934 LXXl. EPACRIDEiB. [Leueopogon. 



underneatli, mostly about |iii. long. Racemes terminal or in the uppermost 

 axils, rather loose, but rarely exceeding the leaves, the flowers small and 

 pedicellate. Bracts and bracteoles small, broad, obtuse, striate, all at the base of 

 pedicels. Sepals about f line long, broad, obtuse, striate. Corolla 1^ line 

 long, the tube twice as long as the calyx, with the exserted part campanulate, 

 the lobes short. Anthers attached near the top, obtuse, without sterile tips. 

 Hypogynous disk truncate. Ovary, short, broad, 7 to 10-celled ; style short. 

 Fruit depressed-globular, smooth, yellow, about 2 lines diameter. — Styphelia 

 pleiosperma, F. v. M. Fragm. vi.'41, 



Hab.: Darling Downs and other inland localities. 



9. !■. ericoides (heath-like), R. Br. Prod. 543 ; Benth. Fl. Amtr. iv. 209. 

 A heath-like shrub, sometimes low and diffuse,, sometimes erect and attaining 

 several feet, glabrous or ihe branches and even the foliage more or less pubescent. 

 Leaves mostly oblong-linear, obtuse, mucronate, J to ^in. long, but sometimes 

 narrow and acute, or, especially the lower ones, small broadly oblong or even 

 ovate, always with recurved or revolute margins. Flowers few together, in close 

 axillary clusters or spikes, rarely exceeding the leaves, but the spikes sometimes 

 so numerous as to form long, dense, leafy racemes. Bracteoles about half as 

 long as the calyx. Sepals scarcely 1 long long and sometimes shorter, narrow, 

 mucronulate. Corolla variable in size, usually about 2 lines long, the lobes 

 rather longer than the tube. Anthers linear, attached near the top, obtuse, 

 without sterile tips. . Hypogynous scales free or slightly cohering. Ovary 5- 

 oelled, pubescent or hairy, or rarely glabrous ; style rather long. Fruit small, 

 ovoid-oblong, often curved when partially abortive. — DC. Pro4. vii. 747; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 250; Styphelia ericoides, Sm. PI. N. HoU. 48; F. v. M. 

 Fragm. vi. 45 ; Epacris spuria, Cav. Ic. iv. 27 t. 347 (not good) ; Styphelia spuria, 

 Poir. Diet. vii. 485 ; S. trichocarpa, Labill. PI. Nov. HoU. i. 47 t. 66 (not good) ; 

 Leueopogon trichocarpus, E. Br. Prod. 543 ; DC. Prod. vii. 747. 



Hab.: Islands of southern coast, and inland at Stanthorpe. 



10. 1m. margarodes (pearl-like), R. Br. Prod. 542 ; Benth. Fl. Amtr. iv. 

 212. A weak, straggling shrub, with pubescent branches. Leaves oblong-linear 

 or oblanceolate, obtuse or with a minute callous point, the margins recurved, 

 rarely exceeding fin. and mostly under that length. Peduncles axillary, very 

 short, bearing 2 or 3 flowers or sometimes only 1 besides the rudiment. Bracts 

 very small ; bracteoles broad, obtuse, scarcely half as long as the calyx. Sepals 

 about 1 line long, acute. Corolla-tube much shorter than the calyx ; lobes 

 narrow, twice as long as the tube. Anthers attached near the top, obtuse, 

 without sterile tips. Hypogynous disk rather long. Ovary oblong, compressed, 

 2-celled, tapering into a rather long style. Fruit oblong, obtuse, nearly 3 lines 

 long, succulent angular and sterile at the base, the remaining seed-bearing 

 portion striate and compressed. — DO. Prod. vii. 747 ; Styphelia margarodes, 

 Spreng. Syst. i. 657 ; F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 36. 



Hab. : Sandy Cape, Harvey Bay, B. Brown ; Stradbrooke Island, Fraser ; Moreton Island, 

 F. V. Mueller. 



11. It, ruscifolius (Ruscus-leaved), R. Br. Prod. 545; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 

 215. Erect and bushy, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves from broadly obovate to 

 oblong-elliptical, obtuse or acute, but always with a short, rigid point, con- 

 tracted at the base, slightly concave, smooth and shining, J to fin. long. 

 Peduncles axillary, very short, bearing 1 or 2 flowers besides the rudiment. 

 Bracts very small ; bracteoles broad, truncate with a minute point, not half so 



. long as the calyx. Sepals nearly If line long, broad but almost acute, striate. 

 Corolla about 2 lines long, the lobes very acute, longer than the tube. Anthers 



