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DODON A oblongifolia. 
Oblong-leaved Dodonea. 
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OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
a ord. Sapiwpaceæ. Tribus III. Dodonæaceæ Kunth, Decan- 
dolle. : 
DODONÆA L.— Flores sep? abortu polygami aut dioici. Calyx 
4-partitus deciduus. Pet. 0. Stamina 8, filamentis brevissimis, antheris 
oblongis linearibusve. Stylus filiformis ab alis capsule distinctus, apice 
subtrifidus. Capsula 2-3-valvis, 2-3-loc., 2.3-alata, angulo centrali 2-3- 
angulato in faciebus seminifero. Semina, bina, subglobosa. Frutices foliis 
oblongis sepiüs viscosis. Decand. prodr. 1. 616. 
D. oblongifolia; foliis oblongis submucronatis integerrimis basi attenuatis, 
foribus terminalibus subsessilibus. Link. enum. 1. 381. 
Ramuli glabri, obtuse triquetri, rubri. Folia obovata, mucronata, coriacea, 
leviter pubescentia, nunc apice subcuneata, integerrima. v. subdentata, juni- 
oribus tantèm viscosis. Racemi pauciflori, terminales, foliis breviores. Flores 
dioici. Anthere magne, purpuree. Stigmata filiformia, rubra. 
A small shrub, native of New Holland. Requires the 
protection of the greenhouse, and flowers in October. 
Our drawing was made from specimens supplied by Mr. 
Mackay, of the Clapton Nursery. 
This is referred by Decandolle, with doubt, to Dodonæa 
dioica of Roxburgh, a plant with which we are unac- 
quainted ; but as he compares that species with D. trı- 
quetra, and not with D. cuneata, we conclude it must be 
distinct from this. Professor Sprengel refers D. oblongi- 
folia to D. cuneata; but upon comparing it both with 
Mr. Rudge’s figure in the Linnean Transactions, and with 
our native New Holland specimens, which precisely agree 
with that figure, we have formed a contrary opinor . In 
D. cuneata, the leaves are very small, always decidedly 
cuneate, with the lateral angles frequently elongated into 
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