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annularis integer. Nervi foliorum passim indumento persubtili
occulti. Rachis florum interdum pollicaris. In varietate vallina
reperi folia longiora, tenuiora, subtilissime nervosa (nervo medio
indistincte») spicas folia superantes remotiuseule plurífloras. De-
scendit in valles fluminnm Wentworth et Mitta Mitta. Corolla in
summis alpium cacuminibus tantum 1§*" longa, exacte campanulata.
Filamentorum pars libera perangusta, brevissima.
Styphelia Macr•i (Leucopogon Maeraei, F. M. in Transact. Phil.
Soc. Vict, i.) proxime venit S. montante, •qualiterque est alpium
incola. In monte Baw Baw usque ad 3500' descendit. Frutex 10'
v. humilior. Drupa léete rubra. Pluribus characteribus Lissanthae
montanas affinis, foliorum forma potius Lissanthae Cunninghami
propinqua. Petioli tenues, conspicui. Sépala ovata, ciliolata, fere
1'" longa. Corollas eampanulari-cylindricae lobi tubo aequilongi,
•stivatione valvati, 1"' metientes, supra tenuiter barbati ; tubus
glaber. Filamenta secus tubum basi tenus decurrentia, apice bre-
viter libera, tenuia. Anther• oblongata?, \" longae, prope apieem
affixae. Disci lobi 5, semiorbiculares. Stylus sesquilineam longus.
Styphelia rufa (Leucopogon ruf'us, Lindl. in Mitch. Three
Exped. ii. 178 ; L. astrolomoides, F. M. in Liunaea xxvi. 249)
dispersa est super regiones arenosas v. sabuloso-rupestres a sinu
Spencer's Gulf usque ad colles Futter's Range. Provenit etiam
in insula halmaturorum. Frutex erectus, paucipedalis, adspectu
Astrolomatis vel formae minoris Acrotriches patul•. Flores soli-
tarii, gemini v. terni. JEsûvatio corollas valvata. Barba limbi in
speciminibus ad sinum Sti Viucentii collectis alba, in aliis me ad
flumen Ovens repertis saltern aetate rufescens. Bracteae pauca?.
Bracteol• 1"' longae, fererotundae, trientem calycis paulo superantes.
Lobi corolla? tubo duplo breviores ; faux pubescens. Filamentorum
pars libera setacea, breviuscula. Antherse oblongo-cyl huiricas, §"'
metieutes, prope apieem affixae. Stylus 2'" longus, pubescens.
Stigma dilatatum. Disci squamae connatae, acuminulatae, demum
secedentes. Germen oblongo-cylindraceum, vértice calloso-annu-
latum. Drupa ovata v.globoso-ellipsoidea, 3-4"' longa, callocirculari
terminata. Pericarpium mucilaginoso-succulentum, virens. Puta-
men haud compressum, in epecimine nunc examinât» disper-
mum.
Styphelia juniperina (Br. Pr. 536 ; Leucopogon juniperinus, Br.
Pr. 546) per Australiana orientaient dispersa est. Conf. Fragm.
Phyt. Austr. iv. 105. Leucopogon Fraseri (All. Cunn. in Annal.
Nat. Hist. ii. 47) humilitate quidem insignia, sed vix ullo charactere
ponderoso distat. Flores suaveolentes. Corolla alba, pellucens.
Drupa aurantiaca. Plures species tropico-orientales in Museo
Melbournensi servatae illis in pródromo Brownii breviter indicatis
sunt adducendae.
Styphelia tenuifolia (Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxv. App. 25 ; S. elegans,
Sond. in Lehra. PI. Pr. i. 296 ; Soleniscia elegans, Cand. Pr. vii.