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22 LX VII. EPACKiDEiE. [Leuco})ogo}u 



slightly convex, finely veined and often glaucous or whitish undenieatli, 

 under ^ in. long. Peduncles axillary, exceedingly short, bearing 1 or 2 erect 

 flowers usually longer than the leaf. Bracts very small; hracteoles very ob- 

 tuse, about half as long as the calyx. Sepals about 1 line long, obtuse, often 

 coloured at the end. Corolla-tube about 3 lines long, the lobes about 2 lines, 

 erect attiie base. Anthers attached near the top, very obtuse, without sterile 

 tips. Hypogynous disk short, truncate. Ovary 5-angled, 5-celled; style 

 long and slender. 



V^. Australia. Between Perth and King George's SouTub Earvey ; between ^foore 

 and Murchison rivers, Bmmmond, Uh CoIL n. 123. The specimens much resemble those 

 of the eastern L. Mitchellii, with similar long flowers, but the calyx is much smaller, be- 

 sides other minor differences. 



101. L. Mitchellii, Benlh, A glabrous and often glaucous slirub of 2 

 to 3 ft. Leaves sessile, narrow oblong, abruptly contracted into a short, 

 pungent point, flat or sliglitly concave, rarely I in. long. Peduncles axillary, 

 very short, bearing usually only 1 flower besides the rudiment or rarely 2 

 perfect flowers, which are large for the genus. Bracts minute ; bracteoles veiy 

 broad, truncate, not half so long as the calyx. Sepals nearly 2 lines long, 

 dry, obtuse. Corolla-tube 3 to 3|- lines long; lobes nearly 2 lines. Anthers 

 attached about the middle, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous disk 

 truncate. Ovary 5-angled, 5-celled; style long, the stigma sometimes very 

 small, sometimes broad and peltate.— i. cuspidatus, Mitch. Trop. Austr. 225, 

 226, not of E.Br. 



Queensland. Near Lake Salvator Rosa, MitcJiell ; in the interior, Leichhardi ; Percy 

 Island, A, CiiJiningham ; Mount Iledlow, Rockliampton, C. E. Porter. 



102. L. juniperinus, K Br. Prod. 546. A divaricately branched 

 shrab, with pid^escent or hirsute branchlets. Leaves very spreading, linear 

 or oblong-linear, with a fine rigid point and recur\^ed margins, mostly uiuler 

 I in. long. Peduncles axillary, very short, bearing usually a single flower, 

 with a single subtending bract or sometimes 2 or 3 empty, very acuminate 

 ones below. Bracteoles about \ line long, broad, obtuse, minutely nuicro- 

 nate. Sepals 1| to nearly 2 lines long, mucronate-acute. Corolla-tube 

 slender, 3 to 3^ lines long, the lobes very short. Anthers attached near the 

 top, very obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous scales distinct or slightly 

 cohering. Ovary 5-angled, 5-cellcd; style elongated. Fruit oblong, 2 to 2$ 

 lines long.— DC. Prod. vii. 753: F. MuelL Frasra. iv. 104; Lodd. Bot. 



763 (from the figure and description). 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller. 

 K. S. V^ales. Port Jackson, R. Brow?i, Sieber, n. 96, and several others. 

 Victoria ? Upper Macalister river, F. Mueller. The specimens in fruit only, ana 

 tljerefore doubtful. 



Series 5. Concavje. — Leaves concave or keeled. 



103. Ix- rufus, RndL in Mitch. Three Expei. ii. 179. An erect sbnib 



