210 .LXviT. EPACRJDE^E. [Leucopogon. 



Queensland. Moretou Island, F. Mueller, 



W, S. "Wales. Port Jackson to tlio Blue MonntainSj R. Brown, Sieber, n. 105; JY, 

 Mixt. H. 409, and others ; brushy forest land in the interior, noith of Bathui'st, A. Cunning' 

 ham ; near Berrima, JVooHs. 



Victoria. Common on diy hills, from the Glenclgj Sohertson, to "U'ilson's Promon- 

 tory, F, Mueller ; in the interior on Victoria Range and the Grampians, and ascending 

 Mount Cobberas to GOOO ft., J^. Mueller ; Wiminera, Ballachj, 



Tasmania. Port Dalrymplc and Derwent river, F, Broicn ; very abundant through- 

 out the island in dry heaths, etc., J^ D. Hooker, 



S. Australia. Near Penola, Woods; near Mount Gambier, F, Mueller {Fragm. I. c)- 



72. Xi. brevicuspis, Benth. An erect, bushy shrub, ghibrous or the 

 branches and foliage more or less pubescent. Leaves broadly oblong or 

 almost obovate-oblong, minutely but rigidly mucronate, convex, with reciuTca 

 margins or nearly flat, mostly about \ in. long. Spikes axillary, very short, 

 2- or 3"flo\vered, erect or at length recurved. Bracts small, minutely mucro- 

 nate. Bracteoles mucronatc-acuminate, about half as long as the calyx. 

 Sepals 2 lines long, softly pubescent, mucronate-acute. Corolla-tube as long 

 as the calyx J lobes rather shorter, erect at the base. Anthers obtuse, with- 

 out sterile tips. Hypogynons disk large, with acuminate lobes. Ovary 

 glabrous, 5-celled. Fruit ovoid or ovoid-oblong, about 3 lines long, the 

 endocarp very hard. 



^V. Australia, Brimmond, 2nd Coll n. 249 ; Stirling Range, F, Mueller. Yery near 

 L. proplnquiis, but with the leaves almost of L. Richei, 



73. L. propinquus, R. Br. Prod, 543. An erect, rigid shrub of 3 or 

 4 ft., glabrous or the branches minutely pubescent. Leaves linear, rigid, 

 Avith a short, almost pungent point, convex, with recurved margins, \ to 1 i'»- 

 long. Peduncles axillary, veiy short, erect or scarcely s])reading, bearing 

 usually 2 or 3 flowers, but sometimes 4 or 5, or onlv 1 besides the rudiment. 

 Bracts small ; bracteoles not half so long as the calyx, all with a fine, rigul pomt. 

 Sepals nearly 1^ lines long, dry, mucronate. Corolla-tube shorter than the 

 calyx; lobes longer than the tube, much revolute. Anthers ^^^^^^^^^/S 

 the middle, obtuse or notched " " 

 toothed, readily separating into 

 long, with a broad stigma. Fruit 



lines long, with a thick, hard endocarp.— jji^. rruu. vn. i-^u , ^^jr- - . 

 pinqna, Spreng. Syst. i. 658 ; L. pungens, Sond. in Pi. Preiss.i. 324; ^ll/F' 

 Ua pimr/eiis, F. Muell Fragm. vi. 34, 



■W. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, J. Cunnhigham, and f'^^^,^^^^^ 

 bay and Cape Richc, Oldfield; Gordon xUev, Maxwell ; Cape Katuraliste, C(?/^e^i 

 River, Fraser, Oldfield, Pre'm, «. 366, 378. 



This has the foliage and nearly the inflorescence of L. racenmlosns, hut Js readily ^^^^^ 

 by the more compact spikes, more erect flowers, and short corolla-tnhe. '^'^^ ^ f _ ijg the 

 viata, indicated by F. Mueller with short leaves and obtuse bracts, appears to me to 



■d, without sterile tips. Hypogynous m^^ 

 ) distinct scales. Ovary 5-celled ; sty e rotner 

 ^"-■+ from nearly globular to ovoid-ob oiig, * 

 arp.-DC. Prod. vii. 748; SlypheliaF^ 



L. in&ularis. 



bbv, 



74. L. insularis, A. Cunn. ; DC. Frod. vii. 754. A rigid, scru ' 



much-branclied shrub of about 2 ft., gbibrous or tlie branches 9^^^.-, ^ 



Leaves very spreading or reflexed, linear or rarely oblong, rigid, jvi 



. pungent point, the margins revolute, mostly 3 or 4 lines long. -^"^ ^Iv 



axillary, very short, bearing 1 or 2 or rarely 3 to 5 flowers, erect or scc . 



