No. 38. 
EPACRIS ATTENUATA. 
Class. Order, 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
We first obtained this elegant plant about 
the year 1804, from seeds which were pre- 
sented to us by our excellent friend, Dr. 
Sims, the worthy editor of the Botanical 
Magazine. It is a native of New South 
Wales, and reguires the protection of the 
greenhouse, with plenty of air at all seasons. 
We have found it rather impatient of wet in 
the winter season, although in warm weather 
it must have a pretty good supply. Itis pro- 
pagated by >. and thrives in a sandy 
peat soil. 
This is ne Mr. Brown; 
but, as he has very justly remarked, it inter- 
venes betwixt the two genera: for this reason 
we have rather chosen to continue the name 
by which it has been so long known, 
