256 FLORA OF TASMANIA. \_Epacridea>. 
4. Pentachondra verticillata (Hook, fit) j fruticulus humilis, caule prostrato, ramis subfastigiatis 
ascendentibus, ramalis cano-pubescentibus, foliis subfastigiatim verticillatis, verticillis squamis linearibus 
scariosis acuminatis foliis requilongis subtensis, foliis petiolatis linearibus longe pungenti-cnspidatis CKfflW 
coriaceis marcrinibus recurvis subtus cano-tomentosis nervo crasso, pagina superiore et marginibus glaber- 
rinrifl nitidis, floribus ad apices ramulorum sessilibus subternis, calycibus ovato-lanceolatis 4-bracteatis tubo 
corollas brevioribus, staminibus inclusis. (Tab. LXXVII. B.) 
Hab. Mount Sorrell, Macquarrie Harbour, Mittigan. — (Fl. Jan.) 
A very remarkable plant, quite distinct from any other in trie Order, by the scarious sheathing scales that clothe 
the stem between the whorls of leaves, and which become linear, lengthened out, and form a whorl subtending each 
leaf-whorl. I have not the fruit, but the structure of the ovary, disc, and the inflorescence and habit, all resemble 
Vc-nUtchoiuh-o so closely, that I have placed it in this genus. — ' -l u >g> prostrate, 
woody stems, a foot long, and ascending branches. Leaves whorled, \ inch long, petiolate, narrow-linear, cuspi- 
date, convex, smooth, shining above, wii ite. Flowers small, sunk in 
the leaves at the apex of the branchlets, generally three together, white. Calyx with four bracts, half as long as 
the glabrous tube of the Corolla, whose | throat closed with deflexed hairs. Ovary five-celled, 
tive-ovuled, surrounded by five glands.— Plate LXXVII. £. Fig. 1 and 2, front and back view of leaves ; 3, 
hWcr; I, corolla, laid open; 5, ovary and hypogynous glands; 6, transverse section of ditto; 7, anther: — all 
Div. II. Ovules numerous in each cell. Fruit capsular. 
Gen. XL EPACEIS, Smith. 
Calyx multibracteatus, bracteis textura calycis. Corolla tubulosa, limbo imberbi. Stamina epipetala, 
antheria supra medium peltatis. Squamulce 5 hypogynse. Ovarium 5-loculare ; placentis columnse centrali 
adnatis ; ovulis numerosis. Capsula valvis a columna centrali persistente placentifera secedentibus.— Fru- 
ticuli ericoidei; foliis sparsis, sessilibus petiolatisve ; floribus axillaribus, solitariis spicatisve ; corolla alba 
v. rubra, sape pulchra. 
One of the largest genera of the Order, and by far the most beautiful, forming some of the handsomest green- 
house ornaments. Fully thirty-five species are known, which, with very few exceptions (three are natives of New 
Zealand), are Australian, and are almost confined to the south-eastern quarter.— Skrvfo, generally small, with scat- 
tered or imbricating haves, and axillary, solitary, or spicate flowers. Calyx deeply five-lobed, coloured, surrounded 
with many bracts of the same texture as the sepals. Corolla tubular, white or red, with glabrous limb. Stamens 
inserted on the corolla, with peltate anthers. Ovary with five hypogynous scales, and as many cells; ovules nu- 
merous, attached to axiie plaeenta\ Fruit capsular, the valves separating from the columnar axis, which bears the 
placenta. (Name from en, upon, and axpts, a mountain; in allusion to the native place of some species.) 
§ 1. Leaves cordate and sheathing at the base. 
1. Epacris Gunnii (Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 272) ; erecta, virgata, ramis gracilibus pu- 
bcrulis bireutisve, loins brevibus breve petiolatis late ovato-cordatis acuminatis pungentibus concavis 
patenti-recurvis integerrimis glaberrimis, floribus axillaribus solitariis subsessilibus, bracteis brevibus sub- 
acute, foliolis calycinis ovatis acutis tubum corollas late campanulatse asquantibus ciliolatis, antheris in- 
clusis.— E. pulchella, var. montana, in part, Mueller, MSS. {Gunn, 144, 315.) (Tab. LXXVIII.5.) 
Hab. Mountainous districts, chiefly in the interior of the Island, in wet places, elev. 3-4000 feet, but 
also found on low grounds near Launceston; Western Mountains, Arthur's Lakes, Hampshire Hills, St. 
Patrick s River, Marlborough, etc., Lawrence, Gunn, etc. (Fl. Oct.) (*. v.) 
