EPACRIS. 
(1. Campanulata maxima. 2. Bicolor. 3. Delicata.) 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
EPA GRID ACEiE . 
(Epacrids, Veg. King,) 
Generic Character.— Calyx coloured, many bracte- 
ate, bracts of tbe same texture as the calyx. Corolla 
a tube, limb beardless. Stamens epipetalous. Anthers 
peltate above the middle. Hypogynous scales five. 
Capsules having the placentas adnate to the central 
column.— Bon. 
Epacris campanulata maxima, Large Campanulate-flowered Epacris. — Plant 
a shrub, growing two feet or more high. Leaves ovate, acuminate, reflexed. 
Flowers axillary, forming a spike. Corolla with a deep rich crimson tube, about 
twice the length of the calyx, very wide at the mouth, and terminating in fine 
spreading, acute, paler coloured segments. Stameyis situate round the mouth of 
the corolla. 
This fine variety of E. campanulata, although shorter in the tube of the flower 
than the species, is nevertheless a very superior production. The colours are truly 
rich and lively ; the plant has a good habit, grows with as much freedom as E. 
impressa, and is a most profuse bloomer. It was raised by Messrs. Low and Son, of 
the Clapton Nurseries, in whose collection it bloomed for the first time in March, 
1848, when our drawing was prepared. 
Epacris bicolor, Two-coloured Epacris. — Plant an upright shrub, growing 
from four to six feet high. Leaves ovate, acuminate, shining. Flowers axillary, 
drooping. Corolla tube wide, campanulate, four times the length of the calyx, of a 
deep and very rich crimson, terminating in five spreading, acute, yellowish white 
segments. 
This kind greatly resembles, both in habit and appearance, Epacris grandiflora, 
"Mag. Bot.," i., t. 52; but the flowers are of a much larger size, and of a deeper 
and richer colour than that species. It was also raised at the Clapton Nursery, and 
must be considered an acquisition. 
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