r 



J/wm.] LXVIT. EPAC11IDE.E. 239 



long and virgate, sometimes slioit and bushy. Leaves erect o^ sprcadin":, 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, tapering into a short, rigid point, keeled but 

 othcrvAise smooth or several-ribbed on the back, J to i in. lonj^. Tlowers 

 nearly sessile, either in the uppermost axils forming dense leafy heads, or 

 forming long leafy spikes along the branches. Bracts and sepals acute or 

 the outer ones rather obtuse, ciliate, scarcely decussate, the sepals 2 to 2^ 

 lines long. Corolla-tube as long as or shortly exceeding the sepals, the lobes 

 rather large. Hypogynons scales lanceolate. Ovary usually pubescent, and 

 the style always more or less hairv.— E. Br. Prod. 551 ] DC, Prod. vii. 763 ; 

 Hook. f. PL Tasm. i. 258, 



Victoria. Portland "Road, Uohertson , "Wilson's Promontory, F. Mueller. 

 Tasmania. Port Dalrvmi)le, R, Brown ; not uncoiiimoa in hilly districts in various 

 parts of the islund, /. D. Booker. 



? 15. E. paludosa, R, Br, Prod. 551. An erect shrub, with the habit, 

 acute naiTow leaves, and inflorescence of E. lanuginosa, and flowers the same 

 or rather larger, except that the rigid, acute bracts and sepals are not ciliate, 

 ^ud the style in all the specimens examined is always perfectly glabrous. — 

 1»C. Prod. vii. 762 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1226. 



N. S. Wales. Port Jacksoti to the Blue Mountains, It, Brow?r, Sieher, w. 81, and 



^ny others i Illawarra, A. and K Cunningham; in the interior, M' Arthur ; Berrinia, 

 It oolls, 



Victoria. Munyong mountains, sources of the Mitta-Mitta, Mount Useful, Mount 

 ^obra; snowy regions about Mount Wellington, F. Mueller. 



Trifling as are the distinctions between this and K lanuginosa^ they generally give a 

 aitterent aspect to the plant, and appear to be constant. 



16. E. heteronema, LabilL Fl Nov, Soil i. 42, t 56. A rigid 

 jnrub, sometimes under 1 ft. high and scrubbv, sometimes very tall or even 

 (according to C. Stuart) forming a tree of 20'to 30 ft. Leaves nearly ses- 

 sile, from broadly ovate to lanceolate, tapering into a short pungent point, 

 ^ot cordate, concave, smooth and ahnost veinless in the typical form, imbri- 

 J^te or spreading, | to nearly | in. long. Flou'crs in the uppermost axils, 

 oi-ming a short, terminal head, rarely lengthening into a short leafy spike. 

 J?^-acts and sepals acuminate-aciite, not ciliate, the sepals usually about 2 

 JJies long. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx ; lobes as long as the tube. 

 :?ypogynous scales short and broad; style short.— K. Br. Prod. 551 ; DC. 

 ^^^d. vii. 762 i Hook. f. PL Tasm. i. 259. 



Tasmania. Recherche Bay, Lahlllardiere ; Port Davey, MiUlgan ; high heatliy 

 l««^s between Franklin and Gordon rivers, Gunn; South Port, C, StuarL 



ar. '^ planifolia. Leaves less pungent, flat, the midrib and sometimes the lateral nerves 

 ^^^spicuous underneath. Flowera in a longer, leafy spike. Bracts and sepals acute, but 

 ««Wfl R™i^^*^' "iiEmtcIy ciliolate. Corolla-tube short, the lobes twice as loug,— -F. hefero- 



«> nook. Hot. Mag. t. 3257 (incorrect as to the corolla). 

 ^^\^7 ^^les. Swampy lands, Blue Mountain-s and N. of Bathurst, A. Cunningham; 

 %^,^T^'^«'-^^'*collectiou. 



at ST. ^ '"l^ ^^^iiiyong, Baw-Baw, and Mitta-Mitta mountains, Mount Aberdeen, etc., 

 ^^^ elevation of 3000 to 4000 ft., F. Mueller. 

 ^^smauia. South Port, C. StuarL 

 ^ ^^ha, Lindl. Bot Reg. 1 846, t. 38, may be a garden variety of E, heteronema. The 



