THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 123: 



■ The genus is small, and confined to Tasmania and New Zealand. It is very- 

 close to Epacris, and united with it by von Mueller. The Tasmanian species are 

 endemic. 



Leaves acute. Corolla-lobes smooth. 



Ovary pubescent 1. A. eriocarpa. 



Ovary glabrous 2. A. hirtella. 



Leaves obtuse. Corolla-lobes bearded 3. A. serpillifolia. 



1. A. ERIOCAEPA, Mook. A straggling half-climbing shrub, often 10-12 feet 

 high. Leaves arranged roughly in two rows, nearly sessile, broadlv ovate to 

 lanceolate, acutely pointed, flat, minutely serrated on the margin, 3-4"lines long. 



i Flowers few together, terminating the branches or on short lateral branches, 

 solitary in the a,xils or in short racemes. Pedicel 1-2 lines long. Sepals ovate, 

 obtuse, very slightly ciliate on the margin, slightly exceeding 1 line long. 

 Corolla-tube about 3 lines long, contracted at the throat. Lobes small, glabrous, 

 hardly spreading. Ovary hirsute. Style long, protruding from the corolla. 

 Stigma 5-lobed. Capsule about 2 lines diameter, readily separating into its 

 component carpels. Epacni hirtella, F. v. M. (partly). 



Near Lake St. Clair, near Macquarie Harbour, and mountains of the west. La 

 Peronse. Fl. Sept.-Dec. 



2. A. HIRTELLA, Sook. Erect, and stouter than the last, 10-12 feet high. 

 Leaves roughly in 2 rows, ovate, thick, shining, flat, sharply pointed, 3-4 lines 

 long. Flowers on stalks, 1-2 lines long, forming small terminal heads. Sepals 

 broadly lanceolate, ciliate, nearly 2 lines long. Corolla-tube 4 lines long, slightly 

 contracted at the throat. Lobes short, glabrous, recurved. Style long, but hardly 

 protruding. Capsule similar to the lasf, but glabrous. Epacris hirtella, F. v. M. 



Dense forests near Macquarie Harbour, Lake St. Clair, Mount La Perouse, West 

 Coast. Fl. Sept.-Dec. 



3. A. SBJJPILLIFOLIA, Hooh. A depressed, stout, rigid, much-branched shrub, 

 seldom exceeding 1-2 feet. Leaves ovate, thick, concave, keeled, blunt, with a 

 callous point, about ^ inch long. Flowers in numerous small, dense, terminal 

 racemes. Sepals ovate, obtuse, about 2 lines long. Corolla-tube broad, about 2 

 lines long. Lobes about 1 line long, spreading, bearded with glabrous tips. 

 Anthers included. Style very sbort. Stigma 5-lobed, only slightly protruding 

 from the depression in the ovary. Capsule about 1| line diameter, readily 

 splitting into (along the junction of) the carpels. Epacris micranthera, F. v. M. 



Mount Olympus, Mount Sorell, Mount La Perouse, Mount Dundas, Adamson 

 Peak, Mount Humboldt, &c. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



A. MINOR, Booh. A small form, without any tangible distinction. 



13. PRIONOTES. 



Corolla-tube cylindrical. Lobes 5, spreading. Stamens free from the corolla, 

 arising from the base below the ovary. Anthers partially 2-celled, having a 

 distinct dissepiment, but opening by a single longitudinal slit. Ovary, 5-celled, 

 with many ovules in each. Placenta axile. Style inserted in a tubular depression 

 in the ovary. Frait capsular. 



,The genus, which consists of the Tasmanian plant and a doubtful South 



American species, is of exceptional interest from the partially bilocular 



state of the anthers, thereby approaching Ericaceae. 



P. c.BEiNTHOipBS, R. Br. A slender straggling or climbing shrub, often 20 or 



30 feet bigh, and under favourable, circumstances much exceeding 100 feet. 



Leaves shortly stalked, narrow-oblong, blunt, flat, margin with distant obtuse 



teeth, substance thick, but the principal veins distinct, netted, mostly f-1 inch 



long. Flowers bright crimson, solitary in the terminal axils, pendulous on 



