THE TASMANIAN PLOEA. 35 



lateral branches. Bracts usually numerous, and enclosing the calyx. Bracteoles 

 oblong. 



George's Bay, East and North Coast; also Southern Australian Coast. PI. 

 Oct. -Jan. 



7. DILLWTNNIA. 



Pod small, nearly spherical, 2-seeded. Standard very broad. Stamens all 

 free. Sepals united about half their length, upper pair longest. Bracteoles in- 

 serted below the calyx. Stipules absent or rudimentary. Small shrubs, with 

 filiform alternate leaves, channelled on the upper surface. 



Limited to Australia. Closely allied to Pultenaa, Aotus, and Phyllota. 



Flowers numerous, axillary, nearly sessile \. D. floribunda. 



Flowers many in the upper axils, shortly stalked ... 2. D. cinerascens. 

 Flowers few at ends of branches, stalks fairly long ... S. D. ericifolia. 



1. D. JLORIBTJNDA, Sm. 1-2 feet high, branched at the base Only. Leaves i-1 

 inch long, not very slender. Flowers red to yellow-orange, very numerous in the 

 axils of the greater part of the branch. Calyx-lobes rather short, nearly obtuse 



Very common; also South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and 

 Queensland. Fl. Oct.-Dec. 



2. D. CINERASCENS, R. Br. Very similar to D. Jloribunda in all details, but 

 more slender, the leaves excessively so. Flowers less numerous, and gathered 

 more towards the ends of the branches. Calyx described as less turbinate at the 

 base, but this is not always apparent in Tasmanian specimens. Plant somewhat 

 ashey-grey. 



Very common in dry places ; also throughout Southern Australia. Fl. 

 Oct.-Dec. 



3. D. BEICIFOLIA, Sm. Very similar to the last, only taller, more branched, and 

 not grey. Flowers few in the upper axils, on comparatively long stalks. 

 Minute stipules usually present, but this and all the other characters somewhat 

 variable. D. glaherrima, H. 



Common in heaths ; also South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and 

 Queensland. Fl. Oct.-Dec. 



8. PLATYLOBIUM. 



Pod very flat, the dorsal suture extended as a wing, valves coiled back after 

 separating, but not parting at the suture. 4-8 seeded. Stamens united in a 

 sheath round the style. Two upper sepals greatly exceeding the lower ones. 



Limited to Australia. Closely allied to Bossicsa. 



Leaves triangular. 



Bracts small ... ... ... ... ... ... 1. P- triangular e. 



Bracts enclosing stalk and base of calyx ... ... 2. P. obtusangulum. 



Leaves ovate ... ... ... ... ... ... S. P. Jhrmosum. 



1. P. TBTANGULAEB, R. Br. A small, wiry, procumbent shrub, 1-2 feet. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile or nearly so, triangular, with usually pungent points, |-1 inch 

 long. Flowers few in the terminal axils, stalks about f inch long. Bracts 

 small, at the base only. Pod about 1 inch long, nearly | inch broad. P. 

 tnur I ayanum , H. 



Eaglehawk Neck, North-East and North Coast, Islands of Bass Straits ; also 

 in South Australia and Victoria. Fl. Oct.-Dec. 



2. P. OBTDSANG0LTJM, H. Very similar to the last, with usually the same acute 

 corners to the leaves. Flower-stalks short, and clothed with rather large brown 

 bracts. P. triangulare, Sims. 



Cambridge, and said to be common in many parts, but overlooked ; also South 

 Australia and Victoria Fl. Oct.-Dec. 



