1560 



LEUCOPOGON* parvifldrus. 



Small-flowered Whitebeard. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Epacride^ R. Br. (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 183.) 



LEUCOPOGON. — Calyx bibracteatus. Corolla infuntlibuliformis, 

 limbo patente longitudinaliter barbato. Filamenta inclusa. Ovarium 2-5- 



loculare. Drupa baccata v. exsucca, nunc Crustacea. Frutices scepd 



humiles. Folia sparsa, quandoque interrupto-conferta. Flores spicati, 

 axillares v. terminates. Discus hypogynus cyathiformis, sublobatus, rarb 

 riullus. — R. Br. prodr. 541. 



L. parviflorus ; spicis erectis confertis foliis brevioribus, ovariis 4-locularibus, 



foliis lanceolatis v. oblongis planis 3-5-veniis, ramulis glabris. 

 Styphelia parviflora. Andrews' hot. rep. 287. 



Frutex parvus, sempervirens ; ramulis glabris. Folia plana, glabra, 

 apiculata, fore linearia, v. lanceolata, v. oblonga, basi angustiora, nunc 

 apicem versus denticulata; venis acustriatis 3-5-primordialibus subparal- 

 lelis; costd nulld. Spicae axillares, confertce, multiflorm, erectce, foliis 

 breviores. Bractege parvce, acutce. Flores pai'vi, albi. Ovarium cyatho 

 quinquedentato , plicato, viridi cinctum, A-loculare. Stylus tubo duplb 

 brevior. 



This species is probably very rare in New Holland ; for 

 Dr. Brown could scarcely have been acquainted with it, or 

 he would not have referred the figure in the Botanist's 

 Repository, which is a tolerable representation of it, to 

 L. lanceolatus, a perfectly distinct species. Mr. Cunningham 

 informs us that he did not meet with it during his long 

 residence in New Holland, although he found the genus 

 in abundance on every coast he visited ; thirteen species 

 having been collected in his last voyage alone to King- 

 George's Sound. 



* Literally whitebeard; in allusion to the hairy surface of the segments 

 of the corolla. 



