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XLII. ERICEJE. 
[. Leucopogon . 
spikes, crowded or distant, greenish ; bracts and calyx-lobes obtuse. Drupe 
small, hard, fleshy, oblong, 2-celled. — Epacris fasciculalus, Forst. 
Var. a. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate. 
Var. j8. Leaves broader, oblong, hardly acute. — L. brtvilabris, Stsch., iu Bull. Soc. Nat. 
Hist. Mosc. xxxii. 
Abundant throughout the islands, Banks and Solander, etc. Var. /3, in mountainous 
districts. 
2. Li. Fx-azeri, A. Cunn . ; — FI. N. Z. i. 165. A very small, erect or 
ascending plant, 2-4, rarely 6-8 in. high, branches often curving, densely 
covered with imbricating leaves. Leaves close-set, in. long, obovate- 
oblong or linear-oblong, with long, pungent, mucronate tips, glabrous above, 
margins flat or recurved, serrulate, cartilaginous, glaucous below, the nerves 
branching outwards. Flowers solitary, axillary, sessile, large ; bracts short, 
broad. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, twice as long as the bracts. Corolla tubular, 
\ in. long; lobes short. Drupe 1- or more celled. — L. nesophilus, DC. Prodr. 
vii. 752 ; L. Bellignianus, Raoul, Choix, 18. t. 12. 
Abundant throughout the islands in dry soil, ascending to 5000 ft., Banks and Solander , 
etc. The sweetish orange drupe is edible. Also found on the Tasmanian and Victorian alps, 
and very closely allied to a Borneau species. 
5. PENTACHONDRA, Br. 
Small, alpine, procumbent, straggling or csespitose plants. Leaves imbri- 
cating. — Flowers solitary, axillary, sessile. Bracts 4 or more. Corolla tu- 
bular or funnel-shaped ; lobes spreading, densely bearded within. Drupe 
with 5 or more small 1 -seeded nuts. 
A small genus, natives of the alps of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 
1. P. pumila, Br. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 166. Stems woody, procumbent, 
with numerous, short, ascending, tufted, leafy branches, 1-4 in. high. Leaves 
clo3e-set, suberect, imbricating, -§• in. long, oblong, obtuse, concave, margins 
ciliate, glossy on both surfaces, glabrous or ciliated, striated, 3-5 -nerved. 
Flowers twice as large as the leaves. Bracts and calyx-lobes short, ciliated. 
Corolla tubular; lobes 5, short, densely bearded. Berry large, often £ in. 
long, red, succulent. Nuts 5 or more, small, almost reniform. — Epacris 
pumila , Forst. Prodr. 
northern and Middle Islands: abundant on the mountains, Forster; ascending to 
5500 ft. in the Nelson ranges. Also found on the Victorian and Tasmanian alps. 
6. EPACRIS, Smith. 
Shrubs, often small, or small trees. Leaves shortly petioled, usually 
closely imbricating, rarely sheathing at the base. — Flowers solitary, shortly 
peduncled ; bracts numerous, imbricating, covering the peduncle and con- 
cealing the base of the calyx. Corolla tubular or bell-shaped ; limb not 
bearded. Capsule dry, 5 -celled, 5-valved ; cells with numerous seeds attached 
to a central placenta. 
A very large Australian and Tasmanian genus, found also in New Zealand, but nowhere else. 
Leaves with long, pungent points 1. E. purpurascens. 
Leaves not pungent, acuminate. Bracts and sepals acute ... 2. E. pauciflora. 
Leaves obtuse. Bracts and sepals acute 3 . E. Sinclairii. 
Leaves ovate obtuse. Bracts and sepals obtuse 4. E. alpina. 
