Melichrus
(from melichros, honey-coloured; in reference to the colour of the glands of the flowers). ORD. Epacrideae. A small genus (two species) of very ornamental greenhouse shrubs or sub-shrubs, with a procumbent or somewhat erect habit, restricted to Eastern temperate Australia. Flowers erect; corolla rotate or unceolate, furnished near the base with five glands, alternating with the stamens; segments bearded. Leaves sessile, lanceolate. The species thrive best in sandy peat. Propagated by cutting of the shoots, about 2in. long, inserted in sandy soil.
M. medius (intermediate). A synonym of M. urceolatus. M. rotatus (wheel-shaped). fl. scarlet; corolla rotate. June. l. lanceolate-linear, pilose on both surfaces and on the margins. 824. Procumbent shrub.
M. urceolatus (urceolate). fl. scarlet; corolla unceolate. April. l. lanceolate, attenuated, very acute, mucronate, concave, with membranous, denticulated edges. h. 2ft. 1824. Erect shrub. SYN. M. medius.