Momtoea.] LXXI. EPACEIDE^. 939 



2. M. lineata (lined), R. Br. Prod. 547 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 230. A 

 tall shrub or small tree, closely resembling M. elUptica in foliage, but the 

 peduncles are all short, axillary or lateral and few-flowered, the flowers smaller 

 and sessile or nearly so within the very small subtending bract, which is usually 

 persistent or sometimes very minute, or even quite deficient, when the spike is 

 reduced to a single flower. Corolla more open than in M. eUiptica, with a very 

 short tube, so as to be almost rotate. Fruit ovoid, or round, or a rich red 

 colour, about 1 or more line diameter. — DC. Prod. vii. 755 ; Hnok. f. Fl. Tasm. 

 i. 252 ; Styphelia glauca, Labill. PI. Nov. HoU. i. 45. t. 61. 



Hab.: Mount Bartle Frere. 



J. J. Labillardi^re, in PI. Nov. Holl. i. 45, is the only one to notice that the fruit of this small 

 tree has 5 cells, which I found to be the case in the specimen I examined from Mount Bartle 

 Frere. I think this is the first time the plant has been found out of Tasmania. The fruit 

 of our plant is roundish, about 2 lines in diameter, and of a rich-red colour. It is strange that 

 neither Dr. Hooker in the Tasmanian Flora, nor Mr. Bentham in the Flora Aastraliensis, 

 gives the number of cells in the fruit ; and both refer to Labillardiere's description and figure 

 in which the 5 cells are mentioned and shown under bis name of Styphelia glauca. It is 

 probable that in the typical specimen received by Eobt. Brown the fruit was l-celled by abortion, 

 as stated to be sometimes the case by Labillardiere. — Bail, in 3rd Suppl. Syn. Ql. Fl. 45 (1890). 



3. IVE. SCOparia (broom-hke), R. Br. Prod. 647 ; BeJith. FL Austr. iv. 280. 

 An erect, bushy shrub of 2 or 3ft., glabrous or the branches minutely pubescent. 

 Leaves oblong-linear, muoronate, convex or with revolute margins, pale or 

 glaucous and finely veined underneath, rarely exceeding ^in. Flowers in little 

 axillary clusters of 2 to 4 or sometimes solitary, usually reflexed, the common 

 peduncle exceedingly short. Bracts very small, broad, membranous, persisteDt ; 

 bracteoles about half as long as the calyx. Sepals a little more than | line long, 

 very obtuse. Corolla about 1 line long, the lobes as long as the tube, much leSS 

 spreading than in M. eUiptica, and thickened at the end. Hypogyn'ous disk 

 truncate or toothed. Ovary l-celled. Drupe about 1 line long. — DC. Prod. ' 

 vii. 756 ; F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 58 ; Styphelia scoparia, Sm. Bot. N. Holl. 49 ; 

 M. patens and M. propinqua, A. Cunn.; DC. Prod. vii. 756. 



Hab.: Many southern localities. 



Wood of a pale colour, close-grained, nicely marked, and easily worked. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. 

 Woods No. 269b. 



9. EPACRIS, Cav. 



(From epi, upon, and akris, a mountain.) 



Corolla-tube cylindrical or campanulate ; lobes 5, imbricate but not contorted 

 in the bud, more or less spreading, glabrous. Filaments short, adnate to the 

 corolla-tube (inserted in the throat), but often readily detached almost to the 

 base ; anthers attached above the middle, wholly or partially included in the 

 corolla-tube. Hypogynous disk consisting of distinct scales, very rarely cohering 

 in a ring or cup. Ovary 5- celled, with several, usually numerous ovules or 

 placentas attached to the axis ; style long or short, inserted in a tubular 

 depression, rarely reaching below the middle of the ovary ; stigma small or 

 clavate or dilated. Capsule loculicidally dehiscent. — Shrubs. Leaves sessile or 

 petiolate, articulate on the stem, sometimes embracing it above the base but not 

 sheathing. Flowers solitary in the upper axils or along the branches, on 

 peduncles usually short. Bracts numerous, covering the peduncle and imbricate 

 on the calyx, passing gradually into the sepals, and forming an involucre round 

 them. 



The genus is limited to Australia and New Zealand, and only 1 or perhaps 2 species are 

 common to the two countries. With all its variations in the foliage and shape of the corolla, 

 it is the most easily recognised in the Order, differing from all except Lysinema in foliage and 

 inflorescence, and distinguished from the latter genus by the eestivation of the corolla. — Benth. 



