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long as the calyx. Sepals about 1 line long, obtuse and rather broad. 

 Corolla-tube not exceeding the calyx ; lobes as long as the tube. Anthers 

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

 gjnous disk lobed. Ovary short, 5-celled, abruptly contracted into a short 

 style. Drupe depressed-globular, yellow or white. — DC. Prod. vii. 744 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Tasin. i. 249; F. Muell. Fragra. iv. 123; Styphelia australu, 

 F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 43 ; Leucopogon Drummondii, DC. Prod. vii. 745 ; 

 Send, in PI. Preiss. i. 806 ; L. paniculatus, Sond. 1. c. 



Victoria. In moist heaths, and wet rot'lis, open woods, valleys, and shallow maishes, 

 always far from the sea, Bunip Creek, Corner Inlet, etc., F. Mueller. 



Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, R. Brown ; in poor soil, generally near the sea, /. D. 



Uooker. 



S. Australia. Lofty Ranges, Rivoli Bay, F. Mueller. 



W. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, Preiss, n. 367 ; near the sea and 

 ioae river, Oldfield ; Swan River, Lrummond, Ist Coll., Preiss, n. 368. 



8. L. capitellatus, BC. Prod. vii. 747. An erect shrub, of 2 to 3 ft., 

 glabrous or the branches slightly hirsute. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 tapering into a short, fine, almost pungent point, rigid, convex or with 

 shghtly recurved margins, about \ in. long or rather more. Spikes short, 

 Jense, terminal or in the uppermost axils, or on short, axiUary, leafy 

 ornnclilets. Bracts short, obtuse, striate ; bracteoles very obtuse, not half so 

 J^ng as the calyx. Sepals broad, obtuse, ciliolate, scarcely 1 line long 

 Corolla nearly 2 lines, the lobes lono-er than the tube. Anthers attached 

 above the middle, with short, sterile tips. Disk truncate or sinuate-lobed. 

 •^^vary short, broad, 5-celled; style very short.— Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 311 ; 

 ^typJtdia capitellata, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 31. 



p^- Australia. Swan River, Drummond, \st Coll. n. 462, Oldfield ; Mahogany 

 ^reek, Preiss, n. 371 ; Gordon and Salt rivers, Maxwell. 



Jhcvar. sparsiflorus, Sond. 1. c., from St. Ronan's Well, Preiss, n. 427, is an old fruiting 

 nate, with a few of the remains of inflorescence, apparently (but not really) axillary from 

 ">e growth of the lateral shoot. 



9- L. revolutus, R. Br. Prod. 542. An erect, bushy or rarely strag 

 g""g shrub, attaining several ft o-Iabrous or more or less pubescent. Leaves 

 "early sessile, linear or oblono-, obtuse or with a small, callous pomt, convex, 

 ^"h recurved or more frequently revolute margins, i to i in. long or rarely 

 joi-e- Spikes dense, terminal or in the uppermost axils, usually clustered 

 ^^acts small ; bracteoles about half as long as the calyx, with a promment 

 '^'t'nb. Sepals obtuse, 1 to U lines long, minutely hoary-pubescent and 

 f'liolate as well as the bracteoles, or quite glabrous. Corolla 2 to 2^ lines 

 ^!|| the lobes rather longer than the tube. Anthers attached above the 

 nuUdle, with prominent sterile tips. Hvpogynous disk truncate. Ovary 

 oroad S-cellcd ; style veiT short. Fruit 'yellowish, nearly globular, scarcely 

 «ceeduig the calyx.— DC. Prod. ^ii. 746 ;' Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 310 ; Sty- 

 ^'«(J« revoluta, Spreng. Syst. i. ^-^1 ; Styphelia ohovala, F. Muell Fragm. 

 ^■Jt^ \ I^eucoporjon angustatus, Pcnth. in Hueg. Enura. 77; Sond. m 11. 

 ^^eiss. 1. 3 1 1 ; DC. Prod. viii. 748. 



Ge^:. ■^''**'"^^^*- King George's Sound and Goose Island Bay, R. Brown, J^^ 

 °'»« 8 Sound to Cape Riclie and ueighboaring districts. A. Cunningham, Brummond, i>u> 



