170 THE TASMANIA.N FLORA. 



4. H. NODOSA, M. Br. An erect shrub, attaining 12 feet, but flowering 

 often when only 2 feet high. Leaves cylindrical or nearly so, pungent, very 

 slender, 1-2 inches long. Flowers in small, sessile, axillary clusters, stalk and 

 perianth together about 2 lines long. Fruit broadly ovate, rugose, about 1 inch 

 long. 



About George's Bay ; also in Victoria and Soath Austi'alia. Fl. late autumn. 



5. H. ACicuLARis, var. lissosperma. A shrub or small tree, 6-20 feet high. 

 Leaves cylindrical, pungent, 2-4 inches long. Flowers in small, sessile, axillary 

 clusters. F ower-stalks slender, pubescent, about 3 lines long. Perianth 

 glabrous, about as long as its stalk Fruit broadly oblong, rugose to nearly 

 smooth, 1-1 1 inch long. M. sericea, Sch. 



Very common, principally on hills ; also in Victoria and New South Wales. 

 Fl. Oct. 



6. H. MJCROCAEPA, a. Br. A small shrub, seldom exceeding 4 feet. Leaves 

 usually cylindrical or nearly so, but sometimes some or all flat, 1-3 inches long, 

 pungent. Flowers in small, sessile, axillary clusters. Stalks and perianth 

 glabrous or nearly so, each about 2j lines long. Fruit obliquely obovate, ^-f 

 inch long, usually smooth, except a small lateral protuberance towards the apex 

 of each valve. 



Common in numerous localities ; also in New South Wales and Victoria. 

 Fl. Nov. 



7. H. DLioiNA, R. Br, A tall shrub, but often flowering when hardly 3 feet 

 high. Leaves linear, pungent, usually 4-8 inches long, but sometimes shorter 

 and rather broader. Flowers numerous, in axillary clusters, usually quite 

 glabrous. Perianth under 1 line long. Fruit broadly oblong, about | inch long, 

 usually smooth. 



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

 PI. Oct.-Dec. 



10. TELOPEA. 



Perianth irregular, curved, splitting early on the convex side, allowing the 



style to protrude, tips of the perianth-lobes broad and concave. Stamens 



without filaments. Anthei's sessile in the concave perianth-tips. Ovary on a 



ong stalk, and bearing a long slender style. Ovules several, in 2 rows. Fruit 



a curved leathery follicle. Seeds with a long oblique wing. 



A small genus, confined to Australia. 



T. TE0NCATA, R. Br. An erect or spreading shrub, usually 5-10 feet high. 

 Leaves spathulate-obovate, rather thick, obtuse or acute, narrowed to the base, 

 margin often recurved, 2-4 inches long. Flowers in dense, flat, terminal heads, 

 surrounded and intermixed with coloared bracts, each flower on a stalk about 

 J- 1 inch long. Perianth bright red, rarely white, nearly 1 inch long, lobes 

 recurving immediately after separating. Fruit 2-3 inches long. 



Very common, principally on mountains. Fl. Dec. 



11. LOMATIA. 



Perianth irregular, curved, soon splitting on the. convex side, tips of the lobes 

 thick and concave. Stamens without filaments. Anthers sessile in the perianth- 

 tips. Ovary on a long stalk, and bearing a long oblique style. Ovules several, 

 in two rows. Frait a hard follicle, with a persistent oblique style, the valres 

 widely opening when ripe. Seeds obliquely winged. 



The genus contains but few species, and is found in South America as well as 

 in Australia. 



Leaves usually divided, smooth or silky beneath ... 1. L. tinctoria. 

 Leaves entire, densely tomentose beneath 2. L. poli/muj-pha. 



