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3. BELLENDENA. 



Periantli regular ; lobes free from the base, spreading. Stamens free from the 

 perianth-lobes, inserted at their bases. Ovarj fusiform. Style short, with 

 2 pendulous ovules. Fruit membranous, flat, very oblique. 



The genus is confined to a single species, endemic in Tasmania. 



B. MONTANA, R. Br. A small erect or sub-erect shrub, seldom above 1 foot 

 high. Leaves obovate or obcnneate, with 3 or more terminal obtuse lobes, or 

 narrowei" and entire, mostly about i inch long. Flowers small, nuuierous, in a 

 rather dense term.inal raceme, about Ig inch long, and raised on a stalk usually 

 .2-6 inches long. Perianth about 2 lines long, white or pink, on a pedicel as long 

 as itself. Fruit about ^ inch long, red. 



Common on most mountain-tops. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



4. AaASTACHYS. 



Periantli regular ; lobes free from the base, slender, slightly recurved. 

 Stamens shorter than the perianth-segments, free from them, and inserted near 

 their base. Ovary obscurely 3-angled. Style rather longer than the ovary, 

 bearing a flat tongue-like stigma. Ovule solitary. Fruit coriaceous, irregularly 

 3-sided, with 1 narrow and 2 bi'oad wings. 



Confined to a single Tasmanian species. 



A. ODORATA, R. Br. An erect shrub, mostly 6-8 feet high. Leaves linear-oblong 

 shortly stalked, very obtuse, and slightly notched at the apex, thick, shining, 

 2-Z inches long. Flowers numerous, in many elongated spikes, 3 or 4 inches 

 long, in the terminal axils, each flower subtended by a bract. Perianth 3-4 lines 

 long, cylindrical in the bud ; lobes linear, slightly recurving. Fruit nearly 3 lines 

 long. 



In forests, principally in the south and west. Fl. Dec. 



5. CENABB,HENES. 



Perianth regular ; segments free, spreading. Stamens short, inserted at the 

 base of the segments. Ovaiy sessile, with a short slender style and a solitary 

 ovule. Fruit a fleshy drupe. 



Confined to a single Tasmanian species. 



C. NiTiDA, Lab. A small erect or spreading tree. Leaves narrow-oblong, 

 shortly stalked, coarsely and remotely denticulate, mostly 3 or 4 inches long. 

 Flowers in terminal axillary spikes, loose, few-flowered, 1-2 inches long. 

 Perianth-segments ovate, about 2 lines long. Fruit purple, globose, ^-f inch 

 diameter. 



In forests, principally in south and west. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 



6. PERSOONIA. 



Flowers regular ; segments nearly free, but often cohering in the lower portion, 

 narrow, recurved. Stamens short, and inserted about the middle of the perianth- 

 lobes. Ovary stalked, with a slender style, and bearing 2 or rarely 1 ovule. 

 Fruit drupaceous. 



A rather large genus, confined to Australia, except one species that occurs in 

 New Zealand. 



Leaves linear, pungent 1. P.juniperina. 



Leaves spathulate, obtuse 2. P.gunnii. 



1. P. JUNIPBRINA, Lab. A sub-erect, much- branched, spreading shrub, often 

 act exceeding 2 feet, from silky-haiiy all over to almost glabrous. Leaves 



