^^■^ LXVII. EPACRIDE.E. [Leucopofjon. 



concave and em1)vacing the stem at the base, slightly spreading at the end, 

 mostly about 1 line or the larger ones l\ lines diameter. Peduncles in the 

 xippermost axils, very short, bearing 1 or rarely 2 flowers besides the nidi- 

 ment, forming a short, terminal, leafy coiymb or cluster, sometimes reduced 

 to a single flower. Bracts small, keeled; bracteoles nearly 1 line long, 

 broad, obtuse or very shortly acuminate. Sepals about 2 lines long, broad, 

 with shortly mucronate or almost obtuse often spreading tips, rigid, mi- 

 nutely striate. Corolla nearly 3 lines long, the lobes rigid, acutely acumi- 

 nate, longer than the tube. Anthers attached above the middle, tipped by 2 

 short, acuminate lobes, but without the sterile tips of Perojoa. Hvpogynous 

 disk lobcd. Ovary short, 10-ribbed, 5 -celled ; style dGndex .— ShjpJielk 

 cramjiora, F. Muell. Tragm. vi. 40. 



Australia. Between Moore and Murcliison rivers, Urummond, 6M Coll. n. 120, 



114. L. strongylophyllus, F. Muell. Tragm. iv. 101. Au erect 

 shrub of 2 to 5 ft., glabrous or the branches minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 rather crowded, erect or spreading, obovate or orbicidar, obtuse or with a 

 minute callous point, concave, prominently striate, contracted into a distinct 

 petiole, 1 to 2 lines diameter. Peduncles axillary, short, erect or at length 

 recurved, bearing 1 or 2 flowers. Bracts minute"; bracteoles broad, obtuse, 

 not half so long as the calyx. Sepals about 1 line lon-r, dry, almost acute. 

 Corolla about 2 lines long, the lobes longer than the tube, but erect at the 

 base. Anthers attached above the middle, obtuse, without sterile tips. 

 Hypogynous disk minutely toothed. Ovary 5 -celled ; style long and slender. 

 —Sti/phelia utronciyhphjllu, F. INIuell. Fragm. vi. 33. 



'W 



vtr. 



Saiidy plains, Murchison river, Oldjield. 



1 i S-^* *=^^ssifolius, 8ond. in PI. Preiss. i. 316. An erect, bushy 

 shrub ot about 2 ft. Leaves erect, oblong-linear, obtuse or with a minute 

 callous point, rather thick, concave, with about 3 ribs prominent underneath, 

 contracted into a short petiole, 2 to 4 lines long. Peduncles axillary, rather 

 short, few-flowered. Bracts small ; bracteoles obtuse, about half as long "s 

 the calyx._ Sepals scarcely above f line long, rather thin, ciliolate, obtuse, 

 with the tips often recurved. Corolla about l^ lines lono-, the lobes as long 

 as or longer than the tube. Anthers attached at the top, obtuse, without 

 sterile tips. Hypogynous disk truncate, readily separating into distinct 

 scales Ovaiy 5-celled; style rather long. Fruit obovoid, erect, about U 

 lines long.— Slt/p/wHa crassifoUa, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 33. 



W. Australia. Konkoberup hills. Cape Riche, Preiss, n. 386 : Cape le Grand and in 

 he in enor from Cape Paisley, Maxwell. In several of the specimens a few flowers may 

 be met with, probably diseased, having a longer tube to the corolla, and an elongated, appa- 

 rently barren, ovary, with a short style. This and the following species, without a close 

 examination, might easily be confounded with Z.>r^.,.^„,. ° ^ 



1 P^. F", <=°/y^o carpus, Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 322. An erect, slender 

 but rigid shnib, of 2 or 3 ft. Leaves erect, oblong-linear, obtuse or with a 

 minute callous point, concave, with about 5 sb^htly prominent ribs under- 

 neath, contracted luto a short petiole, 2 to 4 lines' lon^^ Peduncles axillary, 

 short, bearing 2 or 3 erect flowers. Bracts small • bracteoles obtuse, not 



