Ejjacrk] Lxvii, epackide^. 233 



stigma small or clavate or dilated. Capsule loculicidally dehiscent. — Slinib?. 

 Leaves sessile or petiolate, articulate on the stem, sometimes embracinpj it 

 above the base but not sheathing. Flowers solitary in the apj)er axils or 

 along the branches, on peduncles usually short. Bracts numerous, covering 

 the peduncle and imbricate on the calyx, passing gradually into the sepals, 

 and forming an involucre round them. 



The genus is limited to Australia and New Zealand, and only one or perhaps two sj)ecics 

 wecomnioii to the two countries. With all its variations in the foliage and shape of the 

 corolla, it is the most easily recognized in the Order, difFering from all except Lj/sinema in 

 joliage and inflorescence, and neatly distinguished from the latter genus Ly the aestivation of 

 the corolla. The species, however, are exceedingly difficult to circumscribe by any definite 

 characters, the whole eighteen of the short-fiowered ones seeming to pass into each otlier 

 oj small gradations. 



F. Mueller observes, Pragm. vi. 71 and 72, that at least E. impressa has occasionally 

 several-flowered peduncles. I looked through the whole of the very numerous specimens in 

 the Kew Herbaria, as well as those of F. Mueller's own collection, and a considerable 

 ]l II ^^ ^""^^^ cultivated ones, without being able to find a single peduncle with more 

 ^an the normal terminal flower even in a rudimentary state ; but F. Mueller has since sent 

 e tlie specimens on which his observation was founded. They are evidently branches of a 

 ^tivated one, in which a few of the peduncles are in a state of abnormal prolification, and 

 J^ght, perhaps, to be considered rather as exceptional monstrosities than as evidences against 

 «ie value of the generic character. ■ * ' 

 Corolla-tube much longer than the calyx.* 

 ^orolJa-tube long and cylindrical, without impressions. Leaves 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, often cordate, mucronate-acute. 

 ^oroiia.limi, white, the tube red. Sepals acuminate, about 2 

 lines long I, E. longifora, 



Cn/iw^i,^'^ ^ed. Sepals shortly acute, about 1 line long . . • 

 T i^ 1 ^^"^^ ^^ ^^^^^"^ ^^^^t' mai'ked with 5 impressions im- 

 niedmtely above the ovary. Leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate- 

 lanceolate %, E. impressa. 



orolla-tnbe probably long andcylindrical. "Leaves oblong-lauceo- 



Corolla f ^^\^^^^tly mucronate, tapering at the base : . . . - 4. ^. sparsa, 



T J; ^^^''^^^ **i^^ ^he calyx or very little exceeding it. 

 ^a^es very obtuse. ^ 



Corolla-tube campanulate. Style very short. 



eaves sessile or uearlv so, ovate or oblons:, under 2 lines 



long. Flowers sm'all. 

 •*^ve3 mostly imbricate, and about 1 hne. Corolla-tube 



Without prominences inside ^- B. petropkiia. 



Leaves mostly spreading, 1 to 2 lines. Corolla-tube with 



a raised, transverse line inside 6- -^- ^'ff^^^' 



^aves distinctly petiolate, very broad, mostly 2 liaes long or 

 p »iore , . ' ' "^ ' ^ , . ri. E. corlacea. 



Lorolla-tnbe cylindrical/ Style Wg. 



oiems procumbent or trailing. Leaves petiolate, obovate to . 



g Oblong, Flowers scattered. Calyx under 2 lines long . . 8. ^. crassifoJia. 

 ems stout, erect. Leaves petiolate,'neariv orbicular. Flowers 



f terminal heads. Calyx above 3 lines. Corolla-tube 



included "^ 9. £'. rohisfa. 



terns erect, virgate. Leaves narrow, nearly sessile. Flowers 

 ai^ng the branches. Calyx about 3 liues long. Corolla- 

 j^ lubeexserted . . . 10. E. oMusifolia. 



^nsn^li*^\^^^^^^ ^^ almost acnte, petiolate. Bracts and sepals 

 short "" ^^^' CoroUa-tube not lougcr than the lobes. Style 



^^ves mostly ovate .... 11. E. myrfifoha. 



2. E. reclinaia. 



