186 Lxvir. EPACRIDE.E. [Leucopogon, 



Yar. gelidnSj F. MiielL Low and bnshy. Leaves small aud crowded. Spikes shorter, 

 with the llowers less distant. — Barkly Range, Mount Eaw-Baw, sources of the Yarra, Cub- 

 hcras Mountains, etc., at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 ft., F, Mueller. 



Var. ? alpesins, F. MuelL in Herb. Hook. Like the var. gelldus, but leaves more rigid 

 and acute, with more proinineut nerves. Ovary sometimes 3-celled, though usually 2-cclliil, 

 as in the other forms. — Z. neurophyllus, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 87, referred doubtfully to L 

 aifsfralis in F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 123. Suniinit of Mouut William, in the Grampians, 

 Jf. Mueller. 



Series 3. Australes. — Spikes all terminal or also in the upper axils, 

 short and tlcnsc or cylindrical and rather dense (interrupted in L. distans). 

 Leaves nearly flat or convex, with recurved or revolute margins (not concave). 

 Ovary 5-ccllcd, rarely 4- or 3-ceIled. 



6. L. Richei, E. Br. Prod. 541, and in Bot, Mag. t. 3251. A tall 

 shrub or small tree, quite glabrous or the branches slightly puhesceut. 

 Leaves oblong lanceolate or oblauccolate, obtuse or with a small callou? 

 point, slightly convex or with recanted margins, finely veined, rarely exceed- 

 ing 1 in._ and often all under | in. long. Spikes terminal and in the upper 

 axils, cylindrical, often rather long but dense. Bracts and bracteoles striate, 

 about half as long as the calyx. Sepals scarcely 1 line long, obtuse. Co- 

 rolla-tube rather shorter than the calyx ; lobes as long as the tube. Anthers 

 attached above the middle, with more or less prominent sterile tips. Hypo- 

 gynous disk 5-lobed. Ovary 5- or 4-cened. Style short. Truit white, 

 ovoid-globose.— DC. Prod. vii. 744; Soud. in PL Preiss. i. 305 ; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Tasm. i. 249 ; F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 123 ; StyplieVm Richei, Labill. PL 

 N. Holl. 1. 44. t. fiO; P. Muell. Fragm. vi. 42; Styphelia parviflora, Andr. 

 Bot Eep. t. 287 ; Leucoporjon parcljhrua, Lindl. Bot. Eeg. t. 1560; PC 

 Prod. vn. 745 ; Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 305 ; StypJielia gnidium, Vent. Jard- 

 Malm. t. 23 ; Leucopogon polysf.acJiyus, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1436, not of R- 

 Br. ; L. lanceolatus, Sieb. PL Exs., not of E. Br. 



Queensland. JNToreton Island, F. Mueller. 



T r 1 ^Iv"^*^®**- ^f^as'^ore, Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sieher, n. 102, and others ; Gabo 

 Island, Maplestone; Hastings river, Beckler. 



Victoria. Poi-t Phillip, R. Brown ; sand and rocky seacoasts, common, F. Mueller 

 and others. ^ 



Tasmania. Islands of Bass's Straits and Storm Bay Passage, R. Brown ; i.bnmlant 



on sand-hills on all the coasts, /. L. Hooker. 



T i^'i''^^^*?*^'*- -^^""S ^^"^ '^O'^st, St. Vincent's and Spencer's Gulfs and Kangaroo 

 Island, F. Muell - ' 



W. Austra 



Maxwell, and tc 

 372, aud others. 



er. 



lia. King George's Sound, R. Brown and others, and thence to the east^vaA 

 Vassc and Swan rivers, Drummond, \st Coll. n. 464, Rreiss, n. 3Co, ii"- 



Var. P acidif alius . Leaves lanceolate, very acute.— Stirling range, F. Mi 

 the species is also ou Chatham Island. b o ^ 



austraUs 



, , , , . 'RBr. Prod. 541. A tall, bushy shrub, with erect, 



glabrous branches, very closely allied to L. Richei, differing chiefly in the 

 onger leaves, rather longer spikes, and in the fruit. Leaves lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse or with a callous point, mostly 1 to 2 in. long and the lower ones some- 

 times 3 in., convex or with recurved margins, finely veined. Spikes cyhiRlricaL 

 rather dense, but not so much so as in L. Richei. Bracteoles about half a^ 



