Ij/shmia.'] LXVII. EPACRIDE^. 243 



dered l)y rrlsped teeth or lobes. Corolla-tube f to 1 in. 



long; lobes obtuse , . . • . 5. Z. fimlrlatain. 



Autliers long, linear, the tips exserteil and recurved. Petal- 

 claws entirely separate 6. Z. eJegans, 



1. L. pungens, Ti. Br. Prod. 552. An erect slirub with long branches, 

 hoarv-pubescent when young but almost concealed by the leaves. Leaves 

 ovate, acuminate and tapering into a rigid point, broad very concave and 

 shortly erect immediately above the base, then very spreading, \ to nearly \ 

 in. long. Flowers white or rarely red, sessile in the upper axils. Calyx and 

 l^racts forming a narrow involucre tapering to the top, 4 to 5 lines long. 

 Corolla-tube slender, as long as or rather longer than the calyx ; lobes broad, 

 nmcronulate. Filaments free or more or less adnate to the corolla-tube. 

 Hypogvnous scales narrow, acuminate.— DC. Prod. vii. 765 ; Epacris pun- 

 S<'"s, Cav. Tc. iv. 36. t.' 346 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1199 ; P. Muell. Tragm. vi. 70 ; 

 ^. attenuata, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 38 ; Lysiyiema attemiatum. Link, Enura. 

 Hort. Eerol. i. 211 ; Epacris rosea, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 863 ; E. riparia, Sieb. 

 fl- Exs., not of R. Br. ; lysinema Sieheri, Benth. in Hucg.Enum. 76. 



Queensland. Moreton Island, F. Mueller. 



N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 83, and others. 



2. L. lasianthTim, H. Br. Prod. 552. A slender erect slightly branched 

 shrub of 1 to 2 ft. Leaves linear, obtuse, erect, concave, mostly 2 to 4 lines 

 long- Flowers nearly sessile in the upper axils, but rather distant and all 

 fumed to one side. Sepals and bracts forming a rather broad almost ovoid 

 jnvolucre, all obtuse, more or less scarious-ciliate, the innermost sepals 3 

 lines Jong. Corolla-tube about 4J lines long, tomentose outside, readily se- 

 paratuig into petal-claws ; lobes obtuse, scarcely above 1 Hue long. Fda- 

 "leuts free or slightlv cohering to the corolla-tube. Hypogynous scales as 

 JO"g as the ovarv, broad, truncate. Capsule ovoid, as long as the calyx. 

 Seeds flat.-DC.'Prod. vii. 765 ; Send, in PI. Preiss. i. 329 ; Epacris lasi- 

 antka, Poir. Diet. Suppl. ii. 555 ; Lyshiema hrevilimbatum, F. Muell. Fragm. 

 111.U2, vi. 70. 



^- Australia. Wet places, Kin" Georo;e's Sound and adjoining districts, R. Brown, 

 ^rumniond, Uh Coll. n. 295, Preiss, n. 440, Oldfield,F. Mueller. 



3. L. couspicuum. R. Br. Prod. 552. Stems erect, simple or slightly 

 «>ranched, slender, virgate, 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves linear or lanceolate, 

 subulate, erect and appressed, scarcely acute, concave, minutely ciliolate, 2 to 

 ; ^inea long. Flowers sweet scented, nearly sessile in the upper axds, forming 

 * Hense cylindrical spike of 1 to 2 in. Sepals ami bracts naiTOW, acummate, 

 »"ite, the innermost sepals 2 to 2^ lines long. Corolla-tube slender, about 

 ^j'nes long, the petal-elaws and tilaments usually cohering but very readdy 



parating ; lobes acute, nearly 2 lines long. Anthers wholly mcluded, 

 tached near the top, the lower end usually shortly sterile. H)TOg}^^ou3 

 ^eales linear.-DC. Prod. vii. 765 ; Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 329; F. Muell. 

 '■«gm. VI. 70 J Ej)acris conspicua, Poir. Diet. Suppl. ii. 556. 



jeiS ^?«*ralia. Swamps and peaty places, King George's Soand and the immediate 

 'bfbouvhood, R. Brotcn, Brummond, n. 108, Preiss, n. 444, and many others. 



*• L. ciliatum, R, Br. Prod. 552. An erect shrub of from 1 to 3 or 



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