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4 uptight lobes at the apex ; stigmatic surfaces in each case 4, 

 rather minute, cushion-like, in the ang'les between the lobes just 

 below the apex of the style. 



Low much -branched uudershrubs ; branches ([UaJranguhir lu the younger part.s, 

 becoming terete lower tlown, upper more or lei^s thickly beset with leaves, lower 

 often defoliated ; flowei'.^ either lateral in tlie axils of leaf-like bractri, or 

 approximated at the tips of the branches in the axik of the upper leaves, which 

 generally pass suddenly into broader and somewhat shorter concave leaf-like 

 coloured bracts ; whole intlorcscence then greenish-yellow, or tinged to a rosy or 

 brownish-ied ; bracteole^s usually 2; concavCj shorter and narrower than the bracts^ 



DiSTRru. Species 13, endemic. 



1. EtJPEN^.v.— Ovary glabrous. Style winged. 

 Perianth-lobes deltoid, acute or obtuse ; 



Lower leaves ovate, acute, upper cordate, acunu- 

 nate 



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... ( 1 ) mucronata. 



Loaves ovate or elliptical, subacute or obtuse, 



3-6 lin. Io]ig (2) ovata. 



Leaves lanceolate or elliptical, obtuse^ <^-15 lin. 



long, 2J-5 lin. broad ... .:. ...(3) myrtoides. 



Leaves linear, obtuse, 9-1 i lin. long, 1^-2 lin. 



broad (4) myrtifolia. 



Leaves linear- lanceolate or lanceolate, very 



acute. 5-10 lin. long ... ... ...(5) Cneorum. 



Perianth-lobes subulate : 



Tieaves linear-lanceolate or ellix>tical, very acute, 



3-12 lin. long (6) acutifolia. 



§ '2. STi'LAFTKRCs. — Ovary scabrous. Style wingless. 



Style angular, topped by four flat oblong lobes : 



Flower lJ-2 lin. lung ... (7) fruticulosa. 



Flower 3-4 lin. long : 



Leaves flattened^ elliptical ... ( 8 ) candolleana. 



Leaves cricoid, channelled beneath : 



Bundle of short brown ccho in axil of leaf at 



each side ...(9) ericoides. 



Bundle of long woolly whitish-brown hairs in 



axil of leaf at each side ... ... (10) barTbata. 



Style terete, angled at the biise only : 



I^eaves acicular. Style topped by four upright 



ovate lobes ..." (11) ericifolia. 



Leaves flat, ovate or elliptical. Apex of style 



unknown (12) duhia. 



1. P. mucronata (Linn. Sp. PL ed. ii. 1G2) ; ca small erect niuch- 



branuhed undershrub, |-Li ft. high, branching mainly at the 

 base ; branches finely pubescent in the younger parts ; lower leaves 

 erect or spreading, ovate, acute, 4-6 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad, upper 

 often very close-ranked, erectreflexed or spreading, cordate to sub- 

 cordate or rarely ovate, acuminate, wide at the base, with prominent 

 dorsal nerve, 2-4 lin. long, l|-3 lin, broad, passing suddenly into 

 bracts at the apex of the flowering shoot ; stipules % very minute, 

 aurieulate, continued up into a subulate point, minutely pubescent ; 

 bracts shorter and wider than the leaves, sessile or contracted into 



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