214 



Lxvii. EPACUiDE^. [^Leucopogon, 



above 1 line long. Corolla-tube very short ; lobes exceeding the calyx, more 

 than twice as long as the tube. Anthers attached a little above the middle, 

 oblong, obtuse. Hypogynous disk entirely wanting. Ovary oblong, 2- 

 celled ; style filiform. Fruit oblong, compressed, nearly 2 lines long.— DC, 

 Prod. vii. 754; Styphelia esquaniata, Spreng. Syst. i. 658; L. fadigiatas, 

 Sieb. ; G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. 779; Styphelia fdstlgiata, Spreng. Syst. Cur. 

 Post. 67 ; Leucopogoji appresms, DC. Prod. vii. 754, not of R. Br. ; Fhane- 

 randra esquamata, Stschegl. in Bull. Mosc. 1859, i. 20. 



N. S. V7ales. Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sleher^ n. 108, and several others. 



Series 4. Plakifoli^. — Leaves flat or slightly concave or convex, rigid, 

 usually shining above, the veins fine or inconspicuous. Ovary 5-celied. 



83. L. cordifolius, LindL in Mitch, Three Exped, ii. 122. A tall, 

 bushy or spreading, much-branched shrub, glabrous or the branches pubes- 

 cent. Leaves nearly sessile, spreading or reflexed, broadly ovate or orbicular, 

 with a small rigid point or rarely quite obtuse, more or less cordate at the 

 base, thick and rigid, flat or somewhat convex, finely veined underneath, 

 mostly about | in. diameter. Peduncles axillary, verv short, with few, fre- 

 quently only 2, flowers or a single one besides the rudiment. Bracts very 

 small ; bracteoles very obtuse, not half so long as the calyx. Sepals \\ to U 

 Imes long, dry, obtuse. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; lobes about as long 

 as the tube. Anthers attached above the middle, obtuse, without sterile tips, 

 at length often reversed so as to appear quite exserted. Hypogynous disk 

 large, lobed. Ovary 5-celled; style rather long.— Z. rotund if oVms, Sond. in 

 ry Preiss, 1. 323, not of K. Br. ; Styphelia rotiuidifolia, F. Muell. Fragui. 



latifoUa 



N. S. V^- 



Victoria. 



Mueller 



cs A ,.^^ *^ Murray, F, Mueller; "Wimmera, Dallachj. 



S. Australia, Friendly Bay, Boston Point, Wilhelmi, from the Murray to St. A m- 



cent's Gulf, F. Mueller. 



W. Australia. Murcliison river, OldfieJd. 



8i. L. rotundifolius. It. Br. Prod. 546. A stout, erect, bushy shriio, 

 glabrous or the branches minutely pubescent. Leaves erect or spreading, 

 obovate or almost orbicular, obtuse or with a small callous point, tapering 

 into a distinct petiole, flat or slightly concave, mostly 3 to 4 Hues long. 

 1 edimcles axillary, exceedingly short, bearing 2 or 3 flowers or a single one 

 besides the rudiment. Bracts minute ; bracteoles very obtuse, not half so 

 long as the calyx. Sepals 1 to 1^ lines long, dry, obtuse. Corolla nearly 3 

 Imes long, the lobes longer than the tube, at length revolute down to the 

 calyx. Anthers attached above the middle, obtuse, without sterile tips. 

 Hypogynous disk rather long, crenulate. Ovary 5-celled, tapering into a ra- 

 ther long style.-DC. Prod, vii. 752; Styphelia rotundifoVm, Spreng. Syst. 



1. 655. 



Bay), Baxter, — L 

 be the short-leaved 



to ascertain the proportion of the parts. 



85. L. planifolius^ Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 322. A bushy shrub, gla 



