694 EPACRIDACEAR. | Cyathodes, 
2. CYATHODES Labill. 
Shrubs, sometimes tall and erect, sometimes low-growing and diffuse or 
prostrate. Leaves scattered or imbricate, flat or convex, striate, often 
white beneath. Flowers small, axillary and solitary, on short peduncles ; 
bracts several, imbricating, the uppermost larger and almost concealing 
the calyx. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla-tube usually longer than the calyx, 
rarely shorter; lobes 5, spreading or recurved, glabrous or bearded inside. 
Stamens 5, inserted near the top of the corolla-tube ; filaments short, fil- 
form or thickened ; anthers oblong or linear, wholly or partly included in the 
corolla-tube or in the erect base of the lobes. Hypogynous dise cup-shaped 
or annular, or of 5 free scales. Ovary 3-5-celled (rarely 8—10-celled) ; 
style filiform ; stigma small; ovules solitary, pendulous from the top of 
the cells. Fruit a baccate drupe; mesocarp fleshy; endocarp bony, 
3—5-celled ; cells l-seeded. 
A small genus of about 15 species, scattered through Australia and ‘Tasmania, 
New Zealand, and the Pacific islands. One of the New Zealand species extends to 
Australia, the others are endemic. 
* Corolla-lobes not bearded inside. 
A large erect shrub, Leaves }-%in., narrow-linear, with rigid pun- 
gent points iy i rs it ts ..  L. C. acerosa. 
A large erect shrub. Leaves 4-3 in., lmear-oblong, subacute, not 
pungent .. - ot 3 v3 = ». 2. C. robusta, 
Small, spreading, prostrate. Leaves 4-1 in., linear, obtuse, spread- 
ing re f ‘io = t. pis .. 3 CO. empetrifolia, 
** Corolla-lobes densely bearded within. 
Sparingly branched, 4-18 in, high. Leaves 1-fin., linear-oblong, 
obtuse. Flowers in 3-5-flowered racemes abs ae -- 4. C. Colensoi. 
Densely tufted, 2-5in. Leaves }-4in., linear-oblong, apiculate. 
Flowers solitary 5. C. pumila. 
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1. C. aterosa &. Br. Prod, (1810) 539.—An erect or rarely decumbent 
branching shrub 4-15 ft. high or more; bark black ;, branches woody, 
spreading. Leaves spreading or reflexed, 1-2 in. long, acerose, linear or 
subulate-lanceolate, rigid, pungent-pointed, glaucous beneath, with from 
3 to 7 parallel veins, the outer of which often branch towards the margin 
of the leaf; margins often recurved and ciliate. Flowers minute, 751n. 
long, solitary and axillary towards the tips of the branches ; peduncles 
short, recurved, clothed with imbricating obtuse bracts. Calyx-lobes 
obtuse. Corolla-tube not much longer than the calyx; lobes spreading, 
acute, usually glabrous within. Stamens with very short filaments : 
anthers half-exserted. Drupe variable in size, #3 1n. diam., globose, 
succulent, white or red.—A, Cunn. Precur, (1838) n. 407: Raoul Choir 
(1846) 44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov, Zel. i (1853) 163: Handb. N.Z. FI. (1864) 
176; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv (1869) 170: 7. Kirk Forest. FI. (1889) t. 108; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 411: ZU. NZ. Fl. ii (1914) t. 124, 
C. articulata Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii (189@) 600, Leucopogon 
Forsteri A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel, (1832) 216, “) Jee FR: 
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_ Var. a.—lLeaves rather shorter and broader, with mb pungent points; lateral 
veins often branching outwards. 
_ Var. oxyeedrus.—Leaves usually longer and narrower, with longer pungent points ; 
veins all unbranched.—C. oxycedrus R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 540. 
Norty Ann Sourr IsLaANDSs, Stewart Isnanp: Abundant from the North Cape 
southwards. Sea-level to 2500 ft. Mingimingi. August—November, 
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