213 Lxvii. EPACRiDE.^, [Leiicopogon, 



is outside of them, J find it always occupied by a long, black, loose body, apparently with- 

 out any remaiiiiuo; orgauization, probably a decayed grub. 



77. L. pendulus^ K Br, Prod 545. An erect, heath-like, busby sbrub, 



attaining sometimes 3 or 4 ft., with numerous, slender, glabrous or minutely 



pubescent branches. Leaves erect or scarcely spreading, oblong-Hnearj ob- 

 tuse or "■''^- " ^t_-..i. 11 ■ . .., , . . ^ ._ 1 



with a short, callous point, convex or with revolute margins, 2 to 4 

 lines or rarely nearly | in. long. Peduncles axillary, 1 to 2 lines long, re- 

 curved, 1- or 2-tlowered. Bracts minute ; bracteoles not half so long as the 

 calyx, very obtuse.. Sepals about 1 line long, dry, obtuse, not very broad. 

 Corolla-tube about as long as the calyx ; lobes twice as long, almost cohering at 

 the base into a campanulate throat, with recurved ends. Anthers attached above 

 the middle, linear, obtuse, without sterile tips, long in some specimens, short 

 in others. Hypogynous disk toothed. Ovary oblong, 5-celled; style rather 

 long. Fruit pendulous, ovoid-oblong, twice or three times as long as the 

 calyx.— DC. Prod. vii. 751; StypMla pendida, Spreng. Syst. 1.657; F. 



^- Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, aud thence along the range to Cape 

 Kiche, Drimmond, 2nd Coll. n. 268, Treiss, Old field, Maxwell, F. Mueller. 



Var. cuspidah(s, F. Muell. Leaves with a more nromiuent, rigid point. Flowers rather 

 smal cr.— Z. psilopus, Stschegl. in Bull. JIosc. 1859, i. 19. Lrummond, i>th Coll. n. 313, 

 the flowers not yet expanded. 



F. MueUer includes, as a plnriflorous variety, Z. unilateralls, which appears to me to be 

 well characterized by the iuflorescence as wcU as by other peculiarities. 



78. L. concinims, Bentli. A low, erect, very much-branched shrub, 

 glabrous or the branches slightly pubesceut. Loaves very spreading or re- 

 flexed, ovate or oblong, obtuse or with a small point, convex, shining, 1 to 

 3 luies long. Peduncles axillary, very short, recurved, 1- or 2-flowere(I. 

 iiracts very small ; bracteoles not half so long as the calyx. Sepals under 1 hne 

 long, obtuse or almost acute. Corolla-tube about 1 line long ; lobes about 

 as long as the tube. Anthers attached above the middle, linear, obtuse, with- 

 out sterde tips. Hypogynous disk 5-lobed, separable into distinct scales. 

 Uvary 3-celled or sometimes 2-celled ; style slender. 



W. Australia. Between King George's Sound and Swan River, Earvey, Vrtmrnond; 

 near A bany, Kojonup, aud table laud in the interior from Eyre's Relief, Maxwell, ia- 

 cluJcd by F. Mueller in L.pendulus- but, besides the difference in the foliage, I have neve 



Krnd's!tV2 cdh.'" ^'^ °'"^'' ^"'^ ^° ^°"^^ ^P^""^°^' '''''''''' °' ''""' ' 



Series 3. Micranthj^.— Leaves oblong or lanceolate, nearly flat or with 

 recurved margins. Ovary 2-celled. Flowers small and nearly sessile. 



79. L. margarodes, R. Br. Tvod. 542. A weak, straggling si'"!):' 

 witlipubescent branches. Leaves oblong-linear or oblanceolate, obtuse or with 

 a minute callous point, the margins recurved, rarely exceeding \ w- ^"^ 

 mostly under that length. Peduncles axillary, very short, bearing 3 or 3 

 flowers or sometimes only 1 besides the rudiment. Bracts reiy sn=aU . 

 brae coles broad, obtuse, scarcely half as long as the calyx. Sepals about i 

 me long, acute. Corolla-tube much shorter than the calyx ; lobes narrow, 



twice as long as the tube. Antiiers attached near the top, obtuse, without 



Pnmmond; 



