THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 125 



Flowers in compound panicles. Leafy bracts deciduous. 

 Leaves usually under 2 inches. 



Sepals and stamens about 1^ line ... ... 5. R. gunnii. 



Sepals about f line and stamens 3 lines... ... 6. JR. scoparia. 



Leaves 6 inches to many feet long. 



Leaves 6 inches to 1 foot. Corolla about | inch 



long ... ... ... ... ... ... 7. It. dracophylla. 



Leaves very long. Corolla about 1| line long .. . 8. M. pandamfolia. 



1. B. SPEENGBLioiDES, F. V. M . An erect sparely-branched shrub, from 1 to 

 several feet. Leaves broadly ovate-lanceolate, acutely pointed, spreading or 

 recTirved, about | inch long vyithout the sheathing base. Flowers in small 

 terminal heads, each flower subtended by a persistent leafy bract, the short stalk 

 clothed with rather large bracts. Sepals lanceolate, about 2 lines long. Corolla 

 3-4 lines long, conical. Filaments slender, about 3 lines long, glabrous in the 

 typical form, but commonly minutely papillose. Anthers attached about the 

 middle, linear and splitting in the typical form along the ventral suture from 

 apex to base, the dorsal suture remaining entire. Disk none. Cystanthe 

 sprengelioides, Hook. 



Common on mountains. *F1. Nov.-Dec. 



2. R. PBOCEEA, F. V. M. In the typical form tall and slender, often attaining 

 10-20 feet. Leaves slender, recurved, f -1 inch long. Inflorescence and floral 

 envelopes similar to the last. Filaments papillose and much thickened above. 

 Anthers attached from the middle to the base to the thickened filament, splitting 

 along the dorsal as well as ventral sutures, the dehiscence not extending to the 

 base. Disks none. Cyntanthe procera, Hook. 



Common in hilly situations. Fl. Oct. 



The distinctive characters between this and the last, namely, habit, 

 foliage, papillose filaments, attachment and dehiscence of anthers, are 

 traceable in all stages of variability. 



3. R. ACBROSA, F. V. M. A small erect shrub, seldom exceeding 4 feet. 

 Leaves narrow-lanceolate, acutely pointed, about | inch long, less spreading 

 than in M. sprengelioides. Inflorescence and flowers similar to the last two. 

 Sepals broad, acute, 2 lines long. Filaments and anthers similar to, but shorter 

 than, those of R. spreiigeliulides. Disk of 5 rather long, usually bifid, scales. 

 Piliti9 acerosa, Hook. Cystanthe acerosa, F. v. M. 



Found on many mountains. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



4. R. MiLLiGANi, F. V. M. An erect sparely-branched shrub, 5 or 6 feet 

 high. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, tapering into a pungent point, clustered at 

 the ends of the branches, mostly 1-1^ inch long. Flowers in small terminal 

 heads, each flower subtended by a leaf -like bract, and the very short stalk clothed 

 with rather long acute bracts. Sepals somewhat resembling the bracts, about 



4 lines long. Corolla narrow-conical, about 5 lines long, seldom deciduous. 

 Filaments slender, elongating to 1 inch. Anthers narrow-linear. Disk of 



5 broad, usually bifid, scales. Pilitu milligani, Hook. ; Cystanthe milligani, F. v. M. 



Mount Sorell, Mount Field East, Mount Zeehan, Hartz Mountain to Adamson 

 Peak. Fl. Dec. 



.5. R. GUNNII, Hook. A small erect shrub, seldom exceeding 3 feet, often 

 flowering when under 1 foot high. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, pungent, usually 

 recurved from 1-2 inches long. Flowers in terminal, somewhat elongated, dense, 

 compound panicles, each small cluster subtended by a deciduous leaf-like bract. 

 Flowers nearly sessile, sun-ounded at the base by a single bract and 2 bracteoles. 

 Sepals ovate, acute, about 1| line long. Corolla broadly conical, about 2 lines 

 long. Filaments about as long as the calyx. Anthers shortly 2-lobed. 



Western mountains. Blue Tier, Mount Wellington. It also occurs in the 

 Australian Alps. Fl. Feb. 



