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EPACRIS IMPRESSA. 
E. impressa and E. variabilisf when both in flower together, make an elegant 
and gay contrast, for, as both produce an immense display of rich bloom nearly at the 
same time, the variation in colour heightens the lustre of each, so that they are ex- 
tremely pretty, and certainly there are no plants more acceptable to or worthy of a 
place in the greenhouse ; indeed in the spring, if not the most showy, they are 
among the most interesting in the months of March and April, when they are 
generally in their highest perfection. See Vol. II. page 97. 
This species is also a native of Van Diemen's Land, and is besides found in New 
Holland. It was introduced by Messrs. Mackey (Lowe), nurserymen, at Clapton, 
in 1825. 
The generic name, Epacris, applies to the natural habit of the species to grow 
on the top of hills ; hence the derivation from epiy upon, and aJcros, the uppermost. 
