Cyathodes.] EPACRIDEZE. 411 
A small genus of about 15 species, scattered through Australia and Tas- 
mania, New Zealand, and the Pacific islands. One of the New Zealand species 
extends to Australia, the others are endemic. 
* Corolla-lobes not bearded inside. 
A large erect shrub. Leaves }-4in., narrow-linear, with 
rigid pungent points at Sc ot a 
A large erect shrub. Leaves 3-3in., linear-oblong, sub- 
acute, not pungent.. Rs a dye .. 2. C. robusta. 
Small, spreading, prostrate. Leaves 4-tin., linear, ob- 
tuse, spreading a a6 ie Me 
1. C. acerosa. 
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. C. empetrifolia. 
** Corolla-lobes densely bearded within. 
Sparingly branched, 4-18 in. high. Leaves }-4 in., linear- 
oblong, obtuse. Flowers in 3-5-flowered racemes .. 4, C. Colensot. 
Densely tufted, 2-5in. Leaves 4-}in., linear-oblong, api- 
culate. Flowers solitary .. “We se .- 5. C. pumila. 
1. C. acerosa, R. Br. Prodr. 539.—An erect or rarely decumb- 
-ent branching shrub 4-15 ft. high cr more; bark black; branches 
woody, spreading. Leaves spreading or reflexed, }-3in. long, 
acerose, linear or subulate-lanceolate, rigid, pungent - pointed, 
glaucous beneath, with from 3 to 7 parallel veins, the outer of 
which often branch towards the margin of the leaf; margins often 
recurved and ciliate. Flowers minute, ;4, in. long, solitary and ax- 
illary towards the tips of the branches ; peduncles short, recurved, 
clothed with imbricating obtuse bracts. Calyx-lobes obtuse. 
Corolla-tube not much longer than the calyx; lobes spreading, 
acute, usually glabrous within. Stamens with very short filaments ; 
anthers half-exserted. Drupe variable in size, 44 in. diam., globose, 
succulent, white or red.—A. Ounn. Precur. n. 407; Raoul, Choi, 
44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 163; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 176; 
Benth. Fl. Austrai.iv. 170; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 108. C. articulata, 
Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 600. Leucopogon Forsteri, 
A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 216. Epacris juniperina, Forst. Prodr. 
mn 71. 
Var. a.—Leaves rather shorter and broader, with shorter pungent points ; 
lateral veins often branching outwards. 
Var. oxycedrus-—Leaves usually longer and narrower, with longer pungent 
points; veins all unbranched.—C. oxycedrus, R. Br. Prodr. 540. 
NorrH anp SoutH Isuanps, StEwaRT IsuaAnpD: Abundant from the North 
Cape southwards. Sea-level to 2500ft. Mingimingz. August-November. 
2. C. robusta, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 177.—Habit of 
C. acerosa, but much stouter. Leaves spreading, 4—#in. long, 
11in. broad, narrow linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or 
subacute and callous at the tip, rigid and coriaceous, 5-11-nerved 
beneath, the nerves often branching on the outer side; margins 
usually recurved. Flowers fin. long, solitary and axillary, more 
abundantly produced than in VU. acerosa ; peduncles curved, clothed 
