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5.—ERICA JACKSONIT Hort. MR. JACKSON’S HEATH. 
Encravincs.—Paxton’s Mag. of Bot., vol. viii, p. 149; and our | and two small whorls, Flowers generally four in a cluster, much 
jig. 2, in Pl. 38. inflated at the base ; limb reflexed. 
Sprciric Cusracter.— Leaves in whorls consisting of two large 

Description, &c.—This is a hybrid raised by Mr. Jackson, nurseryman, Kingston, in 1841. It is a hard 
wooded plant, and very easy to cultivate. 
6.—ERICA NEILLII Hort. DR. NEILL’S HEATH. 
Eneravines.—Paxton’s Mag. of Bot., vol. ix., p. 195; and our fig. 3, in Pl. 38. 
Spreciric Cuaracter.—Leaves crowded. Flowers tubular. Stamens inclosed. 
Description, &c.—This pretty little heath is a hybrid raised in the Hdinburgh 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-water, as if they are watered with hard water their leaves will turn yellow and soon fall off. 


CHAPTER XLIL. 
EPACRIDEA) R. Brown. 
EssentiaL Cuaracter.—Calyx usually five-parted and coloured, | sub-globose, rather anguiar, or composed of three combined globutes. 
permanent. Corolla hypogynous, monopetalous; limb five-cleft, | Ovarium sessile. usually girded by five scales, generally many-celled. 
equal. Stamens equal in number to the segments of the corolla and | Style one. Stigma one, sometimes two. Fruit various. Seeds albu- 
alternating with them. Anthers simple, dehiscing longitudinally. Pollen | 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 E’pacris and Styphelia. 
GENUS I. 
STYPHELIA R. Br. THE STYPHELIA. 
Lin, Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracrer.—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 ville | putamen. (G@. Don.) 
near the base inside; segments of the limb revolute, bearded. 

Description, &c.—The species included in this genus are all natives of Australia, and they are all singular- 
looking plants with the stamens very much exserted when 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. 
Encravines.—Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1938; Paxton’s Mag. of Bot., vol. xii., p. 29; The Botanist, t. 142; and our jig. 8, in Pl. 38. 
Sprciric Cuaracter.—Leaves linear, obovate, mucronate, rather scabrous above, with revolute edges. Flowers drooping. (G. Don.) 
Duscriprion, &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 very considerable portion of the stamens, and in this state the flowers are 




