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Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monogynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Epacrinea. ) 
Generic. Character. 
Cal. coloratus, multibracteatus, bracteis textura calycis, 
Corolla tubulosa, limbo imberbi. Stamina epipetala: an- 
theris supra medium peltatis. Sguamule 5, hypogyne. 
Capsula placentis colamne centrali adnatis—Fraticuli ra- 
most, sepius glabri. Folia sparsa, petiolata v. basi simplici. 
Flores axillares, in spicam foliatam sepius digesti, albi v. 
purpurascentes. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Epacris nivalis; foliis ovato-lanceolatis patentissimis nu- 
diusculis infra nervosis apice attenuatis mucronatis 
marginibus scabris, floribus axillaribus solitariis se- 
cundis in pseudo-spicis longis aggregatis, corolla tubo 
campanulato, calycibus acutis ciliatis multo longiora. 
Graham. 
Epacris nivalis. Dodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1821. Bot. Reg. t. 
1531. 
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Descr. Shrub evergreen, with many long, slender, to- 
mentous branches. Leaves scattered, spreading, ovato- 
lanceolate, attenuated at the apex and mucronate, dark 
green, slightly paler and three-nerved below, nearly gla- 
brous, edges slightly scabrous. Flowers solitary, axillary, 
peduncled, secund, cernuons, collected into long pseudo- 
spikes on the upper part of the branches ; peduncles shorter 
than the leaves, tomentous, scaly. Calyx coloured, seg- 
ments very acute, ciliated. Corolla white, glabrous ; tube 
campanulate, five-sided, pitted on the outside towards its 
base, so as to close it over the germen, about thrice as long 
as the calyx ; limb of five reflected, cordato-ovate seg- 
ments, Stamens alternate with the segments of the limb ; 
filaments 
