THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



DICOTYLEDONS 



Ordee I. RANUNCULACE^. 



Pistil of numerous free 1-seeded carpels or few many-seeded carpels. Stamens 

 numerous, free, and hypogynous. Perianth regular. Sometimes corolla absent, 



Climbing or erect. Leaves opposite ... ... ... 1. Clematis. 



Herbaceous. Leaves radical or alternate. 

 Petals none. Sepals petaloid. 



Stem with an epicalyx ... ... ... ... 2. A nemone. 



Stem bare ... ... ... ... ... ... 4. Caltha. 



Petals present, usually ye] low ... ... ... ... 3. Ranunculus. 



1. CLEMATIS. 



Petals absent. Sepals petaloid, usually 4. Carpels numerous. Style plumose, 

 persistent. 



Stem long, climbing. 



Anthers pointed ... ... ... ... ... 1. C. aristata. 



Anthers oblong, blunt ... ... ... ... 3. C. microphylla. 



Stem with short erect branches ... ... ... 2. C gentianoides. 



1. C. ARISTATA, R. Br. A tall climber. Leaves divided into 3 leaflets, some- 

 times variegated, rarely simple or more divided. Sepals narrow, about 1 inch 

 long. Anthers prolonged into a point. Partially dioecious. C. coriacea and 

 .hlanda, Hook. 



Abundant ;. also extra-tropical Australia. Fl. Oct. 



2. C. GENTIANOIDES, D. C. Prostrate or subterranean, sending up short leafy 

 branches. Leaves oblong, entire or remotely toothed, rarely divided. Flowers 

 as in C. aristata, but solitary and rather larger. G. aristata (partly), F. v. M. 



Common. Endemic. Fl. Nov. 



3. C. MICROPHYLLA, D. C A tall climber. Leaves generally twice divided 

 into threes, narrow, about ^-1 inch long. Flowers rather smaller than in C. 

 aristata, pubescent. Anthers small, oblong. C. linearifolia. Hook. 



North Coast and throughout Australia. Fl. Oct. 



2. ANEMONE. 



Petals absent. Sepals petaloid. Carpels numerous. Style persistent, curled 

 at apes. An epicalyx close under or remote from the flower. 



A. CEASSIFOLIA, Sook. Small perennial. Leaves long-stalked, 3-5 lobed or 

 divided, coarsely toothed, 1-2 inches diameter. Flower solitary, white, l-l^- 

 inch diameter. Sepals oblong, about 6-8. 



Black BlufE, Zeehan, La Perouse, and range west of Adamson's Peak. PI. 

 Dec. -Jan. 



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