Leueopogon.] LXXI. EPACRIDEJl. 931 



Skbies III. Colllnse. — Spikes all terr^inal or alio in the uppermost axils, short and dense, 

 or cylindrical and rather dense. Leaves flat or convex with recurved or revolute or thickened 

 margins. Ovary i-celled. 



Spikes short, dense or few-flowered. Bracts small, lower ones leaf-like. 

 , Leaves obtuse. Sepals narrow, acuminate. Corolla shortly exceeding 

 the calyx 3. i. microphyUus. 



Series IV. VlrgratSB. — Leaves erect, concave. Ovary 5 or 3-celled (or exceptionally 4- 

 celled). 



Spikes short and dense. Leaves (under Jin.) tapering into a rigid point, 

 finely veined i. L. virgatus. 



Sect. II. Heterantbesls. — Spikes or clusters terminal, and sometimes also in the upper- 

 most axils. Anthers obtuse or emarginate, without sterile tips. 



' Leaves oblong, linear, obtuse, glaucous and striate underneath. Ovary 5- 



oelled 6. L. Hookeri. 



Leaves oblong-linear, tapering into a pungent point. Flowers sessile 



within the subtending bract. Ovary 5-celled . . 6. L. melaleucoides. 



Flowers pedicellate within the bract and bracteoles. 

 Leaves with revolute margins. Corolla-tube shortly exserted. Ovary 



5 to 7-celled 7. L. pluriloculatus. 



Leaves concave. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, the exserted 

 part campanulate. Ovary 7 to 10-celled 8. i. pleiospermus. 



Sect. III. Pleurantlius. — Spikes all axillary, few-flowered or reduced to a single flower 

 besides the rudiment, the common peduncle very short or rarely as long as the leaves. Anthers 

 obtuse or emarginate, without sterile tips. Style usually slender and elongated, rarely very short. 



Sekies I. Erlcoldese. — Leaves narrow or rarely ovate, J to lin., with recurved or revohite 

 margins. Flowers 2 or more together, in sessile or shortly pedunculate clusters. Ovary 5 or 

 3-celled. 



Corolla-tube not exceeding the calyx. Flowers erect, at least at first. 

 Leaves (under Jin.) very shortly mucronate. Sepals under 1 line . . 9. L. ericoides. 



Series II. IMClcranthSB. — Leaves oblong or lanceolate, nearly flat(or withrecurvedmargins). 

 Ovary 2-celled. Flowers small and nearly sessile. 

 Leaves oblong-linear, J to Jin. long 10. L. margarodes. 



Series III. Vleinifollae.— Leaves flat or slightly convex or concave, rigid, usually shining 

 above, the veins flne or inconspicuous. Ovary 5-celled. 



Leaves rigidly mucronate. Flowers nearly sessile or on a short peduncle, 

 erect, or at length spreading. 

 Leaves obovate to oblong, often imbricate with a, very short point. 



Flowers about 2 lines long 11. t. ruscif alius. 



Leaves obovate-oblong, imbricate, with a long, rigid p3int. Flowei s 



about 3 lines long 12. L. imbricatus. 



Leaves narrow-oblong, abruptly contracted into a long, rigid point. 



Flowers about 2 lines long 13. Z,. cuspidatus. 



Leaves oblong-linear or lanceolate, tapering into a short almost callous 



point. Flowers about 2 lines long 14. L. leptospermoides. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, tapering into a fine point, much 



twisted 15. L. flexifolius. 



Leaves narrow, rigidly mucronate. Flowers nearly sessile, pendulous. 



Sepals rather acute 16. i. biflorus. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, with a rigid point. Sepals (about 2 lines) more 



than half the corolla-tube 17. i. Mitchellii. 



Leaves linear, wi*h flne rigid point. Sepals very small. Corolla long 

 and Blender 18- L. juniperinus. 



Series IV. Conoavae. — Leaves concave or keeled. 

 Sepals nearly 2 lines, very acute. Corolla 3 to 4 lines long. Ovary 5- 

 angled, 5-oelled 1%. L. neoanghcus. 



1. Jm. lanceolatus (leaves lance-like), R. Br. Prod. 541 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iv. 185. Usually a tall shrub or small tree, quite glabrous, but some varieties 

 low and diffuse and others pubescent, the branchlets rather slender. Leaves 

 ereot or spreading, lanceolate, tapering at both ends, obtuse gr with a callous 



Past III. 



