Bpacridea.] FLORA OF TASMANIA. 
Very similar indeed to C. parvifolia, but a much taller shrub, 5-8 feet high ; and tin; have: 
larger and longer, and perfectly glabrous, and the tube of the corolla is start 
C parvifolia and C. divaricata. — Leaves \-% inch long, wn rigid and pungent, patent and n 
small, white. Berries generally red, rarely white, produced in great abundance, giving tlie plan 
appearance. 
9. Cyathodes abietina (Br. Prodr. 540) ; fruticosa, robasta, ram 
confertis imbricatis erectis lineari-lance; non pungente) rabtos narrifl 
pedunculis multi-bracteolatis, corollse tubo calyce duplo longiore limbo intus pnbemlo, drop 
osseo.— DC. Prodr. vii. 747. Styphelia abietina, Lab. Fl. Nov. HoU. i. 18. t. 68. I Q% • 
Hab. Near the sea, on the south and west coasts; D'Entreeasteaux Channel, Labilla 
A very handsome species, of which I have seen but two specimens, gathered by Gunn in 1 
withered fallen flowers entangled amongst the imbricating leaves.— Apparently a large bush, with 
stout branches and branchlets, the latter pubescent. Leave* | -| inch long, flat, linear-lanceolate, 
cartil i r i mate apex, which however is not pungent; margins cartilaginous ; nencs l> 
parallel, simple. Flowers small, white. Calyx obtuse, abort half as long as the corolla. Lobes 
cent inside. Berries large, red. 
Gen. V. LISSAXTIIi:. Br, 
Calyx bibracteatus v. ebracteatus. Corolla infuiulibiilifornu's, limbo imbcrbi. XAMM 
thiformis. Drupa baccata; putamine osseo, 5- (abortu 1-1-) locnlari. — I 
acerosis pun !r 
Tliis genus, of which about ten Australian species are known, hardly differs from Cyathml 
bracts of the peduncle being removed from the base of the ea!v> 
genera. Some species have racemose flowers. (Name from Wcros 
1. Li SS anthe strigosa (Br. Prodr. 540) ; fruticulus creotus ngnin 
foliis sparsis patentibus rigidis lineari-subulatis acuminato-pungentibus, rw 
cellis basi bracteolatis, calyce ebracteato, corolla? tubo intus villoso.— DC. Prodr. vii. 742. 
gosa, Smith, PL Nov. Roll. t. 48. (Gunn, 518, 710, 711.) 
Hab. Abundant throughout the Island, in dry clayey and gravelly places.— (H. Oct.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia, from Port Jackson to Victoria. (Introduced into ] 
This is a very common and rather variable plant, with which I am inchs 
fruit is eatable.— A small rigid shrub, 6 inches to 2 feet high. I 
erect or patent, -§- inch long, subulate-lanceolate, rigid, acuminate with long, pungent, ancu 
neath, with a thick midrib, and slender, parallel lateral veins. / 
pink. Calyx very small, not one-sixth the length of the corolla. 
Tube of the corolla villous internally, its lobes very short, triangular. 
2. Lissanthe montana (Br. Prodr. 540); fruticulus erectus, foliis oblongo-linearil; 
ticissubtus glaucis, nervis omnibus simplicibus v. extimis extaa penninem nmtgini boa 
brevibus axillaris paucifloris, calyce bibracteato corollas breviter urceolatm tubo rcqu.long 
intus lobisque glaberrimis, drupa parva exsucca. {Gunn, 313, 1196.) 
H^b. Towards the summit of Mount Wellington, and other mountains.—!* 1. Dec.) ( 
Distrib. Mountains of Victoria, Mueller. 
A om «n *™t fart**, shrub. 2-6 inches high, so similar to Leucopogon Sookeri that it is 
tinguish them.- 
inch long, linear-oblong, blunt, with often thm 
