THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 5 



8. H. PASCicuLATA, M. Br. Procumbent or erect, hairy. Leaves in bunches, 

 Tery narrow, often margins turned up, 2-4 lines long. Plowers as in H. angus- 

 tifolia, only smaller. Carpels usually 3. 



Yery common. South and East Australia. M. spring and summer. 



9. H. viEGATA, It. Br. DifBuse or erect, glabrous, branches wiry. Leaves 

 linear, flat, obtuse, |-1 inch long. Flowers sessile, lateral, much smaller than 

 TO. E. angustifolia. Petals ^ inch, scarcely indented. Carpels 3. 



North. South-Bast Australia. Fl. Sept. 



Order III. MAGNOLIACE^. 



Carpels several or single, cohering or free, usually 2-many-seeded. Perianth- 

 whorls 2, but not very distinct. 



DRIMTS. 



Carpels usually solitary. Fruit a berry. Sepals 2 or 3, united in the bud. 

 Petals few. 



D. AHOMATICA, F.v. M. Glabrous shrub. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceo- 

 late. Flowers small, unisexual, stalked, clustered, terminal. Fruit black, 

 I inch, strongly aromatic. Tasmannia aromatica, R. Br. 



On mountains. South-East Australia. Fl. Oct. -Nov. 



Order IV. PAP AVERAGES. 



Pistil of few united carpels, rarely of a single one. Placentas parietal. Ovules 

 numerous. Stigmas sessile, connate, discoid. Stamens hypogynous. 



PAPAVER. 

 Sepals 2 or 3. Petals 4 or 6. Stamens numerous. 



P. ACULBATUM, Thun. Erect, bristly, annual. Lower leaves stalked, oblong, 

 irregularly divided ; upper ones sessile, lanceolate, toothed. Flowers small for 

 the genus, red. Petals \ inch long. P. horridum, D. C. 



Avoca, George's Bay, Bass Straits. Extra-tropical Australia, Africa. Fl. 

 Nov.-Dec. 



FuMARiA OFFICINALIS, Linn. Pale-green, glabrous. Leaves irregular. 

 Flowers pink, irregular. Fruit sniall, 1-seeded, succulent. European. 



Order V. CKUCIFEBJE. 



Pistil of 2 united carpels, except in Cakile, with a common ovarian cavity 

 that is divided by a septutn or replum. Ovules 1 to many, parietal. Sepals 4. 

 Petals 4, rarely absent. Stamens normally 6. 



Pods 2-valved, equal. 

 Pods exceeding \ inch. 



Flower yellow ... 2. Barharea. 



Flower white or purplish ... ... ... ... 3. Cardamine. 



Pods J inch or under. 



Pods flattened in plane of septum. 



Leaves divided, flowers yellow ... ... ... 1. Nasturtium. 



Leaves lanceolate, flowers minute ... ... 4. Stenopetalum. 



Pods flattened at right angles to septum. 



Carpels 2 or more seeded ... ... ... ... 5. Capsella. 



Carpels 1-seeded ... ... ... ... 6- Lepidium. 



Pods of 2 unequal superposed parts ... ... ... 7. Cahik. 



