ConoHfej)Juum] Lxrii. epacride.^:. 161 



Flowers 4 to ^ Ifnes long, almost sessile or at length pedicellate and re- 

 flexed. Bracteoles nearly as long as the calyx. Sepals scarcely 3 lines 

 long, almost acute. Corolla with the thin, naiTOw part tapering to\he base, 

 nnd shorter than the hroad^ thick cone, which is hairy inside towards the top. 

 Kilaments inserted at tlie base of the cone and somewhat flattened ; anther- 

 I^bes acuminate. No hypogynons disk. Ovary glabrons. 



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In the iuterior, J. S. Roe, 



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, : 9' P^'eissiij %7ul. in PJ, Preiss. i. 304. An erect, branching shrub, 

 attaining sometimes 4 or 5 ft., but usually lower. Leaves from obovate- 

 oblong and scarcely | in., to narrow-oblong and f in. long, obtuse or with a 

 small callous point, flat or the margins slightly recurved. Flowers about 4 

 lines long, on recurved peduncles of 1 to 3 lines. Bracts numerous ; brac- 

 teoles nearly as long as the calyx. Sepals about 3 lines long, very broad and 

 obtuse, shining. Corolla with the enclosed part pubescent outside, almost 



f'^i!"u -^^^ ^^^ short exserted portion alone more conical and glabrous, the real 

 tube being very short, all the rest a long cone, of which more than half is 

 cumdricaL Stamens inserted near the base of the corolla, the filaments 

 Slightly flattened ; anthers lonir, less lobed than in the other species. Hvpo- 

 o,>"ous disk very minute or none. Ovary oblong, glabrous; style shortly 

 ^fj'~-f^onosiephiopsis Prelssli, Stschegl. in Bull. Mosc. 1859. i. 6; %- 

 Pf^eha Preiml, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 40. 



W. Australia- Swan River, Fraser, Freiss, n. 416, Brummond, 3rd Coll. n. 183, 

 tianeij; Murchison river. Oldfeld, 



of 2 ^" P^^^ifoHum, F, Mnell, Frogni. vi. 30. An erect, branching shrub 



^^ 3 ft. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate or oblong-linear, acute or 



j,J"ost pungent, flat or concave, rigid, prominently striate, 3 to 4 lines long. 



owers fully 4 i^jj^g ]^^g^ ^^^ recurved peduncles "of 1 Hne or more. Bracts 



lon^^*'T^ ' bracteoles nearly as long as the calyx. Sepals scarcely 3 lines 



low^' ^ "^^' coloured, pubescent. Corolla cylindrical and pubescent in the 



flat^^* P''*^*' ^^^ "ot narrower than the glabrous cone. Filaments short and 



hooV"r^*^-^^ at the base of the cone ; anther-lobes long, terminating in a 



ton f^r^*^' Hypogynons disk none. Ovary oblong, slightly hairy at the 



185Q ' ^^^"^^'—Couostephiopsis Dnwimondit, Stschegl. in Bull. Mosc. 



^- 1- 6 ; Sti/phelia conantha, F. MuelL Fragm. vi. 30. 



Point p'^"^**'^^^^' ^rummond, ^th Coll. n. 299; sand hills between Cape Malcolm and 

 '" Culver, Maxwell. 



P^'ars'to^f'^'^^' v^°^^ determinations and descriptions of Epacridea are very accurate, ap- 

 <"i fflodifi 7- ^°° "^""^^ ^"'" ^^^ establishment of Conosfephiopsis and other new genera 



^/s^cnr/ °^ ^^^ hypogynons disk, a character very rarely more than specific m 



MELICHHUS 



n«tirr^+!"^^ ^^°''* ^^^ ^^■°^^' "''^^ 5 densely glandular scales inside alter- 

 beard^/ ^^e stamens ; lobes longer than "the tube, valvate in the bud, 

 aeots ^^ glabrous inside, spreading. Stamens inserted in the tube ; fiia- 

 tr,u,p„f^''^^^"gly short ; anthers oblong, 1 -celled. Hypogynons disk sboi't, 



TOT '^' 5-f^''^ed, with 1 ovule in each rell ; style very short or 



