86 NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC GARDENS, NO. VII., 



as "white, with a slight yellowish tinge," and the corolla-tube 

 does not exceed the calyx; while the Jenolan Caves specimens are 

 pinkish, the pink colour extending down to the bracts and sepals, 

 and the corolla-tube is rather above 3 lines long, considerably 

 exceeding the calyx. It is chiefly distinguished from E. crassi- 

 Jblia, R.Br., in habit ; E. crassifolia is a small trailing shrub, 

 growing in crevices of moist rocks, while E. robusta is an erect, 

 robust shrub of 3 to 4 feet, growing on dry rocky summits. E. 

 crassifolia varies also much in the length of the corolla-tube, and 

 some of the forms collected in drier localities show a tendency to 

 upright growth, and seem to merge into E. robusta. 



Epacris Calvertiana, F.V.M., var. versicolor, var.nov. 



Belmore Falls, near Moss Yale (W. Forsyth, September 30, 

 1900). 



A very handsome variety, with flowers resembling those of E. 

 longijiora, Cav., in colour and approaching them in size. Corolla 

 rather above f inch long, with a red tube and white lobes. Upper 

 leaves distinctly ciliate. 



Epacris purpurascens, R.Br., var. onosm^flora, var.nov. 



Kanangara Walls, near Jenolan Caves ( W. F. Blakely, October, 

 1899, and September, 1900); between Mt. Victoria and Mt. 

 York (H. Hammond Maiden, November, 1899); Blackheath (A. 

 A. Hamilton, October, 1900). 



Chiefly differing from the common forms of E. purpic7'asce7is 

 in the inflorescence being confined to the upper part of the 

 branches, never extending in our specimens as far down the 

 branches as in the purpurascent form, in the flowers being white 

 and with a longer corolla-tube, and in the hypogynous glands, 

 which are more or less united in a complete undulate ring. The 

 leaves vary from rather narrow to broad ovate-lanceolate. The 

 broad-leaved specimens have entirely the habit of the common 

 E. 2?u7-purascens, with the same spreading, upwards recurved, 

 pungent-pointed leaves, embracing the stem in the lower part and 



