Leuco^ogon .1 Lxyii. epacripe^. 199 



J- praciHsy and hag precisely the inflorescence of Z. concurvus, F. Mueller (Fragm. vi. 32) 

 refers it to L. midlijlorus^ Er., ^\hich, however, belongs to the section TleuranUms. 



41. L. gracilis, H. Br. Prod, 544. An erect or diffuse slirub of 1 to 

 H ft., with slender and wiry or rarely more rigid brauclies, usually glabrous. 

 Leaves erect, linear-lanceolate, scarcely acute, concave, prominently 3- or 5- 

 ribbed, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long. Spikes short, dense, terminal, solitaiy 

 or clustered. Bracts small, membranous, but not leafy; bracteoles lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, about half as long as the calyx. Sepals scarcely 1 line long, 

 lanceolate, rather acute, minutely ciiiolate. Corolla about 2 lines long, the 

 lobes as long as the tube. Anthers attached below the prominent sterile 

 tips. Hypogynous disk usually lobed. Ovary 2-celled; style very short.— 

 DC. Prod. vii. 749; Sond. in PL Preiss. L 316; Styphelia gracilis, Spreng. 

 ^yst. i. 658. 



389. 



King George's Sound, R. Brown, A. CumingJiam^ Preiss, n. 381, 



ing tlie branches or the short axillary branchlets. Bracts small, green, the 

 lower ones lanceolate, the upper ones ovate, acute. Bracteoles not half so 

 long as the calvx, broad, ciiiolate, rather acute. Sepals thin, narrow, acute, 

 under 1 liue long. Corolla about 1^ lines long, the lobes as^ bng as the 

 tube. Anthers attached below the very short sterile tips. ""' ' " 

 scales distinct. Ovary 2-celled ; style short. 



'V. Aiiet'vai;i T?:i 11 T> Tir 71 AlfV,nii[r>i T linvp SPfi 



Hypogynous 



rimen it is a good 



a. Fitzgerald Range, Maxwell. Although I have seen but a single spe- 

 one, and does not agree with any species known to me. 



43 ? L. cryptanthus, Benth. A slender, nnich-branched, apparently 

 diffuse shrub, not exceeding 6 in., the branches pubescent. Leaves erect, 

 biiear or Unear-lanceolate, tapering into a pungent point, rigid, concave, pro- 

 minently ribbed, 1 to 3 lines long. Flowers few, very small and uiconspi- 

 c^ous, in short spikes, solitary or clustered at the ends of the branches, 

 lomiinnr littlp lpnf,r ..,.^^c ■n,.„„K-, ^\^\u^ +n flip leaves, and mostly exceed- 



in 



H 



^'uinig little leafy cymes. Bracts similar to the leaves, and mostly exceed- 

 ing the flowers ; bracteoles acutely acuminate, more than half as long as the 

 ■flyx. Sepals acutely acuminate, under 1 line long. Corolla rather shoHer 

 tlian the calyx, the lobes as long as the tube. Anthers attached by tiie 

 «iid(Ile, oblong, obtuse, with very minute sterile tips or sometmies none, 

 ypcgj'nous disk sinuate-lobed. Ovary 2-cellcd; style very short. 



^y- '^'^^t^'^"*- Swan River, Bnimmond, \d Coll. n. 12. The specimens are nume- 

 rous, and all small though complete with the root, the ends of the branches generallj re- 

 ^w^ed. The species should, perhaps, technically belong to the section Hderanihesu, but 

 ^e general affinities are with Perojoa, and the tips of the anthers have sometmes appeared 

 to me to be closed and sterile. . 



44. L. graciUimus, DC. Prod. vii. 747. An erect, heath-like shrub 

 ;^ 1 to 3 ft., glabrous or the veiy slender branches minutely pubescent. 

 "^"""es erect, appressed or imbricate, narrow-linear, obtuse, concave, about i 

 e or on the main branches 2 lines long. Tlowers small, m short, terminal 



Leav 



