THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



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Stem erect. 



Tall shrub. Leaves obtuse 2. G. retusum. 



Shrub. Leaves with a recurved point 3. C. ericmum._ 



Short, twiggy. Leaves with straight point ... 4. (7. calymega. 



Short, slender. Leaves few, or none ... ... 6. (7. defoliatum. 



1. C. VOLUBILB, Lah. A small twining climber. .Leaves few, oblong to linear. 

 Flowers numerous, blue, white, or red, about J inch. 



Very common. Extra-tropical Australia. Fl. Oct.-Feb. 



2. C. EBTDSUM, Lah. An erect or spreading shrub. Leaves oblong to linear, 

 flat, obtuse, \ inch. Flowers terminal, numerous, red or pink, about j inch. 

 Common. Eastern Australia. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 



3. C. EEiciNUM, D. C. Branches simple, erect, or spreading from a woody base, 

 2-3 feet. Leaves linear, margins re volute, apex recurved, \ inch. Flowers 

 terminal, numerous, blue, pink, or white, similar to C. retusum. 



Florentine Valley, many parts in north. Eastern Australia. Fl. Nov. -Dec. 



4. C. CALTMEGA, Lab. Base woody, branches erect, twiggy, a few inches high. 

 Leaves oblong, linear, \ inch, pointed. Flowers rather small, in a lengthening 

 raceme, usually pale blue. 



Widely distributed, but not common. Temperate Australia. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



5. 0. DEFOLIATUM, F. V. M. Base woody, branches slender, twiggy, a few inches 

 high, appearing leafless. Leaves linear, small or minute. Flowers small, blue, 

 in a lengthening raceme, 



Common in heaths. Eastern Australia. Fl. Dec.-Feb. 



Oedeb X.— FBANKENIACE^. 



Carpels 2-4, united, with a common ovarian chamber. Placentas parietal. 

 Seeds numerous. Calyx tubular, toothed. Corolla regular. Petals 4 or 5, 

 •clawed. Stamens mostly 4 or 5, hypogynous. Fruit capsular. 



FRANKBNIA. 



Character that of the order. 



F. PAUCIFLOEA, D. C. Small, procumbent, spreading, perennial. Leaves linear, 

 1-3 lines long, opposite, clustered. Flowers solitary, sessile, terminal, white or 

 pink. Corolla 2 lines diameter. 



Circular Head, Bass Straits. Throughout Australia. Probably not distinct 

 from F. Iceois, Linn. Fl. Nov.-Jan. 



Oedee ^l.— CARYOPHVLLACEM. 



DifEering from FrankeniacecB only in the placenta being free and central, also 

 the sepals being sometimes free, and rarely in the corolla being suppressed. 

 Leaves opposite. 



Sub-order Silenece. Sepals united. 



Saponaeia tubdlosa, F. v. M. a small erect annual, 2-4 inches. Leaves 

 small, linear. Flowers'small solitary, pink or white, stalked. George's 

 Bay. Probably introduced by migratory birds. 

 SiLENE GALLIC A, Linu. Erect, sparely-branched, 6 inches to I foot, 

 viscid, hairy. Leaves ovate to linear. Flowers axillary, solitary, 

 purple to white, not conspicuous. Introduced and widely spread. 

 Githago segetum, Desf. Erect, usually simple, softly hairy. Leaves 

 lanceolate. Flowers few, terminal or axillary on very long peduncles. 



