THE TASMANIAN FLOBA. 21 



beneatli. Flowers terminal, pendulous on short stalks, varying in colour from 

 red, through white to yellowish-green, solitary or two or three together. Calyx 

 ■cup-shaped, with 4 minute teeth. Petals from f-1 inch long, united into a 

 tubular corolla with 4 spreading lobes. The filaments of the four stamens that 

 are opposite the petals are dilated towards the base ; the other four not so. 



Very common. Distributed also throughout extra- tropical Australia. 

 PL spring and summer. 



Amongst the many Tarieties of this plant that have been raised by some 

 botanists to specific rank, the following is found in Tasmania on the North 

 ■Coast : — 



Var. backhousiana. Leaves ovate or oblong, flat, not raised in convex 

 dilations. Flowers nearly cylindrical, above 1 inch long, C. back- 

 housiana, Hook. 



3. LAWEENCIANA, Hook. A shrub of somewhat similar growth to 0. speciosa. 

 Leaves stalked, from ovate to oblong, blunt, flat, smooth above, closely woolly 

 beneath, from |-2 inches long. Flowers 1 to 3 together, terminal or axillary, 

 pendulous on short stalks. Calyx cup-shaped, with 4 small teeth. Petals 

 ^-l inch long, united into a cylindrical corolla with 4 lobes that are shorter and 

 Dlunter than those of C. speciosa. Filaments of the stamens all of a uniform 

 shape. 



Very common in hilly districts. Found also in Victoria. Fl. spring and 

 summer. 



The following is also found in Tasmania : — 



Var. glabra. Leaves narrow, oblong to almost linear, smooth on both 

 sides. 



2. ZIERIA. 



Calyx deeply 4-lobed. Petals 4, spreading. Stamens 4. Pistil composed of 4 

 distinct, or nearly distinct, carpels. Styles nearly terminal, short, and united at 

 least at the top. Stigma capitate, 4-furrowed or shortly 4-lobed. Essentially an 

 Australian genus. Closely allied to Boronia. 



Leaves, simple ... ... ... ... ... ... l. Z. veronicea. 



Leaves of 3 leaflets. 



Leaflets about ^ inch, margins revolute ... ... 2. Z. cytisoides. 



Leaflets 1 to 2 inches, margins flat, or nearly so ... Z. Z. smithii. 



1. Z. VBBONICEA, F. V. M. A low shrub, clothed with velvety hairs. Leaves 

 all simple, opposite or alternate, sessile or nearly so, ovate or oblong, blunt, from 

 j-l inch long, the margins revolute. Flowers shortly stalked, solitary, or 2 or 3 

 together. Petals about twice as long as the calyx. Filaments hairy. Ovary, 

 style, and fruit delicately hairy. 



Near George's Bay ; also in Victoria and South Australia. Fl. Nov. -Dec. 



2. Z. CTTISOTDBS, D. C. A much-branched shrub, covered with delicate 

 velvety hairs. Leaves opposite, composed of 3 leaflets on a short stalk ; leaflets 

 obovate-oblong, blunt or pointed, the margins revolute, about j inch long. 

 Flowers few, on a common stalk. Calyx short, with broad acute segments. 

 Petals not quite twice as long. 



Swanport and Bicheno ; also in New South Wales. Fl. Nov. 



3. Z. SMITHII, Andr. A tall shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite, formed of 

 3 leaflets on a common stalk ; leaflets lanceolate to oblong, usually pointed, 

 from 1 to 3 inches long, flat, or occasionally with the margins slightly recurved. 

 Flowers about | inch across, white, many together in a branched cyme 

 Calyx-lobes broad and short, Petals 3 times as long, and delicately hairy on the 

 outer side. Z. lanceolata, Hook. 



Common in many parts. Found also in Queensland, New South Wales, 

 and Victoria. Fl. Sept. -Nov. 



