940 LXXI. EPaCRIDE^. [Epacris. 



Stems erect, virgate. Leaves narrow, nearly sessile. Flowers along the 

 branches. Calyx about 3 lines long. Corolla-tube exserted, cylindrical. 



Style long 1- -E- obtusifolia. 



Leaves broad and cordate or very concave at the base, aouminate or acute, 

 with spreading points. 

 Bracts and sepals obtuse or nearly so. Corolla-tube and style very short. 



Leaves mostly under 2 lines , , . . 2. E. microphylla. 



Bracts and sepals acutely acuminate. Leaves mostly under 3 lines long . 3. E. pulchella. 



1. IS. Obtusifolia (leaves obtuse), Sm. Exot. Bot. i. 77 t. 40 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iv. 237. An erect shrub, wifcb virgate, usually pubescent branches, from 

 under 1ft. to about 3ft. high. Leaves oblong-elliptical, obtuse, thick, few-nerved, 

 slightly concave, narrowed into a short petiole, from under Jin. long when 

 broad to nearly fin. when narrow. Flowers white, axillary, usually forming long 

 one-sided leafy racemes, either almost sessile or on peduncles of above 1 line. 

 Bracts and sepals obtuse, ciliate, usually decussate, the sepals about 8 lines long. 

 Corolla sometimes almost campanulate, the tube shortly exceeding the calyx, 

 the lobes broad. Anthers not protruding from the tube. Hypogynous scales 

 distinct, obtuse.— R. Br. Prod. 551 ; DC. Prod. vii. 762 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 

 i. 260 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 292. 



Hab.: Coastal swamps, southern localities, and Stanthorpe. 



2. E. microphylla (leaves small), B. Br. Prod. 550 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 

 240. An erect shrub with virgate sometimes rather slender branches, often 

 flowering to a considerable length. Leaves cordate, broadly ovate, shortly 

 acuminate or acute in the typical form or sometimes almost obtuse, very concave 

 and broad above the base, erect, spreading, or reflexed, 1^ to nearly 2 lines long. 

 Flowers numerous along the branches, small, almost sessile or on peduncles of 

 1 or even 2 lines. Bracts and sepals obtuse or rarely the innermost almost 

 acute, the sepals under 1 line long. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx, the 

 lobes as long as the tube. Anthers wholly included. Hypogynous scales short. 

 Style very short.— DC. Prod. vii. 760 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3658 ; E. pulcJiella, Sims, 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1170; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 194, not of Cav. ; E. rivularu, Sieb.; 

 Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 64 ; E. auricuLata, Benth. in Hueg. Enuni. 76 ; DC. 

 Prod. vii. 761 ; E. pedicellata, DC. Prod. vii. 761. 



Hab.: In the coastal swamps of southern parts. 



3. E. pulchella (plant pretty), Cav. Ic. iv. 26 t. 345 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iv. 241. An erect shrub with virgate branches minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 spreading, nearly sessile, cordate-ovate, acuminate, tapering into a rigid point, 

 broad and very concave near the base, mostly 2 to nearly 8 lines long. Flowers 

 along" the branches on very short peduncles. Inner bracts and sepals acutely 

 acuminate, the sepals about 2 lines long. Corolla-tube broad, as long as the calyx, 

 the lobes rather obtuse, scarcely shorter than the tube. Hypogynous scales short 

 and broad. Style rather long.— R. Br. Prod. 550; DC. Prod. vii. 760; E. 

 purpiirascens, Sieb. PI. Exs., not of R. Br. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



10. LYSINEMA, R. Br. 



(Filaments free.) 

 Corolla-tube cylindrical, entire or separating at the base or altogether into 

 distinct petal-claws ; lobes 5, horizontally spreading, contorted in the bud. 

 Filaments free from the base or more or less adnate to the corolla, especially 

 towards the throat; anthers linear, attached at or above the middle, wholly 

 or partially included in the tube. Hypogynous disk of 5 distinct scales, usually 

 as long as the ovary. Ovary 6-celled, with several usually numerous ovules in 



