792 
leaves very numerous, linear, somewhat imbricate, convex be- 
neath; pedicels axillary. h.G. Native of New South Wales, 
about Port Jackson. Eriostémon salsolifolia, Smith in Rees’ 
cycl. 13. no. 3. Flowers pale-red. 
Southern Philotheca. Fl. April, June. 
to 3 feet. . 
2 P. Gaupicna'upir; leaves scattered ; peduncles terminal ? 
h. G. Native of New Holland. 
Gaudichaud’s Philotheca. Shrub 2 feet. 
Cult. These pretty shrubs require the same treatment as that 
recommended for Phebalium. 
Clt. 1822. Shrub 2 
XX. CRO'WEA (in honour of James Crowe, of Norwich, an 
excellent British botanist, and a great collector of willows). 
Smith, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 220. D.C. prod. 1. p.720. Andr, 
Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 481. t. 21. no. 24. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monoginia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 
manent. Petals 5, sessile. Stamens 10, the 5 opposite the 
petals shortest, all shorter than the petals, linear, fringed, lying 
close together so as to form a tube; anthers oblong, cordate, 
adnate, drawn out at the apex into a long, bearded appendage. 
Style 5-furrowed, smooth, terminated by a capitate, 5-furrowed 
stigma. Fruit of 5 joined, 1-seeded carpels.—Shrubs with al- 
ternate, quite entire, lanceolate leaves, running down the stem a 
little at the base, and full of pellucid dots. Branches triquetrous. 
Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, furnished with minute, im- 
bricate bracteas at their base. Calyx and petals convolute in 
the bud. 
1 C. saricna (Andr. bot. rep. t. 79.) leaves lanceolate. h.G. 
Native of New South Wales. Sims, bot. mag. t. 989. Vent. 
malm. t. 7. Corolla pale-purple or rather pink. Calyx and 
petals smooth. 
Willow-leaved Crowea. Fl. July, Dec. Clt. 1790. Shrub 
l to 2 feet. 
2 C. LATIFOLIA (Lodd. cat. 1824.) leaves ovate-lanceolate. 
h. G. Native of New Holland. Flowers pale-purple or pink. 
Broad-leaved Crowea. Fl. Jul. Dec. Clt. 1824. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 
Cult. These beautiful shrubs require the same treatment as 
that recommended for Phebalium. 
XXI. ERIOSTE'MON (from eptoy, erion, woolly, and ornpwy, 
stemon, a stamen; stamens woolly). Smith, in Lin. trans. 4. 
. 221. D.C. prod.1. p. 720. Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 12. 
p. 481. t. 21. no. 25. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 
manent. Petals 5, marcescent as well asthe stamens. Stamens 
10, the 5 opposite the petals shortest, all shorter than the petals, 
free, flat, hispid, fringed, tapering to the apex into a thread, 
which bears the anthers; anthers heart-shaped, appendiculate at 
the apex. Style 5-furrowed, very short, hispid or smooth, ter- 
minated by a capitate, 5-furrowed stigma. Fruit of 5 carpels, 
which are joined together at the base, each containing 1, rarely 
2 seeds.—Shrubs with alternate, entire, simple leaves, sometimes 
ending in a callose point, full of pellucid dots. Peduncles axil- 
lary, 1-flowered, covered with imbricate bracteas, or furnished 
with opposite or whorled ones on the middle. Sometimes the 
peduncles are divided into 2-5 pedicels, furnished with bracteas 
at their base. Calyx and petals convolute in the bud. 
1 E. puxirorium (Smith, in Rees’ cyclo. 13. no. 2.) leaves 
elliptical, smooth; middle nerve very prominent, and is drawn 
out at the apex into a strong, recurved mucrone ; branches 
round, pilose; flowers axillary, almost sessile, smooth ; filaments 
hispid. kh.G. Nativeof New Holland, about Port Jackson. 
Flowers pink or rose-coloured. 
Var. a, obovatum ; leaves obovate, tapering to the base, glan- 
dularly crenated. 
RUTACEA. XX. Crowera. 
XXI. Ertostemon. 
Var. (3, ellipticum ; leaves broadly elliptical, cordate at the 
base, somewhat stem-clasping, usually entire, and glandular. 
