margins, glaucous below, with several parallel nerves, the outer sometimes branching towards the margin. M owen
v e iy small, crowded two or four together on very short axillaiy racemes or spikes. Calyx bibraeteate, obtuse.
Corolla ureeolate, very short, its tube and limb glabrous. Fru it fleshy, large, wliite, transparent.— Mueller sends a
South Australian variety covered with a hoary pubescence.
3. L issan th e daphnoides (Br. Prodr. 5 4 1 ) ; fruticulus str ic tus erectus, fo liis elliptico- v. oblongo-
lanceolatis concaviusculis mucrone calloso brevissimo v . n u llo marginibus nudis v. subciliatis dorso inter
nervos exaratis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, calyce obtuse bibracteato, tubo corollæ infundibuliformi calyce
ter longiore fauce v illosa limbo glabro.— B o t. Cat. t. 4 6 6 . Styphelia daphnoides, Sinith, Nov. H o ll.
p . 4 8 .
H .\b . Tasmania, B row n , Scott.
D i s t iu b . S outh-eastern and S outh-we stern Australia. (Introduced iu to England.)
An erect, sparingly branched shrub, with rather stout, elongate branches, and pubescent branchlets.— Leaves
scattered, erect, 4 - 4 inch long, elliptical or oblong or elUptical-lanceolate, glabrous or pubescent, bhmt or with a
small blunt apiculus, under surface veined, grooved between the veins, the three central nerves parallel, the rest
branching to the margin. Flotcers axillary, solitary, almost sessile, small, white. Calyx small, blunt, bibraeteate,
one-sixth the length o f the tube of the corolla. Lohes of the coroUa short, glabrous ; throat bearded.—L. Ounning-
hami, DC., appeai-s to be a variety o f tbis species.
4 . Lissanthe c iliata (Br. Prodr. 5 4 1 ) ; fruticulus erectus v. prostratus, foliis erecto-patentibus
e lliptico- V. ob lougo-ianceolatis planis acuminatis p ungentibus marginibus glabris c iliatisve subtus nervis
lateralibus penninerviis, floribus axillaribus solitariis subsessilibus calyce acuto corollæ tubo ^ breviore,
corolla breviuscula, limbo glabro v . subbarbato. {Gunn, 5 2 3 in p a r t , 1 9 8 6 .)
H a b . Nor thern parts o f tb e I s la n d : R ock y Cape, Georgetown, and Launeeston, Gunn.— (F l. N o v .)
D i s t e i b . Grampian Mountains, Victoria, M u e lle r. (Introduced into E ngland.)
This speeies closely resembles L. daphnoides, but may be readily distinguished by the shorter, more procumbent
stems and ascending branches, the pungent apices to the leaves, the acute calyx-lobes, and much shorter
corolla, which has a neaiiy glabrous or villous hmb ; from the latter character it seems to unite Lmanthe with Zeu-
copogon.
Gen. V I . L E U C O PO G O N , B r .
C alyx 2 - rarius 3 -4 -b ra c tea tu s. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo patente dense barbato. F ilamenta
inc lusa V. subexserta. B iscu s hypogynus cyathiformis (rarius 0 ), 5 -lobatus v . 5-partitus. B ru p a sicca v .
subbaccata; putamine 1 -5 -lo cu la r i, locu lis 1-spe rmis.— Frú tic es ericoidei ; foliis sp a rsis, subconfertis, ini-
b iic a iis v e ; floribus a x illa rib u s te rminalibusve , su b so lita riis v . in racemos breves d isp o sitis, albis.
Oue of the largest and most abundant Australian genera, whose species cover wide tracts o f land with a
Heather-like vegetation, Upwards o f 120 species are known, o f which about 4 0 are found in the South-eastern
quarter, 70 in the South-western, 10 in the Tropics, and six or seven are common to the South-eastern and Southwestern
coasts. A veiy few species are also found in New Zealand and the mountains of the Malay Islands, and
one in the Malay Peninsula,— Shrubs rarely tall, though sometimes 6 -8 feet high, usually low and Heath-like,
with small, white flowers, and small, persistent, rigid leaves. Flowers in axillary or tenninal, short, few-flowered
racemes, or almost sessile, conspicuous for the tuft of white down on the lobes o f tlie corolla. Calyx with two or
rarely three bracts at its base, its sepals blunt or acute. Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped. Stamens included or
slightly exserted, seated at the mouth o f the corolla. Disc cup-shaped, five-lobed. Ovary five-celled; cells onc-
ovuled. Fruit a coriaceous or crustaceous, one- to five-celled nut, with generally a very scanty, fleshy epicaip.
(Name from Xcukos, white, and Trwywv, c
§ 1. Spikes axillary, many-ßowered. Drupe baccate.
