223 Lxvii. EPACRiDE^. \Leucomion, 





■ 106. L. pogonocalyx, F. MuelL Herb. An erect shrub, with virgate 

 branches, glabrous^ or minutely pubescent. Leaves erect, ovate or ov^ate^ 

 lanceolate, rioid^ with a short pungent point, concave, strongly striate under- 

 iieath, 2 to 3 lines long. Peduncles axillary, short, bearing 2 or 3 erect 

 flowers. Bracts and bracteoles broad, obtuse, about \ as long as the calvx. 

 Sepals 1 line long, obtuse, fringed at the end w^ith prominent cilia. Corolla 

 about 2 lines long, the lobes as long as the tube, very densely bearded with 

 white hairs as in most species of the section Ferojoa, Anthers attached at 

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

 cohering. Ovary 3-angled, S-celled; style very short. 



V/, Australia. Mouat Maiiypeak, Maxwell 



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107. L. breviflorus, >. Muell. Fragm. iv. 102. A glabrous shrub of 

 about 1 ft. Leaves from oblong-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, shortly taper- 

 ing into a fine rigid point, contracted into a short petiole, rigid, concave or 

 nearly tlat, smooth, with scai-cely prominent veins, 2 to 4 lines long. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, very short, bearing 1 or 2 erect flowers. Bracts very small j 

 bracteoles very obtuse, about half as long as the calyx. Sepals dry, obtuse, 

 about 1 line long. Corolla 2 lines long, the lobes longer than 'the tube. 

 Anthers attached near the top, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous 

 scales nearly free, shortly acuminate or toothed. Ovary 5-cellcd ; style rather 

 long. Fruit pendulous, obovoid, very obtuse, not exceeding the calyx. ■ 



W- Australia. Israelite Bay, Maxwell; rocl^y declivities of Stiriiug Kaiige, T. Mueller. 

 Allied to L. conostephioides and L. (nmeifolius. Differs from the former in its less concave 

 leaves and a -celled ovary; from the latter in the more concave, narrow acute leaves, short 

 corolla-tube, etc. 



_ lOS. L. durus, Benth. A stout, rigid, glabrous shrub. Leaves obloncr, 

 linear or lanceolate, with a short, rigid, almost pungent point, contracted 

 into a short petiole, thick and concave, smooth, witliout prominent ribs, 3 to 

 4 lines long. Peduncles axillary, exceedingly short, bearing 1, 2 or 3 very 

 small rtowers. Bracts and bracteoles exceedingly small. Sepals about \ line 

 long, very obtuse. Corolla li lines long, the lobes about as long as the tube. 

 Anthers attached at the top, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous disk 

 separating into obtuse scales. Ovary broad, 5-celled; style very short. 

 Fruit depressed-globular, 1 to 1^ lines diameter. 



"WT. Australia, Brummond, Uh Coll. n. 297. 



109. L. multiflorus, R. Br. Prod. 542. A stout, rigid shrub, with 

 pid)esceut branches. Leaves crowded, erect or scarcely spreading, linear- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate, tapering into a pungent point, concave, finely veined, 

 mostly about i in. long. Peduncles axdlary, short, bearing usually 3 or 4 

 or even more flowers. Bracts and bracteoles very obtuse, not half so long 

 as the calyx. Sepals about 1 line long, narrow but obtuse, ciliate with 

 short, almost woolly hairs. Corolla about 2 lines long, the lobes as long as 

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

 • Hypogynous disk lobed, readily separating into acuminate scales. Ovary o- 

 celled ; style rather long.— DC. Prod. vii. 74G ; Slyphelia mulfiflora. Sprang. 

 Syst. 1. 658 (not of F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 32, which is L. GUbertii); I- 

 Fraseri,K. Cunn. in DC. Prod. vii. 753 (not of Ana. Nat. Hist.). 



