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Lxvii. EPACRiDE^. [Epacris. 



the sepals about 1^ lines long. Corolla not seen, but the filifoiin style, i 

 ni. long, shows that it has probably a long tube. Ovary eutirelv of FpacrU. 

 —DC. Prod. vii. 763. J J 2' 



N. S. "WTales. Grose river, S. Brown. Specimens without flower of the Sydney 

 Uoods collection, Paris Exhibition, 1855, n. 148, M' Arthur, said to he from a shrub of 10 

 to 15 ft., appear from the foliage to be this species, which, however, must remain in some 

 measure doubtful till more perfect specimens have been examined. 



5. E. petrophila, HooJc.f. FL Tasm. i. 261. A low, rigid, depressed 

 or bushy shrub, the brauchlcts pubescent but concealed by the foliage. 

 Leaves sessile, imbricate and often decussate, ovate, obtuse, thick, concave, 

 prominently keeled, usually about 1 line long, or nearly 2 lines on luxuriant 

 branches, all only A line on some slender brauchlets. Flowers nearly sessile 

 m the uppermost axils, so as to form little terminal heads. Bracts and se- 

 pals obtuse, the latter scarcely above 1 line long. Corolla-tube campanulate, 

 not exceeding the calyx ■ lobes rather broad, obtuse, scarcely so long as the 

 tube. Hypogynous scales short, broad, truncate, sometimes slightly cohering. 



btyle very short.— ^. mkrophylla. Hook. f. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 273, 

 not of E. Br. 



Victoria. Summits of the Munyong, Bop:ong, Baw-Baw, Mitta-Mitta and other moun- 

 tains, at an elevation of 4000 to 5000 ft., F. Mueller. 



Tasmania. Stony places on the summits of the Western mountains, and at Arthur's 

 Lakes, at an elevation of 3700 to 4000 ft., Gunn. 



This species differs from E. serpym/oUa in its thick, very obtuse leaves, bracts, etc., but 

 may not be really distinct from E. Hgida, differing in the smaller, more imbricate leaves, 

 rather smaller flowers, the filaments more adnate, and the absence of any transverse thickea- 

 ing of the corolla-tube. 



^ T, ^1 -^l^^Sida, Slel. ; Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 64. An erect, rigid, busby 

 shrub, of 1 or rarely 2 ft., the brauchlets scarcely pubescent. Leaves almost 

 sessile erect or spreading, ovate or ovate-oblon-^, very obtuse, very thick, the 

 t luck keel promment underneath, mostly 1 to H lines long, but those of the 

 older branches sometimes 2 or even 3 lines when narrow. Peduncles in the 

 uppermost axils usually vety short, but sometimes above 1 line long. Sepals 

 1 to Ij luie long, obtuse or rarely 1 or 2 of them almost acute. Corolla- 

 tube broad, as long as the calyx, with 5 transverse thickenings inside, form- 

 ing more or less of a ring just above the ovary ; lobes longer than the tube, 

 broad, obtuse. Hypogynous disk exceedingly short or almost obsolete. 

 Uvary less depressed at the insertion of the stvie than in most species.— DC. 

 Prod. VII. 762. 



K. S Wales. Frequent in arid situations on the Blue Mountains, A. Cmningy*. 

 Eraser, Sieber, n. 90, Fl. Mixt. n. 488, and others. 



1 /nJ^n'T* ^^^^^™«'"e spreading, the keel sometimes less prominent. Peduncles 1 to 

 Mo, r. n °T ^^P«^;«^ obtuse.-^. Muelleri, Send, in Linna^a, s.vi. 252.-BIue 

 «;nTt frn ' t""'"'^' F^"'' '^^^ 4>ecimens examined by Sonder have a very different 

 aspect from the typical form, but others are quite intermediate. 



thf'jJfJZ °^ ^'"7^'^^f' ''I i» ^«ry closely allied to this species and to E petrophila. wifk 

 the ame obtuse sepals and bracts, but with the foliage approaching rather that of E. semj- 

 kfoha. The transverse thickenings of the corolla-tube in E riatda were evident in all the 

 flowers examined, but may possibly not be constant in the species. 



7. E. coriacea, A. Cunn.i DC. Prod. vii. 763. A tall shrub, attain- 



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