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(| margins rcciirvcJ, 1 to 2 lines long. Flowers rather larger tlian in L. atknn^ 

 ™, and as iu that species solitary or 2 together in each axil, but crowded so 

 as to form leafy spikes. Bracteoles mucronate-acute, more than half as long 

 as the calyx. Sepals narrow, very acute, nearly 2 lines long. Corolla fully 

 -5 lines long, the tube short, the lobes longer, with very white beards. Aii- 

 tliers attached near the top, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogyuous di^k 

 ^'1^7 short. Ovary 5 -celled, tapering into the style. 



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N. S. Wales. :^cw England, C, StuarL 



oEKiEs 2. ERicoiDEiE. — Lcaves naiTow (I to 1 in.) except in L.conciiinm^ 

 ^Mth recurved or revolute margins. Flowers 3 or more together, in sessile or 

 shortly pedunculate axillary clusters. Ovary 5- or 3-celled. 



Z^^- ^* nraticus, R. Br, Prod. 543. An erect shrub, glabrous or the 

 tranches minutely pubescent. Leaves oblong-linear or oblanceolate, obtuse 

 Oj" ^^Uli a minute, callous point, flat or the margins slightly recurved, mostly 

 aoout^ in. long, the lower ones sometimes short and broad. Spikes axil- 

 ^'l^y, few-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Bracts and bracteoles broad, 

 obtuse, about half as long as the calyx. Sepals about 1 line long or scarcely 

 more, rather narrow, obtuse. Corolla-tube about as long as the sepals; 

 Jobes as long as the tube. Anthers attached near the top, obtuse, without 



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Ovary oblong, 

 labrous or 



s enle tips. Hypogynous disk separable into truncate scales. Ovj 

 5-cdIed, tapering into the rather long style. Drupe oblong, gia^.v^c.^ ^. 

 ^^^17) twice as long as the calyx, very obtuse, prominently 5-angled.— DC. 

 ^roa vn. 747 ; X. appressus, Sieb. PL Exs., not of R. Br. ; BtypUlia miitlca, 

 *.Mucll. Fragm. vi. 45. 



^. ^'^^^^^' I'ort Jactson and Blue Mountains, K Brown, Sieber.n, 101, i^/. 

 the fl ^' ^^^ ^^"^ others. There appears to be a slight degree oniulsexuality \i\ 



J '^^ L. ericoides, R. Br. Trod. 543. A heath-like shrub, sometimes 

 w and difl'use, sometimes erect and attaining several feet, j;;labrous or the 

 ranches and even the foliage more or less pubescent. Leaves mostly oblong- 

 "lear, obtuse, mucronate, i to ^ in. long, but sometimes narrow and acute, 

 ""' specially the lower ones, small broadly oblong or even ovate, always with 

 ecurved or revolute margins. Flowers few together, in close axillary clusters' 



or spikes, rarely exceeding tiie leaves, but the spikes sometimes so numerous 



r,l T ^^"^' *^^"^^' ^^^'i' racemes. Bracteoles about half as long as the 

 ''y^- Sepals scarcely 1 line long and sometimes shorter, naiTow, mucroim- 



latp -"('"'■=' owtiiuciy i line long ana someimics suuuci, uniiw.., iimv^xv^..^- 

 j ; Corolla variable in size, usually about 3 lines long, the lobes rather 

 ster^fr " ^^''^ ^^'^^' -■^^^thers linear, attached near the top, obtuse, without 

 T)uh ^ Uypogynous scales free or slightly cohering. Ovary o-cellcd, 



\kIT^^\ "'' ^""'y' °^' ^^^^^"^ glabrous; style rather long. Frnit small, 

 Knl'^ ^"^' often curved when partiaUy abortive.— DC. Prod. vii. 747; 

 Mni' ?;^^- ^^'°^- i- 250; StypMia erkoides, Sm. PI. N. Holl. 48; F. 

 ih^l'v^"^- "• 45; Epacris spuria, Cav. Ic. iv. 27. t. 347 (not good) ; 

 ^Weha spuria, Poir. Diet. vii. 485 ; S. trichocarpa, Labill. PI. Nov. Holl. 

 ii 747 ^^°^ Sood) ; Leucopogon trichocarpus, E. Br. Prod. 543 ; DC. Prod. 



vii. 747. 



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