142 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



8. V. NOTABiLis, F. V. M. Rootstock slightly creeping ; stems erect or 

 ascending, often exceeding 1 foot. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, stalked, 

 acute, margin boldly and rather regularly toothed, 1-3 inches long. Flowers 

 few, in rather loose, often elongated, racemes, towards the ends of the stems. 

 Calyx split nearly to the base into 4 ovate segments, under 3 lines when in 

 flower, qaite 4 lines long when in fruit. Corolla, hardly exceeding the calyx, 

 nearly white, streaked with purple. Capsule compressed, slightly notched, mucli 

 shorter than the calyx. V. arguta, Hook. 



St. Patrick River ; also in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. 

 PI. Oot.-Nov. 



9. V SERPiLLiPOLiA, Linn. A small perennial, with creeping much-branched 

 stems and ascending flowering branches, usually 3 or 4 inches high, the 

 Tasmanian form minutely pubescent. Leaves oblong, obtuse, opposite, shortly 

 stalked, obscurely toothed, mostly about | inch long ; floral-leaves narrower, 

 alternate. Plowers small, pale blue or white, streaked with dark blue or purple, 

 few or many, in simple, terminal, leafy racemes. Plower-stalks short to 3 lines 

 long. Calyx about 1 line long, split nearly to the base into 4 oblong obtuse 

 lobes. Corolla hardly exceeding the oalyx. Capsule compressed, conspicuously 

 notched, about as long as the calyx. 



Mount Wellington at highest point of Huon Road, Port Esperanoe, 

 Zeehan, George's Bay. Probably widely spread. Possibly introduced. It also 

 occurs in New South Wales and Victoria. A common plant in temperate regions 

 of both Hemispheres. Fl. Sept.-Feb. 



10. V. AGEESTis, Linn. A procumbent, widely-spreading, much-branched 

 annual, softly pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, boldly toothed, about f-f inch 

 long, on stalks of a few lines, lower ones opposite, upper ones alternate. Flowers 

 numerous, solitary, in the axils of the alternate leaves, on slender stalks usually 

 nearly as long as the leaves. Calyx about 2 lines long, divided nearly to the 

 base into 4 ovate lobes. Corolla blue or whitish, about as long as the oalyx. 

 Capsule compressed, notched, nearly as long as the calyx. 



Introduced. A widely-spread weed of cultivation. Distributed throughout 

 northern temperate regions. Fl. spring and summer. 



8. OURISIA. 



Calyx deeply 5-lobed. Corolla nearly regular, tube usually short ; lobes 5» 

 usually spreading. Stamens 4. Anthers cohering. Capsule ovate. 



A South American and New Zealand genus. The only Tasmanian, which is 

 the solitary Australian, representative of the genus is endemic. 



0. iMTBGRiroLiA, R. Br. A small creeping perennial, rooting at the nodes, 

 the flowering branches ascending, quite glabrous. Leaves thick, ovate to nearly 

 orbicular, \-\ inch long, on stalks often twice as long. Flowering-stem erect, 

 simple, with usually two pairs or whorls of small leaves or bracts at intervals, 

 2-6 inches high. Flower solitary. Calyx 2-3 lines long ; lobes broad. Corolla 

 white, streaked, \ inch long, tube short ; lobes unequal, obtuse. Capsule broadly 

 ovate, nearly as long as the enlarged calyx. 



Common on mountains. Fl. Dec. 



9. EUPHRASIA. 



Calyx tabular, 4-lobed. Corolla very irregular, tubular below the lobes, 

 arranged in two lips ; upper lip hood-shaped, 2-lobed ; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed. 

 Stamens 4, in pairs. Anthers cohering. Capsule oblong, compressed. 



A small genus, widely, distributed in temperate portions of both Hemispheres. 



