THE TASMANIAN Fl-OBA. 69' 



1. COPROSMA. 

 Ovary 2-celle(i, with 1 erect ovule in each. Fruit, a berry, with 2 pyrenes. 

 Calyx 4-5-lobed. Corolla tubular, tnth a corresponding number of lobes. 

 Stamens usually 4. Flower, except in C. moorei, unisexual. 

 Chiefly New Zealand and Australian. 

 Plant erect, 2-10 feet high. 

 Leaves 1-3 inches, broad 

 Spiney. Leaves j-^ inch, thin 



Rigid. Leaves j-1 inch, thick 



Procumbent. 



Flower unisexual. Berry red 



Flower bisexual. Berry blue ... ^.! 



1. C. HIRTELLA, Lab. Rigid, erect, slightly branched, 2-5 feet. Leaves 

 oblong to nearly orbicular, stalked and acute, scabrid on the upper surface, f-2 

 inches long. Flowers in small terminal or axillary clusters. Berry globose, 

 J inch, red to black. 



Very common in dry places ; also in South Australia, Victoria, and New South 

 Wales. Fl. Jan. 



2. C. BiLLAEDiBEi, Sook. An erect, slender, much-branched shrub, often 

 attaining many feet, the branchlets often reduced to spines. Leaves elliptical to 

 lanceolate, thin, smooth, usually under i inch. Flowers solitary, on short axillary 

 shoots. Calyx acutely 4-lobed. Corolla about 2 lines long in the staminate 

 flowers, the tube very short. Style-branches 4-5 lines long. Fruit broadly 

 oblong, under 3 lines long, red. 



Very common, and in various situations ; also in Victoria and New South 

 Wales. Fl. Sept.-Oct. 



3. C. NITIDA, Sook. A rigid, erect, much-branched, - shrub, rarely spiney, 

 3-6 feet. Leaves elliptical to lanceolate, thick, the margins somewhat recurved, 

 usually about | inch long, but often |-1 inch. Flowers similar in detail to 

 C. billardieri, but the fruit usually more oblong and nearly twice as large. 

 Prostrate and creeping at a high altitude. 



Common in mountainous situations ; also in Victoria. Fl. Jan. 



4. C. REPENS, H. Small, creeping, 1-2 feet. Leaves oblong, stalked, about 

 2-3 lines long. Flowers solitary, terminal, usually on short lateral branches. 

 Corolla about | inch long. Stamens and styles nearly 1 inch long. Fruit red. 

 C.pumila, H., included. 



Common on the top of most mountains ; also in Victoria and New Zealand. 

 PI. Nov.-Jan. 



5. C. MOOREI, Mod. A small, prostrate, glabrous, creeping perennial, branches 

 slender, mostly 3-4 inches long. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, thick, shining, 

 concave, acute, narrowed below into a short stalk l2-2^ lines long. Flowers 

 solitary, sessile, terminating short erect branches, bisexual. Calyx-lobes 4, broad, 

 acute, shorter than the ovary. Corolla campanulate, about 1 line long, lobes 4,^ 

 broad, acute, nearly as long as the tube. Stamens 4, free from the corolla, and 

 inserted at its base. Filaments exceeding the corolla. Anthers erect, ovate, slightly 

 apiculate. Style divided nearly to the base, rather longer than the stamens. 

 Fruit broadly oblong, blue, 3-4 lines long. 



Snake Plains, Mount Wellington, Marsh at Mount Charles, Lachlan district, 

 Weldborough, Ironstone Mount, West Coast, and doubtless many other localities, 

 but overlooked. Fl. Nov. 



This plant, from its bisexual flower, approaches Nertera, but it has the well- 

 developed calyx of Coprosma. 



