THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



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entirp. Stamens usually 10, united in a tube (five perfect, five incomplete), 

 sometimes five only. Calyx persistent, usually gamosepalous. Corolla seldom 

 conspicaous, sometimes absent. 



A large order, with an extensive distribution in all warm climates. In Tas- 

 mania represented by only one genus. 



LASIOPETALUM. 



Sepals 5, united at tbe base. Petals small or none. Stamens 5, opposite the 

 petals, free or nearly so. Pistil of few carpels. The style common, undivided, 

 1 seed in each cell. 



Leaves ovate or oblong. 



Sepals, 3-4 lines, white ... ... ... ... 1. IJ. discolor. 



Sepals, 3 lines, brown ... ... ... ... 2. L. dasyphyllum. 



Leaves narrow. Sepals brown, 2 lines ... ... 3. 2>. micranthum. 



' 1. L. DISCOLOR, H. Erect, branched shrub. Leaves ovate-cordate, alternate, 

 1-2 inches long, the under surface densely covered with pale stellate tomentum, 

 stalked. Flowers in small-stalked, rather dense axillary clusters. Bracteoles 

 and sepals rather long and pale. Petals small. 



North-West Coast. South and West Australia. FI. Nov.-Jan. 



2.' L. DASTPHTLLUM, SM. Very similar in general habit to Zi. discolor, only 

 leaves sometimes narrow, oblong. Bracteoles and sepals dark brown. L. gunnii, 

 Steetz. 



Schouten Island, Rocky Cape. Bass Straits, Victoria, and New South Wa,les. 

 Fl. Dec. 



3. L. MICRANTHUM, Hooh. Similar to the last two, only the leaves smaller, 

 about 1 inch long, and almost linear, with revolute margins. Bracteoles broad. 

 Sepals narrow, l|-2 lines long, brown. 



Near Swanport to St. Paul's River. Fl. Dec. 



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Pistil of few blended carpels. Ovarian cavities distinct. Style simple, divided 

 at the apex into as many lobes as there are carpels. Stamens usually numerous, 

 free, inserted into a disk-like development of the torus. Sepals 3 to 5, free or 

 slightly cohering. Petals usually as many as the sepals, sometimes absent, free 

 or cohering. 



A large order, distributed to all warm climates. Sparsely represented in 

 Tasmania. 



Flowers solitary, shrub ... ... ... ... ... 1. Aristotelia. 



Flowers racemed, tree ... ... ... ... ... 2. Eloeocarpus. 



1. ARISTOTELIA. 



Sepals 4 or 5. Petals same number, 3-lobed, inserted round the edge of the 

 disk-like process of the torus. Stamens numerous, surrounded below by a 

 glandular ring. Anthers linear. Ovary 2 or 4 celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. 

 Style slender. Fruit a berry. 



A genus of few species. The only Tasmanian species is endemic. 



A. PEDUNCITLAEIS, Hook. A straggling shrub of a few feet height. Leaves 

 mostly opposite, shortly-stalked, oblong to lanceolate, pointed, serrated, aiid 2-3:, 

 inches long. Flowers white, mostly solitary, pendulous, on long stal^^s. 

 Sepals about 5 inch long, pointed. Petals about \ inch broad, and 3-lobed. 

 Stamens 10-12, the filaments much bent and hairy at the base. Anthers long, 



