[Epacris impressa] [picture] Plate 2. From the book: The wild flowers around Melbourne

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EPACRIS IMPRESSA. (Labillardiere.)

Blooms in July. It passes as the native Heath, and ranges over the same extent of country as the Corraea speciosa. Dr. Mueller observes," Its shades of colour are brilliant, and I know of no other plant of the Order which shows so much diversity in this respect; because there are numerous species of Epacris and of allied genera always white, but never passing through all shades of colour, from pure white to the deepest red." There is no true Epacris in West Australia; but the genus, or subgenus Lysinema, takes its place.