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PHYLI^A cai^tata, 



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Downy -headed Phylica. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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Nat. wd. Rhahneje. Brawn^en. ^rm. in FiintL twy. 2. 654. : €^l 

 1-phyllus, 5-fidu9, gequalia, sestiVELtioiie valrat^. PeUita stamiDibuB toti* 

 dem opposita, lamiais coDcavU includeatibus antheras^ nunc omnind desunt. 

 Stamina cum segmentis calycmis Eltem^:' germek loeulamentis 2*3^ ovulo 

 unico in uniquoque; embryo erectw^ sfle{HJ!tfl m azi albuminis camosi posU 

 tusj Tel nunc ^umine nuUo. \ ^ 



J7t^RHAMNUS^ ZiziPHUS, Pauurus^ Ceanothus fqnovix^no- 

 scenda PoMADERRis), Coixetia, CryptAndra Phylica, Oouania* 

 VENTiLAGc/oriinjtte et HovBNiA ; De pr€ediciu nan dubitandum phrimis 

 a^nes €$$e RhamnE£ cum ButtnebiACEIS, indeque inapinata aj^nitaB 

 infer Rhahnsas et Malvaceas emieare videtvr.. Brown; (ex aogjico 

 versum,) 



PHYLICA. Calyx turbinatus 5-fidu9. Petala 5 squamiformia nunima 

 (Tel nulla). STtam. 5 paira, sub petalia. Stylus 1; stigma 1. Cap$. (in- 

 terdi!im subbaccata) subrotunda 3-cocca coccis monospermis, inti^s angulatn 

 et dehiscentibus : Suffrutices eneuBformet; folia aUema ant vertidllatifn op- 

 pwta, pkrumgue nan stipulacea ; fiares st^Os capiidH terminakt capitulo 

 densi invobicrato rari^ di^incti axitbires, amdaxn dioieii quidam S-^n^ww- 

 ton, CAaracfer Rhamkorvm, habitm dtversws. ^ Jil8ft.l;c.S81. 



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P* capitata, foliis lineari-lanceolatis Tilloab, l»acteis lanatifl» ci4>itulis fer^ 



mmalibug. 7%tm6. protL 45. 

 Phylica capitata. WiUd. sp^l 1, 1109. 

 Phylica pubescens. Hari. £ew. 1. 268. ed.% 2. 19/ 

 Chamcelea pilosa angustissimo folio^ capite humginoso. JBurm> ajr, 121. 



*. 44. jig. 3, 



Capitula terminalia^semHa^$olitaria diametrounaaliphirive, imbricato- 

 foUosa, folioUs numerosiM ramamm imbrieat<HContinmi$, agualHnu patent- 

 tibm undique villasimmig v, hirsutis foUaruni ramarum minaribui at- 

 que plurimum palHdioribus. Flores pmrimi, ipicato-approximati, setiiki, 

 axiUares, intra foliola latentes^ erectly bracteolis bints lateralibus tubo 

 mquaiibuMMtipati; csiyx inferMs- oblongua infkndibuiyarmis semi&fitbUf extis 

 puis aUns appressis htrsutHS, int^ viUosimsculns, tuw) infeme versits subat- 

 ienuatus cano-vireseens, limbo S-^rtito tuba vix tangicrt patmlo rubro; lad- 

 nttf distantibus tjequalibus subulatis crassimscuUst ttUOs nrninscuUs cartnato- 

 eompressis: petd^ nuBa, Stam*. 5 tndwa intrarsiim deflexo-camiivenHa^ 

 cnm focMUf cabfciids altema infra medinm tubum inserta anikeris tangwra 

 MeHformia tandmque defkctenda : anth*. f^b>^ extrorsa bilowlares d darso 

 nfim intrarmm renqnnatce pittilbtm versus comjergenie$, loculis bmgitndi- 

 naliter dekiseesUibus. Stylus bredsviridis cobmnaris teres tqnee glandutoso 

 ttigmataso obhuio isaperimetro. Genu, deprtssum trieoccum fmao nectort- 

 fero t^M immeno. 



Introduced from the Cape of Good Hope. Drawn at 

 Mr. Colvill*s. A greenhouse plant of little beauty. 



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