EPACRIS TAUNTONIENSIS. 
(The Taunton Hybrid Epacris.) 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
EPACRIDACEiE. 
MONOGYNIA. 
eneric Character.— Calyx coloured, many brac- 
t e : bracteas of the same texture as the calyx. 
Cj )lla tubular, limb beardless. Stamens epipetalous. 
J hers peltate above the middle. Hypogynous scales 
five. Capsules having the placentas adnate to the 
central column. — Don. 
Garden Hybrid.— Epacris Tauntoniensis. 
This very pretty free flowering hybrid Epacris was raised a few years ago by 
I. Ball, Nurseryman, of Taunton, betwixt, as we believe, E. grandiflora and E. 
ioressa. It is certainly a very ornamental kind, and deserves universal distri- 
li ion, being a robust free grower, a liberal brancber, and having a very prolonged 
f ;vering season. 
On the culture of this genus of plants much has been said in former volumes of 
1 3 work. However, it may be merely mentioned here, that this, and all the other 
s ong growing kinds, are greatly benefited by a small addition of light sandy loam 
1 1 well rotted leaf mould, being mixed with the sandy peat in which they are 
Dally grown, and during the winter season, place them in as light and airy a 
uation in the greenhouse as possible, but carefully prevent their being injured 
1 frost. 
For the opportunity of figuring this pretty kind we are indebted to Mr. Ball, 
( Taunton, in whose nursery it flowered in December last, when our drawing 
h made. 
