RUTACEZX. XXII. Boronta. 
XXII. BORO'NIA (named after Francis Borone, an Italian 
servant of Dr. Sibthorp, who perished from an accident at 
Athens, he collected specimens of many of those plants which 
are figured in the Flora Greca). Smith, tracts, p. 285. D.C, 
prod. 1. p. 721. Andr, Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 483. t. 22. 
no. 26. 
in. syst. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted or 4- 
cleft, permanent. Petals 4, marcescent. Stamens 8, the 4 op- 
posite the petals shortest, all shorter than the petals, free, fringed, 
or tubercled, linear, usually dilated at the top, whence a very 
short thread rises, bearing the anther; anthers heart-shaped, 
usually with a short appendage at the apex. Styles 4, erect, 
smooth, approximate or joined together, terminated by an equal 
or capitate 4-furrowed stigma. Fruit of 4 2-valved carpels. 
Seeds ovate, compressed, usually one in each carpel.—Shrubs 
with opposite, simple, or impari-pinnate leaves, entire, ora little 
serrulated, full of pellucid dots. Peduncles terminal but usually 
axillary on the extreme branches, 1 to many-flowered. Pedicels 
furnished at the base and middle with 2 opposite, short bracteas, 
Jointed, commonly dilated under the calyx. Flowers rose, pur- 
plish, or reddish, with a pleasant sweet scent. 
* Leaves impari-pinnate, terminal leaflet sessile. 
1 B. pinna'ta (Smith, 1. c. t. 4.) leaflets 2-3-4 pairs, 
linear, acute, quite smooth; peduncles dichotomous ; flowers 
octandrous. h. G. Native of New Holland, about Port 
Jackson. Andr. bot. rep. t. 58. Vent. malm. t. 38. Sims, 
bot. mag. t. 1763. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 473. Flowers pink, with 
a scent like that of hawthorn. 
Pinnate-leaved Boronia. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1794. 
1 to 3 feet. 
2 B. psorareoipes (D. C. prod. 1. p. 721.) leaflets 1 or 2 
pairs, and are as well as the branches quite smooth, but beset 
with glandular dots, linear, obtuse ; peduncles short, 1-flowered ; 
flowers tetrandrous. h. G. Native of New Holland, on the 
south coast. Flowers small, pale-red. 
Psoralea-like Boronia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
3 B. rerra’npra (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 98. t. 125.) leaflets 
4 or 5 pairs, linear, obtuse, smooth; branches pilose ; pedicels 
short, 1-flowered ; flowers tetrandrous. h. G. Native of New 
Holland, in Van Leuwin’s Land. Flowers pale-purple. 
Tetrandrous-flowered Boronia. Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 to 4 ft. 
4 B. Canpo’txu; leaflets 5 or 6 pairs, smooth; petioles a 
little winged ; leaflets oblong-oval, blunt, toothed at the apex. 
h.G. Native of New Holland. Zanthdxylum oppositifolium, 
D. C. prod. 1. p. 728. Flowers red. 
De Candolle’s Boronia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
5 B. rrròsa (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 97. t. 124.) leaflets 2 
to 5 pairs, linear, approximate, and are as well as the branches 
rather pilose ; peduncles 1-flowered ; flowers octandrous. h.G. 
Native of New Holland at Cape Van Diemen. Flowers rose- 
coloured, full of pellucid dots. 
Pilose Boronia. Shrub 1 foot. o. 
6 B. arara (Smith, in Lin. trans. 8. p. 283.) rachis winged ; 
leaflets 3-5 pairs or more, crenate, revolute, pilose on the 
nerves beneath, as well as the rachis; peduncles dichotomous, 
usually 3-flowered ; bracteas fringed; flowers octandrous. kh. 
Native of New Holland, on the western coast. Sweet, 
. austr. 48. Flowers small, of a dirty pale-rose colour, tipped 
with green. 
Winged-petioled Boronia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 
2 to 6 feet. 
