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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



of which are straw-coloured, blue or greenish-yellow. B. he- 

 terojohylla, Drumwiondii, tomentosa, and linearis, are now 

 generically called Solly a ; they are also climbing plants ; the 

 soil should be loam and peat ; cuttings root easily. 



EPACRIDAC1UM 



Exogens, with flowers either in spikes or terminal racemes, ~ 

 or solitary and axillary ; the calyx or flower-stalk with two or 

 more bracts. Calyx five-parted, often coloured, not falling off. 

 Corolla monopetalous, either falling off or withering. Stamens 

 equal in number to the segments of the corolla, and alternate 

 with them ; filaments arising from the corolla. Ovary sessile. 

 Leaves alternate, entire, or occasionally serrated. — Shrubs or 

 small trees ; natives of the Indian Archipelago and Australia ; 

 flowers beautiful. 



EPACRIS. 



Gen. Char. {Teniandria Monogynia.) Calyx coloured, with many 

 bracts ; corolla tubular, with a beardless limb ; stamens on the 

 petals ; scales five. 



Named from the Greek for upon and the top, from the 

 plants growing on the tops of mountains. A very orna- 

 mental greenhouse genus, natives of Australia, and abound- 



