Lissanthe
(from lissos, smooth, and anthos, a flower; in reference to the limb of the corolla being destitute of hairs). ORD. Epacrideae. A genus of three species of pretty, greenhouse, evergreen, erect shrubs, inhabiting Western Australia and Tasmania, allied to Leucopogon. Flowers white or pink, small, in terminal or axillary spikes or racemes; corolla funnel-shaped; limb beardless. Leaves scattered, narrow, obtuse or pungent, often hoary underneath, striatenerved. The species here described is probably the only one yet introduced. For culture, see Epacris.
L. sapida (savoury). fl. white, tipped with green; racemes two or three-flowered, recurved. June. fr., berries red, acid, edible. l. oblong-linear, mucronate, with revolute margins, whitened, and striated beneath. h. 4ft. New South Wales, 1823. (B. M. 3147; B. R. 1275.)