60 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



1. E. JUNCBUM, Forst. Sub-erect herb, 6-12 inobes, pale from minute pubes- 

 cence. Leaves m.ostly alternate, sessile, linear, or nearly so, remotely tootbed, 

 ^-1 inob. Flowers small, pink. Capsule linear, 1-2 incbes. 



Very common. Throughout extra-tropical Australia and New Zealand. Fl. 

 Dec- Feb. 



2. E. GLABELLUM, FoTst. Brect herb, 1-2 feet. Leaves mostly opposite, sessile, 

 usually with broad, stem-clasping bases, marginal teeth sometimes obtuse and 

 remote, at others acute, small, and numerous, oblong to nearly linear, f-lf inch. 

 Flowers small, pale, in the upper axils. Capsules much elongating. 



Very common ; also Southern Australia and New Zealand. Fl. Nov.-Mar. 



3. E. ALPJNUM, Linn. Small herb, decumbent at the base, then erect, glab- 

 rous, or with two hairy lines descending from the leaves. Leaves opposite, 

 stalked, or nearly sessile, oblong, remotely and obscurely toothed, j-| inch. 

 Flowers purple-pink to white, in the upper axils, small. Capsule much elonga- 

 ting. E. confertifolium, H., included ; E. tenuipes, H. 



Common on mountains ; also in Victoria and New Zealand ; in colder parts of 

 the Northern Hemisphere. Fl. Jan. 



The common J'asmanian form is exactly E. alpinum, Linn., rom which 

 it diverges. 



4. E. BiLLABDiEBiANUM, Ser. n erect hferb, 6 inches to Ij foot. Leaves 

 opposite, oblong to nearly linear, obtusely and remotely toothed. Flowers in the 

 type large. Sepals j inch. Petals f inch, pink to white. Capsule much 

 elongating. E . pallidiflorum, H., included. 



Common in many parts, especially in alpine situations ; also in South 

 Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. Fl. Jan. 



Though so distinct in its large form, it runs on many mountains in an 

 unbroken series into E. alpinum, Linn. 



Oedeb XXXIY.—CUCURBITACE^. 



Pistil of few, usually 3, blended carpels. Ovarian cavity common, placentas 

 parietal, immersed in and connate with the floral tube. Calyx of 5 partially 

 united sepals. Petals 5, united or free. Stamens 3-5. Anthers large, waved, 

 and often connate. Flowers usually unisexual. Fruit fleshy or leathery. 



A large order, in most warm climates. 



SICYOS. 



Fruit small, dry, prickly, containing but one pendulous ovule. Stamens 

 united in a central column. 



5. ANGULATA, Linn. Herbaceous, creeping, slender, 2-5 feet long, developing 

 climbing tendrils. Leaves alternate, stalked, cordate or palmately 3 or 5-lobed, 

 the ends aoute, 1-2 inches long. Flowers small, seldom exceeding 2 lines, few 

 together in axillary stalked umbels or racemes. Fruit nearly | inch long. 



Islands of Bass Straits ; also in Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, 

 New Zealand, Islands of the Pacific ; and throughout America and Southern 

 Africa. Fl. Nov. -Dec. 



Oedeb XXX.Y .—FICOIDEJE. 



Pistil of few carpels. The ovarian cavities distinct, wholly inferior. Sepals 

 3-5. Petals numerous or none. Fruit capsular. 



The order is found in all but the colder parts of the world. 



Leaves cylindric. Petals numerous i- Mesembri/antftemm. 



Leaves broad, flat. Petals none ... ... ... 2. Tetraqona. 



