LXYII. KPACRIDE^. 163 



Tpper Began and Lachku rivers, L. Morton?; MuJgee, JFoo/ls ; New England, C, Stuart ; 

 tiarence nrer, Beckler. 



Victoria. Forest Creek, Ovens river, Delatite river, P. Mueller, 



Beckler's and Hill's (single) speci'mens {Styphelia Cunninghamii, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 

 i t^^ '^^f ' ^*^^^ crowded, densely imbricated leaves but no flowers, another specimen 

 nas the floral leaves equally large but spreading, others are intermediate between them aud 

 Tne common form. Cunningham*s four species, all from the neighbourhood of Bathurst, do 

 Dot appear to me to be distinguishable even as varieties ; the M. adfjressifs has not the 

 ieaves larger than the others. The colour of the flowers is stated by F. Mueller to be pale 

 yellow; by A. Cunningham and Frascr it is given as white, pale pink or deep red, upon dif- 

 ferent specimens otherwise exactly alike. 



6. PENTACHONDRA, R. Er 



v>orolIa-tube very short, or cylindrical and exceeding the calyx; lobes val- 

 late in the bud, recurved or revolute, bearded inside. Filaments inserted at 

 ne top of the tube, rather long and erect with the anthers exserted, or short 

 ^ith the anthers more or less enclosed in the tube, or recurved with the lobes, 

 ypogynons disk consisting of scales either entirely distinct or more or less 

 conenng. Ovaiy o-celled ; style long or short, with a small stigma. Fruit 

 accate drupe, the mesocarp very pulpy, with 5 distinct pyrei)es or fewer 

 , abortion. — Diffuse or prostrate shrubs. Leaves usually crowded. Flowers 



(except m P, vertlnUlnlrA enlifnrv fM- 9. ni- 51 +n(7ftlipr at. thp pnds of fhft 



le 



fc 



(except m P, vertlcillata) solitary or 2 or 3 together at the ends of th 

 ped^ ?' ^^^li one solitary in the \\\\ of one of tiie last leaves on a shor. 

 th fl" \ "^3*^^^^ several, small, the uppermost (above the one subtending 

 e ower) with the rudiment of a second flower ; bracteoles close under the 



calyx. 

 The 



Austral'^^"^^ '^^ hn^ited to the mountains of Tasmania, Victoria, and New Zealand, one 

 is nnif !f"k^^n^^^® ^^\\ig the same as a New Zealand one, the three others are endemic. It 



habit a r! • fl" ^^'^^'^^^ ^^'itb Trochocarpa, but the three genuine species have a different 

 oivself '^fi^J'escence ; the corolla-lobes are always bearded, and the fruit (which I have 

 tiuct afTfi ^" ^"^ species only) is much more ben v -like, with the pyrencs much more dis- 

 te anom ] ^'^.'^'^}y ^"" number, not ten. The fourth species, of which the fruit is unknown. 

 Cor n ^ ^^ iiiflorescence, and may possibly prove to be a Cyathode^, 

 vnln^ "^^^'^y -5 in. long, the lobes much lonj^er than the tnbe and re- 



CorX ?^^''""^'''^^'"^^*»*^»'*e"s \. F.hiVQJvcrata. 



a not exceedmg \ in., the lobes shorter than the tube, the anthers 

 J^holly or partially included. 



ers solitary, at the ends of the branches or in the last axils, 

 rlf ,^.^^*« or oblong, 1 to 2 lines long 2. P. pumila. 



hne *1 ^^ ^^ ^ short, terminal spike. Leaves linear, 2 to 3 



sn..i Tf' ^^^^^'^*^f^ ^t the end of each year's shoot, with scarious 

 scdJes between Pnnl, ni...w r.i i_..'i 



Fl 



n 



een each cluster or falsc-whorl ^. P. vertlcillata. 



IP.i 



^ith a ^^."^'^^crata, R. Br, Prod, 549. A diffuse or prostrate shrub, 

 snrv,..-^^^^ l"o or sometimes erect stems of 6 in. to 1 ft., the branches and 



someti 



Leaves nearly sessile, elliptical 

 or slight Iv concave, the margins 



or \^^^\ ^^^ foli^-ige pubescent or villous. 



Softly ^T f^^' ^'^c^te or rather obtuse, flat or siignny concave, me maxj^uia 

 1 \^ ^i^i^te^ finely but prominently veined underneath or on both sides, \ to 

 ends of i? u™^ branches | in. long. Flowers 1, 2 or 3 together at the 

 ^^rniin 1 K ™^^'^^^^^tS' ^^^ <^ne solitary in one of the last leaves under the 



^1 bud. Bracts several, very small, the uppermost with a small rudi- 