7 B. rroripu’npa (Sieb. pl. exsic. ex Spreng. syst. app- p- 
148.) rachis margined ; leaflets 3 pairs, linear-lanceolate, mu- 
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cronate, serrulated; peduncles tern. h. G. Native of New 
Holland. Flowers rose-coloured. 
Bundle-flowered Boronia. Shrub 1 to 6 feet. 
8 B. microrny'LLAa (Sieb. pl. exsic. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 
148.) leaflets 6 pairs, minute, obovate, mucronate ; peduncles 
tern. k.G. Native of New Holland. Flowers pink. 
Small-leaved Boronia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
** Leaves trifoliate or trifid. 
9 B. rripuy’tra (Sieb. pl. exsic. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 
148.) leaves ternate ; leaflets linear, revolute, downy beneath ; 
peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. bh. G. Native of New Hol- 
land. Flowers rose-coloured. 
Three-leaved Boronia. Shrub 1 to $ feet. 
10 B. anemonrrouta (Cuningh. in Field’s new south wales, p. 
330.) leaves stalked, trifid; segments narrow, wedge-shaped, 
furnished with 2 or 3 teeth at the apex or quite entire ; petioles 
channelled ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered ; filaments 
blunt at the apex; anthers spurred. h. G. Native of New 
Holland, on the verge of the Regent’s Glen, Blue Mountains. 
Flowers pink. 
Anemone-leaved Boronia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
*** Leaves variable. 
11 B. parapoxa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 722.) leaves simple, tri- 
foliate and pinnate, lanceolate, with revolute edges, hairy be- 
neath. h. G. Native of New Holland, about Port Jackson, 
Eriostémon paradoxum, Smith, in Rees’ cyclop. 13. no. 6. 
Flowers rose-coloured, copious, on axillary, solitary, 1-flowered 
peduncles, which are shorter than the leaves, angular, covered 
with rusty, starry scales or pubescence. Petioles winged ; leaflets 
sessile. It is doubtful whether the simple, ternate, and pinnate 
leaves are to be found on the same plant; we presume they 
belong to distinct species, and are probably identical with some 
of those described above. 
Paradoxical Boronia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
*** * Leaves simple. 
12 B. serruta‘ta (Smith, in Lin. trans. 8. p. 284. tracts, t. 
5.) leaves trapeziform, acute, serrulated in front, smooth, full of 
glandular dots ; peduncles aggregate, terminal. h. G. Native 
of New Holland, about Port Jackson. Flowers of a deep-rose 
colour, very fragrant. Filaments hispid at the base. Anthers 
hispid. Stigma sessile, capitate, 4-furrowed. Lindl. bot. reg. 
842. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 998. Sweet, fl. austr. t. 19. 
Serrulate-leaved Boronia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 
1 to 6 feet. 
13 B. crenvta‘ra (Smith, in Lin. trans. 8. p. 284.) leaves 
obovate, mucronulate, crenulated; pedicels axillary and ter- 
minal, 1-flowered; filaments obtuse and glandular at the apex. 
h. G. Native of New Holland, at King George’s Sound. 
Flowers small, red, with a fringed calyx. Anthers nearly ter- 
minal. 
Crenulate-leaved Boronia. Shrub 1 to 4 feet. 
14 B. penticura’ta (Smith, in Lin. trans. 8. p. 284.) leaves 
linear, retuse, toothletted, terminated by a small point; pedun- 
cles corymbose ; filaments blunt and glandular at the apex. 
h. G. Native of New Holland at King George’s Sound. 
Lindl. bot. reg. t. 100. Flowers rose-coloured, Bracteas de- 
ciduous. Anthers on lateral, horizontal stalks. 
Toothletted-leaved Boronia. Fl. March, Aug. 
to 6 feet. 
a PARVIFLORA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 8. p. 285. tracts, t. 
6.) leaves obovate-lanceolate, obsoletely-crenulated ; peduncles 
1-flowered, bracteolate ; filaments oblong and glandular at the 
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