g in ib u s glabris scaberulisve, floribus axillaribus, corolla cylindracea sepalis ovatis acuminatis duplo v . triplo
lougiore .— D G F ro d r. vii. 7 6 1 . {Gunn, 8 5 7 ?, 8 5 8 .) E . reclinata, A . C m n . M S S . ?
H a b . Islands iu Bass’ Straits, B rm n ; Hampshire H ills, W oolnor th, E o ck y Cape, and Circular Head,
Gunn.— (FL D e c ., Jan.)
D i s t r i b . Sou tli-ea stem Australia, M u e lle r ; B lu e Mountains, A . Cunningham. (Introduced into
E ngland.)
This again approaches very closely indeed to states o f B. impressa, to which Gunn is inclined to refer some of
his specimens ; it however appears to differ in the low, more or less procumbent, straggling habit, the smaller,
shorter leaves, not ahove i inch hroad, in their ovate or elliptical-lanceolate form, and in the flowers not being so
numerous, whence the branches do not look like flowering spikes. Sieber’s no. 83 (in Herb. Hook.) does not appear
distinct from this, except in the longer tube o f the corolla ; and Allan Cunningham sends the same plant from
Port Jackson, under the name o f E. ruscifolia, Br.
§ 3. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, not cordate a t the base, decidedly pungent. Tube o f corolla little i f a t all
longer than the calyx.
5 . Epacris lamiginosa (Lab. N o v . H o ll. i. p. 4 3 . t . 5 7 ) ; fruticulus erectus, ramis robustis villosis,
foliis erectis subimbricatis liueari-Ianceolatis acumiuatis pun gen tib u s glaberrimis n itid is marginibus scaberulis
subtus convexis, floribus axillaribus sparsis v. in spicam foliosam densam ad apices ramulorum conge
stis, calycibus acutis acuminatisve tu b o corollæ æquilongis v . brevioribus margine ciliato lanuginoso, staminibus
in clu sis, stylo e t ovario h irsutis.— B r . P ro d r . 5 5 1 ; D G P ro d r . vii. 7 6 3 .
Y'ar. a ; calycibus acutis lon g itu d in e tu b i corollæ, fo liis latioribus, floribus in spicam densissime con g
e stis. {Gunn, 1 4 5 .)
Var. /9 ; calycibus lo n g e acuminatis tubo corollæ brevioribus, foliis an gu ste lanceolatis, floribus laxius
spicatis axillaribusve. {Gunn, 1 4 6 ? , 8 5 5 .)
Var. 7 ; calycibus acuminatis corollæ tu b o brevioribus, foliis an gu ste lanceolatis, floribus subcapitatis.
{Gunn, 1 4 6 e t 1 9 8 5 .)
H a b . N o t uncommon in h illy districts in various parts o f th e Island. Y^ar. a . Campbelitown, Gunn ;
P o r t Arthur, Maequarrie Harbour, A . Cunningham. Var. f l. Rocky Cape, Gunn.— (F l. F eb .) Var. 7 .
Hampshire H ills , Georgetown, Circular Head, Marlborough.— (F l. Oct.) {v. v.)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia.
A very variable plant {Gunn), especially in the arrangement o f the flowers, which are axillary, sometimes spicate
along the branchlets, and at others collected into dense, tenninal, cyliudrical, ovoid, or capitate heads. The
leaves vary in breadth, and the sepals in breadth, in the length of their acuminate points, and compai-ative length
to the tube o f the coroUa.— An erect, woody, rigid shrub, 1 - 3 feet bigh, generally sparingly branched. Branches
villous or pubescent. Leaves about I- inch long, erect, imbricating, lanceolate, acuminate, with long, pungent
points ; margins seaberulous. Flowers white, longer than the leaves. Calyx rather long ; sepals ciliated with w oolly
hairs. Corolla tubular. Stamens included. S tyle aud ovary villous.
6 . Epacris mucronulata (Br. Prodr. 5 5 2 ) ; ramis erectis strietis virgatis, ramulis puberulis, foliis
brevissime petiolatis curvatis erecto-patentibus lanceolatis ovato-lanceolatisve lo n g e acuminatis pungentibus
basi subeordatis valde concavis glaberrimis, floribus axillaribus ad apices ramulorum subcapitatis, calycibus
subacutis margine m inute ciliatis lanatisve tubo campanulato corollæ æquilongis, antheris exsertis, stylis
ovariisque glabris.— D G P ro d r . vii. 7 6 4 . {Gunn, 6 2 0 .)
H a b . Hobarton and N ew N or folk, G u n n ; Mou n t W e llin g ton , E v e re tt.— (F l. Oct.) (w. v.)
I have referred this plant to Brown’s E . mucronulata, though the calyces are ciliated. In general habit and
foliage it resembles E. Gunnii, the leaves being very concave, and curving outwards from the base, which clasps
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the stem, but they are hardly, if at all, cordate at the base, and the flowers are collected into terminal heads. Corolla
white. Stamens exserted.
