Cosmelia
(from kosmeo, to adorn; in allusion to the beauty of the flowers). ORD. Epacrideoe. An erect much-branched greenhouse evergreen shrub. It requires peat, with a large proportion of silver sand; in fact, the same treatment as Epacris (which see). Cuttings may be obtained during the summer months.
C. rubra (red). fl., corolla deep red, tubular, solitary, drooping, terminating the short lateral branches. April and May. l. with cucullate bases, half-sheathing. h. 3ft. to 6ft. South-west Australia, 1826. (B. R. 1822.)