254 FLORA OF TASMANIA. \Epacridecs. 
1. Decaspora disticha (Br. Prodr. 548) ; glaberrima, ramulis divaricatis, foliis (pollicaribus) sub- 
distichis ovatis vel lineari- v. oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis planis petiolo multoties longioribus subtus 
3-5-costatis.— DC. Prodr. vii. 758. Cyathodes disticha, Lab. Nov. Hott. i. 58. t. 82. (Gunn, 1200.) 
Hab. Recherche Bay, in wet soil, Labillardiere, Gunn.— (II Oct.) 
A very elegant and rare plant, probably confined to the South-western extreme of Tasmania, and hitherto 
gathered by Labillardiere and Gunn only on the banks of the river at Recherche Bay.— Stem 6-9 feet high. 
Branches slender, divaricating, perfectly glabrous, as are the leaves and all parts. Leaves 1 inch long, on short 
petioles, flat, coriaceous, ovate, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, with often a broad, sphace- 
late, membranous apex, smooth above, below with three to five parallel strong ribs. Spikes about i inch long, 
many-flowered. 
2. Decaspora Cunnhighamii (DC. Prodr. vii. 758) ; ramulis divaricatis pilosis, foliis subdistichis 
4 -pollicaribus ovatis ovato-oblongisve breve petiolatis acutis v. apice spliacelato obtuso planis subtus 3-7- 
costatis, spicis ut in D. disticha. (Gunn, 297 [in part] et 1199.) 
Hab. Forests on the western half of the Island : Macquarrie Harbour, A. Cunningham ; Fag as forests 
south-west of Lake 8t. Clair, and Mount Olympus, Gunn. — (Fl. Jan.) 
Very similar indeed to D. disticha, and possibly only a variety of that species ; but the branchlets are hairy, 
the leaves very much smaller, about half an inch long, broader in proportion, and usually slightly ciliated on the 
margins. Gunn remarks that it so closely resembles Bauera in appearance that he has often passed it over as that 
plant.— // • riet violet. 
3. Decaspora Gunnii (Hook. fii. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 270) ; prostrata, ramulis hirtellis, foliis 
subdistichis (£ -pollicaribus) oblongis ellipticis lineari-oblongisve planis subobtusis marginibus scaberulis 
subtus 3-7-costati>, spicis basque brevibus paucifloris foliis brevioribus, floribus parvis, 
corolla glaberrima. {Gunn, 297.) (Tab. LXXYI.) 
Hab. Dense humid forests, south-west of Lake St. Clair, and Hampshire Hills, (?»»».— (Fl. Nov.) 
A very distinct species, differing from JD. Cunninghami in the much smaller leaves and flowers, and in the 
short, often axillary spikes. — Stems 8-1 2 feet high. Branches strict, pubescent or pilose, very numerous, matted 
together. Leaves about A inch long, subdistichous, elliptical or oblong or linear-oblong, blunt or acute, with a 
small sphaceli three to seven stout parallel ribs beneath. Spikes 
small, much shorter than the leaves, axillary and terminal, three- to five-flowered. Flowers white, very small. 
- long as the tube of the corolla. Berry violet-purple or lilac, size of a pea, with ten to twelve 
One-seeded ants .— 1'i.ait. LXXYI. Fig. 1 and 2, front and back view of leaves; 3, raceme; 4, flower; 5, ovary; 
- section of ditto ; 7, stamen; 8, fruit: — all magnified. 
1. Decaspora thymifolia (Br. Prodr. 348) ; humilis, ramulis prostratis pubescentibus, foliis (parvis) 
longe petiolatis, convexia ovatis oblongisve subacutis subtus obsolete 3-nerviis marginibus recurvis, spicis 
ten il 1 uutantibus multilioris foliis multoties longioribus. — DC. Prodr. vii. 758. (Gunn, 298.) 
Hab. Summit of Mount AYellington, elev. 3-4000 feet. — (Fl. Nov.) (v. v.) 
Much the smallest species of the genus, forming matted patches of a deep green colour, enlivened by the com- 
paratively large spikes of red flowers.— Brandies robust, pubescent or hairy. Leaves £ of an inch long, petiolate, 
>mvadiim\ ovate or oblong, convex, hardly acute, with recurved margins, very coriaceous. Spikes \ an inch long, 
many-tlowrn il /'■ !<■,■,■■> duii-eh crowded. 
Gen. X. PENTACHONDRA, Br. 
Calyx 4- v. pluri-bracteatus. Corolla infundibuliformis ; limbo patente, barbato v. villoso. Stamina 5, 
