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LISSANTHE* sápida. 
The Australian Cranberry. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
“Nat: ord. EPACRIDEE. 
LISSANTHE R. Brown.—Calyx bibracteatus v. ebracteatus, Corolla 
infundibuliformis limbo imberbi. Ovarium 5-loculare. Drupa baccata, 
putamine osseo solido, Fruticuli erecti.. Folia sparsa, subtús lineata. 
Flores inter minores, albi. Discus hypogynus, cyathiformis, 5-lobus. — 
R. Brown prodr..540, 
L. sapida ; racemis 2-3-floris recurvis, foliis oblongo-linearibus mucronatis 
margine revolutis; subtüs dealbatis striatis. R. Br. 1. c. 
The Australian Cranberry. Library of entertaining knowledge, vol. 2. 
. 421. y j 
Rami murini, teretes. Folia conferta, uncialia, glaberrima, coriacea, 
linearia, utrinque acuta, subtús albida, superficie stomatibus minutis den- 
sissimè tectá, venis parallelis stratum inferius parenchymatis tantüm percur- 
rentibus. Racemi recurvi, 3-flori. Pedicelli breves, basi bracteolis 4, duris, 
decussantibus muniti. Calyx 5-phyllus, sepalis parvis, ovatis, duris, pallidis, 
roseo marginatis, imbricatis. Corolla hypogyna, campanulata, medio paulo 
constricta, facilé in petalis quinque separabilis, monopetala tamen, tubo 
intüs lineá transversá barbatá in medio. Stamina 5, ad sinus corolle sub- 
sessilia, filamentis corolle adnatis ad annulum barbatum usque. Antheræ 
uniloculares, longitudinaliter. dehiscentes, ad apicem crassiores. Ovarium 
disco cyathiformi cinctum. Stylus leviter pilosus. 
This is a handsome greenhouse shrub, native of New 
Holland, in the vicinity of Port Jackson, flowering in this 
country in the winter months. The specimen here figured 
was communicated by Mr. Mackay, of the Clapton Nur- 
sery, in December 1828. 
The fruit is a succulent drupe, and is mentioned in 
the Library of Entertaining Knowledge, under the name of 
* From abbvis, smooth, and 2,3, a flower; in allusion to the polished 
surface of the corolla. 
