108 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



1. PERNETTYA. 



Corolla urceolate, witli small spreading lobes. Anthers without, awns in the 

 Tasmanian species, but usually 2 to each anther-cell. Style inserted'Jn a central 

 depression Stigma capitate. Fruit a globular, indehiscent, succulent capsule 

 -or berry. 



An alpine genus, of wide distribution in the Southern Hemisphere. 



P. TASMANiCA, Hook. A small, creeping, usually densely matted plant, the 

 branches sometimes ascending for a few inches. Leaves nearly sessile, oblong to 

 lanceolate, concave, usually obscurely toothed, 1-3 lines long. Flowers shortly 

 stalked, solitary in the upper axils. Calyx-segments about 1 line long. Corolla 

 abont 2 lines long. Filaments dilated at the base. Anthers unawned, and the 

 terminal pore extending nearly to the base. Berry red or yellow, 3-4 lines 

 diameter. 



On many mountain-tops and in the Lake District ; also in New Zealand. Fl. 

 Dec.-Jan. 



2. GAULTHERIA. 



Calyx persistent, enlarging and becoming fleshy after flowering, and more or 

 less covering the fruit. Corolla urceolate. Lobes short, spreading. Anthers 

 tipped with 4 erect awns. Style inserted in a central depression. Stigma 

 capitate. Fruit a dry capsule, but appearing berry-like from the succulent 

 calyx ; in some species, hot Tasmanian, the persistent calyx reduced and the 

 capsule succulent. 



A small genus, bat of very wide distribution, occurring in tropical Asia and 

 Japan, throughout South and part of North America, Australia, and the 

 Southern Pacific. 



Leaves 1-2 inches long. Flowers in small dense 



racemes. Fruiting-calyx white ... ... ... \. G. hupida. 



Leaves |-1 inch long. Flowers solitary, in terminal 



axils. Fruiting-calyx red ... ... ... 2. G. lanceolata. 



Leaves 3-4 lines long. Flowers solitary, in terminal 



axils. Fruiting-calyx i-ed ... ... ... ... 3. 6r. antipoda. 



1. G. HispiDA, R. Br. An erect spreading shrub, 2-6 feet high, the branches 

 and midribs of the leaves covered with coarse brown hairs. Leaves shortly 

 stalked, lanceolate to oblong, obscurely toothed, mostly 1-2 inches long. Flowers 

 in small, dense, terminal racemes, each flower subtended by a short broad bract. 

 Calyx about 1 line long. Corolla about 2 lines long. Fruiting-calyx white and 

 succulent, completely surrounding the capsule, about 4 lines diameter. 



Very common in mountainous djstricts. It occurs also in New South Wales 

 and Victoria. Fl. Nov. -Dec. 



2. G. "lanceolata, Hook. A small, sub-erect, spreading bush, the branches 

 roughly"hispid. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, obscurely toothed, |-1 inch long. 

 Flowersjsolitary in the upper axils, on short stalks, carrying many small bracts, 

 forming' together short, terminal, leafy racemes. Calyx about 1 line long. 

 Corolla urce.olate, about 2 lines long. Stigma 5-lobed. Fruiting-calyx red, 

 seldom completely enclosing the capsule. 



Ben Lomond, western mountains. Fl. Dec.-Jan. 



3. G. antipoda, Forst. A very variable shrub, sub-erect or prostrate, more or 

 less coarsely hispid. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate to orbicular (in specimens 

 from New Zealand often nearly lanceolate), obscurely toothed, j-j inch long. 

 Flowers solitary, few together in the terminal axils, on short bract-bearing stalks. 

 Calyx about 1 line long, lobes lanceolate. Corolla urceolate, abou+ 2 lines long. 



