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166 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [.Epacridec. 
Gen. III. PENTACHONDRA, Br. 
Calyx bracteis 4 pluribusve. Corolla infundibuliformis ; limbo patente, longitudinaliter dense barbato. 
Ovarium 5-loculare. Bacca 5-pyrena. 
The only New Zealand species is also found in the mountains of Tasmania. It forms a glabrous, much branched, 
little shrubby plant, 2-3 inches high, growing amongst moss, etc., in a tufted manner. Leaves 1-2 lines long, 
glossy, coriaceous, concave, elliptical, blunt, three- to five-nerved, with obscurely ciliate cartilaginous margins. 
Flowers large for the size of the plant, sessile, solitary, twice as long as the leaves; mouth of corolla open, densely 
bearded. Berries large or oblong, round, hollow, with five seeds. (Name from evra, five, and xovöpos, a seed.) 
1. Pentachondra pumila, Br.; fruticulus glaberrimus, ramosus, depressus, foliis imbricatis coriaceis 
nitidis ellipticis elliptico-ovatisve obtusis concavis marginibus cartilagineis subeiliatis 3-5-nerviis, calycibus 
4-bracteatis. Br. Prodr. A. Cunn. Prodr. Epacris pumila, Forst. Prodr. 
Haz. Common on the mountains of all the Islands, Forster, etc. 
Gen. IV. EPACRIS, Smith. 
Calyx multibracteatus. Corolla tubulosa; limbo imberbi. Stamina epipetala; antheris supra medium 
peltatis. Sguamule hypogyne 5. Ovarium 5-loculare; ovulis plurimis, columne centrali quovis loculo 
affixis. 
A large Australian and Tasmanian genus of often very beautiful plants, of which the few New Zealand species 
Rigid, erect, usually smooth, heath-like shrubs, with axillary flowers, Pedicels 
are inconspicuous as regards flowers. 
covered with numerous coriaceous bracts scarcely distinguishable from the calyx. Corolla tubular; limb glabrous. 
Anthers peltate, on short filaments, placed near the mouth of the corolla. Hypogynous scales five. Ovary five- 
celled, with a central column in each cell, to the apex of which the ovules are attached. Capsule coriaceous. (Name 
from ent, upon, and axpis, a mountain ; in allusion to the native place of some of the species.) 
1. Epacris pauciflora, A. Rich. ; fruticulus erectus, strictus, ramis foliosis virgatis, foliis erectis patulisve 
subimbricatis rhombeo-ovatis subacutis integerrimis obscure venosis concavis crassis, floribus versus apices 
ramulorum plurimis axillaribus solitariis, pedunculis multibracteatis, corolle tubo calyce vix sequilongo, 
staminibus inclusis. 4. Rich. Flora. A. Cunn. Prodr. DC. Prodr. 
Has. Northern Island; abundant on dry hills, Banks and Solander, ete. 
A twiggy slender shrub, a foot or so high, simple or branched in a fasciculate manner, perfectly glabrous 
everywhere. Leaves small, hardly + inch long, numerous, loosely imbricating or recurved, rhomboid-ovate, rather 
suddenly contracted into a sharp or blunt point, very thick and coriaceous, with quite entire smooth margins and 
faint veins. Flowers numerous towards the ends of the branches, solitary in the axils of leaves that are sometimes 
larger than the rest.  Peduncles short, stiff, clothed with very numerous ovate, acute, imbricating bracteolw. 
Flowers small, white, 14 line long, sunk in the ovate sharp calyx-lobes. Fruit a small five-celled, many-seeded 
capsule. — A very common plant, rather variable in habit, but constant in its main characters. 
2. Epacris alpina, Hook. fil.; fruticulus ramosus, ramis erectis cicatricatis, foliis patulis late ellipticis 
ovatisve obtusis glaberrimis crassis coriaceis concavis aveniis, floribus solitariis axillaribus, pedicellis brevibus 
paucibracteatis, bracteis late ovatis obtusis. 
Has. Northern Island; in mountainous situations. Base of Tongariro, Bidwill, Colenso. 
Very similar to E. pauciflora, but a smaller plant, with shorter, broader, blunter leaves, and very short pe- 
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duncles, which bear only five or six very broad blunt bracteol:e. 
