696 EPACRIDACEAE. [ Cyathodes. 
5. ©. pumila Hook. f. Handb, N.Z. Fl. (1864) 735.—A small depressed 
densely tufted little plant 2-5in. high; stems prostrate, with numerous 
suberect or ascending leafy branches, Leaves im bricate, erect and 1n- 
curved when dry, shortly petiolate, }-4in. long, linear-oblong, apiculate, 
glabrous, flat above, glaucous beneath, with a stout midrib and often a 
lateral vein on each side as well; margins thickened towards the base of 
the leaf, broad and thin at the tip. Flowers minute, axillary, solitary ; 
peduncles clothed with numerous imbricating broad concave bracts. Calyx- 
lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube cylindrical, much 
longer than the calyx; lobes 5, acute, densely bearded within. Stamens 
included. Style short, minutely 5-toothed at the tip. Drupe rather large, 
#5 In. diam., globose, 5-celled.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 413. 
NortH Istanp: Kaimanawa and Ruahine Mountains, B. GC. Aston. SouTH 
Istanp: Nelson—Mount Arthur, 7. F. C.: Mount Frederic, near Westport, P. @. 
Morgan! Marlborough—Mount Stokes, J. H. Macmahon ! Canterbury—Hurunui 
Mountains, W. T. L. Travers, Westland—Kelly’s Hill, Cockayne! Otago—Summit 
of Mount Maungatua, B. C. Aston! Garvie Mountains, Poppelwell ; Lake Hauroko, 
Crosby Smith. 2500-5000 ft. 
A curious little plant. It is often mistaken for Pentachondra pumila, and is 
probably not uncommon throughout the mountainous districts of the South Island, 
3. LEUCOPOGON R. Br. 10. 
Erect or prostrate shrubs, or rarely small trees. Leaves scattered or 
imbricate, sessile or petiolate, striate. Flowers small, white or pink, in 
axillary or terminal spikes or racemes, sometimes solitary, but the rhachis 
alwdys ending in the rudiment of an additional flower. Bracts few, 
usually placed close below the calyx. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla-tube funnel- 
shaped or campanulate, lobes 5, spreading or recurved, usually densely. 
bearded within. Stamens 5, inserted near the top of the corolla-tube ; 
filaments short, filiform; anthers wholly or partly included in the corolla- 
tube or in the erect base of the lobes. Ovary 2-3-5-celled ; style short or 
long; stigma small; ovules solitary, pendulous from the top of the cell. 
Fruit a baccate drupe; mesocarp fleshy ; endocarp 2-5-celled; cells 
1-seeded. 
A large Australian genus of more than 130 species, in addition to which there are 
a few from the Malay Archipelago and the Pacific islands, and.3 from New Zealand, 
2 of which are also Australian. 
A shrub 5-15ft. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers smal!, in 
drooping spikes o ie Ave the . 
A shrub 4-8 ft. Leaves oblanceolate. Flowers small, in crowded 
erect spikes = + LP, i 34 A 
Small, 2-Sin. Leaves obovate-oblong, with pungent tips. Flowers 
large, solitary si A. ¥ “y -. & LL. Fraseri, 
1. L. fasciculatus, 
2. L. Richei. 
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we ds GL, misotoutan te aace Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 215.—A branching 
shrub or small tree 5—15 ft. high or more; bark black; branches slender, 
spreading, pubescent at the tips. Leaves very variable in size and shape, 
flat, spreading, 3—lin. long, linear or linear-lanceolate to obovate-lanceo- 
tate or linear-oblong, acute or acuminate or almost pungent, rarely obtuse, 
sessile, glabrous, 3-T7-nerved ; margins minutely denticulate or ciliolate. 
Hlowers minute, greenish-white, in 6-12-flowered axillary or terminal 
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