Box-leaved Eriostemon. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1822. Shrub 
1 to 2 feet. 
2 E. saricrroxtium (Smith, in Rees’ cycl. 13. no. 1.) leaves 
linear-lanceolate, entire, smooth ; branches triquetrous ; flowers 
axillary, almost sessile, solitary ; calyxes and petals hoary on 
the outside ; filaments hispid. h.G. Native of New Holland, 
about Port Jackson. Rudge, in Lin. trans. 11. t. 26. Hook, 
bot. mag. 2854. Flowers pink. Habit of Crowea. Crowea 
scabra, Graham, in edinb. phil. journ. 1827. p. 174. 
Willon-leaved Eriostemon. Fl. April, July. 
Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
3 E. myoporoipes (D.C. prod. 1. p. 720.) leaves linear-lan- 
ceolate, quite entire, smooth, dotted with glands, and terminated 
by a callose mucrone ; branches round ; peduncles axillary, trifid, 
3-flowered ; calyxes and petals smooth; filaments a little fringed 
on the margin. h. G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern 
coast. Flowers rose-coloured. 
Myoporum-like Eriostemon. Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
4 E. vinearirouium (D.C. prod. 1. p. 720.) leaves linear, 
obtuse, quite entire, smooth, covered with glandular dots ; pe- 
duncles axillary and terminal, 3-flowered. h. G. Native of 
New Holland. Flowers rose-coloured. 
Linear-leaved Eriostemon. Fl. April, Aug. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
5 E. opova'te (Cuningh. in Field’s new south wales, p. 331.) 
leaves oboval, wedge-shaped, or broadly spatulate, retuse, con- 
cave, stalked, smooth, fleshy, terminating in a short mucrone ; 
flowers solitary, terminal, or axillary. h.G. Native of New 
Holland, on the verge of the Regent’s Glen, Blue Mountains. 
Flowers rose-coloured. 
Oboval-leaved Eriostemon. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
6 E. cuspipa‘rum (Cuningh. in Field’s new south wales, p. 331.) 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, rather glaucous, ending in a 
hooked mucrone ; racemes umbellate, 4-5-flowered, axillary or 
Clt. 1822. 
Cit. 1823. 
Fl. May, July. Clt. 1824. 
terminal. h.G. Native of New Holland, on rocky hills at 
Cox’s River. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1247. Flowers rose-coloured 
or pink. A shrub of strong growth. 
Pointed-leaved Eriostemon. Fl. Jul. Oct. Clt. 1823. Shrub 
2 to 4 feet. 
7 E. wernrorium (Sieb. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 164.) leaves 
lanceolate, marginate, mucronate, dotted; peduncles axillary, 
3-flowered ; filaments bearded. h.G. Native of New Hol- 
, land. Flowers rose-coloured or pink. 
Oleander-leaved Eriostemon. Shrub 3 feet. 
8 E. nispiputum (Sieb. ex Spreng. l. c.) leaves somewhat 
spatulate, mucronate, callosely crenate, hispid above, and clothed 
with starry villi beneath ; peduncles 1-flowered. h. G. Na- 
tive of New Holland. Flowers rose-coloured or pink. 
Hispid-leaved Eriostemon. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
9 E. corymgòsum (Labill. nov. cal. p. 59. t. 58.) leaves large, 
oblong, silky as well as covered with brown scales beneath ; 
corymbs terminal; filaments hairy; anthers naked at the apex. 
h.G. Native of New Caledonia. Flowers dark-coloured. 
Corymbose-flowered Eriostemon. Tree 18 to 24 feet. 
10 E. rancrora'tum (Geert. fruct. 3. p. 154. t. 210.) leaves 
lanceolate, rather wrinkled. h. G. Native of New Holland. 
E. australdsicum, Smith, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 221. Flowers rose- 
coloured. 
Lanceolate-leaved Eriostemon. Clt. 1823. Shrub 1 to 3 ft. 
Cult. Eriostémon is a genus of beautiful shrubs with pink 
flowers, which deserve to be cultivated in every collection of 
greenhouse shrubs. They require the same treatment as that 
recommended for Phebalium, see p. 791. 
