F ro d r. iv. 4 5 1 ; Smith, Ic . ined. ii. t. 2 8 ; T ra it. Arch. iii. t. 1 2 9 ; F l. A n ta r c t. i. 2 3 ; F l. K Z eal. i. 1 1 2 .
N . repens, R u iz e t P a von , F l. P e r . i. 6 0 . t. 9 0 . Erythroclamum alsinmforme. P e t. Thouars, F l. T rist.
d ’A eunha, p . 4 2 . t. 1 0 . Goinozia Granatensis, M u f. in L in n . f i l . S u p p l. 2 9 . {Gunn, 1 2 5 2 .)
Hab ; B y springs on th e summit o f th e YVestern Mountains, Gunn.— (F l. D e e .) {v. v.)
Disteib. N ew Zealand; Lord Auckland’s and Campbell’s I s la n d s ; Sou th America, from N ew Granada
to Cape Horn and the Falkland I s la n d s ; Tristan d’Acunha.
Eveiyivhere qnite glabrous.— Stems obsciu-ely tetragonous, creeping and rooting, a span to 2 feet long. Leaves
i - i inch long, on petioles sometimes as long as the blade, broadly ovate, blunt or subacute, coriaceous or fleshy,
shining, deep green. Plowers small and inconspicuous, sessile and axillaiy. Stamens exserted; anthers broadly
ovate. B e iries amber-red according to Gunn, bright orange-red in South American speehnens. I have seen no
Tasmanian specimens but Gumi’s fi-uiting ones.
Gen. IV . A S P E R U L A , L .
D /o m hermaphroditi V. polygamo-dioici. C a fym tub u s globosus v . ob lo n g u s; limbo 0 . CoroUa in-
fundibuRformis v . campanulata, plerumque 4-p a r tita . Stam in a 4 . S ty lu s erectus, bipartitus, stigmatibus
capitatis. Fru c tu s didymus, subrotundus, siccus, indehiscens, 2-locularis, 2-sperm us.— Herbte grá c iles,
d i-trichoiome ram o sa ; caulibus a n g u la tis ; fo liis p a r v is , v e r tic illa tis ; floribus cymosis.
A very large European genus, less common in other temperate countries. About a dozen Australian species
are knoivn, all confined to the south-eastern quarter and Tasmania.— Slender, di-trichotomously branching herbs,
with four-angled stems and whorled leaves. Flowers cymose, hermaphrodite or unisexual, the stamens being frequently
imperfect m the female flowers, and the ovaries, etc., in the males; in the male flower the covoUa is generally
longer than in the female, and the style shorter. Calyx-tube globose, or didymous, or oblong; limb none.
Corolla funnel or bell-shaped, with four spreading, valvate lobes. Stamens four. Style erect, bifid, armed with
capitate stigmata. F ru it coriaceous, two-celled, two-seeded, indehiscent. (Name from a^e¡-, rough; in aUusion
to the hispidity o f some species.)
§ 1. Leav
1 . Asperula subsimplex (H o ok . fil. Lond. Journ. B o t. vi. 4 6 3 ) ; glaberrima, caule gracih suberecto
sim p lici V. ramoso, foliis quaternis an gu ste linearibus obtusis subacutisve marginibus recurvis rarissime
remote scaberulis, pedunculis in axillis supremis solitariis binis te rnisve 1 -3 -flo r is . {Gunn, 8 8 2 ,4 0 7 .)
H ab. Cirenlar H ead , Eormosa, and L ak e S t. Clair, L a w e n c e , Gunn.— (F l. D e c .)
An erect and apparently tufted species, 3 - 6 inches high, generally quite glabrous, or sbghtly pubescent towards
the tips. Stems slender, simple, or sometimes much branched. Leaves generally shorter than the internodes,
inch long, narrow-hnear, narrowed at both ends, usually acuminate, quite glabrous, or with a few scattered,
scabrid points towards the edges. Cymes few-flowered ; peduncles as long as the leaves, rarely longer. Corolla
bell-shaped, perfectly glahrous, with short, blunt lobes.
§ 2. Leaves quaternate and senate on the same individual.
2 . Asperula Gannii (H o ok . fil. Lond. Journ. B o t. vi. 4 6 3 ) ; glabriuscula, caulc decumbente ramoso,
ramis e rectis ad ángulos hispido-scaberulis, foliis quaternis senisque inæqualibus lineari-obovatis
lineari-oblongisve utrinque lævibus margimbus recurvis obscure scaberulis, pedunculis in axillis superiori-
bus solitariis v. pluribus 1 -3 -flo r is . {Gunn, 1 1 2 3 .)
