FLORA OF TASMANIA. &48 
§ 1. 8pU red. Drupe baccate. 
1. Leucopogon Richei (Br. Prodr. 54-1); frutex ercctus glalu rnimis, foliia snbenctu (1-1 \- 
uncialibus) oblongo- v. lineari-lanceolatis supra medium paulo latioribus acominatM mvginibus subreourvis, 
spicis erectis multifioris, drupa parva 3-5-loculari baccata. — DC. Prodr. vii. 711; //-.</•. / 
3251. L. parviflorus, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1560.; DC. I.e. L. polystachyus, Lodd. Bot. ' 
non Br. Prodr. Styphelia Ricbei, Lab. Fl. Nov. Roll. i. 44. t. 60. S. parviflora, Andr. B 
S. Gnidium, Vent. Hort. Malm. t. 23. 
Yar. a; erecta, ramis erectis subfastigiatim ramosis. (Gunn, 429.) 
Yar. /3. parviflora ; minor, floribus foliisque paulo minoribus, caule interdum decmnbente.— L ptrri- 
florus, Lindl. Bot. Beg. 1560 ; DC. 1. c. {Cham, 1981.) 
Var. y; ramis patulis deeumbentibusve, foliis lanceolatis. — L. affinis, Br. Prodr. (Gunn, S51.) 
Hab. Yar. a. and /3. Abundant on sand-hills on all the coasts. Yar. /3. Flinders' Island, etc Var. y. 
In marshy spots, Circular Head, Woolnorth, etc.— (Fl. Oct.) (v. v.) 
Distiub. South-eastern and South-western Australia, from New South Wales to Swan liiver. (Intro- 
duced into England.) 
A very pretty, evergreen bush, 4-8 feet high, with erect, or rarely decumbent, ami somewhat fasei 
Leaves J inch long and upwards, lanceolate, variable in breadth* broader above the middle, acnmii 
little recurved; under surface whitish, with three to five obscure, parallel, median nerve?, ulneh 
margins. Flowers very small, in white spikes, as long as or shorter than the leares ; raehia glabrous or |>u >eiu one. 
Drupe white, three- to five-celled, fleshy. — L. parviflonu, which is Brown's L.qgbtU m pan, aoes not seem to 
differ in any respect, except the rather smaller flowers, from some of my Tasmaniai. specimens of L. Rich*. Bmm a - 
L. affinis Gunn sends as a variety that grows amongst other and taller shrubs. 
2. Leucopogon australis (Br. Prodr. 341); frutex erectus glaberrimus, ramis apice pnesertim ra- 
mosis, foliis erectis appressis (l£-2-uncialibus) lineari-lanceolatis marginibus recurvis v. revolutis apice 
fuscesceute obtuso v. acuminato, spicis erectis folio jequilongis brevioribusve, nuce parva depressa globosa 
4-5-loculari.— DC. Prodr. vii. 744. {Gunn, 521.) 
Hab. In poor soil, generally near the sea; Circular Head, Georgetown, Hampshire Hills, etc., A. 
Cunningham, Gunn.—(FL Oct., Nov.) 
Distrib. South coast of Australia : Victoria, to King George's Sound. 
A very fine species, resembling closely L. Richei, but with much longer and proportionally narrower, very pale 
green leaves, often strongly recurved at the margins, more numerous nerves, longer and more nun, t 
smaller, depressed, globose berries. The branches are very strict., erect, and fastigintr i 
minated with a brown, fuscous, blunt or acute tip. F 
§ 2. Spikes axillary and terminal, three- or more-flowered. Calyx and bracts coloured. Drupe nearly dry. 
Leaves not cordate at the base. 
3. Leucopogon virgatos (Br. Prod, 54S) , froticulus, ramulis erectis divaricate tcnuibus gla- 
berrimis apicibusve puberulis, foliis (J-i-uncialibus) appro,* pal diwe linean-taceoWu ap.ee attenuatis 
rigidrsacutissimisconcavis margine cdiatis, spicis subaggregatis terminabbus axillanbosqoe pauuflons.- 
DC. Prodr. vii. 748. Styphelia virgata, Lai. No,. HM. L 46. t. 64. (Gum, 1H,W.) 
Hab. Abundant in dry gravelly and sandy places throughont the Island.-(il. Oct.) l«. v.) 
DlSTEtn. Sontb-eastem and Sooth-western Australia, from Port Jackson to Swan Rrver. (Introdneed 
