Tas, 8438. 
RUPICOLA SPRENGELIOIDES. 
Australia. 
Gey Epacrmackak. Tribe EPACRIDEAE. 
Ruricona, Maid. in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. xxiii. (1898), p. 774. 
Rupicola sprengelioides, Maid., l.c. p. 775; species unica. 
Frutex ad 0°75 m. altus, ramis virgatis tenuiter pubescentibus dense foliatis, 
Folia \ineari-lanceolata, obtusiuscule acuminata, basi in petiolum brevissi- 
mum contracta, 1°5-2, ex autore ad 3 cm. longa, 2-3 mm. lata, rigida, 
subevenia. lores in foliorum axillis solitarii, plerumque ab ramorum 
apicibus remoti, quasi in racemum multiflorum foliatum superne sterilem 
congesti; pedicelli graciles, bracteati, ad 1 cm. longi, tenuiter puberuli; 
bracteae 12-16 secundum pedicellum dispositi, sursum accrescentes, 
inferiores ovato-oblongae, superiores lanceolatae, summae acuminatae et 
sepalis similes nisi breviores. Sepala persistentia, anguste lanceolata, 
acuminata, 5-6 mm. longa, pallide viridia, anguste albo-marginata. 
Corolla subrotata, fere 1:5 cm. diametro, lactea; tubus vix 1 mm. longus; 
segmenta ovata, subacuta, 6 mm. longa, 2°5-3 mm. lata. #ilamenta 
1°5 mm. longa, papillosula; antherae aequilongae, 1-loculares, ab apice 
rima una dehiscentes. Discus obscurus. Ovarium glabrum; stylus 3°5 mm. 
longus, filiformis; stigma stylo vix latius. Capsula, e specimine spontaneo, 
globosa, 2 mm. diametro, loculicide dehiscens. Semina oblique ovoidea, 
0-6-0°7 mm. longa.—O. STAPF. 
The interesting Epacrid which forms the subject of our 
plate was discovered by Messrs. J. H. Maiden and W. Forsyth 
near the southern edge of the King’s Tableland in the Blue 
Mountains of New South Wales in 1898, and was first 
described by Mr. Maiden in the same year. To Mr. Maiden 
horticulture is further indebted for its introduction to this 
country, and the plant from which the material for our 
figure was obtained is one raised from seed sent by him to 
Kew in 1906. The structure of the anthers appeared to 
Mr. Maiden, when first describing the plant, to render its 
position among the Kpacrideae somewhat obscure, but on 
account of the general agreement of the species with the 
genus Epacris itself as regards foliage, Mr. Maiden placed 
Rupicola next to Epacris. In this, as it now appears, the 
author was fully justified, since Rupicola is found to agree 
with Epacris as regards its anthers. With the species of 
Epacris, Rupicola further agrees in the matter of cultural 
requirements, and when treated as they are treated it forms 
JUNE, 1912. 