1. Leucopogon Richei (Br. Prodr. 5 4 1 ) ; frutex erectus glaberrimus, foliis suberectis ( I - I U
uiicialibus) oblongo- v. lineari-lanceolatis supra medium paulo latioribus acuminatis marginibus subrecurvis,
spicis erectis multifloris, drupa parva 3 -5 -lo cu la r i baccata.— B C . F ro d r. vii. 7 4 4 ; Hooh. B o t. M a g . t.
3 2 5 1 . L . parviflorus, L in d l. B o t. Reg . t. 1 5 6 0 ; B C . I . e . L . polystacbyus, L o d d . B o t. Cab. t. 1 4 3 6 ,
non B r . F ro d r. Styphelia Richei, L a b . F l. Nov. H o ll. i. 4 4 . t. 6 0 . S. parviflora, A n d r. B o t. R ep . 2 8 7 .
S. Gnidiuin, Vent. H o r t. M a lm . t. 2 3 .
Y^ar. a ; erecta, ramis erectis subfastigiatim ramosis. {Gunn, 4 2 9 .)
Vav. fl. p a r v iflo ra ; minor, floribus foliisque paulo minoribus, caule interdum decumbente.— L . parviflorus,
L in d l. B o t. R eg . 1 5 6 0 ; B C . I. c. {Gm m , 1 9 8 1 .)
Var. 7 ; ramis patulis decumbentibusve, foliis lanceolatis.— L . affinis, B r . F ro d r. {Gtm n , 8 5 1 .)
Hab. Var. a . and fl. Abundant ou sand-hills on all th e coasts. Var. f l. Flinders’ Island, etc. Var. 7 .
In marshy spots. Circular Head, YVoolnorth, etc.— (F l. Oct.) {v. v.)
D i s t e i b . South-eastern and South-western Australia, from N ew South YVales to Swan River. (In tro duced
in to England.)
A very pretty, evergreen bush, 4 - 8 feet high, w ith erect, or rarely decumbent, and somewhat fascicled branches.
Leaves 4 iuch long and upwards, lanceolate, variable in breadth, broader above the middle, acuminate ; margins a
httle recurved ; under surface whitish, with three to five obscure, parallel, median nerves, which branch to the
margins. Flowers very small, in white spikes, as long as or shorter than the leaves ; rachis glabrous or puberulous.
Drupe white, three- to five-ceUed, fleshy.—L. parviflorus, wliich is Brown’s Z. aflinis in pait, does not seem to
differ in any respect, except the rather smaller flowers, from some o f my Tasmanian specimens of Z. Richei. Brown’s
Z. a ßn is Gunu sends as a variety that grows amongst other and taller shrubs.
2 . Leucopogon australis (Br. Prodr. 3 4 1 ) ; frutex erectus glaberrimus, ramis apice præsertim ramosis,
foliis erectis appressis (1 4 - 2 -uncialibus) hneari-lanceolatis marginibus recurvis v. revolutis apice
fuscesceiite obtuso v. acuminato, spicis erectis folio æquilongis brevioribusve, nu c e parva depressa globosa
4 -5 -lo cu la r i.— B C . P ro d r. vii. 7 4 4 . {Gunn, 5 2 1 .)
H ab . I n poor soil, generally near the s e a ; Circular Head, Georgetown, Hampshire H ills , etc ., A .
Cunningham, Gunn.— (F i. Oct., Nov .)
D i s t r ib . South coast o f Australia : Victoria, to K in g George’s Sound.
A very flue species, resembling closely Z. Richei, but with much longer and proportionally narrower, very pale
green leaves, often strongly recun'ed at the mai'gins, more numerous nerves, longer and more numerous spikes, and
smaller, depressed, globose berries. The brauches are very strict, erect, and fastigiate ; the leaves are usually terminated
ivith a brown, fuscous, blunt or acute tip. Fruit white.— The whole plant, when drying, smells o f new-
made hay.
§ 2. Spikes axillary and terminal, three- or more-flowered. Calyx and bracts coloured. Drupe nearly dry.
Leaves not cordate a t the base.
3 . L e u c o p o g o n v i r g a t u s (Br. Prodr. 5 4 3 ) ; fruticulus, ramulis erectis divaricatisve tenuibus g la berrimis
apicibusve puberulis, foliis (4 - 4 -uncialibus) appressis patuhsve lineari-lanceolatis apice attenuatis
rigidis acutissimis concavis margine ciliatis, spicis subaggregatis terminalibus axillaribusque paucifloris.__
B C . P ro d r . vii. 7 4 8 . Styphelia virgata, L a b . N o v . HoU. i. 4 6 . t. 6 4 . {Gunn, 1 9 1 , 7 1 2 .)
H a b . Abundant in dry gravelly and sandy places tliroughout th e Island.— (F l. Oct.) {v. v.)
D is t r ib . South-eastern and South-western Australia, from Por t Jackson to Swan River. (Introduced
into England.)
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