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raOSMA rubra. 

 Juniper-leaved Diosma. 



PENTANDRIA MONOOYNIA. 



Nat. ord. RuTACEJE, Jussieu gen. 269, JHv, III. Genera Rutaceis 



affinra. 



DiosMEJE. Br&um gen. rem. in ftind. vau. 2, 64*, 

 DIOSMA. Suprd vol. &, foL am. 



Div. DiosmaE^ vera. Stamina extra coranam ingerta; & fertilia: sterilia 



nnlla. 



B. rubra, foliis lineaxibus mucronatis glabris (moUi-ciliatis), cariaatis subtils 

 bifari^m punctatis. £dn. sp, pL ed. % 1. 287. 



Biosma rubra. Mill diet. ed. 8. n. 3. Berg. cap. 62, TAim&* prod. 42, 

 Willd. sjf. pi 1. 1134. Hort, Kew. ed. 2. 2. 29. 



Diosma ericiffMia. Andrews*s reposit. 461. 



Diosma tenuifolium. Willd. mum. ^ . 2&St 



Spiraea afiicana odorata, floribus suav^ rubentibus. Comme/. rar. 2. t. 2. 



Vmt^x juniperinns, erectusr prolifero-ram&su$: rami teretes^ foUon^ w6- 

 rubenteBy ramulis ewymhwo-approximatiM virentihus cttm puhe minut6^ apice 

 fioTiferis. Folia ^arBa^ proxima^ imbricato-patentiaj crassiuscula, stricti- 

 nscula, litieari'Subulatat cartHagineo-mucranata, subtus carinato-canvexa 

 punetisgue glandulosis biseriato-notata; vHtoso-dHata, ajeterum gfnbrar se- 

 mundalia ad nncialia usqnep suprd plana: pet brems, appressus^ compta- 

 natus, paUidus. Cymulae terminales, pauc^orm; flores albo-rubentes, 

 parvuli, erecti, ut et folia odorem strenuum nerbaceo^ennosum spirantes; 

 pedunculi in summisjoliis axillares iisque sub^qualeSt bis terve divist^ erecti, 

 tereteSj lanuginosi; pedicelli drevtmmi bracteis trinis palientibus ad basin. 

 Cal. lanuginomSt duph brevior corolld magisvey patens, segmentis ovato^ 

 acuminatis apice roseis. Petala campantuato-patentia, obovato-oblongat 

 sessilia, phmiusculay CBquatia^ apice rotundata, disco gtanduloso calycis in- 

 serta* Stam. 5, petalis breviora et cum lis in piano eodem extra coronam in- 

 serta^primd in/lexa indh successivi arrigenda atque divaricanda ; sterilia nulla : 

 fii- subulata, rubentia ; anth. ovaUB, erects, d bast infix^, introrscB^ glandulil 

 minutd ctmcohri ex erectd refiectendd prcefixcEt primb rcseo-mbenies denno 

 nigricanteSf "pollme grumosoj aureo-Jlavescente. Germ. 5^ supera, in stellam 

 ccnnexa, paUido-virentia, intra coronam concavam 6-hbo-plicatam recon- 

 dita: styln^ eylindricusj pallidm, crassiuscultts^ in^exo^rrigendus, stamini- 

 bnscequalis; sti^m^ subcapitato-obtusum. 



A species of that g:i'Oup which, according to Willdenow, 

 should alone constitute the true Diosma; but which in oui* 

 view connects too naturally and conveniently with the others 

 that have been detached from it by that botanist to induce 

 Qs to regard it as usefiilly separable. 



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