CHAP. LXVIII. 



EPACRIDA CEiE. 



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CHAP. LXVIII. 



OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS BELONGING TO THE 

 ORDER EPACRIDA^CE/E. 



Styphe'lia li. 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 

 arc several species in our green-houses, as will be seen by our Hortits Britannicvs. In height they 

 vary from 3 ft. to t3 f t. or 8 ft. ; and, like other hair-rooted plants, they thrive best in sandy loam 

 nii.\ed with sandy peat. Young cuttings, treated.like those of i'rtca, root readily. 



Sh-nanthh-a T^iiiifdlia R. Br., Bot. Reg., t. 218. ; Styphfelia pmilbVia Spre7ig. ; is an erect shrub, with 

 acerose leaves, crowded together ; and with axillary flowers, having a scarlet tube, and a greenish 

 yello%v 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 Styphelia, from which it has been separated, it is a beautiful shrub 

 when in flower, and well deserves a place against a conservative wall. 



Cyathbdes glaiica Labil., Trochocarpa glaiica Sprens., 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 

 Styphelia. C. Oxycedrus R. Br. and C. acerbsa R. Br. are both natives of Van Diemen's Land, 

 where they grow to the height of 5ft. or6ft. ; and they are occasionally to be met with in our green- 

 houses. . , , ,. 



Lissdntke sdpida R. Br., Bot. Mag., t. SH7., is a low evergreen shrub, with oblong-lmear 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. subulata, L. strigosa, L. daph- 

 no'ides, and L. c'Uidta are also in British gardens. 

 Leucopbgon lanceolatus R. Br.; Styphelia lan- 

 ceoiata Smith; S. parviflbra Atidr. Bot. Rep.,t. 

 287., Sivt. Ft. Aust., 1 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. 



/,. Riche'i R. Br. (L. polystichyus Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab., t. 1436. ; L. apiculatus Smith ; L. parvi- 

 flbrus Lindl. Bot. Reg., 1. 1516. ; and our^^. 860.) ; 

 and L interruptus R Br., Bot. Cab., t. 14j1.; with 

 several others; are also in British collections, but 

 do not grow to half the height of L. lanceolJitus.- 



Monotoca R. Br. is a genus of Australian shrubs, of which A/. elKptica R. Br., M. dlbens, 

 M. lineata, and M. scoparia are in collections. 



Trochocarpa laurina R. Br. ; Sty- 

 phelia cornifdlia Rudge, Hook. Bot. 

 Mag., t. 3324., Lin. Trans., S. t. 9., 

 and our fig. 861. ; is a tree, a native 

 of New South Wales, with glabrous 

 leaves, somewhat like those of iati- 

 xus; and small white flowers, in 

 slender terminal or axillary spikes. 



E'pacris Smith is a genus of Aus- 

 tralian shrubs, of great beauty, 

 •lowering in British green-houses 

 throughout the winter, and some of 

 'hem from January till July. They 

 i'f require to be grown in peat, and 

 kept moist, and to be protected 

 during severe weather. E. grandi- 

 [/ flbra Smith ; E. longiflbra Cav.,Bot. 

 fif. Cab., t. 21., and our fig. 862.; is the 

 ,1 tallest-growing species hitherto in- 

 troduced of this genus. It grows to the height of 6 ft., and produces its scarlet and white flowers from 

 January to June. , ..,.,., „ . ....jj 



Lysine" mail. 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 ,,„,,, , . ,, ,, 



An<Ursbn\a 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 

 paid great attention to botany. Descriptions of the genera of Van Diemen's Land plants, written by 

 him, are still in the Banksian librarv. 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. sprengehoiAes R. Br., Bot. Mag., t. 1645., Bot. Cab., t. '263., and 

 our fig. 863., grows to the height of 3 ft., and produces its pink flowers 

 from May to July. Like all the EpacridJicea;, it requires to be grown m 

 sandy peat. , , . ,. . 



Sprengelia. incarnuta Bot. Cab., t. 262., is a shrub, resembling An- 

 dersbnia, which grows to the height of 2 ft., 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. - ., „ 



Sphenutoma gracilis Swt. Fl. Austr., t. 44. ; Dracophyllum gracile if . 

 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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