242 Lxvii. EPACRTDE/E. [Epacris. 



not longer than the eal^'x, the lobes acute. Anthers includecl or partially 

 exserted. Hypogvnous scales short and broad.— DC. Prod. vii. 7fiO; LoJtl 

 Eot. Cab. t. hi { E, puHcjens, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 844, not of Cav. ; E.tU' 



^fi 



Cur. Post. 64. 



ifoli 



N. S. Vy^ales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mouutaius, R. Brown, Sieher, n. 73, 74 

 and others. 



The spccied is also in ^ew Zealand. 



17. LYSINEMA, E. Br. 



Corolla-tube cylindrical, entire or separating at the base or altogether into 

 distinct petal-claws; lobes 5, horizontally spreading, contorted in tlie bud. 

 Filaments free from the base or more or less adnate to the corolla, especial y 

 towards the throat ; anthers linear, attached at or above the middle, wholly 

 or partially included in the tube. Hypogvnous disk of 5 distinct scales, 

 usually as 'long as the ovary. Ovary 5-celled, with several usually nmnerous 

 ovules in each cell, on a placenta attached to the axis. Style often thickeaed 

 above the ovary, inserted in a shallow or deep and tubular depression oi i 

 ovary. Capsule loculicidally dehiscent.— Erect straggling or virgate shrubs. 

 Leaves persistent. Flowers almost sessile and solitary in the upper axi^, 

 forming leafy heads or spikes or rarely more scattered along the branci . 

 Bracts very numerous, imbricate, covering the very short^ pedimcleb ^ 

 calyx, passing gradually into the sepals and forming an involucre roin 

 them. 



The genus is limited to Australia. It is very near Epacris, but readily distingm* ^ ^^^^ 

 the more strictly hypocrateriform corolla, with the imbrication of the lobes ^j''^^.^ ^,^t 

 torted, not showing one external and one internal lobe as in Epacris^ besides the ^^^^ . 

 tendency to separation of the filaments and petal-claws. Tlie inflorescence, ovary, |^" |^.j^, 

 centation show no constant difFerence. The tubular depression of the ovary ^'^'^^}'r :* j * {te 

 is deep in L.punr^ens, and rather deep in Z. lasianthum and L. ciliatum, hut ^*^^^ '! ^^tli 

 others, at least in the flowers examined, but seems variable according to *^*^ ^^^^^^i gunner 

 in which it is observed. The lower ovules of each placenta are usually reflesed, t j^ .^ 

 ones erect and the intermediate ones horizontal as in Epacris, but in after ^'"'^|\^^^gN ^H 

 chiefly the upper ones that enlarge, so that the seeds are usually (though not al . 

 erect from an apparently basal placentce. 



Leaves spreading, acuminate, with pungent points. Eastern species . 1- X./«"i^^" * 

 Leaves small, erect and acuminate, or spreading and obtuse. Western 

 species. 



Flowers distant in unilateral interrupted spikes. Corolla-tube to- , . ..,„ 



mentose; lobes very small . . . , %, L^UmnVi^^ 



Flowers close together, few or forming a dense terminal head or 

 spike. 



Anthers wholly included. Petal-claws usually cohering, at least 

 at the throat. 



Leaves lanceolate-subulate. Sepals and bracts scarcely ciliate. ..^^ 



CoroUa-tube under 4 lines i lobes acute ....... 2^, L. conspicii* 



Leaves ovate to lanceolate, obtuse. Sepals and bracts woolly- 



ciliate. Corolla-tube 5 to 8 hues ; lobes obtuse . . . 4. i- ciliaim' 



Leaves ovate to lanceolate, obtuse. Sepals and bracts bor- 



