Epacris Cav.

Shrubs, ± erect, often rigidly so. Lvs sessile or shortly petiolate, scattered or closely imbricate, sometimes amplexicaul and articulate but not sheathing. Fls solitary, axillary, on short peduncle invested by bracts, either aggregated towards the shoot apex or spread along the branches. Bracts becoming sepal-like and often forming an involucre around the 5 sepals. Corolla lobes 5, spreading, usually < tube. Stamens 5, epipetalous, included or slightly exserted. Ovary 5-locular; placentation axile, with numerous ovules; style inserted in a ± tubular depression in the ovary. Capsule loculicidally dehiscent, the 5 valves separating from central placenta. Seeds numerous.