sight from those of ‘the Errcem, where the anther is bilo- 
cular, and of which not more than one or two species have 
been discovered within the limits of the regions where those 
of the present abound. 
Speaking of the Zpacridee, Mr. Brown says, “ that the 
* abundance of this family in Terra Australis constitutes 
“one of the peculiarities of its vegetation. About 140 
* species have been already observed, the greater part of 
“which are found in the principal parallel; the other; 
« however, continues numerous at the south end of Van 
« Diemen’s Island, where several genera appear that have 
“not been met with in the other parts; within the tropic 
“very few species have been observed, and none with 
* capsular fruit.” 
“ Epacridee,” he continues, “ with the exception of two 
* species found in the Sandwich Islands, are confined to 
** the Southern hemisphere; several species have been ob-. 
“ served in New Zealand, a few in the Society Islands, and 
“even in the Moluccas: the only species with capsular 
“fruit found within the tropic, is Dracopnyitium § verticil- 
'“ Jatum, observed by Labillarditre, in New Caledonia; and 
“the only plant of the family known to exist in America, 
* is an unpublished genus also with capsular fruit, found by 
* Sir Joseph Banks in Terra del Fuego.” 
The present is yet an only species of its genus, from 
1 to 3 feet high, upright, subproliferous or with ascendent 
branches placed almost-in a whorl. Leaves scattered in all 
directions, densely crowded, acerose, hard, roughly pubescent 
above and convex, at the margin revolute, grey underneath, 
tipped by a sharp sphacelate prickle. Bractes many, fitted 
to the calyx, scariose, imbricant, pale, outer very short, 
inner of the same texture as the calyx and nearly as long, 
_ lanceolate, pointed. Calyx 5-parted, persistent, half the 
length of the corolla, connivent, cuspidated. Corolla scar- 
let below, green above, hypogynous, of one piece, tubular, 
about an inch long, slightly ventricose, thinly furred on the 
inside; hair white, flat-pressed, thickened into tufts just 
helow the naked upper part of the five segments: limb 
5-parted about 3 of the length of the corolla, upright, yel- 
low and green, segments lanceolate: pointed, spreading 
above. Iilaments inserted at the base of the limb, alternate 
with the segments, enclosed, flat, white, linearly oblong, 
