260 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Epacridea. 
erect species, a foot high, with short, stout, woody branches, and pubescent branchlets. Leaves petioled, closely 
set, very coriaceous, rather concave, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, but not pungent, £~i- inch long, striated be- 
neath. Flowers axillary, spicate or capitate, shorter than the leaves. Bracts and sepals variable in length and 
breadth, acute, glabrous. Corolla short, glabrous. Ovary and very short style glabrous. 
10. Epacris serpyllifolia (Br. Prodr. 551) ; humilis, ramis breviusculis prostratis asceiidentibusve, 
ramulis glabris, foliis (parvis) petiolulatis ovatis ellipticis subrotundatisve acutis apice subincrassato crassis 
nitidis glaberrimis subtus subcarinatis integerrimis, floribus axillaribus terminalib usque foliis longioribus, 
bracteis sepalisque ovatis acutis glabris, antheris inclusis, ovario styloque brevi glaberrimis. — DC. Prodr. vii. 
763. {Gunn, 316, 1209 in part.) 
Hab. Summits of all the mountains at elevations of 3000 to 4500 feet.— (Fl. Oct.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. Australian Alps, elev. 5-6000 feet, Mueller. 
A very much smaller-leaved plant th _h not so much so as E. mkroplnj ' ■ . , ml further 
differing in its prostrate habit and comparatively larger (lowers; the leaves are also broader, more keeled, less striate 
ami lesq acuminate, the apex itself being the thickened apex of the midrib, which forms the blunt keel. A. 
Cunningham's //. h-tvrooeum, from Mount Wellington, is this, as is most of Mueller's Victoria plant called E. 
lieteroiK'nio, as well a- his /•'. hvii-rum-nta, var. srrpy/Hjblif, to which he refers Brown's plant. Under E. squarrosa 
I have pointed out the difference between this species and that one. — A small, prostrate species. Leaves erect or 
jiatent, $ iueh long, broadly ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or almost orbicular, acute, very thick, shining. Flowers short, 
but longer than the leaves, generally capitate, while. Aidhrrs included. Ocary and -style glabrous. 
11. Epacris exserta (Br. Prodr. 551) : caule prostrato, ramis ascendentibus elongatis ramulisque 
glabris, foliis suberectis longiuscule petiolatis lanceolatis acutis supra planis subtus convexiuscnlis (sicco) 
sulcatis obscure 3-5-nerviis, floribus axillaribus foliis sequilongis, bracteis imbricatis sepalisque acutis, an- 
theris exsertis, ovario styloque elongato glaberrimis.— DC. Prodr. vii. 763. {Gunn, 143, 198 in part, 250.) 
Hab. Northern parts of the Island, South Esk Eiver, Launceston, Gmm.—(F1. Aug., Sept.) 
A very distinct-looking species from E. serpyllifolia, though not easily defined; the whole plant is much 
larger, the branches much longer (1-2 feet), the leaves longer, erect, \ inch long, narrower, being almost uniformly 
lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, with three to five ribs or nerves on the under surface ; the flowers too are axillary, 
rarely collected into terminal spikes or heads : they are as long as the floral leaves ; the anthers are decidedly ex- 
La. Epacris virgata (Hook. 61. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 271); erecta, glaberrima v. ramulis pube- 
rtals, ramis elongatis virgatis gracilibus laxe foliosis, foliis (parvis) suberectis planis ellipticis elliptico-ova- 
tisve subacutis subtus planis obscure 3-nerviis, floribus axillaribus foliis sequantibus, bracteis sepalisque 
subacute glaberrimis, antheris exsertis, ovario styloque glaberrimis. (Gunn, 1204.) (Tab. LXXIX. A.) 
Bab. Base of the Asbestos Hills, Yorktown, and between Hobarton and the Huon, Gunn.— (PL Oct.- 
A very elegant >p< vies, but perhaps not distinct from E. exserta. My specimens may however be at once dis- 
tmguishcd by their erect habit, the whole plant consisting of a few slender, graceful, sparingly-branched twigs, 12- 
I s * niches high, and the leave* being smaller, broader, often subrotund, and flatter; it is an elegant and pretty 
pant.— Plate LXXIX. A. Fig. 1, flower; 2, corolla, laid open; 3, stamen; 4, ovary and hypogynous glands; 
13. Epacris obtusifolia (Smith, Exot, Bot. 77. t. 40) ; erecta, ramis paucis virgatis elongatis, ra- 
mulis glabris, foliis erectis subimbricatis lanceolatis apice calloso obtuso planis dorso obscure 3-nerviis, flori- 
u foliis longioribus, bracteis calycibusque subacutis marginibus villosis, antheris inclusis, ovario 
styloque glaberrimis.-^. Prodr. 451 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 551 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 293. (Gunn, 856.) 
