20 THE TASMANIAN FLOBA. 



3. OXALIS. 



Sepals and petals 5, regular. Stamens 10. Pistil without a protruding beak. 



Carpels usually including many seeds, not leaving the torus when seeds are 



discharged. Leaves trifoliate. 



Flowers white 1. O. magellanica: 



Mowers yellow 2. O. corriiculata. 



1. 0. MAGELLANICA, Forst. A small creeping perennial. Leaflets broadly 

 ohcordate, about 3 lines long. Flowers solitary, on long stalks. Sepals lf-2 

 lines long. Petals 6 lines long, broadly obovate, white. 



In damp places in many parts at a high altitude ; also in Victoria, New 

 Zealand, and South America. Fl. Oct. -Feb. 



2. O. COENICTJLATA, L. Yerj similar to the last, but less creeping. Leaflets 

 usually more deeply divided at the apex. Flowers often 2 or more on the stalk. 

 Sepals 2-3 lines long. Petals about 4 lines long, oblong, pale yellow. 



In all pastures and waste places. Common to all temperate localities from 

 an early date. Probably originating from North America. Fl. all the year. 



Oedbe XXI.—RUTACEJE. 



Pistil of few, mostly 4 or 5, carpels, that are variously blended, sometimes nearly 

 free. Ovarian cavities distinct. Styles often blended. Stamens usually twice as 

 many as the members of a perianth whorl, inserted on the outer part of the 

 thickened glandular disk. Sepals and petals 4 or 5. 



A very large order, of world-wide distribution and varied forms. 



Leaves mostly opposite. 

 Stamens 8. Petals 4. 



Calyx-lobes obsolete. Corolla usually tubalar ... 1. Correa. 

 Calyx-lobes well developed. Corolla spreading ... 3. Buronia. 

 Stamens 4 or 10. Leaves trifoliate, rarely simple. 



Petals 4. Stamens 4 ... ... ... ... ... 2. Zieria. 



Petals 5. Stamens 10 ... ... ... ... 4. Acradenia. 



Leaves alternate, simple ... ... ... ... ... 6. Eriostemon. 



1. CORREA, 

 Petals 4, usually connate in a tubular corolla. Sepals forming a cnp-like- 



calyx. Stamens 8, free. Pistil of 4, nearly free carpels. Style entire, filiform. 



Petals nearly or quite free 1. C. alba. 



Petals connate for a considerable length. 



Four filaments dilated at base • 2. C. speciosa. 



Filaments all similar 3. C. lawrenciana. 



1. C. ALBA, Andr. An erect, much-branched shrub of from 2-6 feet, and 

 the foliage of a peculiarly soft description. Leaves |-1 inch, nearly as broad 

 as long, blunt, nearly smooth above, densely covered with close woolly hair 

 beneath. Flowers terminal, solitary, or 2 or 3 together, usually white. Calyx 

 cup-shaped, with four small teeth. Petals about J inch long, spreading, forming 

 a bell-shaped corolla. Stamens with filiform, undilated filaments. C rufa 

 Hook. ■ "^ ' 



Principally a coast plant. Found also in Victoria and South Australia. 

 Fl. all the year. 



2. C. SPECIOSA, Ait. A veiy variable shrub, often attaining 8 feet. Leaves 

 shortly stalked, from ovate to lanceolate, usually marked by convex dilations on 

 the upper surface, from f - 2 inches long, smooth above and closely hairy 



