leucoj)o/jon.'} Lxvii. epacride^. 213 



sterile tips. Hypogynoas disk rather long;- Ovaiy oblong, compressed, 2- 

 celled, tapering into a rather long stj'le* Pruit oblong, obtuse, nearly 3 lines 

 long, succulent angular and sterile at the base, the remaining seed-bearing 

 portion striate and compressed. — DC, Prod. vii. 747; Stf/phelia niargarodes, 

 Spreag. Syst. i. 657 ; F. MuelL Fragra. vi. 36. 



Queensland, Saudy Cape, Harvey Bay, R. Broim ; Stradbrooke Island, Fraser ; 

 Moretoa Islaud, F. Mueller. 

 N. S. "Wales. Near Newcastle, Leichhardt. 



80. L. flavescens, Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 322. A shrub of 2 to 4 ft., 



with ereet branches, minutely pubescent, the foliage of a pale yellowish hue 

 ^vhen dry. Leaves rather crowded, erect, oblong-linear, obtuse or with a 

 minute callous point, flat or nearly so, contracted into a very short petiole, } 

 to ^ in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary on an exceedingly short pedicel, the 

 subtending bracts and rudimentary flow^er of the other species entirely want- 

 ing. Bracteoles broad, ciliate, about half as long as the caljx. Sepals 

 under 1 line long, almost acute, with thin, ciliate margins. Anthers attached 

 above the middle, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous scales shortly 

 acuminate, free or slightly cohering. Ovary oblong, 2-celIed; style rather 

 long. Fruit oblong, flat, nearly 3 lines long, Avith 3 to 5 raised ribs on each 

 side, and contracted into a stipes at least as long as the calyx.— F. MuelL 

 Fnigm. iv. 100; Slf/pMiaJiavescens, F. MuelL Fragm. vi. 33. 



W. Australia, King George's Sound or adjoining districts; Baxter, Preiss, n. 370, 

 I>nmmond, Wi ColLn, 312. 



Var. brevifolius. Leaves 2 to 3 Hues long, thicker and more striate, the floral ones not 

 exceeding the flowers.— Dr?;?«;?2cw^, n, 153 : near Mount Bland, Maxwell. 



The subtending bracts in this species appear to be entirely deficient, as in the section Us- 

 ianthoides of BracJiyloma, but the corolla-lobes are strictly valvate and bearded. Uie lo- 

 mge and general aspect of the plant is nearly that of L. crassifolius, but the want of bracts, 

 the 2-celled ovary, and flat fruit, are very different. 



. 81. L. blepharolepis, F. MuelL Fragm. vi. 48. An erect shrub, with 

 virgate brandies, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaves sessile, erect, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, shortly tapering into a fine point, flat or slightly conceive, ot 

 a pale colour, the veins fine and not promiueiit, under ^ in. long. Jrlowere 



Vervemon ,' :n ..r. j.. r TJ..„„fo .r^T,^ cmnll • hractcoies auout 



'gm. vi. 48. 



The 



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W. Australia. Towards the Great Bight, Maxwell. 

 Fjnous scales are exceptional in the geuus. 



^ "^2. L. esquamatus, R. Br. Prod. 546. A bushy shrub, with erect 



branches, glabrous or niinutclv pubescent. Leaves erect, sometimes imhncate, 

 l;'n"olate, rigid, taperi.ig into a fine point, flat, mostly | to J in long. I e- 

 !^"ncles axillary, very short, bearing 1 or 2 flowers besides the rudiment, 

 ^'•acts and bracteoles not half so long as the calyx. Sepals dry, obtuse, 



