Cyathodes.| EPACRIDEZ. 413 
5. C. pumila, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 735.—A small de- 
pressed densely tufted little plant 2-5in. high; stems prostrate, 
with numerous suberect or ascending leafy branches. Leaves im- 
bricate, erect and incurved when dry, shortly petiolate, $-}in. 
long, linear-oblong, apiculate, glabrous, flat above, glaucous beneath, 
with a stout midrib and often a lateral vein on each side as well; 
margins thickened towards the base of the leaf, broad and thin at 
the tip. Flowers minute, axillary, solitary ; peduncles clothed with 
numerous imbricating broad concave bracts. Calyx-lobes broadly 
oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube cylindrical, much longer 
than the calyx; lobes 5, acute, densely bearded within. Stamens 
included. Style short, minutely 5-toothed at the tip. Drupe rather 
large, $-1in. diam., globose, 5-celled. 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Mount Arthur, 7. F.C. Marlborough—Mount 
Stokes, J. H. Macmahon! Canterbury—Hurunui Mountains, Travers! West- 
land—Kelly’s Hill, Cockayne! Otago—Summit of Maungatua, B. C. Aston! 
2500-5000 ft. 
A curious little plant. It is often mistaken for Pentachondra pumila, and 
is probably not uncommen throughout the mountainous districts of the South 
Island. 
3. LEUCOPOGON, R. Br. 
Erect or prostrate shrubs, or rarely small trees. Leaves scat- 
tered or imbricate, sessile or petiolate, striate. Flowers small, 
white or pink, in axillary or terminal spikes or racemes, sometimes 
solitary, but the rhachis always ending in the rudiment of an addi- 
tional flower. Bracts few, usually placed close below the calyx. 
Calyx 5-partite. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped or campanulate, 
lobes 5, spreading or recurved, usually densely bearded within. 
Stamens 5, inserted near the top of the corolla-tube; filaments 
short, filiform; anthers wholly or partly included in the corolla- 
tube or in the erect base of the lobes. Ovary 2-3-5-celled; style 
short or long; stigma small; ovules solitary, pendulous from the 
top of the cell. Fruit a baccate drupe; mesocarp fleshy ; endocarp 
2-5-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 
A large Australian genus of more than 120 species, in addition to which 
there are a few from the Malay Archipelago and the Pacific islands, and three 
from New Zealand, two of which are also Australian. 
A shrub 5-15 ft. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowerssmall, 
in drooping spikes .. nt 
ay as - 1. L. fasciculatus. 
A shrub 4-8ft. Leaves oblanceolate. Flowers small, in 
crowded erect spikes ae is as siipy pals ageERtGILel. 
Small, 2-8in. Leaves obovate-oblong, with pungent tips. 
Flowers large, solitary aa We Ae te 6s WG, Hraserz. 
1. L. fasciculatus, 4. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. 215.—A branching 
shrub or small tree 5-15 ft. high or more; bark black; branches 
slender, spreading, pubescent at the tips. Leaves very variable in 
size and shape, flat, spreading, 4-lin. long, linear or linear- 
