244 tlora or Tasmania. [Epacridea. 
generally prostrate, wiry, rigid shrubs, with lanceolate, often pungent leaves, and solitary, axillary, sessile, erect 
flowers, which differ from those of Stenanthera in the included stamina and cyathiform disc. (Name from axrrpov, 
a star, and Xxofia, a fringe.) 
i (Br. Prodr. 538) j prostratum, ramosissimum, ramis ascendentibus, fo- 
liis lmearibus lanceolatisve longe setaceo-acuminatis pungentibus ciliatis superne convexis subtus glauces- 
centibus strioktis, floribus axiliaribus sessilibus, calyce corolla f longiore.— DC. Prodr. vii. 738; Bot. 
Mag. 1439 j Lodd. Bot. Cat. 1554. Ventenatia humifusa, Cav. Ic. iv. 28. t. 348. {Gunn, 122.) 
Hab. Abundant on sandy and stony heaths, etc.— (PI. May, June.) (v. v.) 
Distuib. South-eastern Australia, frfltoi Port Jackson to Victoria. (Introduced into England.) 
A small, very much branched, prostrate, rigid, wiry, twiggy shrub.— Stem woody at the base ; branches 6-10 
inches long, ascending. Leaves erect or spreading, *-| inch long, linear or linear-lanceolate, gradually tapering to 
a long, rigid, pungent apex ; margins ciliated with stiff bristles ; upper surface convex. Flowers about as long 
as the leaves. Corolla red ; tube narrow. Fruit oblong, rather longer than the calyx. 
Gen. III. STENANTHERA, Br. 
Calyx basi multibracteatus. Corolla tubulosa, tubo calyce duplo longiore, ventricoso, intus nudo ; 
limbo brevi, patents, semi-barbato. Filamenta inclusa, barbata, carnosa, antheris latiora. Discus hypo- 
gynus cyathiformis. Drupa subexsucca; putamine osseo, solido, 5-loculari; loculis 1-spermis.— Fruticuli ; 
rfis, acerosis ; floribus axiliaribus, erectis. 
Only one species of this 
genus was known previous to the discovery of the S. conostephioides in the Grampiai 
of Victoria, by the indefatigable and acute Dr. Mueller.— 8. pinifolia is a rigid, woody, small shrub, with i 
erect or ascending branches, densely covered above with leaves, and below with small scars. Leaves slightly sca- 
bemlous, \ inch long, slender and acicular, with pungent, setose apices, a stout central rib at the back, and re- 
curved margins. Calyx larger than the leaves, surrounded by many imbricate bracts. Corolla bright red, with 
a slender tube much longer than the calyx, ventricose above, naked within. Filaments included, broader than the 
anthers, fleshy. Drupe somewhat fleshy, enclosing a hard, five-celled, five-seeded nut, enveloped in the calyx, and 
much shorter than its leaflets. (Name from orcvos, narrow, and av%>, anther.) 
1. Stenanthera pinifolia (Br. Prodr. 538) ; foliis angustissime acicularibus margine ad costam 
recurvis.— DC. Prodr. vii. 739 ; Bot, Reg. 218. Styphelia pinifolia, Spreng. Syst. i. 659. {Gunn, 1183.) 
Hab. Circular Head, Gunn ; Launceston ? Lawrence. — (PL Oct.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia, from Port Jackson to Victoria. (Introduced into England.) 
Gen. IV. CYATHODES, Lab. 
Calyx basi multibracteatus. Corolla infundibuliformis, tubo calycem sequante v. superante, intus 
nudo v. piloso, limbo patente, barba rara v. 0. Filamenta inclusa v. exserta. Discus hypo-ynus cyathi- 
formis. Drupa baccata, 2-10-locularis; loculis 1-spermis.— Frutices erecti, ramosi ; foliis subtus striatis ; 
floribus axiliaribus, parvis, plerumque albis. 
i genera of the Order, some species being found in New Zealand an 
the Pacific Islands. About ten are known to inhabit Australia and Tasmania, of which one only is found in tt 
South-west quarter.— Small, woody, twiggy, Heath-like shrubs, with acerose leaves. Flowers small. Calyx su 
rounded with many imbricating bracts. Corolla funnel-shaped; limb naked or bearded. Filaments included < 
exsertcd. Drupe more or less fleshy, with a bony, five-celled, five-seeded nut, seated on a fleshy, cup-shaped dis 
(Name from kvo0os, a cup; in allusion to the hypogynous disc.) 
