THE TASMANIAN FLORA'. 45 



A largfe onier, of the widest distribution. Closely related to Rosacece and ill- 

 defined. 



Leaves alternate. 



Flowers |-1 inch in diameter 1. Anopterw. 



Flowers 2 lines diameter 2. Tetracarpcea. 



Leaves opposite. 



Petals minnte 3. Anodopetalum. 



Petals large 4>. Eucryphia. 



Leaves m whorls b. Bauera. 



1. ANOPTERUS. 



Pistil of 2 blended carpels, with a common cavity and parietal placentas, 

 immersed at the base only. Sepals, petals, and stamens 6-9. 

 A genus of two Australian plants. 



A. GLANDULOSDS, Lab. A tall shrub, with spreading branches. Leaves oblong, 

 dentate, 4-6 inches long, clustered at the ends of the branches. Flowers whitej 

 I inch in diameter, in axillary racemes. 



Common in forests, ascending to a considerable altitude. Fl. Oct. 



2. TETRACARP^A. 



Pistil of 4 nearly free carpels, hardly immersed. Sepals 4, free. Petals 4. 

 Stamens 8, hypogynous. 



A genus consisting of one Tasmanian species. 



T. TASMANIOA, H. A small, erect, often unbranched shrub, about 1 foot. Leaves 

 <)blong, obtuse, dentate, about 1 inch long. Flowers about 2 lines broad, many 

 in terminal erect racemes. 



Found in most niountainous districts. Fl. Nov. -Dec. 



3. ANODOPETALUM. 



Pistil of 2 blended carpels, with distinct cavities, superior, but surrounded by 

 a concave fleshy floral tube. Sepals 4 or 5, nearly free. Petals same number 

 very small. Stamens twice as many. 



Confined to the one Tasmanian plant. 



A. BiGXiANDUXiOSUM, Cunu. A tree of an erect or of ten horizontal habit. Leaves 

 opposite, oblong, obtusely toothed, shortly stalked, 1-2 inches. Flowers few, 

 •often solitary, shortly stalked, axillary, green, j inch diameter. Sepals 1| line 

 long. Petals very small, linear. Fruit fleshy, \ inch long, i-seeded. 



Common in forests in the south and west. Fl. Nov.-Deo. 



4. EUCRTPHIA. 



Pistil usually of 5 blended carpels, cavities distinct, not at all immersed 

 Fruit capsular, the carpels each splitting in two valves, leaving the placentas as 

 a central column. Sepals 4, free, but adhering, caducous. Petals 4. Stamens 

 numerous. 



A small order, extending to Australia and South America. Like Tetra- 

 carpaa, not typically liaxifrageous, but probably more nearly allied to this than 

 «,ny other order. It has also been referred to 'Rosacem, and even SypericinetB. 



E. BiLLAEBiEEi, Spach. From a small decumbent bush to a small tree. -Leaves 

 ■oblong to elliptical, obtuse, opposite, pale beneath, ^-2 inches long. Petals white 

 J-f inch long, obovate. E. milligani, H., included. 



Common in the west and south-west. Fl. Dec. 



