Leucopogon.l Lxvii. epacride^. 207 



flowers without ever finding more than a single ovule, hut the corolla and habit are entirely 

 those of Leucopoffon, not of Monotoca. 



64. L. melaleucoides, A. Cunn. ; DC. Prod. \\\. 750. An erect, ro- 

 bust shrub of several feet, the branches usually minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 oblong-linear, tapering into a pungent point, flat or nearly so, suiootli and 

 shilling, rarely exceeding \ in. Spikes short, terminal, with occasionally a 

 few single flowers in the uppermost axils. Bracts and bracteoles very small. 

 Sepals obtuse or mucronate, rather above 1 line long. Corolla-tube shorter 

 than the calyx; lobes as long as the tube. Anthers attached at the top, 

 Tery obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous disk 5-lobed. Ovary 5- 

 angled, 5-celled.— i. linifolius, A. Cunn. ; DC. Prod. vii. 747 : SLyi'lidla 

 ImifoUa, P. Muell. Fragm. vi. SG. 



Queensland- Barren heaths near Redcliffe point, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham ; 

 Mount Lindsay, Fraser. 



St. S. Wales. Hunter's River, A. Cnnniyigham ; Hastings and Macleay rivers, Bech- 

 ler; New England. C. Stuart. 



This species has the foliage nearly of L. leptospermoldes, hut it is readily distinguished by 

 iHe inflorescence. 



65. L. pluriloculatus, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 37. A small but robust, 

 crect,_ bushy shrub, the branchlets pubescent. Leaves crowded, linear, rigid, 

 tnpenng into a pungent point, with revolute margins, mostly about ^ in. long, 

 i^ lowers in short, terminal spikes or racemes, with a few occasionally in the 

 uppermost axils, each flower shortly pedicellate within the small, subtending 

 uract and bracteoles. Sepals obtuse, i to nearly 1 line long. Corolla-tube 

 shortly exceeding the calvx ; lobes nearly as long as the tube. Anthers 

 attached near the top, oblong, very obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous 

 aisk lobed. Ovary short, haiiy, 5- to 7-celled. Fruit small, depressed- 

 ^ohMV^r.—Styphelia pluriloculata, F. Muell. Fragm. yi. 32. 



Queensland. Burnett river, F. Mueller; in the interior, Mitchell. 

 «■ S. Wales. Near Camden, Leichhardt. 



66. L. pleiospermus, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 41. An apparently erect, 

 oushy shrub, with pubescent branches. Leaves oblong-linear, rather obtuse, 

 jvith a short, rigid point, concave, finely veined underneath, mostly about I in. 

 'ong. Racemes terminal or in the uppermost axils, rather loose, but rarely 

 esceedmg the leaves, the flowers small and pedicellate. Bracts and brac- 

 teoles small, broad, obtuse, striate all at the base of the pedicels. Sepals 

 about \ line long, broad, obtuse, striate. Corolla li lines long, the tube 

 wice as long as the calyx, with the exserted part campanulate, the lobes 

 snort. Anthers attached near the top, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypo- 

 |nous disk truncate. Ovary short, broaJ, 7- to 10-celled; style short, 

 ^ruit depressed-globular, smooth, about 2 lines iWv^meier.— St >/pheha pleio- 

 »Perma, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 41. 



*■ "Wales, Leichhardt ; Barling Downs, F.Law. 



67. L. rabicundus, F. Muell. Herb, (not of Fragm. iv. 99). A gla- 

 brous shrub of about I ft., with rather slender, but rigid branches. Leaves 

 Petiolate, kuear or linear-lanceolate, tapering into a pungent point, rigid. 



