ilonotoca,] Lxvii. EPACRiDEiE, 231 



DC. Prod. vil. 756; P, Muell Pragm. vi. 58; Slypliella scoparia, Sm. Bot. 

 N. Holl. 49 ; M. patens and M. propinqua^ A. Cunn. ; DC. Prod. vii. 756, 



Queensland. Morctou Island, F. Mueller. 



N. S. "Wales. Port Jackson and Blue Mountains, R, Brown, Bleher^ n. 97, and 

 others; in the interior, and northward to Cox's River and Mount Liutlsay, A. Cunningham ; 

 sources of the Gwydir, Leichhardt ; New England, C.Stuart; Clarence twqt, Beckler ; 

 southward to Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. 



Victoria. Port Albert, Latrobe river. Mount Disappointment, Grampians, F, Mueller ; 

 Stringy Bark Forest, Moberhon. 



Tasmania. N.W. coast, W. V. Bisslll, C. Stuart, 



yar. suhmutica. Leaves scarcely mucronate. Upper regions of Blount Useful in Vic- 

 toria, F. Mueller; ascent of Mount Lapeyrouse, in Tasmania, C, Stuart. 



4. M. ledifolia, A. Cnmi.; DC. Prod. vii. 756. A stiff, bushy shnib, 



glabrous or the branches scarcely pubescent. Leaves petiolate, oblong, very 

 obtuse, rather thick, flat, the margins slightly thickened, pale or wliite under^ 

 ^eath, the nerves coarser than in the other species, 3 to 4 lines long. Flowers 

 solitary in the axils or rarely 3 together, on very short peduncles. Brac- 

 teoles not half so long as the calyx. Sepals about ^ line long, ciliolate, 

 obtuse, but narrower than in M. scopana. Corolla fully 1 line long, the 

 lobes rather longer than tlie tube, and narrower than in M. scoparia. Ovary 

 1-celIed, 



N- S. Wales. Bleak open places in the Blue Mountains, A. Cunningham. The 

 species requires further investigation from more varied specimens. 



5. M. empetrifolia. It. Br. Prod. 547. A low, diffuse or prostrate, 

 Diuch-branched shrub, glabrous or the branches minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 ttore petiolate than in any other species, spreading or reflexed, ol)long, 

 ttucronate, thick, the margins revolute, smooth and shining above, white 

 U'lderueath, 2 to 4 lines long. Spikes distinctly pedunculate, though much 

 shorter than the leaves, nodding, few-flowered. Bracts and bracteoles very 

 small, broad, persistent. Sepals 4, broad, obtuse, about i hue long. Corolla 

 about 1 line bug, broadly campanulate, with 4 broad lobes, fully as long as 

 tiie tube, and not thickened at the tip. Hvpogyuous scales distmet. Ovary 

 l-celled.-DC. Prod. vii. 756; Hook. f. Tl. Tasm. i. 253. 



Tasmania. Mount Wellington, R. Brown ,- Mount Wellington, Lake St. Clair, and other 

 "ouu ams at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 ft., /. D. Hooker. F. Muelkr, Fragra. vi. o9 

 ^nsiders this as a Variety of M. scoparia, but, besides the foliage, the 4-,ueroas flo^-ers broad 

 <»rolla and free scales appear to me to be constant in all the specimens examined. 



, 6; M. tamariscina, F. Muell. Tragm. vi. 79. An erect or difl-usc, 

 jeath-like shrub of 1 to 2 ft with the aspect almost of Oligarrliena the 

 Jraiiches miiuitcly pubescent. Leaves crowded, imbricate, but very deciduous 

 irom the dried specimens, ovate to lanceolate, acute or acuminate, concave, 

 Fommently ribbed, mostly about \ line long and rarely attaining 1 Ime. 

 i'eduncles axillary, much sliorter than the leaves, slender, all 1-flowered lu 

 «i^ specimeus, sometimes 2-flowered according to T. Mueller. Bracts and 

 ■"acteoles very small. Sepals ovate-lanceolate or acummate, about ? line 

 J"^- Corolla I liue long, slightly pubescent outside, tlie tube campanulate, 

 r^l f ^^"Ser than the tube, each with a rather protninent mulnb, so as to 

 "lalte the bud 10 -angled. Filaments in some flowers nearly as long as tlie 



