194 LXVTI. EPACRTDEiE. \LeilCOj)0(jQiU 



many-flowered, cylindrical, terminal or terminating very short axillary braueli- 

 lets, the upper leaves small and passing gradually into the lower bracts, 

 which are like the leaves, but smaller. Braeteoles acute, not half so long as 

 the calyx. Sepals not exceeding 1 line, rather narrow, acutely acuminate, 

 often ciliate. Corolla about \\ lines long, the lobes longer than the tube. 

 Anthers attached near the top, with small sterile tips. Hypogynous scales 

 ovate, distinct or slightly cohering. Ovary 2-celled ; style short. Drupes 

 small, oblong, 1- or 3-seeded.— DC. Prod. vii. 749; StypJielia glahelk, 



ifi 



ifoli 



■W. Australia, King George's Sound and adjoiuing districts, R. Brown^ Drunmond, 

 «. 29, vith Coll. «. 319, Preiss, n, 404, and others. 



Var. jiuhescens. Branches, foliage, and inflorescence puhescent, in other respects pre- 

 cisely as in the common form. — L. laniperics (onp;inally written L. canigerus)^ A. Caiiu.j 

 i)C. Prod. vii. 749. King George's Sound or to the eastward, Baxter, 



' 27. L. elatior, Sond, in PL Preiss. i. 314. An erect shruh, attaining 

 3 ft., with ratlier slender, glabrous branches. Leaves spreading, in some spe- 

 cimens broadly ovate, obtuse, almost cordate at the bose, rigid^fl'^t or sligmly 

 convex, prominently ribbed, about 1 line long, occasionally but rarely oppo- 

 site, in other specimens ovate and acute, and passing into ovate-lanceolate or 

 even narrow-lanceolate and acute, and then 2 or even 3 lines long. Spi^^^ 

 terminal, cylindrical, rather dense, often many-flowered. Lower bracts use 

 the leaves, but concave and gradually smaller ; braeteoles about one-third as 



Sepals scarcely above 1 line long, narrow, obtuse, sligat ^ 



- ider 2 lines long, the lobes rather longer than the tube. 



Anthers attached below the very short sterile tips. Hypogynous scales 

 distinct. Ovary 2-celled; style short.— i. decnssafus, Stscbegh ^^^ ^ j' 

 Mosc. 1859, i. 11 ■ i. semioppositus or StypJielia semioppositai F. M^^ • 



long as the calvx. 

 striate. Corolla under 



Fragm. vi. 49. 



IV. Australia, Brif.mmond^ htk 

 selton, Sussex district, Preiss, n. 391. 



Bus- 



Series 4. Stkiatje.— Spikes all terminal or also in the uppermost axi , 

 short and dense or cylindrical and rather dense. Leaves nearly flat, ^^ 

 margins neither thickened nor recurved, usually small and obtuse, eit it. 

 strongly ribbed or the midrib prominent at the end. Ovary 2-ceUed. 



28. L. fiorulentus, £e7itL An erect, branching shrub, our speciiii^^^ 

 quite glabrous. Leaves crowded, erect, ovate or obovate-oblong, very obtu= ^ 

 thick, flat or slightly concave, sometimes slightly ciliate, wdth scarcely promine ^^ 

 veins, 1 to li lines long. Spikes solitary^ dense and many-flowered, i^^^^ 

 Hating the numerous brauchlets. Bracts ovate, obtuse, striate ; ^^^^^ '^1^^ 



ovate-lanceolate, not half so long as the calyx. Sepals |- 1^^^^,^^"^; J^f^ as 

 obtuse, wiiitish when dry. ^" - - . -^ ^^n 



long as the tube. Anthers attached below tbe verj 

 pogynous scales distinct. Ovar}- 2-celled ; style short. 



Between Kin^ George's Sound and Swan River, ff^rve^- ^rioW 

 peciraea of this plant, it is a good one, covered with a proi^" 



Corolla 1 to 1^ lines long, the lobes about as 

 ttached below tlie verv short sterile tips. : 



^V. Australia. 



wc have but a single specimen 



