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THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



Flowers in small, terminal, or axillary clusters. 



Fruit a smooth follicle ... 8. Qrevillea. 



Leaves broad. 



Flowers in a small broad raceme, on a long 



peduncle. Plant under 2 feet ... ... ... 3. Sellendena. 



Flowers in axillary and terminal spikes. Leaves 



3-6 inches long, toothed. Fruit fleshy ... ... 5. Cenarrhenes. 



Flowers in numerous linear spikes. Leaves entire, 



narrow-oblong ... ... ... ... ... 4. Agastachys. 



Flowers in short axillary and terminal spikes. 



Leaves toothed or entire. Fruit a pubescent 



follicle ... •■•... 7. Orites. 



Flowers crimson, in a flat terminal head. Leaves 



oblong, entire ... ... ... ... ... 10. Telnpea, 



Flowers white, in large loose racemes. Leaves 



oblong or divided ... ... ... ... ... 11. Lomatm. 



Flowers in small axillary clusters or solitary. 



Flowers solitary. Fruit fleshy ... ... ... 6. Persoonia. 



Flowers clustered. Fruit dry. 



Fruit hard, woody. Leaves mostly cylindrical ... 9. Sakea. 

 Fruit a straight follicle. Leaves with recurved 



margins .-- ... ... ... ... ... 8. GrevUlea. 



1. ISOPOGON. 



Perianth regular, segments linear, the upper portion, of the perianth falling 

 off, leaving the base surrounding the ovary. Stamens blended with the 

 perianth, the anthers only free towards the ends of the lobes. Ovary sessile, 

 with a pendulous ovule. Fruit a small dry nut. Inflorescence cone-like. 



The genus, which is entirely Australian, contains about 30 species ; only 

 one touches Tasmanian distribution. 



1. CEEATOPHYLLUS, R. Br. A Small, much-branched, prickly shrub, from 1-2 

 feet. Leaves divided into rigid, linear, pungent segments, on stalks as long as 

 the laminsB. Flowers numerous, in dense cone-like spikes, about f inch long, 

 each flower subtended by a comparatively large scale-like bract that encloses the 

 ripening nut. . 



Islands of Bass Straits ; also in Victoria, South Australia, and New South 

 Wales. Fl. Dec. 



2. CONOSPERMUM. 



Perianth with a conspicuous tube. Limbs (in Tasmanian forms) 2-lipped. 

 Stamens inserted at about the base of the perianth-lobes, the lowest one abortive. 

 Ovary inversely conical, crowned with a tuft of hairs, bearing a single pendulous 

 ovule. Fruit a small dry nut. 



The genus is confined to Australia, and principally to western districts- 



C. TAXiFOLluii, Sm. An erect shrub, in Tasmanian plants mostly 4-5 feet high, 

 and pale with silky pubescence Leaves linear to narrow-lailcolate, erect, 

 broadest towards the apex, ^-1 inch long. Flowers numerous, in small clusters 

 on long axillary peduncles towards the ends of the branches. Perianth about 

 3 lines long, lobes short ; upper lip of 1 broad segment recurved at end, lower 

 lip of 3 rather longer narrow lobes. 



Spring Bay, near George's Bay. It occurs also in Queensland, New South 

 Wales, and Victoria. ..Fl. spring and summer. 



