CHAP. LXVIII. 



EPACRIDA 



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CHAP. LXVIII. 



OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS BELONGING TO THE 

 ORDER EPACRIDA'CE^E. 



STYPUE'LIA R. 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 bpecics in our green-houses, as will be seen by our Hortus Britannicus. In height they 

 vary from 3 ft to 6ft or 8ft. ; and, like other hair-rooted plants, they thrive best in sandy loam 

 mixed with sandy peat. Young cuttings, treated.likc those of .Erica, root readily. 



Stcnant/ilra ^inifblla R. Br., Bot. Reg., t. 218. ; Styphelia ftnBb\l*Spre*g. ; 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 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., Trochoc&rpa glai'ica Sprcng., 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. Oxtfcedrus R. Br. and C. acerbsa R. Br. are both natives of Van Diemen's Land, 

 where they grow to the height of 5ft. or 6 ft. ; and they are occasionally to be met with in our green- 

 houses. 



Lissdnthe'sdpida 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. subuluta, L. strigbsa, L. dapfi- 

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

 Leucopbgon lanceoldtus R. Br.; Styphelialan- 

 ceolata Smith \ S. parviflbra Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 

 287., Swt. 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 



/.. Richei R. Br. (L. polyst&chyus Lodd. Bot. 

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

 ttbrus Lindl. Bot. Reg., 1. 1516. ; and. our fig. 860. ) ; 

 and L. interruptus R. Br., Bot Cab., 1. 1451.; with 

 several others; are also in British collections, but 

 do not grow to half the height of L. lanceolatus j 



Mondtoca R. Br. is a genus of Australian shrubs, of which M. elliptica R. Br, M. dlbens, 

 M. Itncata, and M. scopana are in collections. 



Trochocdrpa laurina R. Br. ; Sty- 



phelia cornifblia Rudge, Hook. Bot. 



Mag., t. 3324., Lin. Trans., 8. t 9., 



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



of New South Wales, with glabrous 



leaves, somewhat like those of afi. 



tus ; 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 



require to be grown in peat, and 



kept moist, and to be protected 



during severe weather. E. grandi~ 



Jt^ra Smith ; E. Jongiflbra Cav.,Bot. 



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



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. 



Lysintfma 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 II. 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 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. sprenger\o\de8 R. Br., Bot. Mag., t. 1645., Bot. Cab., t. 263., and 

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

 from May to July. Like all the Epacridaceze, it requires to be grown in 

 sandy peat. 



Sprcngilia incamhta Bot Cab., t. 262., is a shrub, resembling An- 

 derson/fl, 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. 



Sfthciwtonia grdcilis Swt. Fl. Austr., t. 44. ; Dracophy'llum gracile R. 

 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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