hucopogon:] Lxvii. epacride^. "217 



obtuse, minutely ciliate. Sepals scarcely above | line long, obtuse, minutely 

 cihate. Corolla about 1 line long, the lobes as long as the tube. Antliers 



659. 



Jiexifi 



Queensland. Shoalwater Bay, K Brown. 



i**. L. biflorus^ R. Br. Trod. 545, An erect shrub, with very spreading 

 branches, sometimes very straggling, glabrous or minutely pubescent. 

 Leaves oblong-linear or liuear-lanceolate, with a fine and rigid but sometime^ 

 very short point, flat or convex, shining above, mostly under \ in. long. Pe- 

 auucles axillary, exceedingly sliort, with two pendulous flowers or rarely only 

 one besides the rudiment. Bracteoles not half so long as the calyx. Sepals 

 a^out 1^ lines long, acute but not narrow. Corolla-tube as long as the 

 Cjilyx ; lobes nearly as long as the tube. Anthers attached about the middle, 



use, Without sterile tips. Hypogynous scales acuminate, distinct or 

 sightly connate at the base. Ovary 5-celled ; stvle rather long.— DC. Prod. 

 yi- vol ; F, Muell. Fragm. iv, lOi ; Styphelia hljlora, Spreng. Svst. i. 659 ; 

 i^'mrsus, A. Cunn. ; DC. Prod. vii. 751 ; Z. simills, Sond. in PL Preiss. 



not R ^^^^^s. Port Jackson, i?. Brown; Liverpool pLiins, J. Canningliam; Arbuth- 



^^^^It^Fraaer ; Darling Downs, F. Law, Mrs, Ford. 

 antl \r ^^^^' ^^^^^'^^^ Frvers Creek and Elphiastone, Haidingcr "Range, Mount Biu-kly 

 ^o^Qt Ligar (from the 'latter localities seen in bud only), F, Mueller, 



ul ^' setiger^ iZ. Br. Prod, 545. An erect busLy or straggling slirub, 



or the brandies minutely pubescent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 



glabrou 



J , ^ -^^^i-A^-LXl^O UllilUtt^lV ULllJOO^l^liL. J_iWCl y KJKJ J.mv.t.*i At_i a*^ v. v^vy *i* V*-- j 



^penng into a fine rigid point, flat or with recuiTed margins, shining aboi^e, 

 ^^os ly about ^ in. long. Peduncles axillary, slender, 2 to 4 lines long, 

 dring 2 to 4 pendulous flowers or rarely only one besides the rudiment. 

 W — ^^ s^^all- bracteoles not above J line long. Sepals about 2 lines 

 ^^ Y ^^gid, narrow, acute. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx, the lobes 



with^^f ^^ '^^ *^^^' Anthers attached about or above the middle, obtuse 

 out sterile tips. Hypogynous scales acuminate, free or shortly united. 

 g.-.5^^^-^^lled,--DC. Prod.\ii. 751; Stt/phelia setigera, Spreng. Syst. i. 

 ^^i ^-Muell. Fragm. vi. 45. 



severi lu^^^^^' ^^^'^ Jackson to the Blue Mountains, B. Brown, Sieher, «. 94, aiiJ 

 sepals .n ^' ^^^I'er tinites this with Z. hijlorus, but the long peduncles and narrow 



appear to mc to be constant, aud t^ive it a very different aspect. 



91. L. 



Leave 11 ^^^^^^^^®> ^' ^"^^^^^ -F/^i^/w. vL 3i. Brandies pubescent, 

 curved ^ S"^^^^^**^^ 0^ lanceolate, tapering into a pungent point, with re- 

 shorter f?*" revolute margins, not exceeding \ in. Peduncles axillary, 

 *thout ly ^^^^ leaves, mostly with 2 or 3 flowers. Bracts and bracteoles 

 rolia \4] ^^"^' Sepals rather above 2 lines, rigid, narrow, acute. Co- 



as lona OLitside, the tu])e rather shorter than the calyx, the lobes nearly 

 stei'iig f ■ ''^^ ^'*^ ^^^'^^' Anthers attached above the middle, obtuse, without 

 natg ^i?v\ -^^yP^gynous scales lanceolate, acuminate, free or slightly con- 

 Mueii P ^^^' ^^^^'>^ 5-cclled ; style rather lon^.—SfT/pkelia ejrolasia, F. 



goi. vi. 34. 



