414 EPACRIDEZE. [Leucopogon. 
lanceolate to obovate-lanceolate or linear-oblong, acute or acumi- 
nate or almost pungent, rarely obtuse, sessile, glabrous, 3—7-nerved ; 
margins minutely denticulate or ciliolate. Flowers minute, 
greenish-white, in 6—12-flowered axillary or terminal drooping 
spikes shorter or longer than the leaves. Bracts and calyx-lobes 
obtuse, striate, margins ciliolate. Corolla-lobes ovate-triangular, 
acute. Drupe small, $-1in. long, oblong, red.—A. Cunn. Precur. 
n. 408; Raoul, Choix, 44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 164; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. 177. lL. brevibarbis, Sich. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxii. 
(1859) 1.14. Epacris fasciculata, Forst. Prodr. n. 72, 
Nort anp SoutH Istanps: Abundant from the North Cape as far south 
as Canterbury. Sea-level to 3500 ft. Mingimingi. September—No- 
vember. 
Mr. Buchanan has recorded this in his florula of Otago (Trans. N.Z. Inst., 
vol. i.), but I have seen no specimens from thence, and it 1s not mentioned in 
either Petrie’s or Kirk’s lists. 
2. L. Richei, &. Br. Prodr. 541.—A slender erect much- 
branched shrub 4-6 ft. high or more; branches glabrous or slightly 
puberulous, often fascicled. Leaves 4-1 in. long, linear-lanceolate 
or oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, narrowed to a sessile base, 
convex, glaucous beneath, with 3-5 faint nerves; margins re- 
curved. Flowers small, tin. diam , white, in subterminal short 
and dense many-flowered spikes. Bracts striate, barely half the 
length of the calyx. Calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube 
short, not equalling the calyx; lobes linear-oblong, densely bearded 
within. Drupe broadly ovoid, 3-5-celled.—F. Muell. Veg. Chath. 
Is. 45; Hook. 7. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 735; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 186. 
CuatHAM Is~tanps: Not uncommon in sandy soil near the sea, Travers ! 
Capt. G. Mair! Miss Seddon ! Cockayne and Cox ! 
This is a common plant in extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania, but so far 
has been found nowhere in the New Zealand area except in the Chatham 
Islands. 
3. L. Fraseri, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 409.—A small shrubby 
plant 2-6 in. high, rarely more, branching from the base; branches 
decumbent below, erect or ascending above, often curved, leafy, 
glabrous or minutely puberulous towards the tips. Leaves erect, 
close-set, imbricating, 44 in. long, obovate-oblong or linear-oblong, 
suddenly contracted into a fine rigid pungent point, glabrous and 
shining above, finely nerved beneath, the nerves branching out- 
wards; margins thin, scarious, cartilaginous, finely ciliolate. 
Flowers axillary and solitary, sessile, large for the size of the plant, 
4-tin. long, sweet-scented. Bracts minute, broad, apiculate. 
Calyx-lobes acute. Corolla-tube cylindrical, more than twice as long 
as the calyx; lobes short, acute, densely bearded within. Drupe 
large, tin. long or more, broadly oblong, yellowish-orange.—Hook. 
