423 



Ordo CXXYII. EPACRIDEAE R. Br. 



(DC. Prodr. VII. 734. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. II. 731..— Endl. Gener. 

 plant. p. 746. — Meisn. Gener. plant. vascul. I. 248. II. 156.) 



Tribus I. STYPHELIEAE Bartl. — DC. I. c. 



I. (4267.) STYPnELIA Sm. 

 (DC. Prodr. VII. 735. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. II. 731.) 

 1. ST. ELEGANS Sonder in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. I. 296. f — Erecta: ramulis tenuissime 

 puberulis; foliis ovalis acuminatis rigide mucronalis coriaceis, supra nitidis, subtus glau- 

 cis slriatis; corollae tubo elongato, intus fasciculis barbalis instructo. 6 — St. tenuifolia 

 Lindl. — (Wlprs. 1. c.) — Soleniscia elegans DC. 1. c. 738. 



/9. lanceolala: foliis lanceolatis acuminalis. 

 Crescit in Novae Hollandiae arenosis ad fluvium Cygnorum. 

 t Icon addenda. 

 ST. TUBIFLORA Sm. - (DC. 1. c. no. 7.) - Paxton, Magaz. ot bot. XI. 29. (c. ic.) — 

 Maund et Henslow, The Botanist III. t. 142. 



Ia. AVDKOSTOMA Hook. fil. 

 (Hook. fil. Antarct. voy. of Terror and Erebus 44. t. 30.) 

 Calyx pentaphyllus, basi bibracteolatus, pedunculis multibracteolatis. Co- 

 rolla urceolata, limbo imberbi, segmentis quinque acutis. Stamina fauci co- 

 rollae sinubus inserta, filamentis breviusculis antherisque omnino exsertis. 

 Discus hypogynus cyathiformis profunde quinquefidus. Ovarium 2 — 4-Ioculare, 

 loculis monospermis. Drupa baccata, putamine osseo. — Fruticulus ex insu- 

 lis Auckland et montibus Novae Zeelandiae prostratus ramosus, ramorum api- 

 cibus ascendentibus. Folia parva sparsa linearia patentia integra, subtus 

 striata. Flores parvi inconspicui. 



1. A. EMPETRIFOLLV Hook. fil. I. c. t. 30. — Caules proslrali graciles filiformes elongali 

 spilhamaei vel bipedales et ullra, diametro pennae corvinae, basi nudiusculi fusco-brun- 

 nei cicatricosi ramosi, ramis elongalis apice ascendentibus foliosis, folia parva sesqui- 

 lineam longa undique inserta, nullibi conferta, inferioribus sparsis, horizontaliter patentia, 

 breviler petiolata linearia subacula, margine subrecurva, supra convexa, medio canali- 

 culata fusco-\ iridia, subtus glauca striata pubescentia, demum glabra rigida et coriacea, 

 juniora imbricata erecta, seniora caduca, flores rari sparsi axillares valde inconspicui 

 solitarii vel bini, pcdunculali, pedunculus semilineam longus uni- vel rarius biflorus 

 arcualus villosus mullisquamosus, squamis 10—12 parvis imbricalis ovatis oblusis per- 

 gamentaceiS; medio incrassatis, marginibus subscariosis ciliatis, dorso sericeo-pubescen- 

 tibus, bracteae 2 oppositae forma et lextura inter foliola calycina et squamas pedunculi, 

 sed manifesle calyci propriae, calyx pentaphyllus lubo corollae aequilongus, foliolis erec- 

 tis late ovatis subaculis 3-5-nerviis cilialis, dorso pubescenlibus, corolla tubuloso-ur- 

 ceolata minima inconspicua semilineam Ionga, ad medium usque quinquefida, segmenlis 

 subereclis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, medio uninerviis nervisque duobus latcralibus incon- 

 spicuis, marginibus recurvis, sub lcnte minutissime scabrcllis, acslivatione imbricatis, 

 stamina 5 tota exserla, (ilamcntis lineari-subulalis, fauci ipsi inlra sinus corollae inser- 

 tis ercctis, segmento duplo brevioribus, superne curvatis, antheris apice filamenti pen- 

 dulis late oblongis, discus bypogynus carnosulus cyathiformis profunde quinquelobus, 



