leucopogon.l Lxvii. epacride.e. 193 



clenudata, Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 67 ; Leucopoffon fraternus, DC. Tiod. vli. 



W, S. "Wales. Port Jaclcson to the Blue Mouutaias, U. Broivn, Sleher, n. IOC, 109, 

 il. Mixt. n. 498, and mauy others. The leaves are very variable in size, always larger on 

 tne mam branches, and it is impossible to fix any limits so as to separate as varieties L, 

 denudatus and L. microphyllus. 



"ar.2)i!i5tindus. More hairy. Leaves narrow, often almost acute. Inflorescence and 

 flowers precisely the s&me.—L.pilibundtis, A. Cunu. ; DC. Prod, vii- 746.— Near Batliurst, 

 a. S. Wales, A. Cunniyighain. De Candolle places this amongst the AxiUijloriv, hut the 

 siiikes only appear axillary from the shortness of the flowering branches, which, although 

 aiilkry, are always leafy at the base. 



„ p°.™^ specimens in the Hookerian as well as in Cunningham's Herbarium are marked 

 . I'oint Possession, Collie," and " South Coast, Baxter" but I doubt much whether there 

 IS not here some error. 



24. L. tetragonus, Sond. in PL Freiss. i. 317. An erect slinib, of 3 

 or 3 ft., the branches and often the leaves pnbescent. Leaves crowded on 

 jlie branchlets, often decussate and here and there irregularly opposite, ob- 

 long-lanceolate or almost ovate, obtuse, with recurved margins, usually 

 cihate with long hairs, mostly about 1 line long, or nearly 2 lines when 

 jiarrow. Spikes short, dense, and few-flowered, terminal. Lower bracts 

 jeaf-hke, concave, striate, longer than the bracteoles, upper ones smaller; 

 l>i-aeteoIe3 broad, acumijiate, about half as long as the calyx. Sepals about 

 ,. ""^ ^oiig, lanceolate, rather obtuse, coloured, ciliate. Corolla scarcely 2 

 luies long, the lobes longer than the tube. Anthers attached above the 

 fiddle, with very short sterile tips. Hypogynous scales distinct, obovate. 

 '-'vary 2-celled ; style short— Sii/p/iella tetnujona, Y. Muell. Fragm. vi. 31. 



-„'^:, ■^'^stralia. Near Cape Riche, Harvey, Brimmond, Uh Coll. n. 151 ; Koukohe- 

 P 1"ls. Preiss, n. 387 ; Mount Bland, Maxwell. 



ft ^v' i^' P^y^^ostachys, BentTi. Erect and slightly brauclied, 1 to U 

 t- nigh and cpiite glabrous. Leaves spreading or reflexed, a few of the 

 owest sessile, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, under 8 lines long, all the others 



woadly cordate-ovate or almost reniform, often above 3 lines diameter, ob- 

 "se or with a minute callous point, convex or nearly flat. Spikes cylindri- 

 ai, many-flowered, terminal or in the uppermost axils, the upper broadly 



sm 11 ^^^^'^^ passing gradually into floral leaves or bracts simdar but 

 mailer the uppermost scarcely above \ line diameter and shortly acute. 



^lacteoles less than half as Ion- as the calvx. Sepals about 1 hue long, 

 ai ler narrow, almost acute, smooth. Corolla' scarcely 2 lines long, the lobes 



tin V^ the tube. Anthers attached near the top, with very small stenle 

 PS- Hypogynous scales small, ovate, distinct or scarcely cohering. Ovary 



f// / ;; ''^'^^^^ ^'''^^■^- ^i'"Pe ^ery small, oblong, 1- or 2-seeded.— >S/y/^/^e//fl 

 ^«^e«ff, 1. ftj^gji_ pragm. vi. 32, not of Spreng., nor Leucopogon (jlabellus. 



W 



• Australia, JDrummond, Wi Coll. n. 311. 



With \' Slabellus, R. Br. Prod. 544. An erect shrub, of 2 to 3 ft., 



m rather slender branches, and the typical form quite glabrous. Leaves 



JF eaauig or somewhat reflexed, varying from cordate-ovate to lanceolate,acute, 



or convex, 1 to 2 lines long or rarely 3 lines when narrow, bpikes 



