240 LXVTT. EPACRiDEiE. [Ej)acrk 



figure Joes not, however, correspoud with any of our specimens, and the sestivation of the 

 corolla is represented as contorted, but perhaps by an error of the artist. 



17. E. serpyllifolia, R, Br. Prod. 551. A dwarf shrub, either erect 



and bushy or prostrate aud not exceediug 1 ft., glabrous or the branchlets 

 pubescent. Leaves ovate, rather acute or very shortly luucronate, 1 to 2 or 

 rarely when narrow 3 lines long, flat or slightly concave, keeled or obscurely 

 3-nerved underneath. Flowers in the uppermost axils, forming short leafy 

 heads rarely lengthening out into leafy spikes or becoming lateral by the 

 elongation of the terminal shoot. Bracts and sepals rather broad, acute, 

 often coloured, tlie sepals nearly l^ lines long. Corolla-tube scarcely ex- 

 ceeding the calyx, the lobes sliorter than the tube. Anthers sometimes par- 

 tially protruding. ITypogynous scales broad, truncate. Style rather long. 

 DC. Prod. vii. 763 s Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 260. 



Tasmania. Mount Wellington, R Brown ; summits of all the mountains at au ele- 

 vation of 3000 to 4000 ft., /. D. Eooker; also m Labillardiere's collection, but not in- 

 cluded in his work. 



Victoria. Munyong mountains at an elevation of 5000 to 6000 ft., T. Mueller. 

 These specimens have much smaller flowers, hut appear to belong to the same species. 



Var. sqiiavTosa. Leaves usually larger and often recurved. Flowers rather larger.—^. 

 sq^iiaTvosa, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 259.— Elizabeth river and Oyster Bay, F. coast of Tasma- 

 nia, Gtinn. 



S 18. E. microphylla, E, Br. Prod, 550. An erect shrub with virgate 

 souietimes rather slender branches, often flowering to a considerable length. 

 Leaves cordate, broadly ovate, shortly acuminate or acute in the typical form 

 or sometimes almost obtuse, very concave and broad above the ba^e, erect 

 spreading or reflexed, 1^ to nearly 2 lines long. Tlowers numerous along 

 the branches, small, almost sessile or ou peduncles of 1 or even 2 Hues. 

 Bracts and sepals obtuse or rarely the innermost almost acute, the sepals 

 under 1 line long. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx, the lobes as long as 

 the tube. Anthers wholly included. Hypogvnous scales short. Style very 

 short.— DC. Prod. vii. 760; Bot. Mng. t. 3658; E. ptdchdla.^m^.^^^' 

 Mag.t. 1170; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 194, not of Cav. ; ^. nV«/^n>, Sieb. ; 

 Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 64; E. auriculata, Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 7b; 

 DC. Prod. vii. 761 ; E. pedicellata, DC. Prod. vii. 761. 



Queensland. 



VTale 



Moreton Bay; Fitzalan ; Moreton island, F. Mueller, ,.. 



- Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sleber, «. 88, Sg, Dl, aud FL ^^'^\^'^^.l 



t>U, and others; northward to Hastings river anTlVIount MitchetT Bed^ler 

 Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. 



Var. GfmniL Leaves rather larger with longer points, hut much less acuminate^ thaa in 

 i. pulchella. Flowers rather larger than in the typical E. microphifUa, and the sep^u 

 rather more acute.-^. Qunnli, Hook. f. in Hook. Lond. Jouru. vi. 272, and Fl. lasffl- ^■ 

 2o6.t. 78 B. 



^' ®' 'Wales. Tu the interior; near Berrima, Woolls ; upper Murray river, ^. 



Victoria. Cobberas and Dandenong mountains, Genoa Peak, and others of the Aus- 

 tralian Alps, F. Mueller. 



Tasmania. Wet places in mountain districts, chiefly in the interior of the i^^laud, a 

 an elevation of 3000 to 4000 ft., /. B. Hooker. 



19. S, acuminata, BentJi. An erect bushy shrub of 2 to 3 fto g'^' 



