STYPHELIA TUBIFLORA. 
(Tube-flowered Styphelia.) 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
EPACRIDACEjE. 
Generic Character. — Calyx girded by four or Specific Character. — Plant an evergreen shrub, 
more bracteas. Corolla elongated, tubular ; tube fur- Leaves linear, obovate, mucronate, rather scabrous 
nished with five fascicles of villi near the base inside ; above, with revolute edges. Peduncles single-flowered, 
segments of the limb revolute, bearded. Filaments axillary. Flowers drooping, scarlet, 
exserted. Ovarium five-celled. Drupe nearly dry, 
containing a solid bony putamen.— Don's Gardening 
and Botany. 
Long as this elegant plant has been known in British collections, it is rarely 
seen so luxuriant and vigorous as the specimen from which we were courteously 
permitted to prepare the accompanying drawing, twelve months since, at Ealing 
Park, the seat of Mrs. Lawrence. 
As with the Heath tribe some years ago, it appears to be the misfortune 
of this plant to suffer under an impression of its intractability to ordinary manage- 
ment, and instead of redoubled efforts to surmount the seeming difficulty, it 
is usually thrust into a corner as a plant unworthy of attention ; and the real 
wonder is, not that it fails to grow strong and healthy, but rather that it continues 
to live. With a view to dispel this erroneous idea, and to show that it is really a 
very beautiful thing, and by no means so stubborn to manage as has been 
imagined, we have not allowed the mere nominal want of novelty to deter 
us from bringing it forward, satisfied that an object of unequivocal beauty must 
be as acceptable as that which bears its only recommendation in the short-lived 
merit of being a recent acquisition. 
In addition to the intrinsic ornament of the species, it possesses another 
important claim to a favourable reception in its season of flowering ; the blossoms 
being disclosed during the gloomy months of winter and early spring, when the 
majority of plants are in a state of torpor, and present a less inviting exterior. 
The general aspect of the plant is not strikingly dissimilar from many species 
of the kindred genus Epacris. The stems are furnished with small leaves, which 
are sometimes linear-obovate, and sometimes somewhat heart-shaped at base. 
The flowers are borne all along the shoots of the previous season, and spring 
