98 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



Taraxacum dens-leonis, Desf. Coarse, succulent, annual, hairless, stem 

 abbreviated. Leaves spreading, narrow-obovate, usually much divided 

 into regular (usually acute) lobes, 3-12 inches. Flowers, yellow, solitary, 

 on an erect hollow stalk 1-1^ inch in diameter. Outer bracts recurved. 

 Achenes tapering into a long slender beak. Pappus of numerous 

 spreading simple bristles. 



Ceepis setosa, Hall. Erect, much-branched, 8 inches to 1 foot. Leaves 

 oblong, simple or lobed, 2-3 inches. Flowers yellow, \ inch long, 

 terminating the numerous branches. Achenes cylindrical, tapering 

 above into a slender beak. Pappus of numerous white simple hairs. 



CiCHORitTM INTTBUS, Linn. Erect, branched, glabrous, 1-3 feet. Leaves 

 below oblong, deeply lobed, upper ones linear. Flowers blue, j inch, 

 numerous, axillary, dispersed along the stems. The florets spreading, 

 and much exceeding the involucre. Achenes short, broad, crowned by 

 a ring of minute erect scales. 



Lapsana communis, lAnn. Sub-erect, slender, much-branched. Leaves 

 lobed, the terminal one very broad. Flowers numerous, terminating 

 the branches, solitary, yellow, \ inch long. Involucre of 8 nearly equal 

 bracts, besides a few small outer ones. Achenes slightly flattened, 

 without any pappus. 



Oedee X.hl.—STYLIDIACEJE. 



Pistil of 2 intimately blended carpels. Ovaxian cavities distinct or partially so, 

 inferior. Fruit capsular, many-seeded. Sepals usually free, 5, sometimes 

 2-lipped. Corolla usually irregular, of 5 petals, united only at the base. 

 Stamens 2, usually united with the style to form a column. 



A small order, with its greatest development in Australia. A few species 

 generally dispersed in the Pacific to South America, and on the other hand to 

 tropical A.sia. 



One petal much altered. 



Altered petal much reduced, bearing a large gland ... 1. Stylidium. 



Altered petal not much reduced, erect and hooded ... 2. Levenhoohia. 

 Petals equal or nearly so. 



Stamens combined with style ... ... ... ... ,3. Forstera. 



Stamens free 4. Bonatia. 



1. STYLIDIUM. 



Corolla irregular, one petal very short, reflexed, and developing a gland on the 

 upper surface for the reception of the column, or ascending and nearly equal to 

 the rest. Column elongated, irritable. Stigma pulvinate between the shrivelled 

 anther-cells, Capsule 2-celled, but the dissepiment deficient in the apper 

 portion. 



A tolerably large and distinct genus, confined to Australian distribution, 

 excepting two East Indian species. 



Perennial. Flowering-stems 6-18 inches high ... 1. S. graminifolium. 

 Annual. Flowering-stems 1-4 inches. Leaves very 

 small. 



Plant glandular, hairy. Leaves rosulate 2. S. perpusillum. 



Plant glabrous. Leaves mostly scattered 3. S. despectum. 



1. S. 6EAMINIF0LITTM, Swavtz. A tufted perennial. Leaves linear, grass-like, 

 numerous at the base of the flowering-stem, mostly 4-6 inches long. Flowers 



