CHAP. LXVIII. EPACRIDA ‘CER. 1075 
CHAP. LXVIII. 
OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS BELONGING TO THE 
ORDER EPACRIDA‘CEA. 
SrypHEe‘t1a #. Br. is a genus of Australian shrubs, of an erect, stiff, and compact habit of growth ; 
with leaves mucronate, on short petioles ; and showy, crimson, scarlet, pink, or green flowers. There 
are several species in our green-houses, as will be seen by our Hortus Gritannicus. In height they 
vary from 3 ft. to 6ft. or 8 ft. ; and, like other hair-rooted plants, they thrive best in sandy loam 
mixed with sandy peat. Young cuttings, treated.like those of Erica, root readily. 
Stenanthéra pinifolia R. Br., Bot. Reg., t. 218. ; Styphélia pinifdlia Spreng. ; is an erect shrub, with 
acerose leaves, crowded together ; and with axillary flowers, having a scarlet tube, and a greenish 
yellow limb. _ It is a native of New South Wales, growing to the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft., and flow- 
ering from May to July. Like Styphélia, from which it has been separated, it is a beautiful shrub 
when in flower, and well deserves a place against a conservative wall. 
Cyathides glaica Labil., Trochocarpa glatica Spreng., is a tree, a native of Van Diemen’s Land, 
where it grows to the height of 25 ft. The leaves and appearance of the flowers resemble those of 
Styphélia. C. OxYcedrus R. Br. and C. acerosa R. Br. are both natives of Van Diemen’s Land, 
ble they grow to the height of 5ft. or 6 ft. ; and they are occasionally to be met with in our green- 
ouses. 
Lisstnthe sapida R. Br., Bot. Mag., t. 3147., is a low evergreen shrub, with oblong-linear mucronate 
leaves, and small white flowers, tipped with green, which appear in May. These are succeeded by 
berries, which are red and acid, and are made into tarts in New South Wales, under the name of cran- 
berries. ‘This species was introduced in 1823, and deserves a place on a conservative rockwork, as being 
one of the few plants of Australia which produce edible fruit, L. subwldata, L. strigisa, L. daph- 
noides, and L, cilidta are also in British gardens. 
Leucopigon lanceolatus R. Br.; Styphélia lan- 
ceolata Smith; S. parviflbra Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 
287., Swt. Fl. Aust., t 47. ; isan evergreen shrub, a 
native of New South Wales, on mountains, where 
it grows to the height of 12 ft., producing its white 
flowers from May to August. It has been in 
British green-houses since 1790, and is, doubtless, 
well adapted for a conservative wall. 
L.. Richei R. Br. (L. polystachyus Lodd, Bot. 
Cab., t. 1436.; L. apiculatus Smzth ; L. parvi- 
florus Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1516. ; and our fig. 860.) ; 
and L. interriptus R, Br., Bot. Cab., t. 1451.; with 
several others; are also in British collections, but 
do not grow to half the height of L. lanceolatus, 2 
Mondtoca R. Br. is a genus of Australian shrubs, of which M. elléptica R. Br., M. ddbens; 
M. lineata, and M. scoparia are in collections, 
Trochocdrpa lairina R. Br. ; Sty- 
phélia cornifdlia Rudge, Hook. Bot. 
Mag., t. 3324., Lin. Trans., 8. t. 9., 
and our jig. 861.; is a tree, a native 
of New South Wales, with glabrous 
leaves, somewhat like those of Lata- 
yus; and small white flowers, in 
slender terminal or axillary spikes. 
E’pacris Smith is a genus of Aus- 
tralian shrubs, of great beauty, 
flowering in British green-houses 
throughout the winter, and some of 
‘hem from January till July. They 
require to be grown in peat, and 
kept moist, and to be protected 
during severe weather. Z. grandi- 
flora Smith; E. longifldra Cav., Bot. 
Cab., t. 21., and our jig. 862.; is the 
tallest-growing species hitherto in- a 
troduced of this genus. It grows to the height of 6 ft., and produces its scarlet and white flowers from 
January to June, ; if 3 
Lysine'ma R. Br. is a genus nearly allied to E’pacris, of which there are 3 or 4 species introduced, 
and well deserving a trial against a conservative wall. 
Andersdnia R. Br. This is a genus of elegant New Holland shrubs, named by Mr. Brown, in 
memory of William Anderson, a surgeon of the royal navy, who accompanied Captain Cook: he 
aid great attention to botany. Descriptions of the genera of Van Diemen’s Land plants, written by 
Bins; are still in the Banksian library. The genus is also intended to 
commemorate the late Alexander Anderson, formerly director of the 
Botanical Garden at St. Vincent; and William Anderson, the present 
curator of the Apothecaries’ Botanical Garden at Chelsea. 
A. sprengelidides R. Br., Bot. Mag., t. 1645., Bot. Cab., t. 263., and 
our jig. 863., grows to the height.of 3ft., and produces its pink flowers 
from May to July. Likeall the Epacridacez, it requires to be grown in 
sandy peat. 9 
Sprengélia incarnadta Bot. Cab., t. 262., is a shrub, resembling An- 
dersdnia, which grows to the height of 2ft., and produces its flesh- 
coloured flowers from April to June, It is a native of Van Diemen’s 
Land, and would probably succeed well on a conservative wall, or on 
conservative rockwork. % be 
Sphendtoma gracilis Swt. Fl. Austr., t.44.; Dracophyllum gracile 2. 
Br. ; is a native of New Holland, on the south coast; and, as it thrives 
perfectly well in a cold-pit, it would probably succeed on conservative 
rockwork. 



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