10 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



4. BILLARDIERA. 



Petals long and ooliering to one another. Sepals persistent. Fruit a berry. 



Style long. Berry coloured and swollen .. . ... ... 1. B.longiflora. 



Style short. Berry green, oblong ... ... ... ... 2. fi. scandens. 



1. B. LONGIFLORA, Lab. A twining climber. Leaves narrowly to broadly 

 •elliptical, rarely lobed, about |-1 inch, rarely linear. Flowers solitary, stalked, 

 usually pendulous, dull yellow or blue. Sepals very acute, about . 2 lines long. 

 Petals about 1 inch, cohering into a tubular corolla. Style as long as the corolla. 

 Berry swollen about f inch,- blue, white, or red. S. macrantha, H. 



Very common in woods ; also South-East Australia. Fl. Oct.-Jan. 



Var. alpina. Stunted. Leaves obovate, lanceolate, 2-5 lines. Sepals 

 1 line, obtuse. Petals, 3 lines, not cohering, blue. Berry 3-4 lines. 

 Style very short. 



2, B. SCANDENS, Sm. Similar to B. longiflora. Leaves sometimes 2 inches. 

 Petals usually not cohering. Berry oblong, usually green or yellow, sometimes 

 red. B. mutabilis, H. 



Distributed in the north ; also in Eastern Australia. Fl. Oct, 



Oedee VIIL TREMANDRACE^. 



Carpels 2, united. Ovaries distinct. Fruit a flattened capsule. Petals and 

 sepals equal, 4 or 6. Stamens 8 or 10, discharging through a terminal bore. 



TETRATHEOA. 

 Petals 4. Stamens 8. Seeds 1 or 2 in each ovary. Small under-shrubs. 

 Leaves broad, whorled ... ... ... ... ... 1, T. ciliata. 



Leaves broad, rough 2. T. glandulosa. 



Leaves linear, revolute, smooth or hispid ... ... 3. T". pilosa. 



1. T. CILIATA, Lind. Erect, 2-3 feet. Leaves broad, flat, | inch, mostly in 

 whorls. Flowers solitary, axillary, shortly stalked, fairly numerous. Sepals 

 small and broad. Petals red-purple, spreading, broad, | inch long. 



North Coast. Southern Australia. Fl. Sept.-Deo. 



2. T. GLANDULOSA, Lab. Erect, 1-2 feet, glandular, hispid. Leaves oblong, 

 toothed, shortly stalked, ^-^ inch. Flowers white, pink to purple, rather 

 smaller, but similar to T. ciliata. T. ericifolia, Sm. (partly). 



Abundant. South-East Australia. Fl. spring and summer. 



3. T. PILOSA, Lab. Erect, 1-2 feet, glabrous, or sometimes hispid. Leaves 

 j-f inch, linear, margins revolute, glabrous, rarely coarsely hispid. Flovs^ers 

 similar to but smaller than T. glandulosa. T. ericifolia, Sm. (partly). 



Very common. South and East Australia. Fl. spring and summer. 



Var. calva. Slender, usually glabrous. Leaves about 2 lines. Flowers 

 very small, mostly white. T. procumbens and T. gunnii, H. 



Oedbe IX.—POLYGALACE^. 



Carpels 2, united. Ovaries distinct. Style single. Perianth irregular. 



COMESPERMA. 



Sepals 5, unequal, 2 are broad and petaloid. Petals 3, unequal, lower one 

 folded as a keel. Stamens 8, filaments Combined, Fruit capsular, narrowed at 

 the base. Seeds numerous, hairy. 



Twining climber... ... ... ... ... ... 1. C. volubile. 



