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upright, dichotomous, with bearded axils ; leaves all radical, elongate- 

 lanceolate, one-nerved, entire, contracted in a petiole of equal length ; 

 bracts very large, almost deltoid, acute, half concrete, entire ; segments 

 of the calyx lanceolate and ovate, acuminate ; style villosc ; seeds 

 densely punctate, sun'ounded by a broad wing. 



Hab. On scrubby sand-hills towards the junction of the Murray and 



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Murrumbidgee. 



This highly curious plant also possesses the tonic bitterness which I 

 discovered in numerous species of Goodeniacea. 



XXXI. Epacride^. 



119. Leucopogon (Sect. BracJiT/stachys) Macraei^ F. MuelL; tall, 

 much branched ; branchlets very little spreading, firm, velvety ; leaves 

 spreading, ovate or from a round base lanceolate, stalked, flat, not 

 mucronate, glabrous, above shining, in front ciliolate \ spikes terminal 

 or below the apex, few-flowered, soon erect ; calyx and bracteoles blunt, 

 ciliolated ; tube of the corolla hardly longer than the calys ; anthers 

 half-exserted ; style glabrous, enclosed ; drupe globose, red, generally 

 four-celled, nearly dry. 



Hab. In valleys on the sources of the Mitta Mitta, near Mount 

 Hotham and Mount La Trobe, as also along the torrents of the Cob- 

 boras Mountains (5-6000 feet). 



This fine species is dedicated to Andrew M'Crae, Esq., as an ac- 

 knowledgment for much support received from him in my travels. 



120. Decaspora Clarkei, F. MuelL; stems short, difi'used; branch- 

 lets slightly downy; leaves thinly coriaceous, flat, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acutish, three- or five-nerved, without a mucro, verj- much longer than 

 the petiole, in front scabrous; spikes few-flowered, corymbose, as long 

 as or longer than the leaves ; faux of the large corolla bearded. 



Hab. In shady ravines at Mount Wellington, balf-buried in decay- 

 ing leaves ; very rare. 



This elegant little shrub bears the name of Captain Andrew Clarke, 

 the worthy President of the Philosophical Society, to whom the author 

 is under manifold great obligations for promoting his researches. 



The four other species are endemic Tasmanian ones. The large 

 bluish berries of this are eatable. 



XXXII. Oleace^. 



121. Noteliea venom, F. Miiell. ; arborescent; brandilrts nearly tc- 



