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jB/rcf- Cherry-flowered Blackwelha. 



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DODECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Homahne^. ^ 



BLACKWELLIA Juss. — Calyx tubo turbinate ovario accreto, limbo 

 5-15-partito, laciniis basi v. medio glanduliferis. Petala laciniis calycinis 

 alterna, .minora, eglandulosa. Stamina e tubo calycis, petalis opposita. 

 Ovarium supern^ conicum. Styli 3-5! Capsula 1-locularis, polysperma. 



Semina parietalia. ArbusculcB Indicse aut Mauritianse, foliis watis 



dentatisy racemis simplicibus paniculatisve . 



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B. Vadijiora ; foliis ovalibus denticulatis glabris, floribus hexandns tetra- 



stylis, racemis erectis foliis brevioribus. 



Frutex erectus, ramosus, ramis teretibus, cinereis, novellis tomentosis. 

 Folia plana, ovalia, obtusa, v. acuta, denticulata, glabra, costd subtis 

 tomentosd; stipulse deciducB. Racemi axillares, erecti, folio breviores. 

 Calyx turbinatus, pilosus^ limbo Q-fido, laciniit ad basin glandulosis. 

 Petala 6, ciliata, paulb majora. Stamina 6, petalis opposita. Ovarium 

 uniloculare, semisuperum, placentis quatuor parietalibus ; styli 4, glabri, 

 ad basin pilosi. 



A native of China, whence it was sent to the Horticul- 

 tural Society by John Reeves, Esq. Our drawing was 

 made in the Chiswick Garden last August. 



A hardy greenhouse plant, growing well in the open 

 border during the summer ; very handsome when in flower 



The blossoms m a mass 



and increasing freely by cutting 

 have the appearance of those of the Bird Cherry; examined 

 singly, they resemble nothing so much as an elaborately- 

 finished shuttlecock. 



Named after Mrs. Elizabeth Black well, the authoress of a Herbal, 

 containing figures of a few hundred plants drawn and engraved by herself. 

 The work appeared in 1735. 



