EPACRIDEÆ. XXII. Cysranrue. XXIII. Ricnea. 
Mountain Sprengelia. Shrub 1 foot. 
Cult. These are elegant and delicate shrubs, with much the 
habit of Andersonia, which see, p. 784, for culture and propa- 
gation. 
XXII. CYSTA’NTHE (from kvørn, kiste, a box or coffer, 
and av@oc, anthos, a flower; in reference to the closed hood- 
formed flowers.) R. Br. prod. p. 555. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Monogynia. Calyx foliaceous. Co- 
rolla closed, calyptrzeform, dehiscing transversely : with a trun- 
cate permanent base. Stamens hypogynous, permanent. Hy- 
pogynous scales wanting. Capsule having the placentas loose, 
and hanging from the top of the central column.—A shrub 
with the habit of Sprengélia, Cosmélia, and Poncelétia: unless 
that the branches are annulated while naked. 
1 C. Sprenceioipes (R.Br. prod. p. 555.). kh.G. Native 
of Van Diemen’s Land. Flowers pale red. 
Var. a, leaves elongated, spreadingly recurved. Growing on 
the shady sides of mountains. 
Var. B, leaves much shorter. 
mountains. 
Sprengelia-like Cystanthe. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation, see Andersdnia, p. 784. 
It is an elegant and delicate shrub. 
Growing on the tops of 
XXIII. RI‘CHEA (named in memory of M. Riche, one of 
the naturalists who accompanied the expedition in search of La 
Perouse). R. Br. prod. p. 555. but not of Labill. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Monogynia. Calyx membranous, bract- 
less. Corolla closed, calyptreeform, dehiscing transversely : with 
a truncate permanent base. Stamens hypogynous, permanent. 
Hypogynous scales 5. Capsule having the placentas loose and 
hanging from the top of the central column.—A shrub with the 
habit almost of Dracophyllum montinum, Labill., but differing 
in the singular economy of the flower. It comes nearest to Cys- 
tdnthe, in the corolla being calyptreeform; but that genus dif- 
fers in the inflorescence, foliaceous calyx, and want of hypogy- 
nous scales. Richea of Labill. voy. 1. p. 187. t. 16. in Craspé- 
dia, Forst. prod. no. 306. and Willd. spec. 3. p. 2393. : 
1 R. pracopuy’tra (R. Br. prod. p. 555.). h. G. Native 
of Van Diemen’s Land. This shrub differs much in stature 
according to stations of its natural growth ; for on the tops of 
mountains it is an humble shrub, 14 foot high; but on the 
sides of the mountains it grows to 10 feet high. 
Draco-leaved Richea. Shrub 1 to 10 feet. = 
A Cult. For culture and propagation, see Andersonia, p. 
4, 
XXIV. DRACOPHY’LLUM (from épaxwy, drakon, a dragon ; 
and @vAor, phyllon, a leaf: so named because the leaves have 
some resemblance to those of Drace‘na Draco, or Dragon's 
Blood Tree.) Labill. itin. 2. t. 40. R. Br. prod. p. 555, Rchb. 
hort. 2. t. 108. 
Li. syst. Pentdéndria, Monogynia. Calyx bractless. Co- 
rolla tubularly funnel-shaped ; with a 5-parted acutish spread- 
ing beardless limb, a somewhat ventricose tube, and a hardly 
contracted throat. Stamens 5, hypogynous. Hypogynous 
Seales 5. Capsule having the placentas loosened, and hanging 
from the top of the central column.—Shrubs or small trees 
having the branches annulated while naked. Leaves imbricate, 
cucullate at the base, and half sheathing. Spikes or racemes 
terminal, simple, or compound. Bracteas subtending the pedi- 
cels, caducous, 
1 D. secu'ypum (R. Br, prod. p. 556.) racemes secund ; 
VOL, 111, 
XXIV. DRACOPHYLLUM. 
XXV. Spuenoroma. ERICACEH. 785 
lower peduncles divided. h. G. Native of New South Wales. 
Hook. bot. mag. 3264. Flowers white. 
Secund-flowered Dracophyllum. Fl. April, Aug. Clt, 1823. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
2 D. toneirdrium (R. Br. prod. p. 556.) arboreous; leaves 
linear-lanceolate, sheathing at the base; racemes erect, articu- 
lated, lateral. h.G, Nativeof New Zealand. E’pacris longi- 
folia, Forst. char. gen. 10. no. 1. ins. austr, p. 13. 
Long-leaved Dracophyllum. Shrub. 
3 D. rosmarinirorium (R. Br. l. c.) shrubby; leaves linear, 
obtuse, stiff, sheathing; flowers almost solitary, sessile. h. 
G. Native of New Zealand. E’pacris rosmarinifdlia, Forst. 
ins. austr. p. 13. icon. t. 24, 
Rosemary-leaved Dracophyllum. Shrub. 
Cult. See Andersònia, p. 784. for culture and propagation. 
XXV. SPHENO’TOMA (from øġnvow, sphenoo, to cleave, 
and ropn, tome, a section; in reference to the deep divided limb 
of the corolla). Sweet, fl. austr. t. 44. Dracophyllum, sect. 
Sphenétoma, R. Br. prod. p. 555.). 
Lin. syst. Penidndria, Monoginia. Corolla salver-shaped, with 
a slender tube, a coarctate throat, and an obtuse beardless limb 
(f. 134. e.) Stamens epipetalous. Hypogynous scales 5, Capsule 
having the placentas loose, and hanging from the top of the cen- 
tral column.—Shrubs having the branches annulated when naked. 
Leaves imbricate, cucullate and half sheathing at the base. 
Spikes simple, terminal. Bracteas stretched out, permanent. 
1 S. sauarrosa; floriferous branches hardly the length of the 
spikes ; leaves squarrose, ensiform, lanceolate. h.G. Native 
of New Holland, on the south coast. Dracophyllum squarrd- 
sum, R. Br. prod. p. 556. 
_Squarrose Sphenotoma. Shrub. 
2 S. CAPITA`TA; floriferous branches much longer than the 
spikes, which are ovate; cauline leaves lanceolate-ensiform, 
erectish: of the branches adpressed. h.G. Native of New 
Holland, on the south coast. Dracophyllum capitatum, R. Br. 
prod. p. 556. 
Capitate-flowered Sphenotoma. 
3 S. ora‘citis (Sweet, fl. 
austr. t. 44.) floriferous branches 
much longer than the spikes, 
which are ovate; cauline leaves 
lanceolate-subulate, spreading, 
or recurved: of the branches 
adpressed. h. G. Native of 
New Holland, on the south 
coast. Dracophyllum gracilis, 
R. Br. prod. p. 556. Flowers 
white. Leaves fringed with 
long hairs. (f. 134.). 
Slender Sphenotoma. FI. 
April, May. Clt. 1823. Shrub 
1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and pro- 
pagation, see E’pacris, p. 783. 
or Andersonia, p. 784. 
Shrub. 
FIG. 134, 
Orver CXXXIX. ERICA‘CE& (this order contains plants 
agreeing with the genus Erica, or Heath, in important charac- 
ters). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 152. Ericee, R. 
Br. prod. p. 557. Ericàceæ, part., Cham. et Schlect. in Lin- 
nea. vol. 1. Eríceæ, part., Juss, gen. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, subsymmetrical, regular. Calyx 4- 
5-cleft. Corolla 4-parted, rarely 5-parted. Stamens 4-5-8-19, 
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