7 . Epacris heteronema (Lab. N o v . H o ll. i. 4 2 . t . 6 6 ) ; frnticulus erectas, ramubs robustis, foliis
subimbricatis concavis erecto-patulis ovato- v. ebiptieo-lanceolatis acuminatis pu n gen tib u s integerrimis su b tu
s striaüs, floribus axillaribus versus apices ramuloram subcapitatis, ca ljcib u s multibracteatis, bracteis arete
imbricatis sepalisque (lou g itad in e tu b i corobai) ovato-aeuminatis subcarinatis glabris, corolla glaberrima,
ovario styloque brevibus p uberubs.— D n P ro d r . 6 6 1 ; B C . P ro d r . vii. 7 6 3 . {G m n , 1 2 0 7 , 1 2 0 8 .)
I l iB . Eechercbe Bay, L M lU r d S r e ; Por t Davey, M illig a n -, aud h igb heathy platas b etween the
P ranldm and Gordon Rivers, Gunu.— ig l . May, June.)
A smafl, stout, erect shrub, a few inclies to a foot high, with short, rigid hrauclies, clothed with somewhat imbricatmg
leaves and pubescent branchlets. learns erecto-patent or curved, concave, theii- sides often embraeing the
stem, i inch long, shortly petioled, very coriaceons, qnite glabrous, ovate or effiptic-lanceolate, acnminate and pungent,
stnated at tho back. Flowers axfflary, generally coflecfed towards the ends o f the hranclies into terminal
heads. Bracts veiy mimerons, imbricating, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, clothing the sepals, which are equal in
length to the tnbe ot the corolla.— This species is best recognized from the preceding of this section nnd the following,
by the larger, more concave, rigid, pungent leaves, mimerons acuminate bracts, glabrons corolla, short pubern-
lous style, and slightly pilose ovary. The var. /3. ? „ ir e f e x a , DC., from New South Wales {F. Meronerm,, Hook.
Bot. Mag. t. 3257), appears to be a different species or variety.
8. Epacris squarrosa (H o ok , fil.) ; fruticulus, ramis glabris, ramubs puberubs, M b s patalo-reeur-
vis coriaceis plamuscubs petiolatis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis p ungentibus subcarinatis enerviis
margiuibus integerrimis subrecurvis, floribus versus apices ramulorum axillaribus lon g itu d in e fobi, bracteis
plurimis imbricatis ovatis acutis gkabris, sepabs subacutis lon g itu d in e coroUæ, staminibus exsertis, stylo
ovarioque glaberrimis. {Gvren, 1 9 8 , 1 2 0 9 i-n p a r t.)
Y a v . /3 ; fobis minoribus late ovato-ellipticis. {Gnnn, 1 2 0 5 .)
Hab. Elizabeth River, Oyster Bay, on th e east coast, Gunn.— JFl. ?) Var. 0 . Spring Bay.— (El.
April.)
Very distinct from any of the above-described species, but possibly one o f the states of the protean F . serpyUi-
fo lia , from which it may he distinguished by the acuminate aud decidedly pungent leaves, which are iieai-lj plane
reeui-ved. and resemble a good deal those of Ixptospermnu sgmrromm. From F . heteronema it differs abundanth-
m the plane, more petiolate, subeai-iiiale leaves, shorter flowers, broader, less aciiminated bracts and sepals, smafle'r
corolla, and exserted stamens.
§ 4 . Leaves ovate or lanceolate, not cordate a t the base, blunt, acute, or acuminate, but not pungent. Tube
o f corolla not longer than the calyx.
9. Epacris myrtifolia (Lab. N o v . H o ll. i. p. 4 1 . t. 55) ; fruticulus erectus, ramulis pubescentibus,
foliis subimbricatis petiolatis ovatis ov.ato-lanceolatisve acuminatis planis v. snbconcavis crassis margine cal-
losis subtus striatis, floribus axillaribus e t in capitubs spieisve foliis brevioribus aggregatis, bracteis piuri-
mis ovatis acutis, sepabs acuminatis lon g itu d in e corollæ, corollæ tubo brevi glaberrimo. antheris subexsertis,
ovario styloque brevi glaberrimis.— D r . P ro d r . 6 5 1 ; D C . P r o i r . vii. 7 6 3 , {Gunu, 1 2 0 8 .)
H a b . Reobercbe Day, Z a i itla r d iè r e ; Port A r t lu ir .- (F 1 . Oct.) (a. «,)
Y e have seen no Mount Wellington specimens o f this plant, and suspect that De Candolle may have taken
some other species (perhaps F. mrrpgllifolia) for it ; and indeed it is very fflffleult to discriminale some states o f that
plant from this.. Our Port Ai-tluir specimens precisely accord svilii Labfflardière's figure ; and as Gunn has himself
never gathered the species, it is probably ahnost confined to the extreme south of the Island.— A verj- robust, sub