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of the peduncle bare. Sepals broad, ciliate. CoroUa-tnbe about 2J lines long. 

 Lobes short, spreading, and bearing a few long hairs on the upper surface, 

 rilaments short. Anthers exserted. Fruit red, fleshy, about 3 lines diameter. 



Very common in hilly situatiop.s. Fl. summer and often at other seasons. 



The species bears no character of importance differing from C acerosa, 

 and doubtless should not be considered more than a variety of that 

 species ; but the tendency for the bracts to be reduced in number, 

 leaving a portion of the peduncle bare showing its close relationship to 

 lAssanthe, perhaps warrants its retention. 



8. C. PAEviFOLiA, R.Br. A small rigid shrub, similar in habit and most details 

 to the last two, but generally smaller in all parts. Leaves smaller and broader, 

 but convex, so as to appear as narrow. Flowers small in the terminal axils, on 

 very short recurved peduncles. Bracts covering the peduncle, but few and small. 

 Sepals about f line long, broad. Corolla-tube about Inline long. Lobes small, 

 spreading, quite glabrous.. Filaments very short. Anthers protruding. Fruit 

 red, fleshy, about. 2-2^ lines diameter. ... 



Very common on mountains. Very close to the last two, and doubtfully distinct. 

 FL Sept-Dec. 



6. BRACHTLOMA. 



Corolla-tube short, with a ring of long hairs projecting into it from the base 

 of the lobes. Lobes spreading, smooth or hairy. Filaments very short, inserted 

 into the top of the tube. Anthers partially or quite included in the tube. Ovary 

 5-celled, with ] ovule in each. Fruit a small fleshy drupe. 



A very small genus, limited to Australian distribution. 



Leaves with a sharp pungent point. 



Erect or spreading ... ... ... ... ... 1. B. depressum. 



Prostrate or ascending ... ... ... ... 2. B. ciliatum. 



Leaves with a hard but not pungent point ... ... 3. B. daphnoides. 



1. B. DEPEESSTJM, Bentk. A diffuse or sub-erect, much-branched shrub, often 

 5-6 feet high. Leaves nearly sessile, clustered, mostly lanceolate, and tapering 

 into a hard pungent point, mostly ^ inch long, flat or concave, many-nerved. 

 Flowers solitary, axillary at the base of the year's growth, shortly stalked. 

 Bracts none except the 2 bracteoles, clasping the calyx. Sepals narrow, acute, 

 striate, ciliate on the margin, about 1 line long. Corolla-tube not exceeding the 

 calyx. Lobes rather long, slender, and glabrous. lAssanthe depressa, F. v. M. 



Bicheno ; Bass Straits ; also in Victoria. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 



2. B. ciiiATUM, B. Small, prostrate, with erect branches, 6-8 inches. Leaves 

 nearly sessile, elliptical to lanceolate, usually pungent, 2-4 lines long, under 

 surface pale, many-nerved. Flowers solitary, axillary, few, at the base of the 

 year's growth. Peduncle very short. Sepals ^-f line, ciliate, broad, obtuse. 

 Corolla-tube twice as long as the sepals. Lobes rather short and blunt, papillose 

 on the upper surface. lAssanthe ciliata, H. 



Bellerive. Grass-tree Hill, and in the north and north-east ; also in South 

 Australia and Victoria. Fl. Nov. -Dec. 



Var. intermedium. Erect, slender, 5-6 feet. Leaves lanceolate with a 

 pungent point. Sepals broad, almost acute. Corolla-tube twice as 

 long as the sepals. Lobes as long as the tube, narrow, acute. Low 

 Head. Very close to B. daphnoides. 



3. B. DAPHNOIDES, Benth. Erect and much-branched. Leaves nearly sessile, 

 elliptical to broadly lanceolate, flat, about \ inch long, the point hard but not 

 pungent as in the other two species. Flowers at the base of the year's growth 



