Judtrsonia.] - Lxvii, epacride^e. 257 



narrower, and more acuminate, forming an involucre above half as long as 

 the calyx. Flowers solitary and terminal, but sometimes on very short 

 branchlets, forming a terminal corymb. Sepals 2 to 2^ lines long, linear- 

 lanceolate, often pubescent and ciliolate. Corolla about as long as the calyx, 

 the lobes rather shorter than the tube, scarcely bearded, but the tube 

 hairy inside from the middle to the throat. Filaments filiform ; anthers 

 linear, attached near the base. Hypogynous disk shortly lobed. Ovules 



not numerous. Capsule oblong. — ■^prerigelia brevifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. 

 vi. 61. • 



W. Australia, Drummond, hth ColL Suppl. n. 70; saudy plains, York District, 

 ^reiss, n. 462. 



18. A. variegata, Sond. in PL Prelss. i. 334;. A small, mucli-branclieJ 

 shrub, wiA the habit, the narrow acuminate leaves of 1 to 2 lines, and the 

 inflorescence of A. micrantha, but with much larger flowers. Sepals pink, 

 nearly or quite 3 lines long. Corolla blue, as long as the calyx, the lobes as 

 Jong as the tube, bearded to above the middle. Tilaments and style more or 

 less hairy. Anthers rather shorter than in A. micrantha. Hypogynous 

 scales small. Ovules few. 



W. Australia. In the iTiterior, Preiss ; between Klug George's Sound and Swau 

 Kiver, Harvet/; along the Kalgan river, F. Mueller. From A. irevifolia, this species dif- 

 i«s chiefly in the long narrow point and small base to the leaves, and the shorter anthers. 



19. A. xnicrantha, R. Br. Frod. 554. A small, densely-branched, 

 heath-like shrub, rarely attaining 1 ft., and usually about half that height, 

 i^ves erect, uarrow, acuminate, appressed or incurved, minutely ciliolate, 1. 

 or rarely nearly 3 lines long, the floral ones linear, obtuse or mucronulate, 

 forming an involucre shorter than the calyx. Flowers solitary and terminal, 

 on short branchlets. Sepals linear-lanceolate, about l^ lines long. Corolla 

 about as long as the calyx, the lobes as long as the tube, bearded to above 

 the middle. Pilaments "slightly flattened, glabrous ; anthers linear. Hypo- 

 pnous scales small, oblong. Stvle slightly glandular-pubescent. Ovules 



.t ^^^,-r-DO. Prod. vii. 767 ; Sond. in PL Preiss. i. 382 ; Spreitgelia micrantha, 

 j| *-Muell. Fragm. vi. 61. 



W. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoining districts, R. Broicn, Baxter, 

 ^rmmond, ^rd ColL n. 185, Preiss, n. 461, and many others. 



23. EICHEA, E. Br. 



(Cystanthe, R. Br. ; PiHtis, Lindl.) 



Corolla ovoid oblon<r or conical circumsciss near the base, the lobes not 

 separating, the upper calyptriform portion falling off entire, leaving a per- 

 sistent ring or cup. Stamens hvpogynous ; anthers attached at or below the 

 middle, entire or 2-lobed. lIvpo<rYnous disk none or consisting of distinct 

 ^fales. Ovarj' 5 -celled, with sevefal ovules in each cell, attached to a pk- 

 ^enta suspended from an erect or recurved stipes proceeding from the axis. 

 ^;.vle inserted in a shallow or deeper and tubular depression of theovarj-; 

 ^tigma usually small, rarely larger and obscurely 5-lobed. Capsule locuhci- 

 JUy dehiseent.-Shrubs or small trees, with a Monocotyledonous aspect 

 'lie trunk often not branched. Leaves crowded or imbricate at the ends ot 



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