154 - LXYii. EPACRIDE.E. [Astroloma. 



attached near the top. Hypogynous disk truncate. Style filiform, with a 

 small capitate stigma. 



"W. Australia, Brummond, Wi Coll. n. 298. J. juniperinum or SUjphelia pentapo- 

 yona, "F. Muell. Fragra. vi. 36, from gravelly places, Phillips and Fitzgerald Ranges, Max- 

 well^ appears to me to be a form of the same species, with the leaves naiTower thaa in 

 Drummoud's specimens. 



5. A. prostratum^ R. Br. Trod. 53S. A low diffuse or prostrate 

 sliruL, with short ascending or erect branches, minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 linear or linear-lanceolate, tapering into a short fine almost pungent point, 

 flat or slightly concave, entire or minutely scabrous-denticulate, under \ in. 

 long. Flowers red, nearly sessile. Bracteoles under 1 line long. Sepals 2 

 to nearly 3 lines, almost obtuse. Corolla-tube about 4 lines lono-, with 5 



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tufts of hairs inside near the base, the throat slightly hairy ; lobes about 

 lines long, bearded inside, very acute. Filaments short and broad ; anthers 

 attached near the top, very obtuse or emarginate. Hypogynous disk truu- 

 cate. Stigma capitate.— DC. Prod. vii. 738. 



^ "^V. Australia. Lucky Bay, R.Brown, and probably the same locality, Baxter; 

 South-west Bay, Maxwell, 



6. A, tectum, 72. Br. Prod. 53S. The specimens usually show a thiek, 

 w^oody trunk or stock, with numerous thick, erect, simple or branched stems 

 from 6 in. to nearly 1 ft. high. Leaves from almost ovate to broadly lanceolate, 

 acute, with a short pungent point, minutely and obtusely denticulate, con- 

 cave or nearly flat, usually erect and almost imbricate, ^ to | in. long. 

 Flowers scarcely exceeding the leaves. Bracteoles nearly 2 lines. Sepals 4 

 to 5 lines long. Corolla-tube 6 to 7 lines long, with 5 dense tufts of hairs 

 inside above the base, and villous above them ; lobes bearded, acuminate. 

 Fdaments short, flattened ; anthers attached above the middle. Hypogynous 

 disk, short, truncate.— DC. Prod. vii. 739; SlypheUa ieda, Spreng. Sj^t. i. 

 657 ; Astroloma latifoUuw, Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 302 ; Stynhelia platyphjlh 



F. Muell. Fra;?m. vi. 37. 



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the same locality, Baxter ; Mount Wuljenup, Preiss, 7i.4M ; Stirling Range, I. Mueller. 



Aq erect, bushy 



7. A. Candolleantun, Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 303. . 



shrub of 1 to 2 ft., glabrous or the branches minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 from broadly ovate-cordate to ovate or broadly lanceolate, tapering into a 

 pungent point, more prominently denticulate-ciliate than in other species or 

 rarely almost entire, concave or almost conduplicate, erect and imbricate or 

 the end spreading or recurved, under a in. long. Flowers red, solitary w 

 the axils. Peduncles sometimes very short, sometimes 1 line long, with 

 minute bracts, the 2 uppermost under the calyx i line long ; bracteoles 1 to 

 1^ hues. Sepals about 3 lines long, coloured, obtuse, and minutely mucro- 

 nate. Corolla-tube 4 to 5 lines long, the 5 tufts of hairs inside about or 

 below the middle forming a dense ring ; lobes 2 to 2^ lines long, bearded, 

 with very acute, glabrous tips. Filaments short, flat. Anthers attached 

 near the top Stigma large. Hypogynous disk tTanc-Ate.—Stomardena ser- 

 rat/foha, DC. Prod. vii. 738 ; Deless. Ic. Sel. y. t. 22 (incoii''-^ct as to the 

 corolla) • Sfi/pheha Candolleana, F. Muell. Fragm vi 38 



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