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BENTHAMIA* fragifera. 



Strawberry-fruited Benthamia 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Corner De Cand. 



BENTHAMIA. — Calycis limbus minimus, 4-dentatus. Petala 4, car- 



nosa, cuneata. Stamina 4. Stylus 1. Fructus 6 drupis plurimis concretis 



coadunatus; quoque carpello biloculari. Semina solitaria, pendula. 



Arbores v. frutices. Folia opposita. Flores capitati, involucro petaloideo 

 cinctu 



B. fragifera. 



Cornus capitata. Wall, in Roxb.fi. ind. 1. 434. PL asiat. rar. v. 3. 

 p. 10. t. 214. 





For the excellent drawing and following account of this 

 very rare plant we are obliged to Mr. Booth, Gardener to 

 Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M.P., of Carclew, in Cornwall, in 

 whose rich collection it flowered, and fruited last year for 

 the first time in Europe. 



" This valuable addition to our collection of hardy shrubs 

 was raised in 1825, in the Garden of John Hearle Tremayne, 

 Esq., at Heligan, Cornwall, from seeds received from his 

 relation Sir Anthony Buller, during his residence in the 

 East Indies. It is a very handsome evergreen, flowering in 

 great profusion during summer, and producing an abundance 

 of large, globular, reddish fruit in autumn. 



" The plant from which the accompanying figure and de- 



ade has attained the height of a large shrub. 



The branches are round and twiggy, with a pale-br 

 ash-coloured bark. They are destitute of leaves, with the 





The Benthamia of Achille Richard being the same as Herminium, we 

 have great pleasure in availing ourselves of the present opportunity of naming 

 this very distinct genus in compliment to our highly valued friend George 

 Bentham, Esq. 



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