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Epacris Pulchella. Sweet-Scented 

 Epacris. 



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C/tf/} flisrd Order. 



PENTAN Dili A MONOGYNI A. 



Generic Ch'cir after, 



Cal. 5 phyllus, braQeis fubfirailibus imbricatus. Cor. i- 

 pptala, tubulofa. Statu, fauce inferta. Germen cinclum i'qua- 

 mulis 5. Cap/. 5-locularis, 5-valvis : valvulis medio feptifcris. 

 Sem. plurima, acerofa. 



Specific Characler and Synonym. 



EPACRIS pulchella ; ramis ferrugineo-tomentofis, foliis cor- 

 datis rigidis. imbricatis, floribus fpicatis, corollae 

 limbo piano tubum excedente. 



EPACRIS pulchella. Cavan. Icon. v. 4. n. 380. /. 345* 



Desgr. Stem fhrubby : branches twiggy, pubefcent. Leaves 

 fubimbricate, fubfefnle, cordate-acuminate, rigid, recurved. 

 Peduncles axillary, foiitary, fhorter th;;n the leaf, covered with 

 lanceolate whitifh bracles, longer, towards the upper extremity 

 imbricated, and furrounding the real calyx of five whitift lan- 

 ceolate leaflets. Corolla white, fubcampanulare : tube funnel- 

 inaped, fliorter than the limb, which is five-cleft, with rounded, 

 patent lacinia?. Stamens five : filaments fhort, inferted into 

 the mouth of the tube, nodding: anthers brown-purple, fub- 

 orbicular, with white pollen. Neclary five fcales, furrounding 

 the Germen, which is pentagonally globular : ftyle very fhort : 

 fttgma capitate. 



The Epacris pulchella is one of the moll defirable fpecies 

 of this genus hitherto introduced into our gardens. It pro- 

 duces an abundance of bloffom, which comes out early in 

 ■March, continues a Jong time, and in favourable weather is 

 Ve ry fweet-fcented. Is faid to grow plentifully about the 



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