terminal one-flowered peduncles, as large as those of a corincm. An tM-s as in C. coriacea. Carpels as in C.
blanda.
I retain this species lyith great doubt. I gathered it in the neighbourhood o f Hobarton, on open banks and on
a dry soil, where it formed a bushy plant 3 -3 feet h igh; bnt on the skirts of the woods it became scandent. Mr.
Gu n n s speennens entirely agi-ee with mine, and some of his, from Laimeeston, are also scandent: the latter arc
mtermediale m character between C. corinceu and 0 . bUnia, m the descriptions indicate. The erect state slionld
be ciiltirated m gardens, both from roots and seeds, and in several different localities and exposttres, and the results
recorded. In the herbariimi it is impossihle to distinguish all states of the three species described above, and tbe
local observer shoidd be car eH how he lays much stress on the habit and general appearance ot the indmdnnls of
so protean o genus. Mi-. Onnu appears unable to distinguish this from 0. blandu. De CandoUe gives Maria Island,
which IS off the east coast of Tasmania, as tho habitat for this species, where it was gathered by Caley.
4 . Clematis linearifolia (Steud. P lan t. P reiss. i. 3 6 2 ) ; ramulis p ube sc entibus v . glabtatis, foliis ternatis,
foboHs ovato- V. bnear i-oblongis linearibnsve obtnsis integerrimis enerviis 8 -nerviisve, paiiiculis sericeis,
sepalis an gu ste linearibus v. oblongo-liuearibus dorso pube scentibus, antiieris breviter oblongis obtusis.— C.
stenophjUa, F ra ze r, mss. Hooh. in M itc h e ll's J a im ie y , p . 3 6 8 . A n C. microphylla, D C . S a l . i. U 7 e t
Pvorfr. i. 6 ? (Ghi»», 193-3.) (T ab. I .)
H a b . Sand-hiUs, George Town, and I'linders’ Islan d , G ™ . _ ( P i . Oct.)
D i s t b i b . Sou th and w e st coasts o f extra-tropical Australia.
A remarkably distinct species, which may be recogimed at once by the pale gi-een colom-, veiy narrow sepals,
and short, broadly oblong, blunt anthers, that have no points whatever.— S m , slender, grooved; branches imd
panicles sUky. le a v e s extremely variable in size and amonnt o f division; leefets coriaceous, i - H inch long, varying
from linear to broadly ovate, blunt, generaUy coriaceons, petiolate, quite entire, the tei-minal one sometimes
lobed. Flowers Yeiy variable in size, 1 -2 inches in diameter, cream-coloured. Sepals very narrow, often strap-
shaped, downy. Carpels in Swan Eiver specimens with very long awns, glabrous or downy.
This appears to me to be a oonnnon Sonth and W est AustraUan species, that w ill grow with considerable 1mm-
nanoe near the sea, bnt in the interior becomes extremely smaU, with tiimmutive leaflets and flowers.— P i a t e I.
Pig. 1, sepal; 2 , stamens; 3, poUen; 4 , the same, with the outer coat hurst, and the inner protruded;— oK
magnified.
Gen. I I . A N EM O N E y X.
imbricata. P e ía la 0. S tam in a in á eM íía . plurima ; ovulo péndulo ; stylo brevi.
Sepals imbncated. FetaU 0. Stamens many. Carpels many, ivitli one pendulous ovule, and a simple short
style.— Perennial-rooted herbs, with radical divided leaves, and a few cauline ones that are whorled upon the stem
and form an involucre.
Almost the only other sonthern species o f this genus is the Pnegian A . deeapetala, L., which is also a native
o f Europe and North America, and a few Sonth Aii-ican ones; none are found in New Zealand or AustraUa; many
inhabit various parts o t the northern hemisphere. (Name, the Greek one for the genns.)
1 . Anemone crassifolia (H o ok . Ic . P lan t, t. 2 6 7 ) ; snbpilosa, radicis flbris crassis, M i s camosis
longe petiolatis la te reniformi-rotundatis tr ilobis trisectisve, lob is segmentisve (inferdnm petiolalatis) late
rhombeis cuneatisve gro sse dentatis, scapo unifloro superne sericeo, involucri parvi foliolis 2 trifldis incisis,
sepalis 6 patentibus late ob ovato-oblongis, carpelEs ampnllaceis in stylum strictum apice unciiiatum attenu-
atis glaberrimis sic co sn b -5 -co sta tis.— iVooi. ./¡turn. B o t. ii, 4 0 0 . (Om in , 7 7 6 .)
