E^acris.'] .LXVll. epacride^. 235 



3. E. impressa, Labill. PL Nov. IIoll. i. 43. t. 53. An erect, loosely 

 branched shrub, sometimes flowering when 6 in. high, but attaining several 

 feet, glabrous or shortly pubescent. Leaves sessile, from ovate-laaceolate to 

 laiiceolate-Iinear, tapering into a short and rigid or longer and pungent point, 

 narrowed, rounded or almost cordate at the base, the midrib and often 

 lateral nerves prominent underneath, rarely above \ in. long and often much 

 smaller. Flowers varying from white to different shades of red, on very 

 snort peduncles. Bracts shorter and broader than the sepals, but gradually 

 passuig into them. Sepals varying from under 1 line to nearly 1^ lines, 

 more or less acuminate and ciliolate. Corolla-tube varying from scarcely \ 

 in. to fully i in. long, from almost campanulate to narrow cylindrical, always 

 "jith 5 impressed cavities outside, alternating with the stamens immediately 

 above the ovary. Anthers very variable in length. Hypogynous scales dis- 

 tinct, truncite. Capsule about 2 lines diameter.— B.'Br.^ Prod. 551 ; DC. 

 J_i-od. vii. 762; Hook. f. PI. Tasra. i. 257 ; F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 70 ; Sweet, 

 il- Austral, t. 4; Bot. Mag. t. 3407; Bot. Eeg. 1839, t. 19; Lodd. Bot. 

 Ub. t. 1691; Maund, Botanist, t. 232; Paxt. Mag. ii. 97, and iv. 126, 

 ^ith figures; £. variabilis, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1816; DC. Prod. vii. 761 i 

 l^axt Mag. iv. 125, with a figure ; E. campannlata (with short red flowers), 

 bodd. Bot, Cab. t. 1925 ; DC. Prod. vii. 761 ; E. ruscifolia (with narrow 

 leaves and long flowers), R. Br. Prod. 550; DC. Prod. vii. 761; E. nivalis 

 Ovith white flowers), Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1821; Bot. Beg. t. 1531; Bot. 

 ^H- 1. 3253 ; Maund, Botanist, t. 57, altered to E. nivea, DC. Prod. vii. 762 ; 

 ^- ceraflora (with short white flowers), Grab, in Bot. Mag. t. 3243 ; DC. 

 Prod. vu. 762. 



N. S. Wales. Onlv at the southern extremity of the coIotiv, Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. 

 to r'^^T^' ^°''* ^biUip, Ji. Brown; from the Glenelg, Eoierison, Allitt, and others, 



^ipps Laud, F. Mueller; and in the interior to the Grampians, F. Mueller. 

 M j^™**^'*" Dement river. Port Dalryinple, R. Brown; abundant throughout the 

 ''land, ascending to 2000 ft., /. D. Hooker. 



a- Australia. Lofty Range, F. Mueller; Encounter Bay, Wlattaker , F. Mueller; 

 owarara, Schulzen ; Tattiara country, Woods. 



rnj^'"; <"•«'«. Leaves small, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, sometimes almost cordate.— 

 °'°'° ^^ay, F. Mueller; Mount Imlay, L. Morton; Rocky Cape and Wooluoth, Guuii. 



.. J^\9rand;fiora. Leaves large, thick, and less acuminate. Flowers long, of a deep purple- 

 cp«;r V,"™'™' ^''ii'^chy (nearly glabrous) ; Grampians, F. Mueller (glabrous and pube.- 

 Ki - T°' ^^''"''"'' ^/'V<7/;^// (softiv pubescent, E. ^«M^«to«. LiudL in Mitch. Ihrce 

 P«tt. n. 177) ; near Stuwcll, J. IMt (with very double flowers). 



thp^""'*^'^ ^^ *^' vai-iations in foliage and flowers, this species is always to be recognized by 

 ^ uve cavities on the outside of the tube just above the ovary, which are easily seen in lie 

 «W 1*' ^" ^^'^ f«^li state, and of which I have not observed any trace in any other 

 ^Pecies. The pkut referred to as E. rnsrifolia, Br. in Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 257, is the 

 \J.J^' "^^^"^ Brown's own specimens of E. rtiseifolia belong to the common narrow- 

 p ,- f*^"""!, but with rather long flowers. The N. S. Wales plant, referred doubtf.illy to 

 ■ »!pr«Ma by J. D. Hooker, is the E. reclimta, A. Cunn., in which I have never found the 

 «^>t.es characteristic of £. eV^,.,..a. 



_, *• ^« sparsa. It. Br. Prod. 551. A tall shrub, quite glabrous. Leaves 

 'O'tlv petiolate, elliptical-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, minutely mucronii- 



p. ' ^'''^' smooth and veinless or very obscurely veined, nearly i m. long, 

 'owers shortly pedicellate. Bracts and sepals rather broad, acute, striate. 



