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stylumque brevissima. Bractea nuUa aJest, sed folium florale ejus 
locum occupat. Planta regionibus Australi^e occidentalis propria. 
StfjpJielia. 
Banks & Soland. coU. ; Smith Specim. Bot. New Holl. 1793. — Epacris, Linne 
sec. Spreng. Syst. Vcg. i. 660— Epacris^ Murray Syst. Vegetab. — Epacris, 
R. & G. Eorst. Cliaract, Gener. 1776 partim (Cyathodes et Dracophyllum) 
— Epacris, G. Forst. Florul. Insul. Austr. Prodrom. 1786 partim (Leuco- 
pogon, Cyathodes, Pentachondra) — Ardisia. Gcertn. de Fruct. et Seminib. 
1791 (Cyathodes), non Swartz Pr. 1788 — Ventenatia, Cavan. Icon. 1797 
(Astroloma, Melichrus) — Perojoa, Cavan. Icon. 1797 (Leucopogon) 
Epacris, Cavan. Icon. 1797 pro parte (Leucopogon etEpacris) — Styphclia, 
Venten. Malm. 1803 (Leucopogon) — Styphelia, Labill. Nov. HoU. Pl. 
Spec. 1804 (Leucopogon) — Cyathodes, Lahill, N. H. Pl. Sp. 1804 ex parte 
(i 'yathodes et Decaspora) — Ardisia, Grssrtn. fil. Suppl. de Er. et Sem. 1807 
(Astroloma) — Styphelia, Br. Pr. I8l0 partim (Styphelia, Astroloma, 
Stenanthera, Melichrus, Cyathodes, Lissanthe, Leucopogon, Monotoca, 
Acrotriche, Trochocarpa, Decaspora, Pentachondra) — Styphelia, Spreng. 
Syst. Veg. 1828 partim (Styphelia, Leucopogon, Astroloma, Cyathodis 
sp., Pentachondra, Acrotriche, Stenanthera) — Lissanthe, Spreng. Syst. 
Veg. 1828 (Lissanthe, Cyathodis sp.)— Trochocarpa Spr. Syst. Veg. i828 
partim(Cyathodis sp., Decaspora,Trochocarpa) — Soleniscia, Cand. Prodr. 
1839 (Styphelia) — Stomarrhena, Cand. Prodr. 1839 (Astroloma) — Bra- 
chyloma, Sond. in Lehm. Pi. Pr. 1844^ — Androstoma, J. Hoolc. El. Antarct. 
1844 (Cyathodes) — Pentataphrus, Schlechtend. Linn£ea 1847 (Stenan- 
thera) — Lobopogon, Schl. Linnaea 1847 (Astroloma) — Eroebelia, Regel 
Gartenfl. 1851 (^Acrotriche). 
Sepala nonnaliter 5, margine imbricata, persistentia. Corolla 
Lypogyna, tubulosa v. campanulata v. infundibularis, normaliter 
altius dimissiusve quiuqueloba, decidua, rarissime perslstens; lobi 
asquales, acuti, ante anthesln valvato-cohcerentes, rarisslme leniter 
imbricati. Stamina normaliter quinque, sepalls opposita, lobis 
coroll<T alterna, tubo ejusdem adnata, superne libera. Antherse 
uniloculares, varie dorsifixse, antice longitudinaLiter dehiscentes. 
PoIIinis granula simplicia, Ijevia. Stylus indivisus- Stigraa sim- 
plex, minutum. Discus hypogjnus annularis v. 5-Iobatus v. in 
squamas 5 liberas divisus. Germen 2-IO-IocuIatum, loculls uni- 
gemmulatis. Drupas putamen integrum, 2-10-loculatum. Semina 
in loculis solitaria, peadula, albuminosa, recta, rarissime arcuata. 
Testa tenerrlme membranea, laivis. Embryo cylindricus, axilis, 
rectus ; cotyledone.s brevissimge, indlstinctu3. Radicula supera. 
Frutices V. fruticuli rarissime in arborum magnUudinem incres- 
centes, sempervirides, iu Australia extratroplca numero specierum 
copiosi, in Australia orientali tropica, Nova Zeelandia, Neo- 
Caledonia multo rariore^, in insulis Chathamicis et antarcticis, 
Borneo, Java, Sumatra, nec non in peninsula Malayana, In Africa 
oceidentali tropica, in insulis Sandwichianis aliisque oceani pacifici 
parcissimo numero occurrentes, in Australia boreali-occidentali 
sicut centrali nondum repertl, in alpibus Novae Guinege procul 
dubio reperiendi, in utraque Amerlca etlara antarctica exsules, 
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