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 Epacris Pungens (var.) Rubra. Red- 

 Flowered Pungent Epacris. 



(7/^/Jr and Or Jen 



Pentandria Monogynja. 



Generic CbaracJer. 



Calyx duplex : externus imbricatus. Germen cin£tum fqua- 

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

 Sem. plurima. 



Specific Chracler and Synonyms. 



EPACRIS pungens ; foliis cordatis pungenter acuminatis pa- 

 tentibus, floribus axillaribus folitariis fubfecundis, 

 foiiolis calycis conniventibus, corolla hypocra. 

 teriformi, itylo hirfuto. 



*• corollis niveis. 



^lACRIS pungens. Cavort, Ic. v. 4. p. 26. t. 346. nee vero 

 Bot. Mag. No. 844. quae fpecies eft diverfa, non- 

 dum alibi defcripta. 



p. corollis rubris. 



Desc. Alow fhrub : tranches rounded, clothed with a 

 cloie white wool. Inflorefcence in a fpike of feveral inches 

 towards the extremity of the branch : flowers looking chiefly 

 oneway, axillary, folitary, feilile. Leaves imbricated, feffile, 

 cordate, acuminate, pungent, fmooth, moreorlefs three-nerved, 

 very patent but fcarcely recurved, crowded and reddi/h coloured 

 at the extremities of the branches. Calyx pointed : internal 

 leaflets 5, coloured, equal, the length of the tube of the co- 

 rolla, external ones imbricated, fhorter, all of them embracing 

 the tube of the corolla tightly. Corolla of a bright red colour : 

 tube cylindrical, limb patent, divided into five lacinia?, rotate, 

 obtufe, frequently terminated with a thread-like mucro, un- 

 dulated : faux clofed. Stamens five, included : filaments very 

 «ne, frequently adhering to the tube, but to be traced down 

 to the receptacle, where they are inferted below the germen, 

 and frequently adhering fo flightly, that upon drawing the tube 

 °nt of the calyx fome of the ftamens will remain attached to 

 &e receptacle : anthers oblong, erectly-incumbent, purplifh. t 

 Germen fuperior, fubglobofe, marked by five grooves at the 



upper 



