A small, spaiingly branched, twiggy species, 6 -1 8 inches high.— Branches slender, erect or spi-eading, glabrous
or pnbendous towards the tips. Leaves appressed or spreading, scattered or imbricating, 4 - 4 inch long,
concave, subulate or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed to a long pimgent point, glabrous or ciliated. Floicers small, in
few-flowered, short spikes, which are axillaiy, and often crowded towards tbe ends o f the branches. B r a d s and
sepals acute. Fru it very small.
4 . Leucopogon ericoides (Br. Prodr. 5 4 3 ) ; fruticulus erectus, foliis lineari-oblongis linearibusve
suberectis patentibusve obtusis a cutiuscuiisve pungenti-mucronatis margine recurvis revolntisve, spicis
secu s ramulos axillaribus 3 -5 -flo r is folio brevioribus, drupa exsucca angulata.— B C . P ro d r . vii. 7 4 7 .
Styphelia ericoides. Sm ith , P L N o v . H o ll. t. 4 8 . Epacris spuria, Cav. Ic . iv . 2 7 . t. 3 4 7 . / . 1.
Var. a ; ramulis foliis drupisque glaberrimis. [Gunn, 1 9 6 , 1 9 8 2 , 1 9 8 3 .)
Var. f l ; ramulis foliis drupisque plus minusve puberulis scaberulis p ubescentibusve.— L . trichocarpus,
P r . P ro d r . 5 4 3 . Styphelia trichocarpa, L a b . Nov . H o ll. i. 4 7 . t. 6 6 . [Gu n n , 3 6 1 , 1 2 0 1 , 1 1 8 6 .)
H a b . Ve ry abuudant throughout th e Islan d , in dry heaths, e tc. Var. a . In poor sandy and marshy
soil, Georgetown, Flinders’ Island, and Maequarrie Harbour. Var. fl. Dry sandy soil near the sea at
Georgetown, N ew No r fo lk , e tc .— (F l. Oct., N o v .) [v. v.)
D i s t r i b . S outh-eastern Australia, from P o r t Jackson to Victoria. (Introduced into E ngland.)
A common, variable, and very pretty plant, which may readily be known from its allies by its linear or linear-
oblong leaves, which often turn blackish in drying, with revolnte margins, terminated with a pungent, long or short
mucro, arising from a blunt or acute apex, and by the spikes being produced so abundantly from the axils o f the
leaves, that the twiggy branches look like long, compound spikes of inflorescence. The brauches, rachis, and even
fruit, are sometimes pubescent, at others quite glabrous.— Stems generally erect, of vaiu a 6 feet, and of var. fl 1 -3
feet bigh. Leaves usuaUy patent, 4—| inch long, sometimes when short almost as broad as long, but always preserving
tbeir linear-oblong form.
5 . Leucopogon collinus (Br. Prodr. 5 4 3 ) ; fruticulus erectus v. ramis decumbentibus foliisque
glaberrimis puberulisve, foliis erectis imbricatis patentibusve linearibus lineari-oblongisve subacutis muticis
apiculo spliacelato marginibus revolutis ciliato-denticulatis, spicis brevibus ramulos terminantibus.— L . co llinus,
f l , B C . P ro d r . vii. 7 4 8 . Styphe lia collina, L a b .? N o v . H o ll. i. 4 7 . t. 6 5 .
Y^ar. a ; 2 -3 -p ed a lis , foliis 4 -uncialibus ciliato-denticulatis. [Gunn, 1 1 9 1 , 2 1 1 , 34.)
Var . f l ; 1 -2 -p e d a lis , foliis late oblongis brevibus 4-pollicaribus. {G m m , 1 1 9 0 .)
Var . 7 ; 1 -2 -p ed a lis , foliis anguste oblongis 4-pollicaribus squarroso-patentibus. {G w m , 1 1 8 8 , 1 1 8 9 .)
H a b . A bundant throu gh ou t th e Island, in dry, gravelly places, etc. Var. a . Circular Head and
Georgetown. Var. 7 . Abundant near Hob a r ton .— (F l. Oc t., N o v .) («. v.)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia. (Introduced into E ngland.)
Tliis again closely resembles both L. virgatus and L. ericoides in general appearance, but is very distinct from
both, differing from L . virgatus in tbe leaves not being concave and narrowed into a pungent point, and from F ri-
coides in the spikes being crowded at the ends o f short branches, and the leaves not being terminated with a pungent
mucro ; from the two foUowing species it is not so easily distinguished, and I suspect its smaller forms pass
into these. De CandoUe considers Brown’s L. collinus to be a different variety, and possibly species, from LabU-
lardiore’s (and makes o f it his var. Brownii), distinguished by the margins of the leaves being recurved and less
ciliated ; it is hence possible tbat A. Cunningham’s L, d liatus, may be LabiUardière’s L . collinus ; but as I have
Uttle doubt that these are varieties o f one plant (of which that witli recurved leaves is the ordinary form), I hesitate
to change the existing nomenclature.— P lan t glabrous or slightly pubescent on tbe branches and leaves. Branches
generaUy bright red. Leaves 4 - 4 inch long, Iinear-oblong, with recurved margins, and blunt or acute, sphacelated
tips, their margins always denticulate and more or less cüiated, patent or appressed.