Hab. Alpine situations, n o t u nfrequent; Hampshire H ills , Arthur’s Lakes, Lak e S t.C la ir , Mount
YVelHngton, N iv e River, Lawrence, Gunn.— (FI. Jan.) {v. v.)
Disteib. N ew Sou th W a le s ; Appin, Backhouse.
Whole plant generally quite glabrous and shining, the angles o f the stems sometimes a little scabrid.
decumbent, brniichcd, 1 -1 0 inches long. Leaves scattered, broader tban in any other Tasmanian species, I
long, linear-obovate or oblong, acute, with recurved margins, that are sometimes slightly scabrid.
or crowded, very short, few-flowered. Corolla with a rather long tube.
§ 3. Leaves senate.
3 . Asperula scoparia (H o ok . fil. in L on d . Journ. B o t. vi. 4 6 3 ) ; caule decumbente e basi ramoso,
ramis ascendeutibus p ilis brevibus hispidis, foliis senis an gu ste linearibus patenti-recurvis in apicem pili-
ferum acuminatis marginibus recurvis se toso-ciliatis, pedunculis in axillis supremis confertis folio brevioribus,
floribus hermaphrodito-dioicis, corollæ tubo gracili. (Tab. X L . A.)
IIab . Dry gravelly fields at Laureiiny.— (F l. Oct.) {v. v.)
Distrib. Appin, N ew South YVales, Backhouse.
An erect or decumbent, much fasciculately-branched species, 2 - 6 inches high. Stems much furrowed, hispid,
pubescent, decumbent, with ascending short branches. Leaves spreading, sometimes a little recurved, very narrow-
linear, rigid, with an acuminate hair point ; margins strongly recurved, hispid. Cymes very short, crowded towards
the tips of the branches, few-flowered. Flowers unisexual ; males ivith long funnel-shaped coroUas, large anthers,
and included style ; females w ith shorter corollas, imperfect small stamens, and exserted arms of the style.— P l a t e
XL . A . Fig. 1, portion of branch and leaves; 2, male flower; 3, female flower; 4, the same, laid open; 5, ovary
and style ;— ai
4 . Asperula conferta (Hook. fil. L on d . Journ. B o t. vi. 4 6 4 ) ; glabriuscula, caulibus confertis
ascendentibus glaberrimis v. obscure scaberulis, foliis senis patenti-recurvis an gu ste linearibus acutis a cu minatisve
marginibus recurvis ciliato-scaberulis, pedunculis brevissimis in axillis supremis fasciculatis, floribus
hermaphrodito-polygamis, corolla infundibuliformi.
Var. a ; internodiis folio longioribus, caule elongato. {Gunn, 1 5 9 .)
Var. f l \ internodiis folio brevioribus, caule brevi. {Gunn, 8 9 0 .)
Hab. Abundant in dry places th roughout the Colony, L awrence, Gunn.— (F l. S e p t.-D e e .) (v. v.)
Distrib. South-eastern Australia.
Tlie commonest Tasmanian species, nearly allied to A. scoparia, but a much larger plant, with usually more
glabrous stem, much shorter and broader leaves. Slems decumbent, 2 -1 2 inches long, stout or slender, often much
tufted, generally quite glabrous. Leaves inch long. Flowers few in a cyme, like those of A . scoparia.
5 . Asperula pusilla (H o ok . fil. in Lond. Journ. B o t. vi. 4 6 4 ) ; hispidula, caulibus decumbentibus
confertis c ssp ito s isv e ramosis subrobustis ramisque ascendentibus erectisve scaberulis, foliis senis parvis
lineari-obovatis oblongisve obtusis plerumque internodiis longioribus marginibus recurvis utrinque scaberulis,
pedunculis brevibus in axillis supremis confertis, floribus hermaphrodito-dioicis, corolla infundibuliformi,
tubo brevi latiusculo glaberrimo v . hispidulo. {Gunn, 5 5 7 e t 8 9 1 .) (Tab. X L . D .)
Hab. Common in alpine and subalpine situ a tion s; St. Patrick’s River, Woolnorth, Hampshire Hills,
Arthur’s Lakes, e tc ., L am e n c e , Gunn.— (F l. N o v .-J a n .) (u. v.)
A small, geuerally densely tufted species, seaberulous all over. Stems 3 -6 inches long, often robust for the
size of the plant, crcct or ascending, densely leafy. Leaves small, but generally longer than the internodes, linear-
obovate or oblong, blunt or subacute, with recurved margins, hispid on both surfaces. Flowers crowded in the
upper axils, on suh-terminal peduncles, which are shorter than the leaves. Corolla with a short tube, that o f the
male flower ratlier the longest.— P l a t e XL. B . Fig. 1, portion o f stem and leaves; 2, male flower; 3, the same,
with the corolla laid open; 5, female flower; 6, fru it:— all magnified.
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