Leucopo{jon.'\ LXVll. EPACUiDEyE. 205 



W. Australia, Dnmmond, ^rd Coll, n. 187. This and the preceding species arc re- 

 ferred by F. Mueller, Fragin. vi. 34, but with doubt, to L, hrachjcejihalus^ DC. (Z. cucul- 

 laius, Br.). 



58. L. ozothamnoides, V. MuelL Herb. Very near L.fmhriatus,^i\di 

 perhaps a variety. Leaves ovate, closely appressed and embracing' the stem 

 and occasionally opposite, as in that species, but larger, more prominently 

 striate, 1 to 2 lines long. Inflorescence, flowers, anthers, and disk the same. 

 Ovary similarly 3-eeIled, but densely hirsute with long hairs. 



W. Australia. Drj saudy situations near Kinderup, Oldfield, 



Sect. II. Hetekanthesis, Spikes or clusters terminal and sometimes 

 also in the uppermost axils. Anthers obtuse or emarginate, without sterile 

 tips. 



In this section the inflorescence is nearly that of Perojoa, whilst the anthers are those of 

 leuranthus. The first rather anomalous species connects the section with Perojoa, several 

 of the others have the aspect of Lissanilie or of Cyathoda. 



59, L. plumuliflorus, V. MuelL Fragin. vi. 29. A weak shrub of 1 

 to 2 ft., the branches and foliage more or less pubescent and hirsute with 

 rigid hairs. Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, very' obtuse or with a minute 

 callous recur\'ed point, convex witli recurved margins, under \ in. long. 

 Spikes solitary, terminal, contracted into an almost globular plumose head. 

 Bracts small, ovate, membranous ; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, acute, | line 

 long, ciliate-hirsute. Sepals 2^ lines long, the lower part lanceolate, tlie 

 rest narrow-linear and plumose-hirsute. Corolla nearly 1^ lines long, the 

 lobes shorter than the tube. Anthers oblong, attached near the top, emar- 

 ginate, without sterile tips. Hvpogynous disk lobed. Ovary 2-celled; style 

 very ^hovt—SlypheUa plamtaijior^y . Muell. Fragm. vi. 39. 



W". Australia. Between Moore and Murchison rivers, Brummond, Gti CoIL 7i, 122, 





2 in. long. 



A 2 -ii. luu^. opiKcs or rncemes loose oui lew-nuucidu, tuiiiinii.^ t*..- ^" 

 the uppermost axils, all turned to one side and more or less pendulous, the 

 flowers very shortly pedicellate within the small broad bracts. Eracteoles 

 jiot half so long as the calyx, obtuse or almost acute. Sepals 1 to li hues 

 ^ong, acute. Corolla 2^ to nearly 3 lines long, the tube longer than the 

 ^fn. the lobes shorter. Anthers attached above the middle, obtuse without 

 sterile tins. Ki;r,r.n.,T-..^.,« ,k^i .i„i„4. , ^j.+,.ooK; lnhp/1 Ovai-v 2-celled, 



tips. Hyp 



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Tiul^y"- '^^^*^*^'*' ^nmmond, Wi Coll. n. 305, 306 (these numbers applied to other 

 Plants m some sets) ; near the top of Mouut Blatul, Ma.meH ; Stirling Range, F. Mueller. 

 J\l X °™' distinguished by Stschegleev differ slightly in the size of the flower ; the 

 «ther eharacters given hy him do not hold sood in our specimen. Y. Mueller refers the 

 «P«c,es as a variety to L. peudulus. 



CI. L, Hookeri, Sond.inUnnaa,^\\A. 248. A low diffuse or bushy 



