,9^6 LXXI. EtACElbBJ;. 



Corolla-lobes valyate in the bud, bearded inside. 

 Drupe with a several-celled, rarely 1-oelled, hard or thinnueleus, the 

 mesocarp moderately pulpy or dry. Flowers in spikes or solitary, 



the bracts and braeteoles distinct 6. Letjcopogon. 



Drupe with 10 (or fewer by abortion) separable pyrenes. Flowers in 

 spikes or clusters, the bracts and braeteoles distinct 3. Trochooarpa. 



Tribe II. Epacres. — Ovules several in each cell of the ovary. Style inserted in a central 



tubular depression, so as to be lateral or basal. Capsule locuUcidally dehiscent. 



Leaves petiolate, sessile or stem-clasping, not sheathing. Placentas sessile 

 or nearly so. Bracts imbricate on the calyx, passing into the sepals. 



Corolla-lobes quiucunoially imbricate . . 9. Epacbis. 



Corolla-lobes contorted-imbricffite . 10. Lysinbma. 



Leaves with an adnata, sheathing base, which falls off with the leaf, leaving 

 the denuded branches smooth and scarless. Placentas sessile or nearly 

 so. Stamens hypogynous, free. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. 

 Corolla-tube very short ; lobes very spreading, glabrous, more or less 

 imbricate H- Spkenqelia. 



Leaves with an adnate, sheathing base, which falls off with the leaf, 

 leaving annular scars on the denuded branches. Placentas depending 

 from an ascending, recurved stipes. Corolla not oircumsoiss, the lobes 

 spreading 12. Dbacophylhim. 



1. STYPHELIA, Sm. 



(From styph^los, rigid.) 

 (Soleniscia, DC.) 

 Corolla-tube elongated, cylindrical or slightly ventricose, hairy iiiside at the 

 throat, and with 6 tufts of hairs, som'etinaes confluent in a ring below the 

 middle or rarely glabrous ; lobes linear, bearded inside, much revdiute, exposing 

 the stamens. Filaments free from the throat, filiform, glabrous ; anthers 

 exserted, free, linear, 1-celled, attached about the middle. Hypogynous scales 

 distinct or united in a cup-shaped disk. Ovary 5-celled, with 1 ovule in each 

 cell. Style filiform, longer than the corolla-tube ; stigma small. Fruit a drupe, 

 with a dry or slightly pulpy mesocarp, and a hard, bony endocarp, with 6 cells 

 and seeds or fewer by abortion. Leaves sessile or scarcely petiolate. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, with the rudiment of a second or very rarely 2 or 3, on a very 

 short peduncle. Bracts several, 1 or 2 of the uppermost more or less enlarged, 

 and embracing the base of the calyx as well as the still larger braeteoles. ■ Calyx 

 usually coloured. 



The genus is limited to Australia. The very much revolute corolla-lobes and exserted stamens 

 distinguish it from all its allies except Coleanthera (a West Australian genus), which is readily 

 known by the small flowers and connate anthers. — Benth. 



Sect. I. Eustyplielia. — Corolla-tube with 5 dense pufts of hairs below the middle, some- 

 times confluent in a ring. 



Branches glabrous or with a minute scarcely visible down. Leaves obovate- 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, shortly tapering into a rigid point. 



Leaves concave or nearly flat. Sepals obtuse 1. S. triflora. 



Leaves flat or slightly convex. Sepals acute. Corolla green .... . 'i. S. viridis. 



1. S> triflora (three-flowered), Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 72 ; Benth. FL Austr. iv. 

 147. A tall shrub, quite glabrous or the branches very minutely pubescent. 

 Leaves from obovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, very shortly tapering into a 

 rigid point, flat or more or less concave, rarely exceeding lin., and the broad 

 ones at the base of the shoots often very short. Flowers pale-pink and yellow, 

 very ' shortly-pedicellate, solitary or very rarely 2 (or 3 ?) together in the lower 

 axils and often, appearing clustered at the base of the shoot, especially when some 

 of the floral leaves are small or abortive. Braeteoles obtuse, abo?at 2 lines long. 

 Sepals bbtuse or almost acute, about 5 lines long. Corolla varying in size, but 

 the tube usually about fin., with 5 dense tufts of hair.s inside ,. above the base. 



