Leucoj)o/jon.'] LXvii. epackibe^e. 201 



Series 7. Vikgat^. — Spikes all terminal or also in the upper axils, 

 short and dense, or cylindrical and rather loose. Leaves erect, concave. 

 Ovary 5- or S-celled (or exceptionally 4-celled). 



47. L. apicnlatus, E. Br. Prod, 542. An erect slu'uh of 2 to 4 ft., 

 glabrous or softly pubescent. Leaves erect or spreading, oblong-lanccolate 

 or almost elliptical, acute, but with a callous point, concave or nearly flat, ^ 

 to f in. lon^. Spikes terminal and in the uppermost axils, loose and longer 

 than the leaves. Bracts narrow-lanceolate, acute; bracteoles acuminate, 

 fully half as long as the calyx. Sepals \\ lines long, shortly acuminate, 

 often coloured. Corolla-tube nearly as long as the calyx ; lobes as long as 

 the tube.. Anthers linear, attached about the middle, with recurved sterile 

 tips. Hypogynous disk sinuate-toothed, readily separable into distinct 

 scales. Ovary depressed, 4- or 5-celled. Truit much depressed, not ex- 

 ceeding the calyx.— DC, Prod, vii. 745 ; F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 105 ; %- 

 Ph^lia aplculnta, Sprcng. Syst. i. G56; F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 31; L, Shuttle- 

 m-Uiii, Soud. in PL Preiss. i. 307, 



- W. Australia, Lucky Bay and Goose Island Bay, R. Brown ; Lucky Bay ?, Baxter ; 

 Cape le Grand and along the' coast to Cape Arid, MaxtvelL The locality, N. S. \\ ales, givea 

 by Souder wfis owing to a mistake in the lahel of the spccimcus he examined. 



48. L. polystachyus, 72. Br. Prod 543. An erect slirub, attaining 



Leaves linear 

 erect or scarcely 



several feet, with slender, virgate branches usually glabrous, 

 to lanceolate, tapering into a callous point, rigid, concave, e 

 spreading, 4 to 8 lines long. Spikes rather short, dense, terminal or m the 

 uppermost axils, usually crowded into an ovoid, terminal, leafy head. Bracts 

 small, ovate, obtuse; bracteoles about half as long as the calyx, rather 

 obtuse. Sepals li lines long or rather more, thin, but rather rigid, and 

 often pale pink. CoroUa 2 lines long or rather more, the lobes longer than 

 the tube. Anthers attached below the recurved sterile tips. Hypogynous 

 disk sinuate or obtusely B-lobed. Ovaiy (always?) 3-celled, although 5- 

 aiigled at the base ; style very short. Fruit as long as the calyx, truncate.— 

 I>0. Prod. vii. 746; Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 307; SUjphelm j>olydachya. 

 '^Preiig. Syst. i. 659; F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 31. 



W. AnstraUa. King George's Sound and ueigliboiiring districts, iJ. BrOKti, Drum- 

 ■>nond, 'hrd Coll. n. 1S9, Freiss, n. 363, 364, aud mauy others. 



49. L. virgatus, R. Br. Prod. 543. A low, decumbent or diffuse 

 surub, with ascending or erect wiry, glabrous branches of ^ to 1 ft. or rarely 

 more rigid and bushy. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, tapering into 

 a rigid but not pungent point, concave, minutely ciliate, under k in. long. 

 Jpikes short, dense, terminal or in the uppermost axils, or appearing axU ary 

 from the shortness of the flowerinrr branchlets. Bracts small ; bracteoles halt 

 ^ long as the calyx. Sepals about 1 line long, obtuse, scarcely coloured, 

 ^orolla-tube rather shorter than the calyx; lobes longer^ than the tube^. 

 Anthers attached a little below the short sterile tips. " "'^"^ 



truncate or obtusely lobed. Ovary broad, 5-celled ; sty 



Hvpogynous disk 

 le short.— I>C. Prod. 

 Labill. PI. Nov. Holl. 



(but not L. ff^ac. 



