THE TASMANIAN FLOKA. 



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plate always yellow. Stamens very short, the filaments embracing the style, and 

 the anthers cohering. 



Common in wet heaths. It also occurs in New Souijh Wales, Victoria, South 

 Australia, and Queensland. Fl. Dec. 



The 1-flowered form has been described as a distinct species. U. 

 uniflora, Hook. 



3. U. LATERIFLORA, R. Br. Plowering-stem simple, slender, erect, 2-4 inches: 

 high. Leaves few, at the base of the stem, spathulate, mostly about 2 lines long. 

 Flowering- stem bearing 2 or 3 minute, empty, distant bracts, besides those' 

 subtending the flowers Flowers nearly sessile, usually 8-6, solitary .at intervals 

 along the stem, but often only 1, and then terminal. Calyx-lobes about i line- 

 long, obtuse. Corolla lilac to purple, about 3 lines long ; upper lip narrow, 

 erect, about 1-1^ line long ; lower lip directed forwards, ending abruptly, raised 

 in the centre, and bearing a conical spur beneath (running forwards, and as long 

 as the lip). Stamens short. Anthers connate in front of the Yerj shoH style. 



Common on wet heaths in numerous localities ; also in New South Wales, 

 South Australia, Victoria, and Queensland. Fl. Dec.-Feb. 



4. U. MONANTHOS, Sook. Flower-stem slender, about 1 inch high. Leaves 

 minute, linear-spathulate, few, at the base of the stem. Flower solitary,, 

 subtended by a minute bract. Calyx-lobes broad, obtuse, about | line long. 

 Corolla about 3 lines long ; upper lip narrow, erect ; lower lip broad, semi- 

 circular, raised in the centre, and bearing a rather short spur beneath. 



Mount Field, sandy ground near Lake Arthur, Buckland Tt occurs also in 

 New Zealand. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



2. POLTPOMPHOLTX. 



Calyx 4-lobed nearly to the base ; 2 lobes large, and arranged above and 

 below the corolla, as in Utricularia, the other 2 smaller and lateral. Corolla as 

 in the last genus. 



A genus of 2 species. Marsh plants, and only differing from Utricularia in 

 the 4-segniented calyx. 



P. TENELLA, Lehm. Flowering-stem simple, slender, 1-3 inches high. Leaves 

 few, linear-spathulate, at the base of the stem. Flowers solitary or 2. Calyx 

 about f line long. Segments broad, obtuse. Corolla with an erect upper lip 

 divided deeply into 2 narrow lobes, and a lower lip spreading, about 3 lines 

 diameter with 8 obtuse lobes, spur broadly conical and as long as the lower lip. 



Bass Straits ; also throughout Southern Australia. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



Oeder hYU.—MYOPORACEu^. 



Flowers irregular, sometimes only slightly so. Calyx of combined sepals, 

 usually 5-lobed. Corolla mostly 5-lobed, rarely 4 or more, often the lobes 

 forming two lips. Stamens usually 4, inserted in the corolla-tube. Ovary free 

 from the calyx, not lobed, 2-celled, with usually very prominent axile placentas 

 that appear to divide each cell through the middle. Ovules 2 in each cell, one 

 occupying each half -cell, pendulous. Style simple. ' Fruit drupaceous, but the 

 mesooarp often thin, 



A small order, closely allied to Verhevacets. Confined to tropical and temperate 

 Southern Hemisphere ; chiefly Australian. 



MYOPORUM. 



Calyx divided to the middle or deeper, 6-lobed. Corolla-tube usually short ; 

 lobes 5, nearly regular, spreading. Stamens 4, rarely 5, all equal. Ovary 



