EPACRIDE^E. VII. LEUCOPOOON. 



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Daphne-like Lissanthe. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub. 



6 L. CILIA'TA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-lanceolate, flat, 

 with serrulately ciliated margins, ending each in a pellucid 

 mucrone ; limb of corolla roughish. ^ . G. Native of Van 

 Diemen's Land. 



Ciliated-leaved Lissanthe. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1825. 

 Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Styphelia, p. 775. 



VII. LEUCOPO'GON (from \CVKOS, leucos, white ; and 

 iruywv, pogon, a beard; the limb of the corolla is bearded with 

 white hairs). R. Br. prod. p. 541. Styphelia, Spreng. syst. 1. 

 p. 656, 657, 658, and 659. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria Monogynia. Calyx bibracteate. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped ; limb spreading, bearded lengthwise. Fila- 

 ments inclosed. Ovarium 2-5-celled. Drupe baccate or dry, 

 sometimes crustaceous. Usually dwarf Shrubs. Leaves scat- 

 tered and sometimes crowded at intervals. Flowers spicate, 

 axillary or terminal. Hypogynous disk cup-shaped, lobed a 

 little, rarely wanting. 



1 . Spikes axillary, many-Jlonered. Drupe baccate. 



1 L. LANCEOLA'TUS (R. Br. prod. p. 541.) spikes nodding, 

 aggregate ; ovaries 2-celled ; drupes oval : leaves lanceolate, 

 flat, 3-nerved; branchlets glabrous, fj . G. Native of New 

 South Wales, on mountains. Sweet, fl. austr. t. 47. Sty- 

 phelia lanceolata, Smith, new holl. p. 49. exclusive of the syno- 

 nymes. Styphelia parviflora, Andr. bot. rep. 287. Flowers 

 white. 



Lanceolate-leaved Leucopogon. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 



2 L. MALAY A'NUS (Jack, mal. misc. vol. 1. Wall, in 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 301.) spikes axillary, many-flowered, erect, 

 short; drupes globular, 5-celled; leaves lanceolate, mucronate, 

 nearly veinless, glaucous beneath. Ij . S. Native of the plains 

 of Singapore, abundant ; where it is called by the Malays Men- 

 tada. A small, branching, dry shrub, exhibiting the peculiar 

 habit of the family. Corollas funnel-shaped, downy, having the 

 segments bearded above beyond the base. The discovery of 

 this species is remarkable as forming an exception to the gene- 

 ral geographical distribution of the order Epacridece, a family 

 almost exclusively confined to Australia, or at least to the 

 southern hemisphere. Singapore, situated at the extremity of 

 the Malay peninsula, and forming as it were the connecting link 

 between continental or Western India and the plains of the great 

 Eastern Archipelago, partakes of this character in its Flora, 

 which exhibits many remarkable points of coincidence with the 

 Flora of both regions. A resemblance has been observed be- 

 tween its productions and those of the northern frontier of Ben- 

 gal, on the one hand, and of the Moluccas on the other, while 

 the present plant connects it with the still more distant range of 

 New Holland. 



Malay Leucopogon. Shrub 3 feet. 



3 L. AUSIRA V LIS (R. Br. 1. c.) spikes erect ; drupes depressed, 

 globose, 5-celled ; leaves linear-lanceolate, more than an inch 

 long, 3-5' nerved, with recurved smooth margins. I? . G. Na- 

 tive of the south coast of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. 

 Flowers white. 



Southern Leucopogon. Shrub. 



4 L. RicnEi (R. Br. 1. c.) spikes erect, many-flowered, a 

 little shorter than the leaves ; drupes ovate, 5-celled ; leaves 

 glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, hardly an inch long, broadest be- 

 yond the middle, 3-5-nerved, convex above, with subrecurved 

 margins. Pj . G. Native of New South Wales, the south 

 coast of New Holland, and Van Diemen's Land, L. polysta- 



VOL. HI. 



chyus, Lodd. fl. cab. t. 1436. L. apiculatus, Smith in Rees, 

 cycl. L. parviflorus, Lindl. bot. reg. 1560. Styphelia Richei, 

 Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 44. t. 60. Styphelia parviflora, Andr. 

 bot. rep. 287. Styphelia Gnidium Vent. malm. t. 23. Flowers 

 white. 



