Tab. 6366. 

 LEUCOPOGON YERTICILLATUS. 

 Native of South Western Australia. 



Nat. Orel Epacrtdete.— Tribe Styphelie/k. 

 Genus Leucopogon, R. Br.; (Benth. ct Hooh.f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 614). 



Leucopogon vertieillatus j frutcx erectus glaberrimus, foliis 5-8-natim verticillatis 

 sessilibus lanceolatis v. lineari- v. oblongo-lanceolatis acutis v. acuminata 

 nervis perplurimis tenuibus lineatis, subtus glaucis, spicis axillaribus loins 

 multo brevioribus v. iis sequilongis gracilibus densilloris. pedunculo brevi 

 dense bracteato, bracteis bracteolisnue obtusis, floribus minutis ghibns, 

 sepalis ovatis acutis ciliolatis tubo corollre glaberrimo multo brevioribus, 

 corolla lobis tubo dimidio brevioribus intus basin versus barbatis, anthens 

 linearibus medio dorso aflixis. 



L. verticillatus, Tl. Br. Prod,: Fl. Nov. Holl.y. 541; DC. Prodr. vol. yii p. 745 ; 

 Bonder in Plant. Pratt, vol. i. p. 901 ; P. MuM. Fragment, vol. iv. p. 122 ; 

 Betith. Fl. Austral, vol. iv. p. 184. 



L. glaucescens, DG. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 745. 



Sttphelia verticillata, Spreruj. Syst, vol. i. p. 866 ; F. Muell, Fragm. vol. vi. p. 48. 



Lissanthe verticillata, Lindl. Swan fthrr Bot. App. p. 25. 



A very singular form of the great genus Leucopogon, which 

 numbers nearly one hundred and twenty species in Australia, 

 and most of which have small heath-like leaves. Some, 

 however, have flat leaves, of which, besides the present plant, 

 L. lanceolatus (Plate 3162), and L. Rnhei (Plate 3251), are 

 examples. Again, by far the majority have scattered leaves, 

 whereas this and a few others have them so closely approxi- 

 mate as to be practically whorled ; these have usually highly 

 polished stems and branches, with circular scars, and the 

 inflorescence being axillary, is also more or less whorled. 



The great beauty of L. verticillatus is due to the tender 

 rose-colour of the young leaves, which appear in drooping 

 masses surrounded at the base with rigid sheathing scales. 

 The flowers nre very minute. I am indebted to Isaac 



