Richea
(named after Cl. A. Riche, a French naturalist, who died in 1791 when taking part in the Australian Expedition of Entrecasteaux). Including Cystanthe. ORD. Epacrideae. A genus comprising eighteen species of greenhouse shrubs or small trees, inhabiting the mountains of Tasmania and South-eastern Australia. Flowers white or pink, in terminal spikes or panicles; calyx of five sepals, bracteate and bracteolate; corolla ovoid or conical, the lobes not separating; stamens hypogynous. Leaves sheathing at base, narrow, short or elongated, concave, sometimes grass-like, entire or serrulated. Branchlets marked with the scars of fallen leaves. The following are the only species introduced. For culture, see Sprengelia.
R. pandanifolia (Pandanus-leaved). fl. small, in ovate panicles, 2in. to 3in. long, on peduncles 4in. to 8in. long. Trunk naked, simple or sparingly branched, 6in. to 9in. in diameter, crowned by a large tuft of long, wavy leaves, like those of a Pandanus, often 3ft. to 5ft. long, tapering into a long point, and cartilaginously toothed. h. 20ft. to 36ft. 1884. Tree. R. sprengelioides (Sprengelia-like). fl. reddish, in terminal, globular, leafy heads, each one nearly sessile within a floral leaf. June. l. broadly ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a short, rigid point, straight or slightly undulated or twisted, 1/4in. 1/2in. long, the floral ones gradually smaller. 1836. A bushy shrub, usually low, but sometimes attaining a height of several feet.