Lencopogon.'] lxvit. epacride^. 223 



W. Australia. Lucky Bay, R. Brown, Baxter. 



Var. nliciyius. Leaves narrower, very rigid. Sepals almost acute, not ciliate. Corolla- 

 tube ^\iQxitT.—Drum7nond, 



110. L. appressus, R. Br. Prod. 546. An erect shrub of 1 to 2 ft., 

 glabrous or the branches minutely pubescent. Leaves lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, tapering into a fine pungent point, minutely dentieulate-ciliate, 

 rigid, verj- concave, imbricate, mostly about 3 lines long. Peduncles axillary, 

 exceedingly short, bearing 1 to 3 small flowers. Bracts minute; bracteoles 

 Wd, mucronate, not half so long as the calyx. Sepals about 1 line long, 

 obtuse. Corolla very shoi-tly exceeding the calyx, the lobes longer than the 

 tube. Anthers attached near the top, without sterile tips. Ilypogynous 

 disk lobed. Ovary 5-celled; style short, ^l&hxQXXS.-^Styphelia appressa, 

 %reng. Syst. i. 658. 



N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, 22. Brown. Not seen in any other collection. The 

 plaat sent by A. Cunningham to De CaudoUe, and described by him as L. appressus, does 

 not differ from L. esquamatus. 



111. L. neoangUcus, T. Muell. Herl. An erect, veiy rigid shrub 



Oil to 2 ft. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, with a fine pungent 

 point, quite entire, rigid, concave, imbricate or rarely spreading, mostly 3 to 

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

 ii flowers. Bracts minute ; bracteoles broad, mucronate, not half so long as 

 ■tfe calyx. Sepals 2 lines long, verv acute. Corolla-tube as long as or 

 « 'gMly exceeding the calyx ; lobes shorter than the tube. Anthers attached 

 about the middle, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous disk lobed or 

 separating into distinct scales. Ovary 5-angled, 5-celled ; style long, usually 

 J^a'ry ; stigma peltate. 



Qiieeasland. Stradbrookc Island, Fmser. 



«. S. -Wales. New England, C. Stuart. 



Iliis may possibly prove a variety of L. appressus, but the flowers, especially the calyx, 

 are twice the size, the form of both sepals and corolla different, besides the differences m 

 niav •r'*"''*' do not appear, in this instance at least, to be due to dimorphism as they 



) possibly be ia some, but I believe very few, EpacridecB. 



112. L. obtectus, Benth. A shrub of 1 to 2 ft. or perhaps more, with 

 en long, erect brauches completely covered by the glaucous foliage. Leaves 

 " oadly cordate-ovate or orbicular, mucronate, rigid, concave, erect, mi- 

 J^^<^«te, 4 to 6 lines diameter. Peduncles axillary, very short, bearing 2 to d 

 ^'ow^ers not exceeding the leaves. Bracts small ; bracteoles not half so long 

 2 the calyx, broad, mucronate. Sepals nearly 2 lines long, lanceolate, 



^^^e. Corolla-tube nearly as long as the calyx; lobes rather shorter 



steri ?• ^^"^^^^^ attaclied above the middle or ne;ir the top, obtuse, without 



Ovarv s f u -^J^'P°S)"ous disk deeply lobed or separating into distinct scales. 



I. Between Moore and Mnrchisou rivers, Drummond, &th Coll. n. 125. 



^.}^^- ■^» crassiflorus, F. Muell. Tragm. vi. 40. Apparently erect and 

 J ^^""^^^ l^ranched, attainin>r 1 or 2 ft., glabrous or the branches minutely 

 f^iiescent. Leaves broadly obovate or orbicular, very obtuse, erect, very 



'vary 5-celled. 



