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EPAcriIs CERHFLORA. WAX-FLOWERED 
Eipacris. 
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Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Epacripes. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx coloratus, multibracteatus ; bracteis textura caly- 
cis. Corolla tubulosa, limbo imberbi. Stamina epipetala : 
antheris supra medium peltatis. Sguamule 5, hypogyne. 
Capsula placentis columne centrali adnatis. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Epacris cereflora; foliis lanceolatis patentissimis nudius- 
culis subaveniis apice attenuato-mucronatis margini- 
bus scabris, floribus patulis axillaribus solitariis se- 
cundis, corolle tubo ovato calycem acutum ciliatum 
bis superante. 
Epacris cereflora. Graham in Edin. New Phil. Journ. 
Descr. Stem erect, branched, very slender. Branches 
tomentose, purplish. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, dark 
green above, paler below, mucronate, subpetiolate, spread- 
ing wide. Flowers collected near the extremities of the 
branches, white, secund, peduncled, patent. Calyx seg 
ments lanceolate, ciliated. Corolla : tube ovate, obscurely 
pentagonal, thrice as long as the calyx, pitted on the out- 
side between the calyx segments, and having, correspond- 
ing elevations within ; limb revolute, segments undulate, 
subacute. Stamens subexserted ; filaments alternating with 
the elevation within the tube, and adhering through their 
whole length to the inside of the corolla; anthers dark 
leaden-coloured, pollen granules white. Stigma capitate, 
¢é sublobate, 
