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EpAcRIS OBTUSIFOLIA. BLUNT-LEAVED 
EPaAcris. 
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Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Epacriwez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx coloratus multibracteatus, bracteis textura calycis. 
Corolla tubulosa, limbo imberbi. Stamina epipetala ; 
antheris supra medium peltatis. Squamule 5 hypogyne. 
Capsula placentis columne centrali adnatis. — Fruticuli 
ramosi, sepius glabri. Folia sparsa petiolata vel basi 
simplicit. Flores axillares in spicam foliatam sepius digest?, 
albi vel purpurascentes. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Epacris obtusifolia ; floribus nutantibus, foliis lanceolatis 
erectis subimbricatis apice calloso obtusiusculo, caly- 
cibus obtusis longitudine tubi, staminibus inclusis. 
Br. 
Epacris obtusifolia. Sm. Exot. Bot. p. 77. t. 40. Br. 
Prodr. Fl. Now. Holl. p. 551. 
This pretty Epacris is a native of Port Jackson, New 
South Wales, and was introduced to this country through 
the Royal Gardens of Kew, whence our plants were received 
at the Glasgow Botanic Garden. It flowers in October, 
and occasionally ripens its seeds with us. 
Descr. Plant shrubby, from two to three feet high, 
branched, slightly downy in the younger branches. Leaves 
alternate; generally erect and more or less appressed, on 
short reddish petioles, elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, rigid, 
very obtuse, and callous at the tip, grooved or concave, 
and 