6 . Leucopogon ciliatus (A. Cunn. in DC. Prodr. vii. 7 4 7 ) ; fruticulus, ramis suberectis decumben-
tibusve , foliis parvis ellipticis eliiptico-oblongisve acuminatis muticis planis utrinque glabris ciliatis, spicis
subsolitariis terminalibus 4 -8 -flo r is.— L. petiolaris, B C . ? I .e . 7 5 3 . L . collinus, a , Biilardieri, B C . ? I .e .
Styphelia collina, L a b . ? Nov. H o ll. i. 4 7 . t. 6 5 . {Gunn, 8 5 2 , 1 1 9 1 .)
Var. a ; robusta, ramis erectis, spic is plurimis multifloris. {Gunn, 8 5 2 , 1 1 9 1 .)
Var. f l ; minor, ramis gracilibus brevibus decumbentibus, foliis elliptico-ovatis interdum lo n g e ciliatis,
spic is brevibus paucifloris. {Gunn, \ 1 9 2 , 1 9 8 4 , 2 9 4 8 .) (Ta b . L X X V . A.)
H a b . Var. a . N o t uncommon in various parts o f th e Colony: Hobarton, A . Cunningham; B a ss’
Straits, B y n o e ; Maequarrie Harbour, M illig a n ; H u o n River, Recherche B ay, and Rocky Cape, Gunn.
Var. f l. A lp in e situations, Chilton H ills, L ak e St. Clair, Surry H ills, summit o f YVestern Mountains, e tc.,
Gunn.— (F l. O c t.-D e c .) {v. v.)
Distiuguished from L. collimis (of which I suspect it may be a variety) by the much smaUer size, suberect or
decumbent habit, comparatively longer spikes, and smaUer leaves, which are erect, less than 4 inch long, flat, without
recurved margins, and eUiptical or elliptical-ovate. The var. /3 is a mountain form, with stragghng, almost
prostrate, slender branches, and solitary spikes at their ends.— P l a t e LXXV. A. Var. fl. Pig, 1 and 2, back and
front view of leaves; 3, flower; 4, the same laid open; 5, stamens ;— at
7 . Leucopogon H o ok e ri (Sonder in Linnæa, xx v i. 2 4 8 ) ; fruticulus erectus subfastigiatim ramosus,
foliis suberectis brevibus oblongis lineari-oblongisve utrinque obtusis muticis planis marginibusve recurvis
subtus glaucis 3 -5 -n e r v iis, spicis ad apices ramulorum subfasciculatis erectis 3 -5 -flo r is , calycibus
obtusis tubo corollæ æquilongis, drupis parvis depresso-sphæricis.— L . obtusatus, Nob. in Lond. Journ. B o t.
vi. 2 6 9 . {Gunn, 1 9 7 , 8 5 4 in p a r t , 1 1 9 7 .) (T a b . L X X V . B )
H a b . Abundant in alpine situations throughout th e Islan d .— (F l. N o v .) {v. v.)
D i s t r i b . Mountains o f YTctoria, Mu e ller.
So similar to Lissanthe montana that it is not readily distinguished from tliat plant, except by the bearded
lobes of the corolla and the smaU fruit ; it also most closely resembles Leucopogon Colensoi of New Zealand, but
that has also a baccate frait.— A smaU shrub, 6 -1 6 inches liigh, with stout, erect, woody, much and fastigiately
branched stems. Branches slender, ofteu pubescent at the apices. Leaves smafl, -i—x i°®h long, linear-oblong or
oblong, sometimes rather broader above the middle, coriaceous, bhmt at both ends, rather thickened at the apex,
and with cailUaginous margius, flat or with recurved margins, quite glabrous or minutely seaberulous and ciliated,
below glaucous, with tbree to flve nerves, the outer pair branching towards the margins. Spikes fascicled near the
ends of tlie branches, erect, three- to five-flowered. Flowers small. Sepals short, broad, blunt, as long as the tube
of the coroUa. Drupes smaU, haviug a pleasant, nutty flavour' {Gunn).^—P l a t e LXXY'. A . Fig. 1 and 2, back and
front view of leaves ; 3, flower ; 4 , tbe same laid open ; 5, stamens : —at
§ 3 . Flowers solitary, axillaiy, sessile. Calyx four-bracteate.
8 . Leucopogon Frazeri (A . Cunn. in An n . N a t. H ist. ii. 4 7 ) ; parvulus, erectus v. ascendens,
ramulis paucis gracilibus puberulis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis lineari-oblongisve lon g e pungenti-acuminatis
planis subtus striato-nervosis margiuibus c iliolatis, floribus axillaribus sobtariis, calycibus tenuiter cihatis
4-bracteatis tubo corollæ 4 - è brevioribus, disco profunde 5-lobo, styli basi v illoso.— FL N . Z eal. i. 1 6 4 .
L . nesophilus, B C . P ro d r. vii. 7 5 2 . L . B elligniauus, Ra o u l, Choix de P la n te s Nouv. Zel. 1 8 . t. xii. L .
Stuartii, F. M u e lle r, M S S .; Sonder in Linnæa, xxvi. 2 4 9 . Pentachondra mucronata, Nob. in Lon d . Journ.
B o t. vi. 2 7 0 . {Gm m , 7 0 9 .)
H ab. Hainpshire H ills and mouth of the De ten tion River, Gu n n ; summit o f Grass-tree HiU, near
Hobarton, and banks o f Lake Ech o .— (PI. O c t.-D e c .) {v. v.)