^^^- I-XVII. EPACRIDE^. [LeilCOJ)OgOH. 



besides the rudiment. Bracts very small ■ bracteoles broad, obtuse, not half 

 so long as the calyx. Sepals 1 to li lines long, dry, acute or mucronatc. 

 l^orolla nearly 3 lines long, the tube shorter tlian the calyx, the lobes longer 

 than the tube. Anthers obtuse, without sterile tips. Ovary 5-celled; style 

 rather ong. Fruit ovoid, shortly exceeding the calyx.— DC. Prod. vii. 751 ; 

 ^i/phelM cuspidata, Spreng. Syst. i. 657; Acrotriche aristata, Benth. in 



Hueg. Enum. 76; DC. Prod. vii. 757. 



■Rn^ir^''f^^*'-?."c,-^"''^''^^"'^™'^ Islands, i?. 5roK:« ; Percy Island,^. Cumihigham ; 

 Rockhampton, O Shanes^, BaUachy ; Warwick, Beckler.~^L L. lepfospennoides, but • 

 readily kao^vii by the long fine point of the leaves aud much longer flowers. 



89. L. leptospermoides, R. Br. Prod. 546. An erect bushy shrub 



or z 01 6 it the branches hoary-pubescent or rarely glabrous. Leaves ob- 

 long-lmear to linear-lanccolate, tapering into a short rigid or callous poiut, 



lll^'r^^ '?' T2^' """'^^^ '^^°^^ ^ ''^- Jong. Peduncles axillary, very 

 s ort, bearing 1 or 2 flowers besides the rudiment. Bracts small ; bracteoles 



.:. ; I " L?. '"''L'lt. ''^^-: f^P-'l ^^'^o^^t IX lines long, mueronate but 



scarcely acute, 

 tube. Anthers 



p ,, v-^- ^cpiiis auout If lines long, mucronace um 

 Corolla scarcely above 2 lines long, the lobes as long as the 

 irvnnnc v u * ^^^^f 'led near the top, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypo- 

 g} nous disk runcate, readily separable into distinct scales. Ovary 5-augled, 



Syst i e^'g ' '^'°''-~^^- ^'^■^''- '-''■ 751 ; Sl^pkeHa leptospermoida, Spreng. 



M 



Mueller 



brous o^^ri r ^^' ^\^'- ^'''^- 545. A low spreading shrub, gla- 

 in ° inonr 'T^' ^'''''^^^^ pubescent. Leaves crowded, erect or spread- 

 a s^lo t rt; r'fl f '^ T'f^ "^*° ^ fi"« P^^"Sent point and contracted iuto 

 ?nt 1 or^2 , ',f fl ' ""^T *• f^- ^""- ^^^^^^\^^ axillary, very short, bear- 

 bm Jl nnf h ,? T'""' ^''"^'^ ^'^^ rudiment. Bracts ve. v small ; bracteoles 

 muc ou.t! ; ^l T-f^- ^^'' '''^'^'^- S'^P'-'l^ s^'-'^^ely 1 line long, minutely 

 t^e .nlvt ' fP'^f^^' f I'lte as in L. rusclf alius. Corolla-tube shorter than 

 tfle calyx, the lobes slightly exceeding it. Anthers obtuse, without sterile 



Svx uPl"'f^^:. 7'"^'^ °^«^«i'J' almost truncate, twice as long as the 

 cai;x.-UL. Prod. vii. 751; Styphelia acuminata, Spreng. Syst. i. 659. 



£r!L;f "x^heiiToHrn^r^^ '°''> ^- ^'■''^"' ^^^ P^^^i^e station not recorded {Herb.R. 

 of L. rLcimuT^^Z "'■' ""'^ ""r^ «°°''- I* ''^W prove to be a narrow-leaved vane y 

 two. ''''^■^''""' '""^^ specimens of a Leucoj>offon from the Moluccas appear to connect the 



with^nm^emlf'^''^*??' ^\^''- ^'"^- ^^^- A rigid shrub of 1 to 2 fl., 

 i , • r^ TinoTr 1 ? \T'Y' ^""'^^^^ly pubescent"^ Leaves very crowded, 

 mch hvi ted ; r" '' ^-P"'"'^^ ^"^« ^ fi"« P'''"t, flat or concave, but 



SLTTxSLii T^T^ '"^ h9laclalh, 2 to 4 lines long. Peduncles 



aiiiicat. Biacts very small ; bracteoles about \ as loi.cr as the calyx, broad, 



