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EPACRIDEJi. I. STYPHE'LIA. 



7 LEUCOPOGON. Calyx bibracteate. Corolla funnel-shaped : 

 limb spreading, bearded lengthwise. Filaments inclosed. 

 Drupe baccate or dry. 



8 MoNOTbcA. Calyx bibracteate. Corolla funnel-shaped; 

 limb and throat beardless. Ovarium 1-seeded. Drupe bac- 

 cate. 



9 ACROTRICHE. Calyx bibracteate. Corolla funnel-shaped : 

 segments of the limb furnished with a reflexed beard at the 

 apex. Drupe rather baccate. 



10 TROCHOCA'RPA. Calyx bibracteate. Corolla campanulate : 

 limb spreading, bearded. Stamens exserted. Ovarium 10-celled. 

 Drupe baccate. 



1 1 DECA'SPORA. Calyx bibracteate. Corolla campanulate : 

 limb loosely bearded. Stamens exserted. Ovarium 10-celled. 



12 PENTACHONDRA. Calyx with 4 or more bracteas. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped ; limb spreading, longitudinally and densely 

 bearded. 



13 NEEDHA'MIA. Calyx bibracteate. Corolla salver-shaped : 

 limb 5-cleft, beardless, with elevated sinuses, plicate in aestiva- 

 tion. Stamens inclosed. Ovarium 2-celled. 



14 OLIGARRHE'NA. Calyx 4-parted, bibracteate. Corolla 

 4-cleft, permanent, valvate in aestivation. Stamens 2, inclosed. 

 Ovarium 2-celled. 



Tribe II. 



EPACRIE'/E. Cells Iqf ovarium many-seeded. Pericarp cap- 

 sular. 



15 EPA'CRIS. Calyx coloured, many-bracteate (f. 133. a.); 

 bracteas texture of calyx. Corolla tubular (f. 133. c.), with a 

 beardless limb. Stamens epipetalous (f. 133. 6.). Anthers pel- 

 tate above the middle. Hypogynous scales 5. Placentas ad- 

 nate to the central column. 



16 LYSINE'MA. Calyx coloured, many-bracteate ; bracteas 

 texture of the calyx. Corolla salver-shaped : with the tube 

 sometimes divided into 5 parts to the base ; segments of the 

 limb beardless, bent to the right. Stamens hypogynous. An- 

 thers peltate above the middle. Hypogynous scales 5. Pla- 

 centas adnate to the central column. 



1 7 PRIONOTES. Calyx bractless. Corolla tubular, with an 

 open throat, and a beardless limb. Stamens hypogynous ; fi- 

 laments half adhering to the tube. Anthers with a complete 

 dissepiment. Hypogynous scales 5. 



1 8 COSME'LIA. Calyx foliaceous. Corolla tubular. Stamens 

 epipetalous. Anthers adnate to the ciliated tops of the fila- 

 ments. Hypogynous scales 5. Placentas adnate to the central 

 column. 



19 ANDERSONIA. Calyx coloured, imbricated by 2 or more 

 foliaceous bracteas. Corolla length of calyx ; segments of the 

 limb bearded at the base. Stamens hypogynous. Anthers fixed 

 beneath their middle. Hypogynous scales 5. Placentas adnate 

 to the central column. 



20 PONCELE'TIA. Calyx loliaceous. Corolla short, campa- 

 nulate, 5-cleft, beardless. Stamens hypogynous ; anthers pel- 

 tate beneath the middle, with a marginate dissepiment. Hypo- 

 gynous scales wanting. Placentas adnate to the central column. 



21 SPRENGE'LIA. Calyx a little coloured. Corolla 5-parted, 

 rotate, beardless. Stamens hypogynous. Anthers connate or 

 free, with an immarginate dissepiment. Hypogynous scales 

 wanting. Placentas adnate to the central column. 



22 CYSTA'NTHE. Calyx foliaceous. Corolla closed, calyptri- 

 form, dehiscing transversely, with a truncate permanent base. 

 Stamens hypogynous, permanent. Hypogynous scales wanting. 

 Placentas hanging from the top of the central column. 



23 RICHEA. Calyx membranous, bractless. Corolla closed, 

 calyptriform, dehiscing transversely, with a truncate permanent 

 base. Stamens hypogynous, permanent. Hypogynous scales 

 5. Placentas hanging from the top of the central column. 



24 DRACOPHY'LLUM. Calyx bractless. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 with a rather ventricose tube, and a 5-parted spreading acntish 

 beardless limb. Stamens hypogynous. Hypogynous scales 5. 

 Placentas hanging from the top of the central column. 



25 SPENOTOMA. Calyx bibracteate. Corolla salver-shaped, 

 with a slender tube, a coarctate throat, and a blunt beardless 

 limb. Stamens epipetalous. Hypogynous scales 5. Placentas 

 hanging from the top of the central column. 



Tribe I. 



STYPHELIE^. Cells of ovarium 1 - seeded. Pericarp 

 closed, rarely capsular. 



I. STYPHE'LIA (from (rru^tXcs, slyphelos, rough or harsh ; 

 from the stiff, compact, harsh habit of the shrubs). R. Br. 

 prod. p. 537. Styphelia species, Smith. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx girded by 4 or 

 more bracteas. Corolla elongated, tubular ; tube furnished with 

 5 fascicles of villi near the base inside : segments of the limb 

 revolute, bearded. Filaments exserted. Ovarium 5 -celled. 

 Drupe nearly dry, containing a solid bony putamen. Erect or 

 ascending, branched, smoothish, shrubs. Leaves scattered, on 

 short petioles, mucronate. Flowers axillary, drooping, or diva- 

 ricate, showy. Peduncles 1-flowered, rarely 2 -3 -flowered. 

 Hypogynous scales 5, distinct, rarely combined. 



1 S. LONOIFOLIA (R. Br. prod. p. 537.) leaves long-lanceolate, 

 attenuated at the apex, rather concave above, with smooth mar- 

 gins ; branchlets downy. I? . G. Native of New South Wales, 

 about Port Jackson. Ker. bot. reg. 21. Flowers green. 



Long-leaved Styphelia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1807. Shrub 



3 to 4 feet. 



2 S. UE'TA (R. Br. prod. p. 537.) leaves elliptic, or oblong- 

 lanceolate, flat, glaucous, imbricated, with scabrous denticulated 

 edges ; branchlets downy ; stem erect. (7 . G. Native of New 

 South Wales, about Port Jackson. Flowers red. 



Fruitful Styphelia. Fl.? Clt. 1822. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 S. ADSCE'NDENS (R. Br. prod. p. 537.) leaves lanceolate, 

 flat, with scabrous dentately ciliated margins, glaucous be- 

 neath and manifestly striated ; stems diffuse, with ascending 

 branches. Jj . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. Flowers 

 scarlet. 



Ascending Styphelia. Fl. ? Clt. 1822. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



4 S. LATIFOLIA (R. Br. prod. p. 537.) leaves broadly ovate, 

 acute, imbricated, rather concave above, with scabrous edges ; 

 flowers erectish. ^ G. Native of New South Wales, about 

 Port Jackson. Flowers pink. 



Broad-leaved Styphelia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 



4 to 6 feet. 



5 S. VIRIDIFLORA (R. Br. prod. p. 537.) leaves obovate- 



