233 LXVII. EPACKIDEiE. [Ej)acns. 



Victoria. Near Brigliton, F. Mueller. 



Tasmania. Wet soil, northcru ami soutlicru shores of the isliiud, J". D. Hooker. 



11. E, myrtifolia, Lahill. PL Nov. TTolL i. 41. t, 55. A stout, erect, 

 bushy sliriib, of about 1 ft., glabrous or with pubescent branclies. Leaves 

 shortly petiolate, crowded, ovate, often shortly acuminate but not acute, con- 

 cave, several-nerved, mostly 3 to 4 lines long. Plowers crowded in leafy 

 beads or spikes, nearlj sessile or on peduncles of about 1 line. Bracts and se- 

 pals of a firm consistence, rather obtuse or almost acute, not usually ciliafe, 

 the sepals 2| lines long. Corolla-tube scarcely so long as the calyx, tlie 

 lobes at least as long as tlie tube. Anthers partially protruding. Hypogynous 

 scales small— E. Br. Prod. 551 ; DC. Prod. vii. 763 (except as to A.'Cun- 

 ningham's specimens, which arc E. serpyllifolia) ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i.259. 



Tasmania. Eccherche Bay, LabUJardiere ; Port Arthur, /. D. IIooTcer. 

 f E.corywhijfora, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 201. t. 78 A, appears to me to be a slight variety 

 of this species, with smaller, more coucave and appressed leaves, but not otherwise differeut. 



12. E. exserta, R. Br. Prod. 551. An erect shrub, attaining several 

 feet, the branches sometimes short and crowded, sometimes long and virgate. 

 Leaves shortly petiolate, from broadly eUiptical-oblong or almost ovate to 

 narrow oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or almost acute, flat or slightly concave, 

 keeled or S-nerved underneath, 2 to 4 lines long. Flowers either'in the up- 

 permost axils forming leafy heads, or more scattered along the branches in 

 leafy spikes. Peduncles very short or rarely 1 line long. Bracts obtuse, 

 sepals rather more acute, varying from 1 to 1| lines long. Corolla-tube 

 rather shorter than the calyx, the lobes at least as long as the tube. Fila- 

 ments rather long, so that the anthers protrude rather more than in the allied 

 species. Hypogynous scales broad, but often veiy small— DC. Prod. vii. 

 763; Hook. f.Fl. Tasm. i.2G0. 



Tasmania- Northern parts of the islaud, J. B. HooJcer ; South Esk river, Launceston, 

 etc., Gmin, 



Var. vlrgaia. Leaves smaller, approaching those of K serpMfoUa. Flowers rather 

 smaller.-^, vtrgaia, Hook. f. in Hook. Lond. Joum. vi. 271 , and Fl. Tasm. i. 260. t. 7'J A' 

 Asbestos hills, lorktown, and between Ilobarton and IIuou, Gum. 



13. E. mucrouulata. It. Br. Prod. 552, not of IIooL f. An erect 



shrub, attainmg about 6 ft., glabrous or the branches minutely pubescent. 

 Leaves on rather long petioles, lanceolate, acute, tapering at the base, slightly 

 concave, obscurely keeled or 3-nerved, 3 to 4 lines long. Flowers in the 

 tipper axils, on rather long peduncles. Bracts and sepals rather obtuse 



when od, more acute wlien young, the sepals about 2 lines long. Corolla- 

 tube cylindrical, slightly enlarged upwards, shortly exceeding the cnlp, the 

 lobes much shorter than the tube. Anthers wholly included. Hypogvncius 

 scales short and broad.— DC. Prod. vii. 764: K FranklluU, Hook. f. Fl- 



Tasm. i. 261. t. 79 B. 



Tasmania. Port Esperance, R. Brown ; abundant in aniuially inundated places on the 

 Frankhn river near Macquarrie harbour, Gumi. Biowu's specimens are in young bud, 

 Gunn s are past flower, but botb appear to belong to one species. 



_ 14. E. lanuginosa, Zfl5///. PL Nov. IIoll. i. 42. t. 57. An erect, 

 rigid shrub, attaining several feet, the branches usually pubescent, sometiBie= 



