Braclitjloma!] Lxvii. epacrioe.tj. 173 



iml)ricate in tlie bud, bearded in tbe centre. Filaments very short ; anthers 

 obtuse, attached near the top. Hypogynous disk truncate. Ovary 5-celled ; 

 style lont^er than in the preceding species. Fruit as long as the calyx, glo- 

 bular, with 5 raised lines. — Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1038 ; Lohopogon ericuiJes, 

 Scblecbt. Linnaea, xx. 620 ; Sleuaulhera ericoides, F. Mueli. Fragm. iv. 98 ; 

 Styphelia Uhopoqona, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 39. 



Victoria. Grampians, F, 'Mueller ; "Wiinmera, Dallachy. 



S.Australia. Murray desert, near Tornuuda, Kangaroo Island, F. Mueller; En- 

 counter Bay, IVhittaker. 



Sect. IL Lissanthoides. — Corolla-lobes acutely acuminate, more or 

 less dilated and overlapping at least at the base. Bracts none besides the 2 

 bracteoles. 



4. B. depressum, Betith. A very rigid, diffuse, nmch-branchcd shrub, 

 spreading sometimes to several ft. Leaves sessile or nearly so, lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, rigid, tapering into a long pungent point, the larger ones 

 I in. long or rather more. Flowers solitary at each node, but clustered at 

 the base of the short flowering branches, the subtending leaves mostly abor- 

 |ive. Pedimcles very short, without bracts; bracteoles acuminate. Sepals 

 anceolate, acutely acuiru'nate, about 1 line long. Corolla-tube about 1 line 

 long, with a ring of long reflexed hairs in the throat; lobes broad, acuminate, 

 much imbricate in the bud, quite glabrous. Anthers attached near the top 

 and nearly sessile. Hvpogynous disk truncate, readily separating into dis- 

 tinct scales. Ovary 5 -celled ; stvle short.— Xman^A^ depresm, "P. Muell. 

 Fragm. i. 36 ; Styphelia depressa, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 4Ji (not of I.e. 44). 



Victoria. Mount Sturgeon, Grampiaus, F. Mueller ; Wimmera, Dallachy. 

 Tasmania. Granite rocks at Bicheno, Storrf. 



5. B. ciliatum, Bf«;'A. Alow, diffuse or prostrate shrub, with ascending 

 tranches, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves shortly petiolate, ovate- 

 elhptical or oblong-lanceolate, witt a short, pungent point, fiat, often minutely 

 aenticulate-ciliate, 3 to 4 lines long. Peduncles very short, without any 

 oracts except the 2 bracteoles embracing the calyx. Sepals about |- line long. 

 WoUa-tube longer than the calyx, rather broad, with a ring of long liairs 

 •■eflexed from the throat ; lobes acute, imbricate in the bud, but not so much so 

 as m B. depresmm, usually shortly bearded inside. Filaments short ; anthers 

 attached above the middle. Hypo'^ynous disk 5-lobed. Ovary 5-celled; 

 J.vle ^^or\ .~ Liasanine cilkda, 11. Br. Prod. 541; DC. Prod. vii. 743; 

 «ook. f. PI. Tasm. i. 248 ; StypJiella ciliata, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 42. 



Victoria. Arid plains near Mouat Abrupt, and Victoria Range, F. Mueller; Creswick 

 "■^k, Whan ; heaths near Poi Hand, Eohertson, AlliiL , , r. rr / 



rasmania. Port Dalrymple, R. Brown ; northern p;.rts of the island, J. D. Hooker. 



The species is very near B. daphnoides, differing chiefly iu the pungent point to the 

 'caves in »;,„ „i £ "> - /...... n j i..,),;* 



6S| in the shorter,"broader corolla-tube, and the depressed habit. 



' 6. B. dapTinoides, Benth. An erect, bushy shrub, glabrous or the 

 "^fanchleta pubescent. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate, ovate-elbptical or 

 Oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or with a short callous point, flat or slightly 

 '^"cave, .3 to 4 lines lono-. Flowers solitary in the axils or at the nodes. 



