122 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



shorter than the calyx. The lobes obtuse, as long as the tube. . Anthers 

 included. Very variable. Passing into the smaller obtuse-leaved forms of E. 

 myrtifolia. 



Comm.on on mountains ; also in Victoria and New South Wales. Fl. spring 

 and early summer. 



Var. squarrosa. Erect, twiggy. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 2-3 lines: 



long, spreading. Mowers numerous all along the branches. Anthers 



freely exserted. E. squarrosa and virgata, H. Approaching E.. 



exserta, R. Br. Longley, Carnarvon, and East Coast. In damp 



heaths. 



7. E. EXSEETA, R. Br. Erect, rigid, branched, 1-2 feet. Leaves lanceolate,, 

 usually pungent, thick, spreading, recurved, 3-4 lines long. Flowers few, in the 

 terminal axils. Bracts numerous, glabrous, obtuse, usually in rows. Sepals 

 rigid, obtuse, 2 lines long. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx. Lobes as long as. 

 the tube, spreading. Stamens exserted. 



Eastern and northern parts. El. summer. 



I have here described the form with well-marked individual characters. 

 Forms approaching E. myrtifolia are common, and E. virgata, H., 

 which is indivisible from E. squarrosa, H., is often referred here. 



8. E. LANUGINOSA, Lab. Slender, erect, usually branched at the base only, 

 1-3 feet. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, tapering into a slender pungent point, 3-6 

 lines long. Flowers numerous, in the terminal axils. Bracts and sepals acute, 

 ciliate, the latter 2 lines long. Corolla ube about as long as the calyx. Lobes 

 nearly as long as the tube, spreading. 



Common in heaths ; also in South Australia and Victoria. Fl. mostly in the- 

 spring and summer. 



9. E. MUCRONDLATA, M. Br. Erect, much-branched, 5-8 feet. Leaves narrow- 

 lanceolate, spreading, with a callous point. Flowers few or many, in the 

 terminal axils. Bracts and sepals broad, nearly acute, glabrous, the latter Ij 

 line long. Corolla- tube about as long as the calyx, and the lobes as long as the- 

 tube. E. franklinii, H. 



River Gordon. Fl. Nov. 



10. B. MiCROPHTLLA, R. Br. Erect, twiggy, sparely branched, 1-2 feet. 

 Leaves broadly cordate, nearly sessile, concave, spreading, pungent, 1-2 lines. 

 Flowers numerous all along the branches. Bracts blunt. Sepals nearly acute, 

 about 1 line. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx. The lobes short and obtuse. 

 E. gunnii, H., included. 



Common in heathy country ; also in South Australia, Victoria, New South 

 Wales, and Queensland. Fl. Sept.-Nov. 



11. E. ACUMFNATA. B. A Small, much-branched, spreading shrub, 1-2 feet. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, concave, stem-clasping, but not cordate, spreading, 

 pungent, 2-4 lines. Flowers few in the terminal axils. Bracts and sepals obtuse, 

 minutely ciliate, the latter 1-lf line. Corolla-tube about as long as the calyx. 

 The lobes nearly twice as long, spreading. Anthers freely exserted. E. 

 mucronulata, H. 



Sorell Creek, Kingston, North-West Bay. Fl. Sept. 



12. ARCHERIA. 



Corolla-tube broad or campanulate. Lobes 5, short, spreading or recurved. 

 Filaments very short, inserted at the throat of the corolla. Ovary 5-celled, with 

 numerous ovules. Style inserted in a tubular depression, reaching nearly to the 

 base. Fruit capsular. Flowers solitai-y or in racemes. The bracts at the base of 

 the pedicel only, and deciduous. 



