ereet species, a foot liigh, with short, stout, woody branches, and pubescent branchlets. Leaves petioled, closely
set, very coriaceous, rather concave, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, but not pungent, inch long, striated beneath.
Flowers axillary, spicate or capitate, shorter than the leaves. Bracts and sepals variable in length and
breadtli, acute, glabrous. CoroUa short, glabrous. Ovary and very sbort sty le glabrous.
1 0 . Epacris serp yllifolia (Br. Prodr. 5 5 1 ) ; humilis, ramis breviusculis prostratis asceudentibusve,
ramulis glabris, foliis (parvis) petiolulatis ovatis ellipticis subrotundatisve acutis apice subincrassato crassis
nitidis glaberrimis subtus subcarinatis integerrimis, floribus axillaribus terminalibusque foliis longioribus,
bracteis sepalisque ovatis acutis glabris, antheris inclusis, ovario styloque brevi glaberrimis.— DC . P ro d r . vii.
7 6 3 . {Gunn, 8 1 6 , 1 2 0 9 in p a r t! )
H a b . S ummits o f all the mountains at elevations o f 3 0 0 0 to 4 5 0 0 fe e t.— (PI. Oct.) {v. v.)
D i s t r i b . A ustralian Alps, elev. 5 - 6 0 0 0 feet, Mu e ller.
A ve iy much smafler-leaved plant tban F. myrtifolia (though not so much so as E. microphylla), and further
differing in its prostrate habit and comparatively larger flowers ; the leaves are also broader, more keeled, less striate
and less acuminate, the apex itself being the thickened apex o f the midrib, wlueh forms the blunt keel. A.
Cunningham’s E. heteronema, from Mount Wellington, is this, as is most of MueUer’s Yictoria plant caUed E.
hetei-onema, as weU as his E. heteronema, vav. serpyllifolia, to which he refers Brown’s plant. Under E\ squarrosa
I have pointed out the difference between this species and that one.— A smaU, prostrate species. Leaves erect or
patent, 4 inch long, broadly ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or almost orbicular, acute, very thick, shining. Flowers short,
bnt longer than the leaves, generaUy capitate, white. .Anthers included. Ovary and style glabrous.
1 1 . Epacris ex ser ta (Br. Prodr. 5 5 1 ) : caule prostrato, ramis ascendentibus elon g a tis ramulisque
glabris, foliis suberectis lon g iu scu le p e tiolatis lanceolatis acutis supra planis subtus convexiusculis (sicco)
sulcatis obscure 3 -5 -n e r v iis , floribus axillaribus foliis æquilongis, bracteis imbricatis sepalisque acutis, antheris
exsertis, ovario styloque elongato glaberrimis.— D G P r o d r . vii. 7 6 3 . {Gunn, 1 4 3 , 1 9 8 in p a r t , 2 5 0 .)
H a b . Northe rn parts o f the Islan d , South E sk River, Launcestou, Gunn.— (El, A u g ., Sept.)
A veiy distinet-looking species from E. serpyllifolia, though not easüy defined; the whole plant is much
larger, the brauches much longer (1 -2 feet), the leaves longer, erect, | inch long, narrower, being almost uniformly
lanceolate or eUiptic-lauceolate, with three to five ribs or nerves ou the under surface; the flowers too are axillaiy,
rarely coUected into tenninal spikes or heads : they are as long as the floral leaves ; the anthers are decidedly exserted,
and the style is longer.
1 2 . Epacris virgata (H o ok . fil. in L on d . Journ. B o t. vi. 2 7 1 ) ; erecta, glaberrima v. ramulis pube-
rulis, ramis e longatis virgatis gracilibus laxe foliosis, foliis (parvis) suberectis planis e lliptic is elliptico-ova-
tisve subacutis subtus planis obscure 3 -n erv iis, floribus axillaribus foliis æquantibus, bracteis sepalisque
subacutis glaberrimis, antheris exsertis, ovario styloque glaberrimis. {Gunn, 1 2 0 4 .) (T a b . L X X IX . A .)
H.AB. Base o f the Asbe stos H ills , Yorktown, and between Hobarton and the H u on , Gunn. (F l. O c t .-
Jan.)
A very elegant speeies, but perhaps not distinct from E. exserta. My specimens may however be at once distinguished
by their erect habit, the whole plant consisting of a few slender, graceful, sparingly-branched twigs, 1 2 -
1 8 inches high, and the leaves being smaller, broader, often subrotund, and flatter; it is an elegant and pretty
plant.— P l a t e LXXIX. «á. Fig. 1 , flower; 2 , coroUa, laid open; 3 , stamen; 4 , ovary and hypogynous glands;
•5, germen :— a ll magnified.
1 3 . Epacris obtusifolia (Smith, E x o t. B o t. 7 7 . t. 4 0 ) ; erecta, ramis paucis virgatis elongatis, ra-
muiis glabris, foliis erectis subimbricatis lanceolatis apice calloso obtuso planis dorso obscure 3-nerviis, lloribus
axiliaribus foliis longioribus, bracteis calycibusque subacutis marginibus villosis, antheris in clu sis, ovario
styloque glaberrimis.— D r . P ro d r. 4 5 1 ; D C . P ro d r. vii. 5 5 1 ; L o d d . B o t. Cab. 2 9 3 . {Gunn, 8 5 6 .)
