EPACRIDE.&. XXII. CYSTANTHE. XXIII. RICHEA. XXIV. DRACOPHYLLUM. XXV. SPHENOTOMA. ERICACEAE. 785 





Mountain Sprengelia. Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. These are elegant and delicate shrubs, with much the 

 habit of Andersbnia, which see, p. 784, for culture and propa- 

 gation. 



XXII. CYSTA'NTHE (from warn, kiste, a box or coffer, 

 and avOof, anthos, a flower ; in reference to the closed hood- 

 formed flowers.) R. Br. prod. p. 555. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx foliaceous. Co- 

 rolla closed, calyptreeform, dehiscing transversely : with a trun- 

 cate permanent base. Stamens hypogynous, permanent. Hy- 

 pogynous scales wanting. Capsule having the placentas loose, 

 and hanging from the top of the central column. A shrub 

 with the habit of Sprengelia, Cosmelia, and Ponceletia : unless 

 that the branches are annulated while naked. 



1 C. SPRENGELIOIDES (R. Br. prod. p. 555.). V} . G. Native 

 of Van -Diemen's Land. Flowers pale red. 



Far. a, leaves elongated, spreadingly recurved. Growing on 

 the shady sides of mountains. 



Var. [}, leaves much shorter. Growing on the tops of 

 mountains. 



Sprcngelia-like Cystanthe. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Andersbnia, p. 784. 

 It is an elegant and delicate shrub. 



XXIII. RI'CHEA (named in memory of M. Riche, one of 

 the naturalists who accompanied the expedition in search of La 

 Perouse). R. Br. prod. p. 555. but not of Labill. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx membranous, bract- 

 less. Corolla closed, calyptrseform, dehiscing transversely : with 

 a truncate permanent base. Stamens hypogynous, permanent. 

 Hypogynous scales 5. Capsule having the placentas loose and 

 hanging from the top of the central column. A shrub with the 

 habit almost of Dracophyllum montanum, Labill., but differing 

 in the singular economy of the flower. It comes nearest to Cys- 

 ttinlhe, in the corolla being calyptrseform ; but that genus dif- 

 fers in the inflorescence, foliaceous calyx, and want of hypogy- 

 nous scales. Richea of Labill. voy. 1. p. 187. t. 16. in Craspe- 

 dia, Forst. prod. no. 306. and Willd. spec. 3. p. 2393. 



1 R. DRACOPHY'LLA (R. Br. prod. p. 555.). Ij . G. Native 

 of Van Diemen's Land. This shrub differs much in stature 

 according to stations of its natural growth ; for on the tops of 

 mountains it is an humble shrub, 1^ foot high ; but on the 

 sides of the mountains it grows to 10 feet high. 



Draco-leaved Richea. Shrub 1 to 1 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Andersbnia, p. 

 784. 



XXIV. DRACOPHY'LLUM (from IpaK^drakon, a dragon; 

 and <fv\\of, phyllon, a leaf: so named because the leaves have 

 some resemblance to those of Dracaena Draco, or Dragon'* 

 Blood Tree.) Labill. itin. 2. t. 40. R. Br. prod. p. 555. Rchb. 

 hort. 2. t. 108. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx bractless. Co- 

 rolla tubularly funnel-shaped ; with a 5-parted acutish spread- 

 ing beardless limb, a somewhat ventricose tube, and a hardly 

 contracted throat. Stamens 5, hypogynous. Hypogynous 

 scales 5. Capsule having the placentas loosened, and hanging 

 from the top of the central column. Shrubs or small trees 

 having the branches annulated while naked. Leaves imbricate, 

 cucullate at the base, and half sheathing. Spikes or racemes 

 terminal, simple, or compound. Bracteas subtending the pedi- 

 cels, caducous. 



1 D. SECU'NDUM (R. Br. prod. p. 556.) racemes secund ; 



VOL. III. 



lower peduncles divided. T? . G. Native of New South Wales. 

 Hook. bot. mag. 3264. Flowers white. 



Secund-Rowcred Dracophyllum. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 D. LONGIFOLIUM "(R. Br. prod. p. 556.) arboreous ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, sheathing at the base ; racemes erect, articu- 

 lated, lateral. Ij . G. Native of New Zealand. E'pacris longi- 

 folia, Forst. char. gen. 10. no. 1. ins. austr. p. 13. 



Long-leaved Dracophyllum. Shrub. 



3 D. ROSMARINIFOLIUM (R. Br. 1. c.) shrubby ; leaves linear, 

 obtuse, stiff, sheathing ; flowers almost solitary, sessile. Tj . 

 G. Native of New Zealand. E'pacris rosmarinifolia, Forst. 

 ins. austr. p. 13. icon. t. 24. 



Rosemary-leaved Dracophyllum. Shrub. 



Cult. See Andersbma, p. 784. for culture and propagation. 



XXV. SPHENO'TOMA (from o^vou, sphenoo, to cleave, 

 and rofir], tome, a section ; in reference to the deep divided limb 

 of the corolla). Sweet, fl. austr. t. 44. Dracophyllum, sect. 

 Sphenotoma, R. Br. prod. p. 555.). 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Corolla salver-shaped, with 

 a slender tube, a coarctate throat, and an obtuse beardless limb 

 (f. 134. e.) Stamens epipetalous. Hypogynous scales 5. Capsule 

 having the placentas loose, and hanging from the top of the cen- 

 tral column. Shrubs having the branches annulated when naked. 

 Leaves imbricate, cucullate and half sheathing at the base. 

 Spikes simple, terminal. Bracteas stretched out, permanent. 



1 S. SQUARROSA; floriferous branches hardly the length of the 

 spikes ; leaves squarrose, ensiform, lanceolate. ^ . G. Native 

 of New Holland, on the south coast. Dracophyllum squarro- 

 sum, R. Br. prod. p. 556. 



Squarrose Sphenotoma. Shrub. 



2 S. CAPITA'TA; floriferous branches much longer than the 

 spikes, which are ovate ; cauline leaves lanceolate-ensiform, 

 erectish : of the branches adpressed. f; . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the south coast. Dracophyllum capitatum, R. Br. 

 prod. p. 556. 



Capitate-flowered Sphenotoma. Shrub. 



3 S. GRA'CILIS (Sweet, fl. 



austr. t. 44.) floriferous branches FIG. 134. 



much longer than the spikes, 



which are ovate ; cauline leaves 



lanceolate-subulate, spreading, 



or recurved : of the branches 



adpressed. Jj . G. Native of 



New Holland, on the south 



coast. Dracophyllum gracilis, 



R. Br. prod. p. 556. Flowers 



white. Leaves fringed with 



long hairs, (f. 134.). 



Slender Sphenotoma. Fl. 

 April, May. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and pro- 

 pagation, see E'pacris, p. 783. 

 or Andersbnia, p. 784. 



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ORDER CXXXIX. ERICA'CE^E (this order contains plants 

 agreeing with the genus Erica, or Heath, in important charac- 

 ters). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 152. Encese, R. 

 Br. prod. p. 557. Ericaceae, part., Cham, et Schlect. in Lin- 

 naaa. vol. 1. Ericeae, part., Juss. gen. 



Flowers hermaphrodite, subsymmetrical, regular. Calyx 4- 

 5-cleft. Corolla 4-parted, rarely 5-parted. Stamens 4-5-8-10, 

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