Ncedhamia.] LXVII. EPACRIDE^. 175 



W. Australia. Kiug George's Sound, S. Brown, and ueighboiiring districts, Hueye!, 

 Drummond, 2nd Coll. n. 259, ^th Coll. n. 334; £reiss, n. 436, 437, and many others; 

 Swan River, Bnnnmond, '\st Coll. ; between Eyre's Eange and Oldfield river, Mn.rwell. 

 Tl;e station N. S. ^Vale9, Fiaser, given in the ' I'lantse Preissianse ' for a form of this spe- 

 cies, is a mistake. Fraser's specimens were from King George's Sound. 



11. LISSAISTTHE, R. Br. 



Corolla-tube longer or sliortcr tlinn the calyx, glabrous or hairy inside 

 iihove the middle, without tufts of hairs or scales below the middle ; lobes 

 valvate in the bud, spreading or recurved upwards, glabrous inside. Fila- 

 ments inserted at the top of the tube, short, tiliforin ; anthers wholly or 

 partially enclosed in the tube or erect base of the corolla-lobes. Hypog}'- 

 nous disk cup-shaped, sinuate or 5-toothed. Ovary 5 -celled ; style not ex- 

 feeding the corolla-tube ; stigma small. Fruit a baccate drupe, the mesocarp 

 Pidpy, the endocarp hard and bony, with 5 cells and seeds or fewer by abor- 

 tion.— Slu-ubs with the habit of Leucopogon. Flowers small, in small spikes 

 or racemes, the terminal ones several-flowered, the axillaiy ones reduced to 2 

 or 3 or even a single one, but always ending with the rudiment of an addi- 

 tional flower, with 1 subtending br'act and 2 bracteoles under each flower. 



The genus is limited to Australia. It is here rednced to the first two sections of Brown 

 the third has the intlorcsceuce and more or less imbricate corolla-lobes of Brachyhma, and 

 IS therefore referred to that geuns. As thus defined, Lissanthe differs from Cyaihodes in 

 the inflorescence and in the less pulpy fruit, from Leucopogon solely in the want of the 

 hairs or beards of the lobes of the corolla so universal in that genus. 



Ilowers racemose (pedicellate within the bracts and bracteoles). 

 waves linear or linear-lanceolate with recurved margins and short rigid 



Pomts f to 1 in. long. Fruit mealy-pnlpy • .• ^- ^- ^"f'"^"- 



"aves linear, tapering into a pungent point, under \ in. long. Fruit 



small, nearly dry 2. X. stngosa. 



Flowers spicate (sessile within the bracts)". Leaves oblong-Unear, obtuse . 3. L. montanu. 



^ 1- L. sapida, R. Br. Prod. 540. An erect shrub of 2 to 3 ft , with 

 spreading branches, glabrous or very minutely pubescent. Leaves Imear- 

 oblong or linear-lanceolate, with a ver\' short rigid point, the margins xt- 

 f"n-ed or revolute, white nnderneath, | to 1 in. long. Flowers white, lu 

 loose racemes, either axillarv and 2- or 3-flowcred or terminal with more nu- 

 merous flowers. Bracts and bracteoles small, at the base of the pedicels, 

 ^epnls very broad and obtuse, about 1 line long, the 2 outer ones usually 

 "nckened or produced at the base. Corolla-tube 2 to 2^ hues long, hairy 

 jside above the middle ; lobes about as long as the tube, spreading towanls 

 ^e end, quite glabrous. Anthers obtuse, attached rather above the middle. 

 «ypogynous disk slightly toothed. Ovary 5-cellcd, pubescent on the top ; 

 ;^yle rather thick, as long as the corolla tube. Fruit red, with a mealy-pulpy 

 mesocarp.-_Dc. Prod. vii. 742 ; Bot. Keg. t. 1275 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3147 ; 



^ypheha sapida, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 42. 



^J'^-y^l'^'- Grose river, R. Brown; various localities in the Blue Mounta^s 

 Son""^"' '^"""'^ '""'^ °^^"'' ' ^'^^■S" ^^'""''*' Macarthur, but apparently not generally 



'^ 2. L. strigcsa, n. Br. Prod. 540. A bushy shrub, sometimes low and 



