126 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



6. R. SCOPARIA, Hook. A rigid erect or spreading shrub, usually 2-8 feet 

 high. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, pungent, erect, but spreading towards the 

 points, lr3 inches long. Inflorescence as in R. gtmnii. Sepals broad, about 

 I line long. Corolla oblong, about 4 lines long. Filaments about 3 'lines long, 

 Anthers shortly 2-lobed. 



Western mountains, Mount Wellington, near Hamilton ; common in the 

 south, n. Nov.- Jan. 



7. R. DEACOPHTLLA, R. Br. An erect or spreading, sparely-branched shrubi 

 usually 6-12 feet, but often smaller or larger. Leaves crowded at the ends of 

 the branches, lanceolate, acute, recurved, mostly 6 inches to 1 foot long. Flowers 

 in elongated, dense, compound panicles, often 8-12 inches long, each partial 

 panicle subtended by a very deciduous leaf -like bract. Flowers nearly sessile, i 

 the bracts soon falling. Sepals broad, pointed, about \ line long. Corolla 

 oblong, about 4 lines long. Filaments about 3 lines long. Anthers shortly 

 2-lobed. 



Common in mountain gullies, &c., in the south and west. Fl. Sept.-Nov. 



8. R. PANDAijfiFOLTA, Hook. A Small tree, often from 20-30 feet, erect, and 

 sparingly or not at all branched. Leaves clustered at the top of the stem, 3-5 

 feet long, lanceolate. Flowers in axillary compound panicles, the leaf -like bracts 

 very deciduous, the panicle seldom more than 3 or 4 inches long. Flowers 

 small, stalked. Bracts membranous, soon falling. Sepals broad, blunt, about 

 ^ line long. Corolla ovate, about 1^ line long. Filaments 1-1|- line long. 

 Anthers shortly lobed. 



Common in many parts in central, western, and south-western districts. Fl' 

 Nov.-Jan. 



16. DRACOPHTLLUM. 

 Corolla-tube distinct. Lobes 6, spreading. Stamens free, and inserted below 

 the ovary or partially adnate to the corolla. Disk of 5 distinct scales. Ovary 

 5-celled, with many ovules in each. Style inserted in a depression in the ovary. 

 Leaves with broad sheathing bases. Close to Richea, but the corolla is 

 urceolate and not deciduous. 



Confined to Australia, New Zealand, and Southern Pacific. 



Erect shrub. Leaves 1-3 feet long ... ... ... 1. D.milliqani. 



Moss-like, densely tufted 2. D. minimum. 



1. D. MiLLiGANi, H. Erect, from 1-8 feet, unbranched. Leaves lanceolate 

 6 inches to 2 feet, similar to Richea pandanifolia. Flowers very numerous, in a 

 long, loose, terminal, compound panicle, the leaf-like bracts persistent. Corollas 

 pink or white, urceolate. The lobes recurved, short. 



Adamson Peak, La Perouse, Mount Sorell, Mount Read, &c. Fl. Dec- Jan. 



2. D. MINIMUM, F. V. M. Stems erect, 2-4 inches, but densely massed in 

 cushions, often 2-3 feet diameter, exactly resembling Donatia novtB-, Zelandiea, 

 and Abrotnnella forsterioides. Leaves lanceolate, appressed, imbricate, acute, 

 lines. Flower terminal, solitary. Sepals acute, 2 lines long. Corolla-tube as 

 long as the calyx. The lobes as long a the tube, obtuse, spreading. 



Western mountains. Mount Humboldt, Mount La Perouse, &c. Fl. Deo. 

 Near to, but distinct from, D. muscoides, H., of New Zealand. 



Order XL VI. PLUMB AGINACE^. 



Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed. Corolla regular of 5 free or more or less united 

 petals. Stamens 6, inserted below the ovary, or partially adnate to the petals. 

 Anthers versatile, 2-celled. Ovary 1-celled, with a solitary reclinate ovule! 

 Styles 6, free or more or less united. Fruit a capsule. 



The order has a very wide distribution, principally on coasts. 



