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5.— ERICA JACKSONII Ilort. MR. JACKSON’S HEATH. 
Engbavings. — Paxton’s Mag. of Bot., vol. viii., p. 149; and our 
fi>j. 2, in PI. 38. 
Specific Character. — Leaves in whorls consisting of two large 
and two small whorls. Flowers generally four in a cluster, much 
inflated at the base ; limb reflexed. 
Description, &c. — This is a hj'brid raised by Mr. Jackson, nurseryman, Kingston, in 1841. It is a hard- 
wooded plant, and very easy to cultivate. 
6.— ERICA NEILLII EorU DR. NEILL’S HEATH. 
Engravings.^ — Paxton’s Mag. of Bot., vol. ix., p. 195 ; and om fig. 3, in PL 38. 
Specific Character. — Leaves crowded. Flowers tubular. Stamens inclosed. 
Description, &c. — This pretty little heath is a hybrid raised in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, and named 
in honour of Dr. Neill, who may be regarded as the father of Scottish botany. It was raised in 1842. It is 
observed in the description of this species in “ Paxton’s Magazine,” that Heaths should always be watered with 
pond or rain-ivater, as if they are watered with hard water their leaves will turn yellow and soon fall off. 
CHAPTER XLII. 
EPACRIDEiE R. Brown. 
Essential Character. — Calyx usually five-parted and coloured, 
permanent. Corolla hypogynous, monopetalous ; limb five-cleft, 
equal. Stamens equal in number to the segments of the corolla and 
alternating with them. Anthers simple, dehiscing longitudinally. Pollen 
sub-globose, rather angular, or composed of three combined globules. 
Ovarium sessile, usually girded by five scales, generally many-celled. 
Style one. Stigma one, sometimes two. Fruit various. Seeds albu- 
minous. Embryo straight, slender, longer than the half of the albumen. 
Description, &c. There are numerous genera included in this order, but the only ones which will be here 
described are Epacris and Styjyhelia. 
GENUS I. 
STYPHELIA R. Br. THE STYPHELIA. 
lAn. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx girded by four or more bracteas. Filaments exserted. Ovarium nearly dry, containing a solid bony 
Corolla elongated, tubular ; tube furnished with five fascicles of villa: putamen. {G. Don.) 
near the base inside ; segments of the limb revolute, bearded . 
Description, &c. — The species mcluded in this genus are all natives of Australia, and they are all singular- 
looking plants with the stamens very much exserted wlien the flower is fully expanded. The name of Styphelia is 
derived from a Greek word signifying harsh, in allusion to the stiff and compact habit of growth of the species. 
1.— STYPHELIA TUBIFLORA Smith. THE TUBE-FLOWERED STYPHELIA. 
Engravings. — Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1938 ; Paxton’s Mag. of Bot., vol. xii., p. 29 ; The Botanist, t. 142; and our fig. 8, in PI. 38. 
Specific Character. — Leaves linear, obovate, mucronate, rather scabrous above, with revolute edges. Flowers drooping. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — When this very elegant plant first goes into flower, the flowers only slightly open at the 
point, so as to show the segments of the limb but entirely to conceal the stamens. By degrees the segments 
divide and curl back, so as to show a vei’y considerable portion of the stamens, and in this state the flowers are 
