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THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



lineaa-, and shortly pointed. Berry heart-shaped, about ^ inch long, varying in 

 colour from white to deep brown purple. 



Common in many parts, in shady places on mountains. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 



2. EL^OCARPUS. 



Sepals 4> or 5. Petals same number, fringed, lobed, or entire, inserted at the 

 base of the enlarged torus. Stamens numerous, surrounded at the base by a 

 glandular ring. Aathers linear. Ovary 2-5 celled, with 2 or more ovales in 

 each. Style slender. Fruit a drupe, with a hard stone, only one seed maturing 

 in each cell. 



A large genus, principally tropical. The only Tasmanian representative is 

 confined to the Australian region. 



E. CTANBUS, Ait. A tree of moderate growth. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, 

 mostly alternate, about 3 inches long, serrate, pointed, reticulated on the upper 

 surface. Racemes loose, shorter than the leaves. Sepals | inch long, pointed. 

 Petals rather longer, divided into many acute lobes. Stamens numerous. 

 Anthers linear, shortly pointed. Ovary 2-oelled, with 8-10 ovules in each cell. 

 Drupe usually 1-seeded, globular, blue, the stone |-| inch long, rugose on the 

 surface. 



King Island. Throughout Eastern Australia. Fl. Nov. 



Order XVllI. LINAGES. 



Pistils of 3 to S blended carples. Ovarian cavities distinct. Styles distinct 

 or nearly so. Stamens usually 10 or 5, united in a ring round the pistil, 

 hypogynons. Sepals 5 or 4, free or united. Petals same number, free. 



LINUM. 

 Fruit capsular. Carpels easily separating when ripe, 2-seeded, and each seed 

 isolated by a more or less complete spurious dissepiment. 



L. MAEGiNALE, A. Cunti. Small, twiggy, slightly branched perennial, 1-2 feet. 

 Leaves alternate, linear acute, \-\ inch long. Flowers pale blue, about \ inch 

 in diameter, few or many, long-stalked, in a terminal corymb or raceme. 



Very common ; also throughout extra-tropical Australia. Fl. spring and 

 summer. 



L. CATHAECTicuM, hinn. Erect, branched. Leaves broadly linear, \-\ 

 inch, opposite. Flowers small, white. Pastures. Introduced European. 



Order XIX. ZYGOPHYLLACE^. 



Pistils of few, usually 6, carpels, united only on their inner margins. Ovarian 

 cavities distinct- Style simple. Stamens generally of the same number as the 

 carpels, free. Sepals same number, free or nearly so. Petals the same, free. 

 Disk usually well developed, on which the petals and stamens are inserted. 



The order is small, but widely distributed in warm countries. Nio repre- 

 sentatives have yet beem found on the mainland of Tasmania, but two species 

 have been gathered on islands of Bass Straits. 



ZTGOPiEYLLUM. 



Sepals and petals 4 or 6. Stamens twice as many.. Capsule 4 or 5 ajngled 

 narrow at the base, flat above, each carpel toeing wedge-shaped. Leaves divided 

 into one pair of equal leaflets. 



Leaflets broadly ovate ^- Z. apicv,latum. 



Leaflets linear 2. Z. Hilar dieri. 



