Epacris,] Lxvn. epacrtde.e. 241 



brous or the branchlets pubescent. Leaves ne<nrly sessile, ovate, aeiite or 

 tapering into a pungent point, erect concave and clasping tlie stem at the 

 base, spreading or recurved towards the end, 2 to 3 or rai-ely 4 lines long. 

 Flowers few, nearly sessile in the ui)permost axils. Bracts and sepals rather 

 broad, cillate, acute but not acuminate, the sepals nearly 1|- lines long. Co- 

 rolla-tube about as long as the calyx, the lobes obtuse, shorter than the tube. 

 Filaments half as long as the lobes, the anthers wholly exserted. Hypogy- 

 nous scales ovate-triangular, obtuse. Style exserted. — U, miicronulata, Ilook. 

 1. Fl. Tasm. i. 258, not of K. Br. 



Tasmania. Hobarton, New Norfolk, Qtmn ; Mount Wellington, /. B.Hooker; N. 

 "'• Bay, C. Stmrt. 



TFales. 340, A strasrdiug 



snmb, the young branches pubescent or villous but nearly concealed by the 

 ullage. Leaves broadly cor(hite-ovate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, very 

 concave near the base, 3 to 4 lines long. Flowers along the branches, nearly 

 fessile, mostly shorter than the leaves. Bracts and sepals obtuse or the 

 iimer ones almost acute, the sepals about \\ lines long. Corolla-tube 

 shorter than the calyx, readily splitting into petal-claws, the lobes longer 

 tnaa the tube. Filaments very shortly atlnate, the free part thicker than in 

 the other species ; anthers large, included in the corolla-tube, Hypogynous 

 scales very short. Ovarv not much depressed round tlie style, which 13 

 ^■ather long and thickened' above the base.— DC. Prod. vii. 761. 



W.S.Wales. Hare in roclij ravines near King's Table Land, Blue Mountains,^. 

 ^nmngham. The specimens have much the aspect of E, purpurasceus, but with smaller 

 som^'*^' ^^^ ^^^ normal in the specimens examined) thev show a structure approachiug iu 



me respects that of Lijsinema, although with the estivation of Epacris, 



21 E. pnlchella. Cm. Ic, iv. 26. t. 345. An erect shrub with virgate 



ranches minutely pubeseent. Leaves spreading, nearly sessile, cordate- 



^ate, acuminate, tapering into a rigid point, broad and very concave near 



"e base, mostly 2 to nearly 3 lines long. Flowers along the branches on 



ery short peduncles. Inner bracts and sepals acutely acuminate, the sepals 



tJ^' 2 lines long. Corolla-tube broad, as long as the calyx, the lobes 



poller obtuse, scarcely shorter than the tube. Hypogynous scales short and 



;^.^ad. Style rather long.— R. Br. Prod. 550; DC. Prod. vii. 7G0 ; E. 



f^rpurascem, Sieb. PL Exs., not of E. Br. 



^mcefi ^''^^^' ^^^ Jackson, K Brown, Sleber, n, 87; and others ; Richmonil river, 



^ riparia, R. Br. Prod. 550 ; DC. Prod. vii. 761, from Grose river, appeals to be the 

 species but with larger Hatter leaves, mostly 3 to 4 lii.es long. 



'*_^^- E. purpurascens, R. Br, Frod. 550. An erect rigid shrub of 

 ^2^ ^^^^> the brandies often elongated and completely covered by the 

 anrr^' "^^^^'^^^ °^*^te, acnniinate and tapering into a pungent pouit, broad 



fi rounded or cordate at tlie base, very concave and embracing the stem in 

 ^ io\ver part, spreading or recurved upu^ards, mostly \ in. long or rather 

 n^n n ^^^^^^s along the branches sessile or very shortly pedunculate and 

 a!?'^y shorter than the leaves, Avhite or more or less tinged with red. Bracts 



\ s^P'-ils acutely acuminate, the sepals about 3 lines long. Corolla-tube 



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