120 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



2. M. LiNBATA, R. Br. A tall erect shrab or small tree, of variable habit, 

 some forms much resembling M. elUptica, and others not to be distinguished in 

 a superficial examiaation from M. scoparia. Leaves usually broadly or 

 narrowly oblong, flat or slightly convex, many-nerved, pungent, pale beneath, 

 |-1 inch long. Mowers few together, in small axillary spikes, sometimes 

 golitary. Bracts small, persistent. Bracteoles clasping the calyx. Sepals about 

 I line long, broad. Corolla-tube very short, almost obsolete. Lobes nearly 1 line 

 long, spreading. Fruit about 1| line diameter. Styphelia glauca, Lab. 



Very common. Fl. spring and summer. 



Var. linifolia. Leaves nearly linear, with revolute margins, J-f inch 

 long. Longley. 



3. M. SCOPAEIA, B. Br. An erect shrub, of 2-3 feet. Leaves narrow-oblongi 

 convex, the margins revolute, pungent, many-nerved, pale beneath, mostly about 

 ^ inch long. Flowers few together, seldom more than 4, in very shortly-stalked 

 axillary clusters, often solitary. Bracts small, persistent. Bracteoles clasping 

 the base of the calyx. Sepals about \ line long, broad. Corolla-tube about as 

 long as the sepals. Lobes about as long as the tube, thickened at the end, and not 

 as spreading as in the last species. Fruit about I line long. S. scoparia, Sm. 



North-West Coast, George's Bay, Bay of Fires, Lake Petrarch, near Margate ; 

 also throughout Eastern Australia. Fl. spring. 



Var. submutica. A variety with the leaves almost blunt. Mount La 

 Perouse. 



4. M. EMPETBiFOLiA, S. Br. A difEuse or prostrate shrub, extending from 1-3 

 feet. Leaves conspicuously stalked and often reflexed, convex, pungent, thick, 

 pale beneath, mostly about j inch long. Flowers in small, few-flowered, 

 axillary spikes. Sepals 4, ^ line broad. Corolla 4-Iobed, about 1 line long. The 

 lobes about as long as the tube, spreading, not thickened at the tip. Fruit 

 about 1^ line long. Styphelia empetrifolia, P. v. M. 



Common towards the summit of mountains. Fl. Jan. 



11. EPACRIS. 



Corolla-tube long and cylindrical or short and campanulate. Lobes 5, glabrous. 

 Filaments inserted into the orifice of the tube, or , adnate for some distance to it. 

 Anthers attached above the middle. Ovary 5-celled. Ovules numerous. Placenta* 

 axile. Style long or short, inserted in a tubular depression. Fruit a small 

 capsule. Flowers solitary, axillary, the peduncle clothed with persistent bracts. 

 Shrubs. 



The genus is limited to Australia and New Zealand. Few of the species are 

 well fixed ; many are closely allied and variable. 



i. Corolla relatively long, with 5 pits towards the 



base ... ... ... ... ... ... 1. ^. impre.isa. 



Leaves under 1 line ... .. ... ... 2. E. petrophila. 



Leaves lanceolate, obtuse .. . ... ... ... 3. E. obtustjolia. 



Leaves acute ... ... ... ... ... ii. 



ii. Stamens freely protruding ... ... ... iii. 



Stamens just protruding or enclosed ... ... iv. 



iii. Leaves very concave and acute, stem-clasping at 



the base ' 11. E. acuminata. 



Leaves not stem-clasping ... ... ... ... 7. E. exserta. 



iv. Leaves narrow-lanceolate ... ... ... v. 



Leaves very pungent, broad .... ... ... vi. 



Leaves with a callous point, broad ... ... vii. 



