Leiicopogon.] LXXI. EPACRIDE2E. 933 



4. I,, virgatus (twiggy), E. Br. Prod. 548; Benth. Fl. Amtr. iv. 201. 

 A low, decumbent or diffuse shrub, with ascending or erect wiry, glabrous 

 branches of ^ to 1ft. or rarely more rigid and bushy. ' Leaves lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, tapering into a rigid but not pungent point, concave, minutely 

 ciliate, under ^in. long. Spikes short, dense, terminal or in the uppermost 

 axils, or appearing axillary from the shortness of the flowering branchlets. 

 Bracts small ; bracteoles half as long as the calyx. Sepals about 1 line long, 

 obtuse, scarcely coloured. Corolla-tube rather shorter than the calyx ; lobes 

 longer than the tube. Anthers attached a little below the the short sterile tips. 

 Hypogynous disk truncate or obtusely lobed. Ovary broad, 5-eelled ; style short. 

 —DC. Prod. vii. 748 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 249 ; Styphelia virgata, Labill. PL 

 Nov. Holl. i. 46 t. 64 ; F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 42 (but not L. glacialis, Lindl.) 



Hab.: Point Danger, H. Schneider. 



5. Ii. Hookeri (after Sir J. D. Hooker), Sond. in Linnma, xxvi. 248 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. iv. 206. A low, diffuse or tall bushy shrub. Leaves oblong-linear, 

 obtuse or with an obscure callous point, shortly petiolate, flat or with recurved 

 margins, few-nerved and glaucous underneath, rarely -Jin. long and often not 

 above Jin. Flowers few, in short terminal spikes. Bracts and bracteoles broad, 

 about half as long as the calyx. Sepals very obtuse, ^ to f line long. Corolla 

 about IJ line long, the lobes about as long as the tube. Anthers attached above 

 the middle, obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous disk shortly lobed (or 

 entire, F. v. M.J. Ovary, 5-celled ; style very short. Fruit (red, F. v. M.Jsm&ll, 

 nearly globular. — Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 251 t. 75 B ; L. obtmatus, Hook. f. in 

 Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 269, not of Sond.; Styphelia montana, F. v. M. Fragm. 

 iv. 45. 



Hab.: Near Wallangarra (I believe tcis species, but only fragments received). 



6. Ii. melaleucoides (Melaleuca-like), A. Cunn.; DC. Prod. vii. 750; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 207. An erect, robust shrub of several feet, the branches 

 usually minutely pubescent. Leaves oblong-linear, tapering into a pungent 

 point, flat or nearly so, smooth and shining, rarely exceeding |-in. Spikes short, 

 terminal, with occasionally a few single flowers in the uppermost axils. Bracts 

 and bracteoles very small. Sepals obtuse or mucronate, rather above 1 line long. 

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

 at the top, very obtuse, without sterile tips. Hypogynous disk 5-lobed. Ovary 

 5-angled, 5-celled. — L. linifolius, A. Cunn.; DC. Prod. vii. 747 ; Styphelia linifolia, 

 F. V. M. Fragm,. vi. 86. 



Hab.: Moreton Bay, 4. Cunningham; Mount Lindsay, i^'raser ; Stanthorpe. 

 Wood of a rather dark colour, nicely marked, hard; and close-grained. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. 

 Woods No. 259a. 



7. Ii. pluriloculatus (many-celled), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 87 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iv. 207. A small but robust, erect, bushy shrub, the branchlets pubescent. 

 Leaves crowded, linear, rigid, tapering into a pungent point, with revolute 

 margins, mostly about Jin. long. Flowers in short, terminal spikes or racemes, 

 with a few occasionally in the uppermost axils, each flower shortly pedicellate 

 within the small, subtending bract and bracteoles. Sepals obtuse, f to nearly 1 

 line long. Corolla-tube shortly exceeding the calyx ; lobes nearly as long as the 

 tube. Anthers attached near the top, oblong, very obtuse, without sterile tips. 

 Hypogynous disk lobed. Ovary short, hairy, 5 to 7-celled. Fruit small, 

 depressed-globular. — Styphelia pluriloculata, F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 32. 



Hab.: Burnett Elver, F. v. Mueller ; in the interior, Mitchell. 



8. It. pleiospermus (many- seeded), F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 41; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iv. 207. An erect, bushy shrub, with pubescent branches. Leaves 

 oblong-linear, rather obtuse, with a short, rigid point, concave, finely veined 