H a b . In we t soil, northern and southern shores o f th e I s la n d : Recherche Bay, D e ten tio n River, and
Rocky Cape, Gunn.— (F l. N o v ., D e c .)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia, from P o r t Jackson to Victoria. (Introduced in to En g lan d .)
A very elegant species, 6 -2 4 inches high. Stems slender, erect, 1 - 2 feet high, very sparingly branched; the
branches slender, erect. Leaves 4 - 4 inch long, coriaceous, ,erect, subimbrieate, lanceolate, with an obtuse, caUous
apex, obscurely thrce-nerved at the back. Floioers axiUary, erect, horizontal or nodcUng, longer than the leaves.
Bracts and sepals subacute, fringed ivith white down. Anthers included. Style and ovary quite glabrous.— Australian
specimens are usually ve iy much larger in aU their parts than the Tasmanian, and have often broader leaves.
1 4 . E p a c r i s F r a n k l i n i i (Hook, f i l .) ; frutex erectus fastigiatim ramosus, ramulis gracilibus glabris,
foliis erectis subimbricatis petiolatis lanceolatis acuminatis glaberrimis dorso subcarinatis obscure 3-nerviis,
floribus axillaribus, pedicellis e longatis laxe bracteatis, bracteis calycibusque subacutis glaberrimis post an thesin
subpatentibus, ovario styloque glaberrimis. {Gunn, 1 9 8 7 .) (T a b . L X X IX . B )
H a b . Banks o f the Franklin River, near Maequarrie Harbour, in annually inundated places, Gunn.—
(FL Jan.)
A remarkably distinct and pecuUar-looking species, 6 feet high, much and fastigiately branciied. Branches
very crowded, coi’ercd with black bark. Leaves erect, imbricating, 4 inch long, upon slender petioles, lauceolate,
acuminate (not pungent), nerveless above, obscui'ely thi-ee-nerved below. Flowers axiUary, solitary, on elongated
curved pedicels 1 -2 lines long, and loosely covered ivith short bracts, a character that abundantly distinguishes
this species from aU its preceding allies.— P l a t e LXXIX. B. Fig. 1, leaf; 2, flower; 3, coroUa, laid open -.— all
1 5 . E p a c r i s c o r y m b i f l o r a (H o ok , fil.) ; fruticulus robustus, caule brevissimo crasso, ramis brevi-
bus suberectis superne subcorymboso-fastigiatis, foliis erectis appressis imbricatis crasse coriaceis ovatis
ovato-lanceolatisve acutis n on p ungentibus dorso subcarinatis marginibus integerrimis glaberrimis, floribus
subcorymbosis (magnis) pedice llatis subterminalibus folio longioribus, bracteis pedicello parvis, bracteis
calycinis sepalisque subacutis concavis minute c iliatis coriaceis, corollæ tubo calycem æquante, antheris
subexsertis, ovario styloque glaberrimis. {Gnnn, 1 9 8 8 .) (T a b . L X X Y 'I I I . A.)
H a b . YVhite H ill Plains, near the Franklin River, Maequarrie Harbour, in poor, peaty soil, Gunn.—
(FL F eb .)
Of this most distinct species I have seen fruiting specimens only, with the coroUas however attached, and it
is at once distinguished from all its Tasmanian congeners by the large bracts and calyx, and subcoiymbose arrangement
of its pediceUed flowers ; its habit too is pecuUar, as it is a small plant, with a very short, thick, woody stem,
and several ascending, short branches, 4 - 8 incbes long, fastigiately or somcivhat corj'mbosely branched above, and
clothed with more or less appressed imbricating leaves. Some of these characters are probably variable, for, though
constant in Gmm’s numerous specimens, it is to be recoUected that aU these are from one locaUty.— Leaves 4 inch
long, veiy thick and coriaceous, shining, somewhat concave, erect, appressed, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, ivith
an obscure keel, perfectly glabrous, Flowers pediceUed, the bracts on the pedicel small; those below the calyx
large, two-thirds the length o f the sepals, blunt, and, as weU as the subacute sepals, minutely fringed. Tnbe o f the
corolla naiTOW, as long as the sepals. Capsule smaU, subcoriaceous.— P l a t e LXXYTII. A. Fig. 1, flower; 2,
corolla, laid open ; 3, stamen ; 4 , ovary, with hj-pogynous glands :— a ll magnified.
1 6 . E p a c r i s p e t r o p h i l a (H o ok , fii.); fruticulus depressus ramosissimus, ramulis puberulis, foliis
minimis laxe v . dense imbricatis erectis patulisve se ssilibus crasse coriaceis planiusculis breviter oblongis
ovatisve obtusis supra concavis subtus obtuse cai-inatis marginibus v ix scaberulis, floribus (parvis) dioicis ?
ad apices ramulorum dense congestis brevissime pedicellatis foliis longioribus, bracteis sepalisque minute
ciliatis obtusis sordide albis, corollæ late campanulatæ tubo brevi calycem æquante, antheris subexsertis.