263 ■ LXVii. EPACRiDEiE. [BracojjJiyllunu 



Leaves G iu. to 3 ft. long. Panicle long, not secund, with very 



numerous flowers 1. 2). MllliganL 



^ Leaves 3 to G in. long. Pauicle secund, racerae-likc .... 2. D. secundum. 

 Mowers in a simple spike or head, solitary in the axils of persistent 

 bracts sessile between 2 braeteoles. Corolla with a narrow 

 tube, the throat almost closed by longitudinal folds at the base 

 of the lobes (Sphenotoxua). 

 Spreading stem-leaves reaching to the base of the spike. 



Leaves very spreading or recurved, mostly about 1 in. long. 

 Spikes mostly cylindrical. Corolla-lobes much shorter than 



the tube . . ■. 3. D. squarrosum. 



leaves very spreading or recurved, mostly above 2 in. long. 

 Spikes mostly ovate. Corolla-lobes nearly as long as the 



t^*^6 , , . 4. jD. Dyummondii, 



Leaves straight, not recurved, ^ to 1 iu. long. Spikes mostly 



ovate. Corolla-lobes nearly as long as the tube .... 5. D. phlogifiorum. 

 Upper portion of the flowering branch long and peduncle-like 

 with appressed leaves, the spreading leaves only at their base 

 or on barren branches. 

 Corolla-lobes nearly as long as the tube. 



Leaves straight, not recurved, i to 1 in. long 6, i?. capitatanu 



Leaves recurved, under i in. long 7. D. gracile. 



Corolla-lobes much shorter than the tube. Leaves straight, 



not recurved, under i in. long 8 B. par dp mm. 



Flowers solitary. Corolla-lobes with longitudinal folds at their base. 



^mall tufted plant with densely imbricate small leaves .... 9. D. minimum. 



The eitra Australian species belong; partly to the first and third of the above groups^ and 

 partly to a lourth group. The Sp/ienotomas are endemic in West Australia. 



Hook. /. 



damfoUa, but more 



brnncbing, with large terminal crowns of leaves, tliose under the panicles 

 Irorn 6 iu._ to above 3 ft. long, widened at the base, with Ion? recurved or 

 curled points the margins entire. Panicles in the original specimens not 

 above b in long and not much branched, in C. Stuart's specimens U «• 

 long, aenselj crowded with innumerable flowers, the rhachis often pubescent. 

 ;^orai leaves broad, membranous, shortly pointed, falling off very early. 

 J? lowers shortly pedicellate along the branches of the pauicle. Bracts and 

 bracteoles narrow-linear, very deciduous. Sepals coloured, lanceolate, con- 

 cave or keeled, about 2 lines long. Corolla-tube broad, contracted at the 

 iiiroat, sliorter than the calyx ; lobes shortly exceeding the calvx, recurved at 

 the end. Filaments quite free. Hypogynous scales trunca'te or 2-lobed. 

 Style short, with a distinctly 5 -lobed stigma. 



Tasmania. Mount Sorrel, MilUsan ; Mount Lapeyrouse, C. Stuart. 



ArfnVl^'l f'^^^^^J ^- ^r. Prod. 556. An erect shrub, not much 

 .. branched, flowering at 1 ft. high, but attaining several feet. Leaves spread- 



mL T/ f ''''''•'^!' *T'^''^ ^"t° ^«^g s^^'^ulate points, 2 to 4 in. long or 

 W. T «'^'T*- ^"^^^^^ narrowlind raceme like, sessile above the las 

 eav es, ot en 6 in. long, rather dense but the flowers all pedicellate and turned 



off Inn iV ^ ?''^^y*^^^^^ '^'•oaJ and membranous with rigid points, Uh^Z 

 off long before the flowers expand. Bracts and bracteoles exceedingly deci- 

 duou.. bepals lanceolate, acutely acuminate, about 3 lines long. Corolla- 



