198 LXVil. EPACRIDE^, [^Leucoj)o^on» 



drical, many-flowerecl. Lower or nearly all the bracts lanceolate anJ leaf- 

 like, the upper ones short, hroatl, acuminate, and strongly ribbed; bracteoles 

 not half so long as the calyx. Sepals 1:^ lines long, narrow, acute, smooth 

 like the bracteoles. Corolla under 2 lines long, the lobes much longer than 

 the tube. Anthers attached beloAV the short, recuiTed, sterile tips. Hypo- 

 gynous scales distinct, broadly obovate. Ovary 2-celled, with a broad top; 

 style short. Young fruit oblong. 



' "W- Australia. Swau Eiver, Brummond^ n. 25, Uh ColL n. 325. 



M 



38. L. gnaphalioides, Stschegl in Bull, Mosc. 1859. i. 14. A stout, 

 erect, bushy shrub, the branches and outside of the leaves softly pubescent 

 or villous. Leaves crowded, erect, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, concave, rigid, 

 prominently striate, mostly 3 to 4 lines long. Spikes short and dense, ter- 

 minal or in the uppermost axils, forming dense terminal heads. Bracts ami 

 bracteoles a1)out half as long as the calyx, obtuse, ciliate. Sepals narrow, 

 almost acute, 1^ to nearly 2 lines long. Corolla 2| lines long, the lobes as 

 long as the tube. Anthers attached a little below the rather long st!?rile 

 tips. Hypogynous disk toothed. Ovary 2-celled, short, not dilated i st}le 

 very short. 



W. Australia, Brummond, Wi ColL n, 152, oth ColL n. 318. 



39. L,. concurvus^ F. MuelL Fragm. iii. 144. A small, decumheut 

 shrub, with the elongated wiry branches, general habit, and inflorescence of 

 Z. virgafus, glabrous or liirsute with long, soft, spreading hairs. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute or the lower ones obtuse, concave, tLe 

 larger ones above \ in, long, but mostly under that. Flowers small, in 



short, dense spikes, terminal or iu the upper axils, or the clusters appearing 

 axillary from the shortness of the flowering branches. Bracteoles nearly halt 

 as long as the calyx. Sepals lanceolate, thin, almost acute, nearly U ^"'^^ 

 long. Corolla-tuhe half as long as the calyx, the lobes longer than the tube. 

 Anthers inserted below the rather long sterile tips. Hypogynous disk veiy 

 short. Ovary 2-cclled ; style very short.— X. apiculatns, Sond. in Liniisa. 

 XXVI. 248, not of R. Br.; Sti/phella concurva, F. Muell. Fragtu. \i. 36. 



S. Australia. 



Encounter Bay and Onkaparinga river, F. Mueller. 



Stems slender, 



erect and virgate, 1 'to 2 ft"^ high, quite glabrous.' "Leaves erect, linear- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate, tapering into a short, callous point, concave, veiy 

 finely vemed, the larger ones above i in. long, but mostly under that. 

 Flowers small, m short, dense spikes terminal or in the uppermost axils, o"^ 

 the clusters of spikes appearing axillary from the shortness of the flowenn= 

 branchlets. Bracts small ; bracteoles about half as long as the calyx, ^ 

 obtuse, stnate. Sepals f line long, oblong, obtuse, coloured, ciliate. CoroUj 

 1-4 lines long, the lobes longer than the tube. Anthers attached below ttj; 

 prominent sterile tips.- Hypogynous disk sinuate or lobed. Ovary S-celle^J^ 



flat-topped ; style very short. 



'W 



^eldj Upper Hay river, F. Mueller. The'sp;cies is very nea'r L. tenuis, but more slender 

 fte flowers much smaller, m more compact spikes, and a different calyx. It is al=o n«»* 



