118 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



the margin, 5 to many-nerved, 2-6 lines long. Flowers numerous, in short, 

 dense, terminal and terminal-axillary spikes. Bracts and bracteoles small. 

 Sepals usually obtuse, and 1 line long. Corolla-tube, in all Tasmanian 

 specimens I liave examined, not exceeding the calyx. Lobes about as long as the 

 tube. Ovary 2-celled, tapering into the style. Fruit very small, usually only 

 one seed maturing. Styphelia cpllina, F. v. M. ; L. ciliatus, Hook, (included). 



Very common in heaths as well as dry situations ; also in New South Wales^ 

 Victoria, and South Australia. Fl. spring and summer. 



6. L. EEicoiDES, R. Br. A very similar shrub in habit and general appearance 

 to the last. Leaves oblong to linear, convex, with a callous, or more often 

 a pungent point, sometimes ciliate on the margin, l-J inch long, usually 

 minutely pubescent on the upper surface. Flowers very numerous, in small, 

 dense, axillary spikes, usually for a considerable length along the branches. 

 Bracts and bracteoles small. Sepals about 1 line long, often narrow and acute, 

 but sometimes broader and obtuse. Corolla-tube from slightly exceeding to 

 twice as long as the calyx. Lobes narrow, spreading, about as long as the tube. 

 Ovary 5-celled. Style much longer than in L. coUinus. Fruit rather smaller than 

 the calyx, ovoid, often curved through some of the ' seeds not maturing. 

 Styphelia ericoides, F. v. M. 



Very common; also throughout Eastern and Southern Australia^ Fl. spring 

 and summer. 



7. L. HOOKEBi, Sond. A small, erect or diffuse, much-branched shrub, with 

 the habit and structure of Lissanthe montana. Leaves shortly stalked, oblong, 

 convex, glaucous beneath, obtuse and ciliated at the point, J-J inch long. 

 Flowers in short terminal spikes, not usually developing perfect stamens and 

 ovules on the same plant, the staminate flowers being the larger. Bracts and 

 bracteoles small. Sepals under 1 line long, nearly orbicular, ciliate. Corolla-tube 

 about 1| line long. Lobes much shorter. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit white, fleshy, 

 l|-2 lines diameter. Styphelia montana, F. v. M. (partly) . 



Common on many hills. Grass-tree Hill, Dromedarj'^, &c. Fl. Oct.-Dec. 



The species difllers only in small details from Lissanthe montana, R. Br., 

 and the two are united by Baron von Mueller ; but Tasmanian forms are 

 sufficiently distinct to warrant separate definitions. 



8. L. FEASBEi, A. Cunn. A low difBuse or prostrate shrub, the stems often 

 buried, the branches ascending, and seldom more than a few inches long. Leaves 

 oblong to almost linear, and from under \ to nearly \ inch long, flat, with a long 

 pungent point, margins minutely ciliate. Flowers solitary, axillary, shortly 

 stalked. Bracts few, very small, the one below that subtending the flower 

 developing a rudimentary flower. Bracteoles orbicular, about \ line long. Sepals^ 

 lf-2 lines long, narrow. Corolla-tube about 2 lines long. Lobes rather shorter, 

 recurved. Ovary 5-celled. Style rather long, pubescent. L. siuartii, F. v. M. 



Hampshire Hills, Lake Echo, Grass-tree Hill, swamp above Back River (New 

 Norfolk). Probably not uncommon near swamps and on hills, but overlooked. 

 It occurs also in New South Wales, Victoria, and New Zealand. Fl. Sept.-Oct. 



9. L. MiLiiiGANi. Mod,. A small diffuse or prostrate shrub, with ascending 

 branches, the leaves in annual clusters, the intervals covered with the persistent 

 winter scale-leaves. Leaves shortly stalked, linear, with revolute margins, 

 acute, about \ inch long. Flowers 2 or 3 together, in a small lateral spike. 

 Bracts and bracteoles acute, ciliate, as long as, or shorter than, the calyx. 

 Sepals oblong fringed, \\ line long. Corolla-tube about as long as the calyx. 

 Lobes rather shorter. Ovary 5-celled. Style very short. Fruit globose, red, 

 the fleshy mesocarp thin, about l-|-2 lines diameter. Styphelia milligani, 

 F. V. M., Pentachondra verticillata, Hook. Fl Nov.-Dec. 



Mount Sorell, near Mounts Read and Tyndal. 



