Epacridea] FLORA OF TASMANIA 
sublobatus. Drupa subbaccata; putamine 5-loculari, celluloso. — FrHlioea AumiliH, ramomtmif ramis sa- 
rins divaricatis; foliis sparsis, plerisgue specie) - teralihu amUattt 
tloriljiis pnrvis, albis. 
Acrotriche is a small genus of Epacridece, very closely allied to, and altogether resembling, h'urojwgoii and 
Monotoca, but differing in the cellular nut of the drupe and in the lobes of the corolla, being neither villous M in 
Leucopogon, nor naked, as in Monotoca, but furnished with a deflexed pencil of hairs. About nine specie? are known. 
of which most are natives of the south-western quarter of the continent. (Name from a*pos, a point, and $pi£, a 
1. Acrotriche serrulata (Br. Prodr. 547) ; fruticulus humilis, caule prostrato, ramis ascendentibus, 
foliis patulis lanceolatis vel anguste lineari-lanceolatis longe cuspidato-acuminatis et pungentibus glabris 
pilosisve subtus pallidis costa valida marginibus ciliato-serrulatis kevibusve, spicis axillaribus v. e lapsu 
foliorum rameis folio Eequilongis 3-8-floris.— DC. Prodr. vii. 757. Styphelia serrulata, Lab. Nov. Holl. 
i. 45. t. 62. {Gunn, 192.) 
Hab. Common on dry hills throughout the Colony.— (Fl. Oct.) {v. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. 
A small, spreading shrub, 6-12 inches high, with a short, prostrate, woody stem, ascending branches, and pube* 
rulous branchlets. — Leaves patent, so acerose and pungent that the plant is not to be grasped with mpttmq j rerj 
"gid, i-i inch long, lanceolate or narrow linear-lanceol a te, attenuated into a fine, Ion--, pungenl s] 
smooth on the margins, glabrous or hairy; under surface pale, with a stout midrib, ajrika axillary, and on the 
branches below the leaves, patent, three- to eight-flowered, about as long as the leave*. /vy^A- blunt, halt a- lomr 
as the tube of the corolla. Drupes very small, hardly succulent, with a spongy Bttdocarp. 
2. Acrotriche pattda (Br. Prodr. 547); fruticulus, caule prostrato, ramis divaricatis, foliis patcn- 
tibus reflexisve ovato-lanceolatis longe cuspidato-acuminatis plants glaberrimis marginibus lntcgerrmus sub- 
tus pallidis costa valida, spicis axillaribus 3-8-floris.— DC. Prodr. vii. 757. (Gunn, 853.) 
Hab. Sand-hills near Circular Head and Woolnorth, Gunn.— (El. Oct.) 
Distrib. Southern coast of Australia, Brown. 
Very closely allied to A. serrulata, but differing in the more prostrate, spreading branches, which cover several 
square feet of ground; the leaves are more patulous, often reflexed, broader, and perfectly glabrous, and have ,,uite 
entire margins? The flowers (which are green) and fruit are identical with those of A. temdaia, ofwhicb plan! 
this may be a variety. Gunn indeed considers this, and not the preceding, to be identical with Labillardiere's 
Gen. IX. DECASPORA, Br. 
Calyx bibracteatus. Corolla campanulata, limbo laxe barbato. fi 
gynte. Ovarium 10-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis. Bacca 10-12-pyrcna.— Initio - 
nati, rarius erecti ; folia sparsa, petiolata, interdum ditticha ; spuria pi 
floribus albis v. rubris ; baccis rini.io '* pvrpvreisve. 
A very beautiful genus, almost confined to Tasmania, but few species having been fi 
nent, and these only on the mountains of Victoria.— Glabrous shrubs, with slender bra; 
leaves. Stems slender, inclined or prostrate, rarely erect. Leaves very coriaceous. FUm 
axillary), nodding spikes. Calyx bibracteate. Corolla bell-shaped, its segments | 
Ovary surrounded with ten glands, ten-celled; cells one-ovuled. Fruit a blue, succulent berry, with ten to twehne 
small nuts. (Name from SeKa, ten, and enropa, a seed.) 
