234 .LXVii. EPACRIDE/E, [Epacrls. 



Leaves most]j- elliptical-oblong ■. . 12. K e^seria. 



Leaves niucronate-acute. Bracts and sepals acute. 



Leaves on lowrr petioles, lanceolate. Corolla-lobes niuch sborter 



than the tube 13. jE'. tnficronulala. 



Leaves nearly sessile, linear-lauceolate. Corolla-lobes rather 

 shorter than the tube. 



Bracts and sc])als ciliate. Style hairy \4t. E. lanifgkosa. 



Bracts and sepals not ciliate. Style glabrous 15. E. pafudosa. 



Leaves mostly ovate, flat or coucave. CoroUa-Iobcs rather 

 shorter or rather longer than the tube. 

 Leaves mostly 2 to 4 lines long -,....... .16. E. keteronema. 



Leaves mostly under 2 lines long 17. jE'. ser^f/IHfoli^' 



Leaves broad and cordate or very concave at the base, acuminate or 

 acute, with spreading points. 

 Bracts and sepals obtuse or nearly so. 



Corolla-tube aud style very short. Leaves mostly under 2 



lines 18. E. inicrojphjiUa. 



Corolla-tube longer than the lobes. Style exscrted. Leaves 



above 2 liues \^. E. acnTninata. 



Corolla-tube shorter than the lobes. Style esserted. Leaves 



above 2 lines. Filaments long and thick 20. ^. ajnculafa. 



Bracts and sepals acutely acaminate. 



Leaves mostly under 3 lines long 21. E. ptilcheUa. 



Leaves mostly about ^ in. long 22. E. purpurascens, 



1. E. longiflora, Cav. Ic, iv. 25. t. 344. An erect sliriib, with long 

 strap:gling, usually pubescent branches. Leaves shortly petiolate or almost 

 sessile, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, tapering into a pungent point, rounded or 

 cordate at the base, several nerved, under \ in long and in some specimens 

 scarcely i in. Flowers usually drooping, on pedicels of 1 to 2 lines. Bracts 

 acute, often decussate. Sepals acutely acuminate, 2 lines long or rather 

 more._ Corolla-tube cylindrical, often slightly cui-ved, ^ to | in. long or even 

 more in garden specimens, crimson-red, except at the end, where it is white 

 as ^vell as the lobes, TTvno.rvnnnc cnaio. .i.^,.f ..^a ^^^r ^^-r^nr] frf^e or cohct- 



- wiu. ^pcu. 1. 00^ ; om. i^^xot. i5ot. t. 39 ; II. Jjr. Prod. 55U ; tioi. mu^- - 

 982; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 21 • E. mimafa, LindL Bot. Eeg. 1845, t. 5. 



N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, E. Brown, Sleber, n, 85, and many others; Monn* 

 Lindsay, IF. Hill. ' ^ ' -J 



2. E. reclinata^ A. Cunn. ITerL A depressed, straggling, niucli- 

 branched shrub, usually under ■ 1 ft. high the brancldets pubescent. 

 Leaves distinctly petiolate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, rounded or 

 Slightly cordate at the base, shining above, smooth or keeled underneath, ^ 

 to 3 lines long. Flowers spreading or drooping, on pedicels of i to 1 hne. 

 Bracts ovate, acute. R/^»a..u ««,,4.„ i,. .i „^^ ^ ='. , ^ ,__ 77 ;«,.^;^«r/7. not 



much exceeding 1 line. Coi 



Inner. 01 



single colour, apparently red 

 prtssa. Hypogynous scales 



not of R. Br, 



, without any trace of the impressions of 3. *?«- 

 short and broad.— i^. ruscifoUa, Sieb. PI. ^^~> 



^ "• P- "^^f^^"* „?'""P shelving rocks iu raviucs of the Blue Mouutalus, A. Cannlnl 

 ham, also oieber, n. 82. 



