LeacopogonJl Lxvir. epacride^. 203 



as long as the calyx. Sepals 1 to 1^ Hues long, rather thin, oljtuse, oFten 

 coloured at the end. Corolla 2 to %\ lines long, the lobes rather longer than 

 the tu!)e. Anthers attached a little belo\v the prominent sterile tips. Hy- 

 pogynous disk truncate but readily separating into distinct scales. Ovary 

 depressed, 5 -celled ; style short. Fruit flat-topped, ribbed, about as loni;^ as 

 the calyx or shortly exceeding it. — DC. Prod. vii. 750; L.carinatus, DC. 

 l.c. not of E. Br. -, L, vitelUnus, Send, in PL Preiss. i. 309. 



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W. Australia. Lucky Bay, R, Broivn, Baxter; King George's Sound and neigh- 

 bourhood, A. Cunningham^ Eueg el., Olclfield^ Preiss^ n. 363. 



Var. riidis. Rather stouter. Leaves broader, from oval-oHong to lanceolate, thick and 

 strongly ribbed. X. rudis, E. Muell. Frasm. iv. 106; Stgphelia rudis, F. MiieU. Fragin. 

 vi. 32. 



W. Australia. Fitzgerald Range, Herb. Ohlfield; Bald Island, Oldfidd in Herh, 

 ?. Mueller i Cape le Grand, Maxwell, 



Both L. assimlUs and L. polgmorphiis arc allied in foliage to L. siriatus^nd L. carhiatus, 

 V\[ the latter two species have smaUer and dilTereutly shaped flowers, and the ovary always 

 2-celled. 



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53. L. Oldfieldii, Benth. An erect sTirub of 2 to 3 ft., the branches 

 and foliage softly pubescent. Leaves erect, lanceolate, obtuse, rigid, concave, 

 prominently ribbed, 2 to 4 lines long. Spikes short, dense, terminal or in 

 tlie uppermost axils. Lower bracts almost leaf-like, longer than the bracte- 

 oles. upper ones smaller ; bracteoles acuminate, fully half as long as the 

 calyx. Sepals nearly X\ lines long, thin, ciliate, rather broad^ but almost 

 acute. Corolla 2 lines long or rather more, the lobes 3 or 3 times as oug 

 as the very short tube. Anthers attached below the prominent sterile tips. 

 Hypogynous disk truncate or sinuate. Ovary densely hispid with white al- 

 most chaffy hairs, 3 -celled ; style short. 



W. Australia. Darling Range, Oldjield. The foliage is nearly that of the coarse 

 varieties of L. j)oliji)wrphus. but the ovary is very differeut. 



54. L. cucuUatus, R. Br. Prod. 545. An erect rigid shrub, glabrous 

 or with minutely pubescent branches. Leaves crowded, broacUy ovate or 

 almost orbicular-cordate, obtuse or with a small callous point, rarely obtusely 

 acuminate or those at the base of the branches passing into lanceolate all 

 very concave, almost condunlicate, smooth or finely striate, 3 to 3 lines long 

 or nearly 4 when narrow. Spikes short dense and few-flowered, terminal or 

 m the uppermost axils. Bracts like the leaves but very much smaller ; brac- 

 teoles strongly keeled but scarcely acute, about half as long as thecaljx 

 Sepals H to nearly 2 lines long, rather obtuse, coloured at the end, minutely 

 "liate. Corolla nearly 3 lines long, the lobes longer than the tube. Anthers 

 attached a little below the prominent recurved sterile tips. Hypogjnous 

 disk short, truncate. Ovary prominently ribbed, 5-celled or rarely 4-ceUed. 

 -DC. Prod. vii. 750; Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 320; StypMia cucuUaa, 

 »preng. Syst. i. 656 ; F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 32 ; Leiicopogon hrachjcephaUis, 

 ^^- Prod. vii. 746 ; Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 308 (partly ?). 



J«^- Australia. King George's Sound, i2. Browa, Uarveif, Preiss, n. 377 ; S«aa 

 'ver, p. Mueller, Drummond, \st Coll. n. 463. . ,, 



n Ifi?l' ^P^'=»uens. n. 377, have remarlcnWy large, broad, concave |<^^^%' '" ^gCthey 

 "• 461, they are remarkably small, but still very concave ; m Pretss s n. 383 and 6hi, mey 



