v. M., occurs on a northern spur of 

 Adamson's Peak. It has hitherto been only recorded from 

 Mount La Perouse and Cradle Mountain, where it was 

 obtained in young fruit only. I am now in a position to 

 describe the flower. Sepals about f- line long, broad ; 

 petals white and pink, narrow, oblong, about 2| to 3 lines 

 long ; both sepals and petals vary in number from 5 to 7, 

 but are generally 6 ; stamens usually 12, filaments long, 

 slender, glabrous ; style slender ; cocci verrucose. Flowering 

 about December. 



Eucryplda hillardieri, Spack, abounds throughout the 

 district, ascending to nearly 4,000ft. At high altitudes the 

 habit is a small shrub, and in places even procumbent and 

 creeping over rocks, the leaves being reduced to |in. Hooker, 

 in the Flora Tasmanise, describes the smaller leaved as a 

 distinct species, IS. milligani. In this district the transition is 

 unbroken. 



Anodopetalum biglandulosum, Cunn., is very abundant. 



Drosera areturi, Hook, is found everywhere at a high 

 altitude, and D. binata, Lab., is common at the foot of 

 Adamson's. 



Leptospermurn lanigerum, Sm., departs greatly from the 

 type on the plateau of Adamson's, being nearly glibrous, 

 with large leaves and flowers. A nearly allied form occurs ia 

 N,W. Tasmania and probably elsewhere. 



