EPACRIDACEAE, a large family of dicotyledonous shrubs and trees, chiefly Australian, but also represented in India, New Zealand, South America and the Hawaiian islands. There are 3o genera and some 400 species. In Australia they fill the place occupied elsewhere by the Ericaceae (q.v.) or heath family. The flowers are usually white or red, symmetrical and pentamerous. The fruit is a capsule or a drupe. Astroloma is the Australian, Lissanthe the Tasmanian, cranberry. Species of Epacris are cultivated for ornamental flowers.