fettlement of Port-Jackfon in New-Holland. Communicated 

 by Mr. Loddiges. 



There are feveral fpecies of Epacris, which fo much re- 

 femble one another, that it mull be extremely difficult to avoid 

 falling into errors in determining the fpecies. And could we 

 depend upon the accuracy of the description and figure of 

 Cavanilles, we fhould certainly conclude that this was 

 different from his Epacris pulcheJLi. But as he had only 

 dried fpecimens to examine, he might eafily be deceived in the 

 colour of the flowers and the form of the corolla. He d& 

 fcribes the colour as reddifh, and has figured the corolla pf| 

 funnel fhape ; he has alfo made the leaflets of the calyx longer 

 and more pointed than in our plant. We have however care, 

 fully compared our plant with the fpecimen preferved under 

 the fame name in the Bankfian Herbarium, and cannot find 

 any other difference than that of the flowers in that reaching 

 near to the extremities of the branches, a difference which we 

 attribute to cultivation. 



