^^^ LXVII. EPACRIDE^. {CoHOsteplliuM. 



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probnblj^ by a mistake of the artist, iu Delessert's plate o{ J sir ohm a CandoUeamm\ tbey 

 are m LonosiepJuum perfectly concrete, so as to form part of the tube. 



Corolla-cone thicker at the base than the cylindrical lower part. Leaves 

 convex or with recurved margins. 

 Leaves oblong-linear, | to 1 in. lon.^. Flowers \ in. long, on long 

 peduncles. Hypogynous scales 5. Ovarv glabrous .... 1. C. peuduhm. 

 . Leaves narrow-linear, i to i in. lon.<?. Flowers 4 lines, on short 



peduncles. Disk none. Ovary pubescent at the top .... 2. C. minus. 

 Leaves ovate obovate or linear-cuneate. Flowers 4 to 4^ lines on 

 short peduncles. Disk none. Corolla-tube shorter than 'the 

 cone. Ovary glabrous 3 ^ jj^^- 



Corolla cylindrical in the lower half, and gradually tapering at or' to- 

 wards the top. ^ ^ 



Leaves obovate-oblong to narrow-oblong, mostly convex, obtuse or 



mucronae . ^^ C. Premii 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate to linear-Iauceolate, flat or concave, acute . 5. C. ^lamfoliim. 



1. C. pendulum, Benlh. in Rueg. Hmm. 76. An erect, brandling, 

 glabrous shrub of \ to \\ ft. Leaves linear-obloiig, acute or obtuse, with a 

 sliort, pungent pouit, convex or with recurved margins, mostly f to 1 in. 

 long. 1 eduiicles recurved, 2 to 4 lines long. Eracts numerous, 4 to 6 of 

 the upper ones embracing the calyx besides the bracteoles, Avhich are about 3 

 lines long. Sepals about 4 lines long, broad, acute or almost obtuse. Co- 

 rolla about 6 lines long, narrow at the base, very much dilated above tlie 

 middle, then conical, with minute lobes, hairv inside, especially in the cone 

 and near the base. Stamens inserted below the cone. Hypogynous scales 

 5, narrow acuminate, distant from each other. OvaiT and style glabrous, 

 l^ruit enclosed m tl.e calyx.-DO. Prod. vii. 739 (from the synonym, but tlie 

 plant figured m Deless. Ic. is C. mlnuH)- Send, in PI. Preiss. i. 303; Sir 

 phelia cunoslejjJuum, F. Muelj. Pragm. vi. 40. 



,,=,,.11 * '^^^^\^i"^i- ^"'"'' ^'^- ^PI'- 25. An erect, branching shrub, 

 usually under 1 ft. high. Leaves linefr, with a small, caUous point, and 



2. 



■r^ 



closely revolute margins, i to f in. long. Flowers about 4 lines long, on 



nlv.'^l ''/ T'^ ^ T? ^^^'''^ 1 ^"^^' «t fir^t ^rect, but at length usually re- 

 curved. Bracts several but not so numerous as in C. pcnduhm°the bracteoles 



Xn nf r^ 'n ^'f'""- ^'^'^' ''''^'^y 3 lines long, obtuse, broad, thin, 

 n rj'tl S ' ' f f ''"' "^^^^'^^« "' '^^'^'^y pubescent, the lower half 

 S?IZ; ' r. ?f^"i"'' ^^'' ^°"*^ "^^^^ broader at the base, hairy inside, 

 ovoh 5 Wn . ^ ^''' °^ '^' ^°"«- ^^ typogvnous disk. Ovarj' ob- 



hLvv' sSd ' PI P -'PP^' ^'^^ P"'^^^'^^"^- Style glabrous or sligbtly 



vTaTno of P 1 T' '■ ^°^ ' (^'^^osfe2>7nnm pendulum, Deless. Ic ^ 

 J. t. 23 not of Benth. ; Cmostepkiopsis mtuor, Stschegl. in Bull. Mosc. 1859, 

 1. 6 ; Sit/pkeha Lind^i, P. Muell. Fragm. vi. 40. 



W. Australia. Swau River, Drummond, \st Coll. n. 467, Freks, n. 408. 



^; ^-j ^«e^».^"'^^^- An erect, branching shrub. Leaves ovate, ob- 

 ovate, oblong or Imear-cuneate, obtuse or with a short, callous point, convex, 

 with recurved margins or the short ones tlat, most y 3 to 4 lines lon^-. 



