932 LXXIi EPACRIDEiE. [Leueopogon 



point, flat, with fine nerves, in some specimens rarely exceeding lin., in others 

 attaining 2in. Spikes slender, interrupted, solitary in the upper axils or 

 clustered at the ends of the branches, often exceeding the leaves. Bracts and 

 bracteoles striate, fully half as long as the calyx. Sepals scarcely 1 line long, 

 usually obtuse, but narrower than in L. australis, and sometimes almost acute. 

 Corolla-tube not exceeding the calyx ; lobes as long as the tube. Anthers 

 attached immediately under the prominent sterile tips. Hypogynous disk 

 truncate, rarely separating into distinct scales. Ovary 2-celled, tapering into the 

 rather short style. Fruit ovate-globose, red, shortly exceeding the calyx. — DC. 

 Prod. vii. 744 ; F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 124; Sweet, Fl. Austr. t. 47; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3162; Styphelia lanceolata, 8m. Bot. N. Holl. 49 (partly); F. v. M. Fragm. 

 vi. 43 ; L. australis, Sieb. PI. Exsicc. (not of E. Br.) ; L. Cunninghamii, DC. 

 Prod. vii. 745; L. affitiis. E. Br. Prod. 541; DC. Prod. vii. 745; Styphelia 

 affinis, Spreng. Syst. i. 658. 



Hab.: Stradbroke Island, A. Cunningham; Port Maoquarie, Backhouse; Moreton Bay, 

 Fitzalan ; Mount Lindsay, W.Hill; many other southern localities. 



Var. gracilis. Branches very slender, more or less pubescent. Leaves and flowers small. — 

 L. pimeleoides, A. Cunn.; DC. Prod. vii. 744. To this variety belong nearly all the Queensland 

 plants. 



2. l. Richei (after M. Eich6), jR. Br. Prod. 541, and in Bot. Mag. t. 3251 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 186. A tall shrub or small tree, quite glabrous or the 

 branches slightly pubescent. Leaves oblong lanceolate or oblanceolate, obtuse or 

 with a small callous point, slightly convex or with recurved margins, finely 

 veined, rarely exceeding lin. and often all under fin. long. Spikes terminal and 

 in the upper axils, cylindrical, often rather long but dense. Bracts and bracteoles 

 striate, about half as long as the calyx. Sepals scarcely 1 line long, obtuse. 

 Corolla-tube rather shorter than the calyx ; lobes as long as the tube. Anthers 

 attached above the middle, with more or less prominent sterile tips. Hypogynous 

 disk 6-lobed. Ovary 5 or 4-celled. Style short. Fruit white, ovoid-globose. — 

 DC. Prod. vii. 744; Sond. in PI. Preiss. i. 305; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 249; 

 F. V. M. Fragm. iv. 123 ; Styphelia Richei, Labill. PI. N. HoU. i. 44. t. 60 ; F. 

 V. M. Fragm. vi. 42 ; Styphelia parviflora, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 287 ; Leueopogon 

 parviflorus, Lindl. Bot Eeg. t. 1560 ; DC. Prod. vii. 745 ; Sond. in PL Preiss. 

 i. 805 ; Styphelia gnidium. Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 23 ; Leueopogon polystachyv^, 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1486, not of K. Br. ; L. lanceolatus, Sieb. PL Exs., not of 

 E. Br. 



Hab.: Moreton Island and the southern coast. 

 The species is also on Chatham Island. 



3. I., microphyllus (small-leaved), R. Br. Prod. 544 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iv. 192. An erect or straggling shrub with rather slender, often twiggy, branches, 

 more or less pubescent. Leaves ovate-oblong, lanceolate or almost linear, obtuse, 

 flat, erect or recurved, 1 to 2 lines long or sometimes all under 1 line, very rarely 

 a few exceeding 2 lines. Spikes terminal, very short, dense and few-flowered, 

 clustered so as to form little leafy heads at the ends of the branches. Lower 

 bracts leaf -like, acuminate ; bracteoles half as long as the calyx. Sepals about 

 1 line long, narrow, acuminate and acute or rarely almost obtuse. Corolla under 

 If line long, the lobes as long as the tube. Anther attached below the short 

 sterile tips. Hypogynous disk truncate or shortly lobed. Ovary 2-celled, tapering 

 into the style. Fruit small, oblong, usually 1-seeded. — DC. Prod. vii. 749 ; 

 Perojoa riiicrophylla, Cav. Ic. iv. 29 t. 349 ; Peroa microphylla, Pers. Syn. i. 174 ; 

 Styphelia microphylla, Spreng. Syst. i. 656 ; F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 45 ; Leueopogon 

 denudatus, Sieb. ; DC. Prod. vii. 749 ; Styphelia denudata, Spreng. Syst. 

 Our. Post. 67 ; Leuicopogon fraterrms, DC. Prod. vii. 749, 



Hab.: Southern localities, ' "• 



