Leucopogon,'] lxvti. epacride-^. 195 



small flowers, anil which I am unable to refer to any other species, althoTigli allied on ihe 

 oue hand to Z. elatior and on the other to L. siriatus. 



29, L. striates, R. Br. Prod. 544. A spreading, mucli-brancliecl 

 slirab, usually low, but sometimes attaining 2 ft., glabrous or with pubescent 

 braiichlets. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, tbick, strongly ribbed 

 iiiiderneatli, and sometimes the midrib especially prominent above the middle 

 as in L.carinatus, mostly l^ to 3 lines long, flat and spreading or the upper 

 ones erect and slightly concave, whilst the lowest are more spreading and 

 slightly convex. Spikes dense, terminal or in the uppermost axils, ^ to ^ 

 in. long. Bracts and bracteoles about half as long as the calyx. _ Sepals 

 about 1 line long, obtuse as well as the bracts, rather thick and rigid. Co- 

 rolla under 2 lines long, the lobes about as long as the tube. Anthers 

 attached near the top, with very small sterile tips. Hypogynous disk 

 readily separating into distinct scales. Ovary 2-celled, with a broad, 5-fur- 

 rowed summit J stvle very short.— DC. Prod. vii. 750; Styphelm striata, 

 Spreng. Syst. i. 656; L. nermsns, E. Br. Prod. 544; DC. Prod. vii. 750; 

 l-rupestris, Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 315. 



W. Australia. Lucky Bay, R. Brown, Baxter; Konkotenip bUls, Cape Eiche, 

 Prem^ n. 406 (partly) ; Mount Bland, Maxwell. R. Biowa's specimens of his L. dnalus 

 and i. nervosm are, as observed in his ' Prodromns,' very nearly alUed, and several oi 

 ■ijaiter's connect them too closely to separate them as varieties. 



itachyu 



An erect 



shmb, with virgate branches, minutely but softly pubescent as well as ttie 

 [obage. Leaves from ovate to lanceolate, obtuse or with a callous pouit .5 

 to 4 or rarely 5 lines long when narrow, erect or spreading, flat or slightly 

 concave, strongly ribbed underneath. Spikes cylindrical, dense and many- 

 flowered, terminal and in the uppermost axils, i to 1 in. long, softly pubes- 

 cent or villous. Bracts lanceolate or linear ; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, 

 acumniate, more than half as long as the calvx. Sepals lanceolate acumi- 

 ^l^ U lines long, softly villous as well as the bracts. Corolla-tube much 

 Shorter than the calyx ; lobes twice as long as the tube. Anthers attached 

 above the middle, with small, recurved, sterile tips. Hypogynous disk 

 toothed, at length separable into distinct scales. Ovary 2-celled, but often 

 woad and 5-angled at the top ; style short. 



^- Australia, Bnimmond, Wi Coll. n. 304 ; Stirling range, F. Mveller. 



31 L. carlnatiis, B. Br. Prod. 545. An erect or spreading, much- 

 fi-auched shrub, of 1 to 2 ft., glabrous or with minutely pubescent brancdes 

 Reaves oval-oblong, lanceolate or almost linear, obtuse, thickand ng'^b;tie 

 rniJub underneath prominent above the middle and sometimes almost as 

 ";^ich ribbed as in L. striatus, mostly 2 to 3 lines long but m soi^e spec - 

 »»ens longer. Spikes short, dense, terminal or in the uppermost axils. Uiaas 

 and bracteoles scarcely half as long as the calyx, rather acute. Sepals i/,^ 

 A? bne long, rather rigid and acute. Corolla H to 2 lines long, the lobes 

 °Dger than the tube. Antliers attached above the middle, with_ short, some- 

 ^imes very small, recurved, sterile tips. Hypogynous scales distinct. _ Uvary 

 2-celled, the summit usually broad.— J. tectus, Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 31S , 



elia carinata, Spreng. Syst. i. 658 (partly). 



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