Riche's Leucopogon. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 4 

 to 5 feet. 



5 L. AFFINIS (R. Br. 1. c.) spikes erect; drupes oval, 2-3- 

 celled ; leaves long-lanceolate, more than an inch long, flat. ^ . 

 G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. Flowers white. 



Allied Leucopogon. Shrub. 



6 L. INTERRU'PTUS (R. Br. 1. c.) spikes nearly terminal; 

 leaves elliptic, spreading, many-nerved, 1| inch long, crowded 

 in whorles. fj . G. Native of the south coast of New Hol- 

 land. Lodd. bot. cab. 1451. Flowers white. 



Interrupted-leaved Leucopogon. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1826. 

 Shrub. 



7 L. CYMBU'LX (Labill. sert. caled. p. 36. t. 39.) spikes axil- 

 lary, erect ; segments of the corolla bearded with rufous hairs ; 

 leaves an inch long, oblong-lanceolate, rufous, concave. Jj . G. 

 Native of New Caledonia. Flowers furnished each with an 

 orbicular, lacerately ciliated scale, besides 2 opposite boat- shaped 

 ones above it. 



Boat-leaved Leucopogon. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



8 L. VERTICILLA'TUS (R. Br. 1. c.) spikes nearly terminal, 

 aggregate, nodding while bearing the fruit ; drupes 5-celled ; 

 putamen pentagonal ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at 

 the apex, disposed in interrupted whorles, 2 to 4 inches long. 

 Pj . G. Native of the south coast of New Holland. Flowers 

 white. 



Whorled-leaved Leucopogon. Shrub. 



2. Spikes axillary, but sometimes terminal. Flowers three 

 or more together. Calyx and bracteas coloured. Drupe nearly 

 dry. Leaves never cordate. 



9 L. APICULA'TUS (R. Br. prod. p. 542.) spikes terminal, 

 rather aggregate, 5-7-flowered ; bracteas lanceolate ; leaves 

 lanceolate-oblong, erect, rather concave, with smooth margins, 

 ending each in a callous point ; drupe crustaceous, depressedly 

 turbinate, shorter than the calyx. Ij . G. Native of the 

 south coast of New Holland. Flowers white. 



Var. a, branchlets and leaves glabrous. 



Var. ft, branchlets and leaves pubescent. Perhaps a distinct 

 species. 



^p/cw/afc-leaved Leucopogon. Shrub. 



10 L. POLYSTA'CHYUS (R. Br. 1. c.) spikes axillary or termi- 

 nal, aggregate, 7-10-flowered ; leaves linear-lanceolate, mutic, 

 convexly concave ; branchlets glabrous, twiggy ; drupes dry, 

 oval, depressed at the apex. 1?. G. Native of the south coast 

 of New Holland. Flowers white. 



Many-spiked Leucopogon. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1826. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



1 1 L. MULTIFLORUS (R. Br. 1. c.) spikes axillary, shorter 

 than the leaves ; leaves lanceolate, a little acuminated, mucro- 

 nate, imbricated, rather convex beneath, with smooth edges ; 

 calyx and bracteas with woolly margins, fj . G. Native of 

 the south coast of New Holland. Flowers white. 



Many-flowered Leucopogon. Shrub. 



12 L. RUBRICAU'LIS (R. Br. 1. c.) spikes nearly terminal, 

 aggregate, 4-5-flowered ; calyxes and bracteas smoothish ; 

 leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, mutic, smooth, rather convex 

 above, with somewhat recurved denticulated edges ; branchlets 

 glabrous ; drupes oblong. T? . G. Native of the south coast 

 of New Holland. Flowers white. 



Red-stemmed Leucopogon. Shrub. 

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