H a b . Black Blu ff Mountain, P a tigu e H ill, and mountains south-west o f Lak e St. Clair, elev. 4 - 4 6 0 0
feet, in peat soil, M illig a n , Gunn.— (P i. Jan. F eb .)
A span high. Leaves smaU for the size o f the plant, 1 inch across, very thick and coriaceous (when diy) ;
p etmles 1 -2 niches long. Scape a span high, most hairy towards the top, bearing about the middle two opposite
1 1 cu invo ucral leaves ^ inch long. Flower 1 - lA inch across, white.— This v e iy remarkable plant has hitherto
been found only on mountains in the northern p.art o f the Colony, and m a , hence possibly ocem- on the Alps ot
South Anslraiia. I t belongs to a section characterized by the form o f the fruit, ot which a species advances as tar
south as Java, and differs from that section to which the South African species belong.
Genus I I I . E A N U N C U L U S , L .
S ép a la 4 . P é ta la 5 - 1 0 (rarius 0 ) , basi foveola v , squama nectarifera iiistructa. S tam in a plurima.
O v a n a plurima, ovnlo 1 e r ec to; s ty lo brevi simplici. Carpella in capitulum subglobosum disposita, stylo
subulato persistente terminata.
Sepals imbricated, deciduous. Petals five or more, rarely 0. Carpels many, with one erect oinfle and a
simple short style.— Aciid herbs, ivith usuaUy perennial roots, and both radical and cauline leaves; sometimes witli
scapes.
The number o f Ranuneali in Tasmama is unnsnaUy large, compared ivith the extent o f the flora and the
same remark appUes to New Zealand; in Austraha they are comparatively much less numerous. On the other hand.
I t must be borne m mind that the species are very variable, and hence badly deflned; that several o f the foUowinv
may prove varieties, induced by soil and situation; and that it is not enough to examine very many specimens o°f
each species from a few locaUties only, as I have done, hut that each species should be observed under every
vane J of sod and locality. The Tasmanian Fanuneuli belong to three sections o f the genns, .11 widely dispersed
over the globe, and only absent in low tropical locahties. The persistence, and erect, spreading, or reflexed direction
ol the sepals, ammal and perenmai roofs, position o f the scale or pit on the petals, f o m of the carpels, and flirrows
on t t e pedimcles, are all employed in fi-aming speciiic characters, but I do not know to what extent these varv- in
individual species. (Name from rana, a fro g ; many o f the species gi-owing in water.)
§ 1- B a tk a c h ium.— Flowers white. Carpels transversely rugose.
1 . Ranunculus aquatilis (Linn. Sp. PL 7 8 1 ) ; fluitans, foliis submersis capillaceo-miiltifidis, emersis
(dum adsunt) rotimdato-reniformibus, petalis interdum nuUis.— XX . P ro d r . i. 2 6 . [Gunn, 1 9 3 8 .)
H a b . Lake River, Grindelwald, and Formosa, Gumu— (PL N o v .)
D ist bib. Soutli-casterii Australia. E n io p e , as far north as Iceland, Temperate Asia, from Nortli
In d ia to Siberia and Cliina. N o r th Africa. Temperate North America, to the Polar Sea.
A floating water-weed, with long slender stems, submerged cnpffloceo-miiltlfid leaves, and occasionally tri
partite floating leaves, wlhch however are not developed in the Australian and Tasmanian sp e c im en s.-T h is widelv
diffused plant has been examined by Dr. Thomson and myself w ith great care, when comparing the Indian forms of
ft with the European. We have no hesitation in proiioimcing it specifically the same; and though various authors
have subdivided it mto many speeies, we beheve that these are founded upon characters that varv with chmate
depth o f water, its permanence or hilermitlent supply, rapidity o f cuiTent, bottom soil, and the iiininnerable othei
conditions under whieli it flourishes iu this imslaWe element. There ai-e hterahy no hmits to the number of
trifling differences in tlie foliage and flowers, which are seized upon to found species.
§ 2 . H e c a t o n ia .— ÄoDi/öi-oi«. Flowm-S yellow. Carpels smooth, in a globose head.
a. Stems not creeping orflagelliferousi
2 . Ranunculus Gunnianus (Hook. B ot. Journ. i. 2 4 4 . t. 1 3 3 ) ; pilosus, foliis omnibus radicalibns
lon g e petiolatis capillaceo-tripinnatisectis segmentls linearibus acumiiiatis, scapo robusto seticeo-piloso
1 -floro, llore ampio, sepalis lincari-oblongis obtusis, petalis consimilibns nervis majoribns infra medium 3 -
glandnliferis, carpellis in stylnm rectum trigonnm atteiiuatis, (Gunn, 2 7 6 .)