184 LXVII. KPACKiDE^, \_Leucopogon. 



Skct. I. Peuojoa. — Inflorescence chiefly or entirely terminal, rarely all 

 axillary, and then the spikes long, slender, and interrupted. Anthers witli 

 sterile tips, which are either conspicuous and pale coloured or sometimes 

 very small and recurved. Style very short. 



Series 1. PsiLOsxACiiYiE.— Spikes slender, interrupted, axillary or ter- 

 minal, usually as long as tlie leaves. Leaves flat or convex. 



1. I-. verticillatus, R, Br, Prod. 541. A tall, erect shrub, quite gla- 

 hrous. Leaves mostly crowded at the end of each year's shoot, so as to 

 appear verticillate, broadly lanceolate, mostly 2 to 4 in. long, rarely only 1 iiu 

 and sometimes 5 or even 6 in., obtuse or with a callous or almost acute but not 

 pungent point, flat or convex, with the margins recurved, the veins fine. 

 Spikes slender, with small, distant, reddish flowers, axillary or below tlie 

 leaves and usually as long as them. Bracts and bracteoles broad, not half so 

 long as the calyx. Sepals obtuse, not quite a line long. Corolla-tuhe twice 

 as long as the calyx ; lobes half as long as the tube, bearded in the lower 

 half only. Anthers linear, attached about the middle, the upper end forming 

 a clavate, sterile tip, but of tlie same colour as the rest. Hypogynous di^k 

 truncate. Ovary 5- or rarely 4-celled. Style short. Fruit ovoid-oblong, 2 

 to 2| lines long, with a hard endocarp.— DC. Prod. vii. 745 ; Soud. in R 

 Preiss. i. 307; F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 122; StypMia verticiUata,^\^xmr. 

 Syst. 1.656; F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 43 ; Lissantlte m-^/a7/a^ff, Lindl Svvaa 

 Riv. App. 25; Leucopocjon (jlaucescens, DC. Prod. vii. 745. 



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W.Australia. Kinjr George's SounJ aud adjoiuiug districts, R. Brown, A. Cm- 

 ynnj/ham, Preiss, n. 431, Maxwell, F. Mueller; Gordon, Harvey, and Toue rivers, Old- 

 feld. Swan River (?), Druynmond, \st Coll., 2nd Coll. n. 266. 



2. L. interruptus, B. Br. Prod. 541. A glabrous shrub, witli erect 

 branches. Leaves mostly ciowJed at the end of each year's shoot, so as to 

 appear verticillate, from almost oval to oblong-elliptical, obtuse or with a 

 uiiuute callous point, flat or nearly so, finely nerved, from f to 1 in. long or 

 rarely rather more. Spikes slender and interrupted, but not exceeding the 

 leaves, solitary or 2 or 3 together at the ends of the branches. Flowers 

 small, rather numerous. Bracts and bracteoles broad, not half so long as 

 the calyx. Sepals obtuse, under 1 line long. Corolla-tube rather shorter 

 than the calyx ; lobes as long as the tube, bearded to the end. Anthers in- 

 serted below the linear, sterile tips. Hvpogynous disk truncate. Ovaiy 5- 

 celled; style short.— DC. Prod. vii. 745; Stuphdla iiUcrriqda. Spreiig- 

 Syst. i. 656. -^^ 



W. Australia. Goose Island Bay, R. Brovm : Kins George's Sound, or to the east- 

 ward, Baxter, •> o o 



icaulis 



I D ^-^Ki, iiiLii luuiiueu auncies, spreauiiig, i-uxui 



acute, convex or with recurved margins, ciliate, striate on both sides, \ to i 

 in. Jong. Spikes slender, interrupted, terminal and in the upper axils, longer 

 than the leaves. Bracts lanceolate, leaf-like and nearly as long as the flofffi^- 

 or the upper ones or nearly all small and subulate ; bracteoles ovate, acumi- 

 nate, about half as long as the culvx. Sepals acutely acuminate, about 1 1"'^ 





