204 Lxvii. EPACRiDE/E. [^Leucopofjon, 



are small and much flatter but broader than m E. po!i/morp7u/s, to wbicli species tkj 

 ought, perhaps, to be referred as a variety. Some of Drummond's larger Swan River spe- 

 cimens have large and small, more or less concave, leaves on different branches, and they are 

 generally more acuminate than in those from King George's Sound. F. Mueller, Fragm. 

 VI. 34, includes, under Styphelia hrachycephala^ specimens which I should refer to this and 

 the three following species. 



55. L. sprengelioides, Sond. in PL Preiss, i. 319. An erect shrub, 



with ratlier slender glabrous or scarcely pubescent branches. Leaves erect, 

 sessile, ovate obovate or lanceolate, the larger ones very concave, embracing 

 the stem to the inidclle, shortly spreading upwards and nearly 2 lines long, 



rill r, T n 1^ rrmn f m* Tin w-ii\^i» ^t*r^^.'- .1 ^ *■] .• ^ 1, i. .1 1 1 1^-^ y^ ly^^i ^^ 



but the gr 



Spikes shoi 



/ ».iit iiimuic, suuiLiy sjjicauing upwaras ana neany 4' luit^s lung, 

 L-eatcr number crowded, very obtuse and scarcely 1 line long. 

 rt, dense, terminal or in the uppermost axils. Lower bracts Icaf- 

 ^per ones small : bracteoles vm-v nhtn=;f^. nbmit hnlf as lono^ as the 



-vi-.v^o oiiv^ii, vAviioi., iciiiiiuai ui UL LUC nppermosL axus. juower uracis luu 

 like, the upper ones small ; bracteoles very obtuse, about half as long as th 

 calyx. Sepals 1 line long or rather more, obtuse, minutely ciliate and some- 

 times pubescent. Corolla about 2 lines long, the lobes longer than the tube. 

 Anthers attached below the prominent sterile tips. Hypogvnous disk trun- 

 cate or sinuate-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 5-celled or rarefy 4-cellcd; style 



very short. 



^ Australia- Swan Elver, Drmnmondy 1st Coll. n. 27 mu! 461 ; York district, 

 rreus, n. 3'J7. Very near i. ciicidlaius, differing chiefly in the much smaller leaves. 



L. parvifohus, Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 311), hut not of DC, appears to me to be the same 

 mL. sprengehoides, ditferin.2: from L, parvifoUtis, DC. (which is L. ta-mariscinus), m the 

 leaves not acuminate, the short spikes, and the 3-celled not 2-celled ovary. 



obtusatus 



Erect with numerous 



short erect pubescent branchlets. Leaves sessile, erect, mostly imbricate, 

 ovate-oblong, very obtuse, thick, concave, the veins not prominent, about 1 

 line long. Flowers few in short dense terminal spikes or rarely also in the 

 uppermost axils. Lower bracts like the leaves but smaller ; bracteoles broad, 

 obtuse, not half so long as the calyx. Sepals about 1 line long, obtuse, 

 with scanous margins. Corolla about 3 lines long, the lobes longer than the 

 tiibe. Anthers attached under the rather long sterile tips. Hypogynous 

 disk shortly lobed. Ovary glabrous, 3-celled : style very short.— i. brevifo- 

 hus, Stschegl. in Bull. Mosc. 1859, i. 17. 



/ "^-Australia, Dnmmond, Uh Coll. n. 323; Mount Bakewell, Trelss, n. 395 

 (partly). 



fimbriatus 



(iiuyj. 



Var. elachopkyUus, F. Muell. leaves narrow, more conspicuously ribbed underneatli, the 

 flowers rather smaller aud the sepals and bracts usually ciliatc— Near Israelite Bay, Max- 

 well, also m Drummond's collectioa. 



-,, „„ ,^tsclmjl.in-Bull.Mozc.\^l^,\.\n. An erect shrub 



\ i\ *^^ ^^■aiit.-hes pubescent. Leaves erect and closely appressed, 



ovate or oblong, very obtuse, concave and almost embracing the stems, 

 usuaUy cihate striate but not so prominently as in L. ozothamnoides, rarely 

 exceeding 1 hne, occasionally opposite. Spikes terminal, short, dense an* 

 few-flo;yered. Bracts leaf-like but shorter and broader than the stem-leaves ; 

 bracteoles very broad with prominent keels, fully half as long as the calvx- 

 Sepals about 1 hne long, obtuse, with scarious ciliate margins. Corolla 

 about 2 hues ong, the lobes longer than the tube. Anthers attached belo^f 

 the short sterile tips. Hypog^ nous disk truncate. Ovary short, glabrous. 

 3-ceIled. Style very short. 



