410 EPACRIDEZ. [Pentachondra.. 
5, filaments inserted near the top of the corolla-tube, long or short ; 
anthers exserted or included. Hypogynous scales free or connate. 
Ovary 5-celled ; style long or short ; stigma small ; ovules solitary, 
pendulous from the top of the cell. Fruit a baccate drupe with 5 
(or more) distinct 1-seeded pyrenes or nuts, sometimes fewer by 
abortion. 
A small genus of 4 or 5 species, confined to the mountains of Australia, 
Tasmania, and New Zealand. The single New Zealand species has the range of 
the genus. 
1. P. pumila, &. Br. Prodr. 549.—A much and closely branched 
dwarf shrub 2-6in. high; stems stout, woody, procumbent ; 
branches ascending, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves numerous, 
crowded, suberect, $-1in. long, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse or 
with a callous tip, glossy, concave above, 8—-7-nerved beneath ; 
margins finely ciliolate. Flowers almost sessile, solitary at the tips. 
of the branchlets, about din. long, white or red. Bracts several, 
sinall, obtuse; bracteoles much shorter than the calyx. Sepals 
obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube cylindrical, much longer than the 
calyx; lobes short, recurved, bearded within. Berry rather large, 
$-41n. diam., globose or broadly pyriform, red; pyrenes quite 
free, varying in number from 5 to 10, but usually 8.—A. Rich. Fl. 
Now. Zel. 217; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 410; Raoul, Choia, 44; 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 166; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 178; Benth. 
Fl. Austral. wv. 164. P. rubra, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. 
(1896) 601. P. polyphylla, Col. l.c. xxxi. (1899) 274. Trochocarpa. 
nove-zealandie, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 602. 
Epacris pumila, Forst. Prodr. n. 70. 
NortH anp SourH Isuanps, STEWART Istanp: Abundant in hilly and 
mountainous districts from Cape Colville and the East Cape southwards. 
Chiefly found between 2000 ft. and 5000 ft., but descends to sea-level on Stewart 
Island. December-February. 
2. CYATHODES, Labill. 
Shrubs, sometimes tall and erect, sometimes low-growing and 
diffuse or prostrate. Leaves scattered or imbricate, flat or convex, 
striate, often white beneath. Flowers small, axillary and solitary, 
on short peduncles; bracts several, imbricating, the uppermost 
larger and almost concealing the calyx. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla- 
tube usually longer than the calyx, rarely shorter; lobes 5, spread- 
ing or recurved, glabrous or bearded inside. Stamens 5, inserted 
near the top of the corolla-tube; filaments short, filiform or 
thickened ; anthers oblong or linear, wholly or partly included in 
the corolla-tube or in the erect base of the lobes. Hypogynous dise. 
cup-shaped or annular, or of 5 free scales. Ovary 3-8d-celled (rarely 
8-10-celled) ; style filiform; stigma small; ovules solitary, pen- 
dulous from the top of the cells. Fruit a baccate drupe; mesocarp 
fleshy ; endocarp bony, 3-5-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 
