Leueopogon.] Lxxxiy. epacridej;. (C. B. Clarke.) 477 



Kashmir ; alt. 8S00 ft., Aitchison, C. B. Clarice. Khasia Mts. ; alt. 4-5000 ft., 

 II.f. ^ r.j&c. — DiSTRiE. Amurland, Japan, N. America. 



Scapes 6-18 in. Scales f in., ovate-oblong. Pedicels ^Ij in. Petals J in., 

 yellow or white ; stamens and stigma nearly level TPith their summits. Ovary and 

 capsule globose.-T-This only differs from the European species (Monotropa Hypopitys, 

 Linn.) by its hairiness ; and is considered a variety thereof by Maximowicz. 



3. CKEXZiOTKECA, ffook.f. 



Stem erect, simple or forked ; branches 1-flowered. Sepals 3-4, ohlong^-lan- 

 ceolate. Petals 3, erect, linear-oblong, obtuse, base not saccate. Stamens 6 ; 

 Sintbers linear-oblong, erect, dehiscing on the sides by longitudinal slits. Ovary 

 fusiform, 1-celled, narrowed into Qie short cylindric style; stigma globose- 

 conical ; placentae 6, patietal, bifid, the long branches covered on all sides by 

 numerous ovules. Fruit unknown. 



C. khaslana, Hook.f. in Gen. PI. ii. 608. 



Khasia Mts. ; Musbai, near River Oongkot, alt. 3500 ft., H.f. ^ T. 

 Stem 4-6 in. Scales 1 by y in., lanceolate, acute, densely imbri&ite. Petals 1 in., 

 yellow-red. Stamens as long as the petals, brown. Pistil f hy J in., glabrous. 



Ordbk LXXXIV. EPACXIXDES:. (By C. B. Clarke.) 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, articulated with the branch, 

 coriaceous, entire, longitudinally nerved. Flowers solitary or racemose, axillary 

 or terminal, usually bracteolate. Calyx 5-4-partite ; segments coriaceous, striate, 

 imbricate, persistent. Corolla 5-4-tid. Stamens 5-4, usually on the corolla- 

 tube ; anthers oblong, 1-celled (spuriously 2-celled), dehiscing along their whole 

 length by a single slit. Ovary globose, 1-10-celled ; style terminal, cylindric, 

 stigma siibcapitate ; ovules in each cell 1 or many. Fruit drupaceous with 2-5 

 1-seeded pyrenes, or a many-seeded capsule. Seeds small, albuminous. — Species 

 320, nearly all Australian, a few Polynesian, 1 Fuegian, a few Malayan. 



1. ZiEUCOFOeON, R. Br. 



Shrubs. Flowers small, white, in axiUary or terminal spikes or racemes ; 

 raohis terminating in an abortive flower; bracteoles 2-3 under the calyx. 

 CoroUa campanulate, lobes 5, hairy within, valvate in bud. Ovary 2-5-oelled ; 

 style terminal ; ovule solitary in each cell, pendulous. Drwpe scarcely fleshy, 

 1-5-celled. — Species 130, 118 Australian, the others Polynesian and Malayan. 



Xi. malayanus, Jack in Mai. Misc. i. v. 20, and in Hook.Bot. Misc. ii. 71 ; 

 leaves narrowly lanceolate glabrous shining, racemes 3-7-flowered much shorter 

 than the leaves, rachis villous. Wall. Cat. 3720J^ and in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. 

 Cfirey ^ Wall. ii. 301 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 744 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Sac. 1877, ii. 

 2i7, and For. Fl. ii. 95. Styphelia.malayica, Sprefng. Syst. cur. post, 67. 



Malacca and Singapoeb ; Jack, &c. — Distrib. Malay Isles and Borneo. 



A shrub, 3:-6 ft. ; branches densely leafy. Leaves 2 by ^ in., acute, mucronate. 

 Racemes J in. ; calyx erivelop'ed ' by the ovate bracteoles ; segments ^^ in., elliptic- 

 oblong. Corolla-itihe J" in. ; " lobes f in., spreading. Hypogynous scales 5, free. 

 Style^hairy or perfectly glabrous. Drupe ^^ in. diam. 



Vae. molmicana, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 217, and For. Fl. ii. 96 ; leavps 

 i-1 in. subulate-pointed. L. mjoVuocanmn^ Seheff. Obs. Phyt. iii. 97 (sp.). — Tenas- 

 serim, Heifer ; Keddah PeSk, 'Low.-^—L. moUiccantim, Scheff., has the peduncles 1-2- 

 flowered ; in golfer's Teiiasserim plant; the racemes are (sometimes at least) 3-5- 

 flowered. ' ' ' , ' 



