leucopgon^ Lxvii. epacktde^: 215 



urous or the branches minutely pubescent. Leaves narrow-oblong or oblnn- 

 ceolate, with a short, callous point, contracted at the base or very shortly 

 petiolate, flat or sliglitly convex, often glaucous unrlerneath, in some speci- 

 mens 3 to 4 lines, in others about |- in. long. Peduncles axillary, very 

 short, erect, bearing 2 or 3 flowers. Bracts very small ; bracteoles obtuse, 

 not half so long as the calyx. Sepals 1 to 1^ lines long, dry, almost acute. 

 Corolla-tube rather shorter than the calyx ; lobes scarcely so long as the tube* 

 Anthers attached above the middle, olDtuse, without sterile tips. Ilypogy- 

 nous scales narrow, acuminate, free (at least in old flowers). Ovary 5-celled; 

 style rather long. Fruit obovoid or oblong, about 3 lines long. — X. mega- 

 carpus, p. Muell. Pragm. iv. 102; Styplielia megacarpa.Y. Muell. Fragm. 



Til Ovw. 



W. Australia. Swan River, Drumviond, n. 30, Freiss, n. 415 ; Murchison river 



vldfield. 



86. L. ruscifolius, R. Br. Prod. 54-5, Erect and busliy, glabrous or 

 nearly so. Leaves from broadly obovate to obloiig-elliptical, obtuse or acute, 

 but always with a short, rigid point, contracted at the base, slightly concave, 

 smooth and shining, ^ to l in. long. Peduncles axillary, very short, bearing 

 1 or 2 flowers besides the rudiment. Bracts very small ; bracteoles broad, 

 truncate with a minute point, not half so long as the calyx. Sepals nearly 

 h hues long, broad but almost acute, striate. Corolla about 3 lines long, the 

 lobes very acute, longer than the tube. Anthers attached near the top, ob- 

 tuse, without sterile tips. Hypogyaious disk large, tnmcate. Ovary broad, 

 nat-topped, 5-angled or almost lO-ribbed, 5-celled; style short. Fruit 

 OToid-oblong, twice as long as the calyx.— DC. Prod. vii. 753; StypMia 

 '■^'^■ci/b/^a, Spreng. Syst. i. 656. 



Queensland. Cape York and LizarJ Island, M' GilUvm!/ ; Endeavour river, Banlcs 

 andbolander; Port Bowen, Percy Island, A. Cunningham. 



5. An erect shrub, of about Ij 



. .".x..«Lc uutiicues, usually giaurous. Leaves crowded, erect and 



Often imbricate, sessile but often contracted at the base, obovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 out with a fine rigid point, slightly concave, under i in. long. Peduncles 

 axil ary, very short, bearing 1 or 3 flowers besides the loidiment. Bracts very 

 small ; bracteoles very broad, obtuse, not half so long as the calyx. Sepals 

 i. lines long, dry, obtuse. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; lobes as long 

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

 JJPS. Hypogynous disk crenate. Ovarj^ 5- or sometimes 4-celIed.— PO. 



87. L. imbricatus, R. Br. Prod. 54 

 ft " • , 'jivaficate branches, usually glabr 



^ro^. vu, 752 ; StypMia imbricata, Spreng. Syst. i, 656. 



This species 

 otlierwise resem- 



ha? T^ ^^^' Northumberlaud Island, R. Brown {Herb, B. Brown), 

 3 much larger flowers than L. ruscifonus and L. cuspidalus, which it otl 

 the ^^^i/^ii/1^3, Sond. I'u PL Preiss. i. 325, from the Paris Herbarium, appears to be 



same as Z. imbricatus, but the specimens I have seen arebut fragments. 



83 L. cnspidatus, R, Br. Prod. 545. An erect or spreading niuch- 

 ^^anched shrub, from under 1 to 3 or 4 ft. high, glabrous or the branches 

 ^mutely pubescent. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, contracted at the base 

 TT, almost petiolate, shortly tapering into a fine rigid point, flat, slmung, 3 



