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HEMICLÍDIA* Baxtéri. 
Baxters Hemiclidia. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. PRorEACEZX Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 
Botany, p. 68.) ` 
HEMICLIDIA.— Perianthium quadrifidum, regulare. Anthere laminis 
concavis incluse.  Squamule hypogyne quatuor. Ovarium uniloculare, 
bi-ovulatum. Pericarpium subcrustaceum, undique barbatum, hinc apice 
dehiscens, indé rumpens. Semen unicum maturescens, ventricosum, apterum. 
Receptaculum commune planum. | Involucrum imbricatum. Frutex (habitu 
omnino Dryandre) erectus, ramosissimus. Folia pinnatifida, lobis mucronatis 
pungentibus, super eglandulosa; subter reticulato-venosa, areolis lacunosis 
laná crispatá repletis, fundo glanduliferis. Involucra terminalia, solitaria, 
Sigur confertis interioribus nanis obvallata. — Brown suppl. prim. prodr. 
p. 40. 
H. Baxteri. R. Brown l. c. 
A specimen of this rare plant was communicated to us 
by Mr. Lowe, of the Clapton Nursery, in June last; it 
having been raised from seeds sent home by Mr. William 
Baxter. It is a very handsome evergreen shrub, native of 
Lucky Bay, on the west coast of New Holland. 
Having had no good opportunity of describing it, we 
have had nothing to add to the account given of the plant 
by Mr. Brown, who observes, that the genus is only dis- 
tinguishable from Dryandra by its pericarpium being of a 
somewhat crustaceous texture, and having no regular de- 
hiscence beyond the summit; by its ventricose wingless 
seed; and by its dissepiment, which is formed by the co- 
hering test of the ovula, being of a cobwebby, membranous 
* The meaning of this word is not explained by its author. It seems to 
have been formed from Jpsov, half, and xasiw, to shut up; in reference to 
the structure of the fruit, which is described as dehiscing only at the apex. 
