Jilamenis adhering to the tube ; anthers nearly sessile in the 
throat, red, linear, versatile. Stigma of five lobes, yellow. 
Style glabrous, white, attenuated towards itsapex. Germen 
globular, green. Hypogynous scales semicircular, closely 
applied to the lower half of the germen. 
This exceedingly beautiful species was introduced into 
the garden of Messrs. Loppices, by H. M. Dyer, Esq. in 
1829. The specimens now described form pretty large 
bushes, and most attractive ornaments to the greenhouse in 
the extensive collection of Mr. Cunnineuam, at Comely 
Bank Nursery, near Edinburgh, where they were profusely 
covered with blossoms in April. It is extremely difficult to 
get written characters to distinguish E. cereflora, KE. nivalis, 
and E. iwnpressa, though obviously very different species. 
The difficulties are increased by each seeming to vary con- 
siderably, and that in parts of structure which were con- 
sidered diagnostic of the species. In the reformed charac- 
ters which I have attempted, I am forced, in distinguishing 
these three from each other, to rely chiefly on the tube of 
the corolla. 
There is a variety of E. nivalis cultivated by Mr. Cun- 
NINGHAM, and obtained from Mr. Low, under the name of 
E. variabilis, in which the buds are suberect, the peduncle 
as long as the calyx, the tube of the corolla three times 
longer than this, twice as long as the leaves, and the sides 
grooved nearly along their whole length, the throat bemg 
slightly contracted ; in all of which there is a departure 
from what has been considered the type of E. nivalis, and 
the flowers are larger than in this, the plant is more robust, 
slightly different in habit, and is rather less easily propa- 
gated by cuttings. 
Epacris cereflora is a much smaller plant than either of 
the others, the wood is much more slender, the leaves more 
crowded, and the flowers little more than half the size of 
their's. Graham. 
E. impressa ; foliis lanceolatis patentissimis nudiusculis in- 
fra nervosis apice attenuatis mucronatis marginibus 
scabris, petiolis brevissimis, floribus pendulis axillari- 
bus solitariis in pseudo-spicis congestis, corolle tubis 
prismaticis calyce acuto ciliato multo longioribus. 
Graham. 
Fig. 1. Flower, 2, Pistil: magnified. 
