THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 9 



3. V. CUNNIN6HAMI, H. Tufted and creeping. Leaves stalked, about |-inch 

 diameter, reniform to orbicular. Stipules short, adnate, pointed. Flowers pale 

 violet, spur short. 



Western mountains, Cuming's Head. New Zealand. PI. Dec, 



4. Y. CALETANA, Don. Stem weak, decumbent. Leaves stalked, broadly 

 cordate, about 1 inch long. Flowers small, white ; spur short and thick.- 



Deloraine and East Coast. South-East Australia. Fl. Nov.-Jan. 



2. HYMENANTHERA. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, nearly equal, short. Anthers nearly sessile. Placentas- 

 usually 2 only, and each 1-seeded. Fruit small, baccate. 



H. BANKSii, F. V. M. A rigid, branched, often spiney shrub. Leaves about 

 1 inch, linear, oblong, obtuse. Flowers small, nearly sessile, often unisexual, 

 solitary, or few together. H. dentata, R. Br. ; H. angustifolia, R. Br. 



Common; also South-East Australia and New Zealand. Fl.Nov.-Deo. 



Ordbb Yll.—PITTOSPORACE^. 



Pistil of 2, rarely more, carpels. Placentas parietal. Stamens 5, hypogynous. 

 Petals 5, often cohering. Sepals 5, often shed very early. 



Tall shrub. Fruit broad. Seeds viscid .. ... 1. Pittosporum. 



Spiney shrub. Fruit flat ... ... ... ... 2. Bursaria. 



Very small under- shrub. Fruit succulent ... ... 3. Marianthns. 



Climber. Fruit a large berry ... ... ... ... 4. Billardiera. 



1. PITTOSPORUM. 



Petals loosely cohering. Fruit capsular. Seeds numerous viscid. 



Flowers terminal. Leaves glabrous ... ... ... 1. P. undulatum. 



Flowers scattered. Leaves tomentose beneath ... 2. P. hicolor. 



1. P. UNDTILATUM, And. Tall tree. Leaves stalked, oval, glabrous, 3-6 inches. 

 Flowers in terminal clusters, f-inch long, usually white. 



Arthur R. (Emmett), one tree only found. Eastern Australia. Fl. Oct.-Nov.. 



2. P. BiCOLOE, H. Small erect tree. Leaves oblong to linear, 1-2 inches, 

 rusty, tomentose beneath. Flowers mostly in axillary clusters, yellow to red- 

 brown, \ inch long. 



Abundant. Victoria and New South Wales. FJ. Oct. -Nov. 



2. BURSARIA. 



Petals free. Sepals falling before the flower expands. Fruit a flat capsule, 

 opening at the edges. Seeds few, flat, reniform. 



B. SPINOSA, Cav. Tall, wiry, spiney shrub. Leaves oblong to spathulate, 

 --\ inch. Flowers small, white, numerous in panicles. Capsule \-\ inch diameter. 



Abundant. Throughout Australia. Fl Nov-Jan. 



.3. MARIANTHUF. 



Petals partially united. Sepals persisten< . Fruit a slightly flattened succu- 

 lent capsule. 



M. PBOCUMBENS, B. A small erect, or decumbent under-shrub, 3-6 inches- 

 Leaves linear, finch. Flowers white and pink, at ends of branches. Sepals slender. 

 Petals 2 lines long, narrow, cohering at the base. Bursaria procumbens, H.. 



Common. Eastern Australia. Fl. Sept.-Oct. 



