EPACRIDEjE. X. TROCHOCARPA. XI. DECASPORA. XII. PENTACHONDRA. XIII. NEEDHAMIA. XIV. OLIGARRHENA, &c. 781 



Cordate-leave A Acrotriche. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 1 foot. ? 



8 A. DEPRE'SSA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves ovate, rather cordate, mu- 

 cronate, divaricate, convex above, and veiny beneath ; stem de- 

 pressed ; spikes on the branches. Jj . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the south coast. 



Depressed Acrotriche. Shrub depressed. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Leucopogon, p. 780. 



X. TROCHOCA'RPA (from rpo X oc, trochos, a wheel, and 

 k-apTToe, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the putamen of the fruit, 

 which is wheel-shaped and 10-lobed). R. Br. prod. p. 548. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx bibracteate. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped: limb spreading, bearded. Ovarium 10- 

 celled. Drupe baccate, containing a wheel-shaped, 10-lobed 

 putamen, which is at length divisible into as many parts. A 

 small glabrous tree, with very hard wood. Leaves scattered, 

 petiolate, nerved, very like those of a species of Lauras. 

 Spikes slender, terminal and axillary, solitary or aggregate. 

 Flowers small, white. Hypogynous disk cup-shaped, 5-lobed. 

 Drupe depressedly globose, smaller than a pea. The genus 

 approaches Decdspora in character and habit. 



1 T. LAU'RINA (R. Br. prod. p. 548.). Jj . G. Native of 

 New South Wales. Hook. bot. mag. t. 3324. Styphelia corni- 

 fdlia, Rudge, in Lin. trans. 8. t. 9. good. Cyathodes laurina, 

 herb. Banks. Flowers small, white. 



Laurel-like Trochocarpa. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1823. Tree 

 10 to 2.5 feet. 



Cult. See Leucopogon, p. 780. for culture and propagation. 



XI. DECA'SPORA (from StKa, deca, ten, and (nropd, spora, 

 a seed; the fruit contains 10 pyrenae or seeds). R. Br. prod. 

 p. 548. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx bibracteate. Co- 

 rolla campanulate ; limb loosely bearded. Stamens exserted. 

 Ovarium I0-celled. Berry containing 10 pyrenae. Beautiful 

 shrubs. Leaves scattered, petiolate. Spikes terminal, nodding. 

 Flowers red. Hypogynous scales 5, connate at the base. Berries 

 violaceous. 



1 D. DISTICHA (R. Br. prod. p. 548.) leaves lanceolate, very 

 acute, flat, nerved beneath, 8 times longer than the petioles ; 

 branchlets glabrous. Ij . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. 

 Cyathodes disticha, Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 58. t. 82. 



Distich-]ea.ve& Decaspora. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



2 D. THYMIFOLIA (R. Br. prod. p. 548.) leaves ovate, acutish, 

 mutic, hardly 4 times longer than the petioles, obsoletely 3- 

 nerved beneath ; branchlets downy. Jj . G. Native of Van 

 Diemen's Land. 



Thyme-leaved Decaspora. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Leucopogon, p. 780. 



XII. PENTACHO'NDRA (from vivrt, pente, five, and xo"- 



oc, chondros, a grain ; in reference to the berry containing 5 

 pyrenae or seeds). R. Br. prod. p. 549. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx* with 4 or more 

 bracteas. Corolla funnel-shaped; limb spreading, longitudi- 

 nally and densely bearded. Ovarium 5 -celled. Berry contain- 

 ing 5 pyrenae. Small mountain shrubs. Leaves scattered, petio- 

 late. Flowers solitary, terminal, erect, white. Hypogynous 

 scales 5. 



1 P. INVOLUCUA'TA (R. Br. prod. p. 549.) filaments exserted ; 

 calyxes ciliated, furnished with 8 bracteas ; leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, ilattish, many-nerved ; branchlets downy ; stem erect. 



Ij.G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. Styphelia involucrata, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 655. 



Involucrated-fiowercd Pentachondra. Shrub. 



2 P. PU'MILA (R. Br. 1. c.) stamens inclosed ; calyx furnished 

 with 4 bracteas ; leaves nearly elliptic, 3-nerved, with naked 

 margins ; branchlets glabrous ; stem prostrate, much branched. 

 (j . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. E'pacris pumila, Forst. 

 prod. no. 70. Styphelia pumila, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 656. 



Dwarf Pentachondra. Shrub prostrate. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Leucopogon, p. 780. 



XIII. NEEDHA'MIA (in honour of the celebrated micro- 

 graphist, Turberville Needham, author of Observations on the 

 Shape and (Economy of the Pollen of Anthers). R. Br. prod. 

 p. 54-9. 



LIN. SYST. Penldndria, Monogynia. Calyx bibracteate. Co- 

 rolla salver-shaped : limb 5-cleft, beardless, having the sinuses 

 elevated, plicate in aestivation. Stamens 5, inclosed. Ovarium 

 2-celled. Drupe dry. Leaves opposite. A small erect shrub. 

 Leaves minute, adpressed. Spikes terminal, erect, solitary ; 

 bracteas extending, foliaceous. Flowers white. Hypogynous 

 disk saucer-shaped. 



1 N. PUMILIO (R. Br. 1. c.). ^ . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the south coast. Monotoca pumilio, Spreng. syst. 1 . 

 p. 654. 



Z)n>nr/'Needhamia. Shrub. 



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



XIV. OLIGARRHENA (from dXiyos, oligos, few, 



arrhen, a male ; in reference to the few stamens). R. Br. prod. 

 p. 549. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, bibrac- 

 teate. Corolla 4-cleft, permanent, valvate in aestivation. Sta- 

 mens 2, inclosed. Ovarium 2-celled. Capsule 2-celled. An 

 erect much-branched shrub. Leaves scattered, imbricate, small. 

 Spikes terminal, erect. Flowers small, white. Hypogynous 

 scales 4. This is a very paradoxical genus ; it agrees in the 

 artificial character with the order Oleince, but the habit is 

 wholly distinct. 



1 6. MICRA'NTHA (R. Br. prod. p. 549.). I? . G. Native of 

 New Holland, on the south coast. 



Small-flowered Oligarrhena. Shrub. 



Cult. See Astroloma, p. 775. for culture and propagation. 



Tribe II. 



EPACRIE X ^E (the genera contained in this tribe agree with 

 E'pacris in many particulars). Cells of ovarium many-seeded. 

 Fruit eapsular. 



XV. E'PACRIS (from iirl, epi, upon, and axpoe, akros, the 

 uttermost ; in allusion to the habitation of the species on the 

 tops of hills). Smith, exot. bot. p. 77. t. 40. Labill. nov. holl. 

 1. p. 41. t. 55. Cav. icon. 4. p. 25. t. 344. R. Br. prod. p. 

 550. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx coloured, many- 

 bracteate ; bracteas of the same texture as the calyx. Corolla 

 tubular ; limb beardless. Stamens epipetalous. Anthers pel- 

 tate above the middle. Hypogynous scales 5. Capsule having 

 the placentas adnate to the central column. Small branched, 

 usually glabrous shrubs. Leaves scattered, petiolate or simple 

 at the base. Flowers axillary, white or purplish, usually dis- 

 posed in leafy spikes. 



