28i GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



E. huxifolius. — The leaves of this species are dark green, 

 ovate, alternate, entire, smooth, armed at the apex with 

 a stiff bristle. The flowers are situated in the axils of the 

 leaves, and are of a pinkish white colour ; it grows from 

 two to five feet in height, and blooms from April to June. 

 Native of Port Jackson. 



E. cuspidatus. — A strong-growing kind, with oblong- 

 lanceolate leaves, of a glaucous green colour, and ending 

 in a hooked bristle ; the racemes are four or five-flowered, 

 sometimes terminal, but usually axillary, the flowers pinkish 

 rose ; it blooms from May to October. Found in rocky 

 situations in New Holland. 



E. linearifolius. — A handsome plant of good habit, with 

 linear, obtuse, entire, smooth, dark green leaves, covered 

 with glandular dots. The flowers are pinkish white, and 

 produced in great abundance from March to June. Native 

 of New Holland. 



E. myoporoides. — This is a very pretty species, grow- 

 ing from two to three feet in height or more. The 

 leaves are linear-lanceolate in shape, dotted with glands, 

 and terminated with a hard bristle. The racemes are 

 three-flowered, produced from the axils, the flowers white, 

 and produced from May to July. Native of New Holland. 



E. neriifoliiis. — A very pretty shrub, the leaves of which 

 are lanceolate, armed at the apex, and of a dull deep green. 

 The flowers are produced three together, from the axils of 

 the leaves, and are of a pink colour. Native of New 

 Holland. 



E. pv.lchellus. — This, as its name implies, is a very 

 pretty species ; the leaves are short, entire, quite smooth, 

 dark green, covered with glands, and armed at the apex 

 with a sharp bristle. The flowers are white, very freely 

 produced from March to June. Native of New Holland. 



